经过多年的绘画，前美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马（Barack Obama）作为一部宪法，对美国开国元勋憎恨的美国构成了威胁，随着华盛顿特区的烧毁，艺术家乔恩麦克诺顿终于找到了一个他认为值得在唐纳德特朗普总统讨好肖像画的主题。这位犹他州画家此前曾描述过特朗普拥抱美国国旗，教导一个任性的社会主义“正义战士”捕鱼，跑步达阵，甚至在乔治华盛顿的地方画总统，用灯笼穿过“沼泽”（而不是特拉华河）高高举起。
麦克诺顿的最新作品“杰作”将特朗普安置在艺术家的位置，因为总统在他自己的画作上拉开了帷幕。但是新作品的神秘信息 - 目前尚不清楚特朗普究竟画了什么 - 导致大量的模因嘲笑麦克诺顿的最新肖像。
新的麦克诺顿画作往往是社交媒体上的一个庆祝活动。通常描绘特朗普带着幸福的微笑，参与祈祷，或者有时作为一个伟大的运动员，麦克诺顿的画作可以看起来像另一个方面的信件，熟悉总统的大摇大摆的言语捏造和对快餐和八卦的热爱。麦克诺顿的肖像作品通常受到评论家的推崇，而不是粉丝，他们将特朗普的行为与他最大的支持者所感受到的明显矛盾戏剧化。
“杰作”特别适合修改模因，因为绘画的主题本身就是一幅画，可以很容易地改变为除了麦克诺顿提供的蓝调和绿色模糊混合之外的其他东西。
例如，它可以被描绘加菲尔德和乔恩阿巴克尔之间奇怪的幽会的粉丝艺术所取代。或者也许这是特朗普未发行的纳税申报表隐藏在红色天鹅绒布下：
纳粹图像特别常见，修改后的版本描绘了特朗普与死者涉嫌儿童性贩子杰弗里爱泼斯坦的关系，包括提到爱泼斯坦穿着莫妮卡莱温斯基的蓝色礼服的前总统比尔克林顿的离奇肖像：
麦克诺顿在YouTube视频中提供了他自己对这幅画的解释。“未来对美国有什么影响？” McNaughton在视频中询问，然后描述民主党人，共和党人，媒体和所谓的深陷国家如何破坏特朗普。“但这幅画还没有完成。我相信特朗普将来会发现比以往更大程度的繁荣，正义和美国影响力。他的最大成就还有待揭示。历史将如何记住总统职位唐纳德特朗普？我相信这将被视为他的杰作。“
After years of painting former President Barack Obama as a Constitution burning threat to the United States loathed by the Founding Fathers, literally fiddling as Washington D.C. burns, artist Jon McNaughton finally found a subject he deems worthy of fawning portraiture in President Donald Trump. The Utah painter has previously depicted Trump hugging the American flag, teaching a wayward socialist "justice warrior" to fish, running touchdowns and even painted the president in George Washington's place, crossing "the Swamp" (instead of the Delaware River) with a lantern held aloft.
McNaughton's latest, "The Masterpiece," seats Trump in the artist's place, as the president raises the curtain on a painting of his own. But the new work's enigmatic message—it's unclear what exactly Trump has painted—has lead to a flood of memes mocking McNaughton's latest portrait.
A new McNaughton painting is often a cause for celebration on social media. Commonly depicting Trump with a beatific smile, engaged in prayer, or sometimes as a great athlete, McNaughton's paintings can look like missives from an alternate dimension to people familiar with the president's swaggering stump speech fabrications and love of fast food and gossip. Typically promoted more by critics than fans, McNaughton's portraits dramatize the glaring contradiction between Trump's behavior and how he's perceived by his biggest supporters.