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Trump hangs painting of self at bar with Republican presidents

A man looks at the Twitter feed of Josh Billinson showing a closeup of a painting by Andy Thomas (R) entilted "The Republican Club," alongside a screenshot of the painting hanging at the White House during a "60 Minutes" interview

It could be any Republican president's fantasy: hanging out at a bar with fellow conservative American leaders of years, decades, and even centuries past.

For President Donald Trump, that fictional "happy hour" exists, in the form of a painting hanging at the White House that caused a huge uproar on social media when it was revealed over the weekend.

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