Can these guys get weirder? Now The Hill says Bannon has portrait made of himself as Napoleon.

[icymist]

Stephen Bannon has a painting of himself as Napoleon: report

White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon has a painting of himself as French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, according to a New York Magazine report.

The painting of Bannon as the famous French leader was reportedly given to Bannon by Nigel Farage, a former leader of the UK Independence party who has written for Breitbart, a conservative news website that Bannon once ran.

“On his office wall hung an oil painting of Bannon dressed as Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries, done in the style of Jacques-Louis David’s famous neoclassical painting — a gift from Nigel Farage,” the magazine reported.

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/341254-steve-bannon-has-a-painting-of-himself-as-napoleon


I found the image through google.

[Hekate]

1. Gross! Well, they certainly are making no secret of their goals...

So be forewarned.

[icymist]

2. I'm a total loss for words.

Except to say that these people are crazy. But, everyone know that already.

[GeoWilliam750]

3. Surely this must be fake news

[jmowreader]

4. Wouldn't it have been better if he'd painted Bannon as Robespierre?

Seriously, and not just because Robespierre ended up in two pieces. Robespierre was a serious tyrant. He was so insecure he was sending his closest allies, and their entire families, to the guillotine toward the end of the Reign of Terror. I hope Trump won't give this asshole anything lethal to act out his fantasies with, but Bannon would do that shit.

[DetlefK]

5. Napoleon was deposed and sent into exile.

[oasis]

6. "Democracy is for the little people"

To paraphrase the late, Leona Helms.

[icymist]

7. Russia was the downfall of Napoleon. I was just thinking this while trying to sleep.

Synchronicity?

[Achilleaze]

8. Free clue for republicans: This is America

We don't need no steenkin fake emperors, or czars for that freaking matter. This is America. We hate both the real and the fake royal shit.

[Buns_of_Fire]

9. It looks like "Napoleon" has been nipping at the brandy again. nt

[Sedona]

10. Remember this?

[ck4829]

11. Well, he was exiled to an island. That sounds like a goal we should have for him.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Time was, thinking you were Napoleon was a cliched sign of insanity

Now it's seen as just (with possibly a touch of sarcasm by New York mag) as "a healthy self-regard".

[Historic NY]

13. The Twisted Journey Of 'Napoleon's Privates'

Maybe Bannon had his own collection


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92126411

[tanyev]

14. Looking forward to his Waterloo.

[bresue]

15. He also watches Maddow every evening...loves her show...

Very weird!

[alarimer]

16. Does he not remember what happened to Napoleon in the end?

He died, in exile. So the sooner that happens to Bannon and/or Trump, the better.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

17. Former Ukrainian strongman Viktor Yanukovych's chief prosecutor had a similar painting....

...in his golden palace.

So I'm not at all surprised.

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He also had a painting of himself dressed as Caesar.



Just so you know, here's his wife: