Tun hnaia email dawnte chuan mimal thilpek petu ṭhenkhat chuan Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery atan Trump leh First Lady hlui Melania Trump-te official portrait siamna tur sum an pe duh tih a tarlang a, mahse a tawpah chuan Smithsonian hian Trump-a’n PAC Save America-a $650,000 a pek chu pawm a remti ta a ni.
He thilpek hi tun hnaia hriatrengnaah political organization pakhatin president hluite museum-a thlalak siamna tur sum a pek hmasak ber a ni a, a tlangpuiin Smithsonian-in mimal thawhlawm thawhtu an lakluhte'n an pek ṭhin a ni. August thlaa Business Insider-in a report hmasak ber, he thilpek danglam tak hian mipuiin museum hi a dodalna a siam bawk a, Citizens for Responsible and Ethical Washington-in portrait an buatsaihna atana thilpek $100,000 pek belhtu, donor pahnihna chu tu nge a nih tih rinhlelhna a siam bawk. tih chu Thawhlehni khan The Washington Post chuan a enfiah.
Smithsonian Institution thupuangtu Linda St. Thomas chuan Thawhlehni khan thilpek petu pahnihna chu “mipui, hming tarlan duh loh” a nih thu a sawi nawn leh a ni. Portrait pakhat chu a inpeih tawh tih a sawi bawk a, pakhat zawk chu “hnathawhnaah” a awm tih a sawi bawk.
Amaherawhchu, museum danah chuan President hluiin president atan a inlan leh a nih chuan a lem hi a chhuah theih loh tur thu a tarlang. Chuvang chuan museum hian kum 2024 president thlanna neih hma chuan artist sawm pahnih hming hi a puangzar lo mai thei niin St. Thomas chuan Post a hrilh. Tun inthlanpuiah Trump hian hnehna a chang a nih chuan a term hnihna hnuah chauh thlalakte hi phochhuah a ni ang tih museum danah a lang.
“He artist hming hi hawn hmain kan tichhuak lo a, chutiang a nih chuan hun tam tak a liam tawh avangin a danglam thei a ni,” tiin St. Thomas chuan a sawi. Kum 2019-a Trump thlalak Pari Dukovic-i’n Time magazine tana a lak chu National Portrait Gallery-a “American Presidents” exhibition-ah official portrait pholan a nih hma hian hun eng emaw chen atan phochhuah a ni. Smithsonian Institution-in a tarlan danin, humhalhna avanga thlalak hi paih a ni thuai dawn a ni.
Museum official-te leh Trump-te inkarah hian he thlalak leh a sum pek chungchangah hian thla tam tak chhung inbiakna neih chhunzawm zel a ni a, kum 2021 tir lam aṭang khan Trump-a'n a hna a chhuahsan hnu lawkah ṭan a ni tih email-ah a lang.
Hetiang kalphung hi National Portrait Gallery director Kim Saget-in post office-a Trump-a executive assistant Molly Michael hnena thuchah a thawnah tarlan a ni. Sadget chuan Trump chuan a tawpah chuan he lemziak hi phochhuah a nih hmain a pawm emaw, a pawm lo emaw tih a sawi. (Smithsonian thupuangtu chuan The Post hnenah a hnuah museum staff-te chuan Trump-a team chu phone-in a tawp berah phalna a dawng dawn lo tih an sawi chiang hle tih a sawi.)
“A dik e, Mr. Trump hian artist dangte tan ngaihtuahna a nei a nih chuan chu rawtnate chu kan lawmpui ang,” tiin Sadget chuan Michael hnenah March 18, 2021-a email-ah a ziak a, “Kan tum ber chu museum leh sitter ngaihdanah chuan United States President-te gallery-a thlalak ṭha tak siam thei tur artist hmuh a ni,” a ti.
Thla hnih vel hnuah Sadget chuan National Portrait Gallery chuan president thlalak zawng zawng atan mimal sum a thawhkhawm tih a sawi bawk a, “Trump chhungkaw ṭhian leh fans, heng commission-te thlawp thei tur” zawng tura ṭanpuina a dil bawk.
May 28, 2021 khan Saget chuan Michael hnenah heti hian a ziak a, “An mimal nun leh an vantlang thil hlui inkara zah taka inhlat taka awm theihna turin Trump chhungkaw member-te biak loh emaw, Trump-a sumdawnna engmah a thawhpui loh emaw kan thlang a ni,” a ti.
Kar khat vel hnuah Michael chuan Sadget hnenah Trump team hian “donor engemawzat an hmu a, mimal angin a pum puiin an pe vek mai thei” tiin a sawi.
”Kan duck te align nan leh president duhzawng hnuhnung ber tur hriat chian nan ni engemaw zat chhung chu hming leh contact information ka post dawn a ni,” tiin Michael chuan a ziak.
Kar khat hnuah Michael hian list dang a thawn leh a, mahse The Post-in vantlang email a hmuh aṭangin a hmingte chu a redacted leh a ni. Michael chuan “a tul chuan dozen dang a nei leh ang” tiin a ziak.
Chumi hnua sum thawhkhawmna lamah eng thil nge thleng tih hriat a la ni lo a, hei vang hian Trump PAC aṭanga pawisa pawm tura thutlukna siam a ni. Email-ah hian inbiakna ṭhenkhat chu phone emaw, virtual meeting neih lai emaw a nih thu a tarlang.
Kum 2021 September thla khan he thlalak “first session” chungchangah email an inthleng a ni. Tichuan, February 17, 2022 khan Saget chuan Michael hnenah email dang a thawn leh a, museum-in collection chungchanga policy a neih dan a sawifiah leh a ni.
Sajet chuan, “Mi nung tumahin anmahni ang chi man an pek phal a ni lo,” tiin policy chu a tarlang. “NPG chuan sitter chhungte, ṭhiante leh a hriatte chu a biak theih a, portrait commission-na senso chu a phuhruk thei a, chu chu NPG-in inbiaknaah hma a hruai a, sawmtu party-in artist duhthlanna leh man a nghawng loh phawt chuan.”.
March 8, 2022 khan Saget chuan Michael hnenah museum hnathawh thlawp duhna lantir tute update chu phone hmanga share theih a nih leh nih loh a zawt a.
“Kan senso phuhruk ngai kan nei tan a, project kaltlangin sum thawhkhawm hnaih zawk kan tum a ni,” tiin Sajet chuan a ziak.
Email engemawzat hmanga phone call a coordinate hnuah Michael hian March 25, 2022 khan Saget hnenah lehkha a thawn a, “kan sawihona chhunzawm zelna tur contact tha ber” chu Republican political adviser Susie Wiles a ni a, a hnuah kum 2024 khan Trump senior adviser atan ruat a ni.– election campaign.
May 11, 2022-a Smithsonian letterhead-a lehkha an thawnah, museum hotute chuan Save America PCC Treasurer Bradley Clutter hnenah lehkha an thawn a, Trump Portrait Commission thlawp tura “tun hnaia political organization-in $650,000 pek a tiam” chu an pawm a ni.
”Hemi \anpuina \ha tak hi hriatrengna atan Smithsonian Institution chuan exhibition neih chhunga thlalak nena tarlan thilte label-ah leh NPG website-a thlalak thlalak bulah ‘Save America’ tih thumal a dah ang,” tiin museum chuan a ziak.
PAC Save America pawhin khualzin 10 a sawm dawn tih an sawi bawk a, hemi hnu hian khualzin panga thleng private portrait en a ni ang.
July 20, 2022 khan Wiles hian National Portrait Gallery-a development director Usha Subramanian hnenah inremna ziah copy chu email-in a thawn a ni.
Trump thlalak pahnih siamna tur commission $750,000 chu Save America PAC donation hmanga pek a nih tur thu leh private donor hming tarlan loh hnen aṭanga mimal thilpek pahnihna $100,000 pek a nih tur thu museum chuan nikum khan a sawi.
Thil danglam tak ni mah se, thawhlawm hi dan anga kalpui a ni a, a chhan chu Save America hi PAC enkawltu a nih avangin, a sum hman danah khapna tlemte chauh a awm. Chutiang PAC-te chu ngaihdan inang nei candidate-te tihhmasawn bakah hian consultant-te pawisa pekna atan te, zin leh dan lama senso te bakah senso dangte pawh a huam thei a ni. Trump GAC funding tam zawk hi email leh zawhna dangte chhanna aṭanga donor tenau aṭanga hmuh a ni.
Trump aiawhte hian engmah an sawi duh lo. Thawhlehni khan Smithsonian Institution thupuangtu Concetta Duncan chuan The Post hnenah museum hian Trump-a political action committee chu a chhungte leh sumdawnna aṭangin a thliar hrang niin a sawi.
“PAC hian sponsors pool a aiawh avangin Portrait Gallery chuan heng sumte hi a pawm a, hei hian artist thlan dan emaw, collective facility hlutna emaw a nghawng loh avangin an lawm hle a ni,” tiin email-ah a ziak.
Nikum khan thilpek hi mipui hriata puan a nih hnuah museum hian backlash a tawk a ni. Nikum August thla khan Smithsonian-a social media strategist hian email a thawn a, donation puan avanga lungawi lo users-te tweet a khawlkhawm a ni.
“A dik e, miten president zawng zawng thlalak kan nei tih hi an hre lo niin a lang,” tiin social media strategist Erin Blascoe chuan a ziak. “Trump hmel kan hmuh avangin an lungawi lo hle a, mahse ‘donation’ anga ngaih a nih avangin lungawi lo an tam hle bawk a, a bik takin an sum thawhkhawm dan an sawisel hnuah an lungawi lo hle bawk.”
Tin, patron lungawi lo tak kutziak lehkha copy pawh a tel a, president hlui nen kum inang a nih thu sawiin, museum-ah Trump thlalak pholan lo turin a ngen bawk.
“Khawngaihin, a tlem berah DOJ leh FBI chhui chianna a zawh hma loh chuan,” tiin patron chuan a ziak a. “Kan White House hlu tak chu thil sual ti turin a hmang a ni.”
Chutih lai chuan St. Thomas chuan museum-a a thawhpui te hnenah dodalna chu “the tip of the iceberg” chauh anga a ngaih thu a sawi.
Email-ah, “A article kha chhiar rawh,” tiin a ziak. “PAC-in thil dang a pek te an list a, kan awm a.
National Portrait Gallery hi kum 1962 khan Congress-in siam ni mah se, kum 1994 thleng khan president chhuak turte chu a commission lo a, chutih lai chuan Ronald Sherr chuan George W. Bush thlalak a siam a ni.
Tun hma chuan portrait siamna hi mimal thawhlawm hmanga sum pek a ni a, a tam zawkah chuan sorkar chhuak mek thlawptute hnen aṭangin a ni. Kehinde Wiley leh Amy Sherald-te siam Obama thlalak siamna tur $750,000 commission-ah hian Steven Spielberg, John Legend leh Chrissy Teigen telin donor 200 chuangin an thawh a ni. Obama leh Bush-te thlalak petu list-ah hian PKK hi a tel lo.