Ua hōʻike ʻia nā leka uila i loaʻa koke nei ua mākaukau kekahi mau mea hāʻawi kālā e hoʻolako kālā i nā kiʻi kūhelu o Trump a me ka Wahine Mua mua ʻo Melania Trump no ka Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, akā ua ʻae hope ka Smithsonian e ʻae i ka hāʻawi $650,000 a Trump iā PAC Save America.
ʻO ka makana ka manawa mua i ka hoʻomanaʻo hou ʻana ua kākoʻo kālā kahi hui politika i nā kiʻi hale hōʻikeʻike o nā pelekikena mua, ʻoiai ʻo ka mea maʻamau e uku ʻia e nā mea hāʻawi pākahi i hoʻolimalima ʻia e ka Smithsonian. ʻO ka makana ʻokoʻa, i hōʻike mua ʻia e Business Insider i ʻAukake, ua hoʻāla pū i ka huhū lehulehu e kūʻē i ka hale hōʻikeʻike a hoʻolilo i ke kānalua i ka ʻike o ka lua o ka mea hāʻawi i hāʻawi i kahi makana $100,000 hou e kākoʻo i nā kiʻi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Citizens for Responsible and Ethical Washington. ua loiloi ʻia ma ka Pōʻakahi e The Washington Post.
Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo Linda St. Thomas, ka wahine ʻōlelo a ka Smithsonian Institution, i ka Pōʻakahi, ʻo ka lua o ka mea hāʻawi he "kamaʻāina e makemake ana e noho inoa ʻole." Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ia ua mākaukau mua kekahi o nā kiʻi, a ʻo kekahi e "hana ana."
Eia nō naʻe, ʻōlelo nā lula o ka hale hōʻikeʻike inā e holo hou ana kekahi pelekikena mua no ke kūlana pelekikena, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna kiʻi. ʻO ka hopena, ʻaʻole paha e hōʻike ka hale hōʻikeʻike i nā inoa o nā mea pena kiʻi ʻelua i kono ʻia a hiki i ke koho pelekikena 2024, ua haʻi aku ʻo St. Thomas i ka Post. Inā lanakila ʻo Trump i kēia koho balota, e hōʻike wale ʻia nā kiʻi ma hope o kona kau ʻelua, e like me nā lula o ka hale hōʻikeʻike.
"ʻAʻole mākou e hoʻokuʻu i ka inoa o ka mea pena kiʻi ma mua o ka wehe ʻana, ʻoiai inā pēlā hiki ke loli no ka mea ua hala ka manawa nui," wahi a St. Thomas. Aia ke kiʻi o Trump i ka makahiki 2019 i lawe ʻia e Pari Dukovic no ka makasina Time ma ka hōʻikeʻike "American Presidents" o ka National Portrait Gallery ma mua o ka wehe ʻia ʻana o ke kiʻi kūhelu. Wahi a ka Smithsonian Institution, e wehe koke ʻia ke kiʻi no nā kumu mālama.
Ua hoʻomau ʻia nā kūkākūkā ma waena o nā luna hale hōʻikeʻike a me Trump e pili ana i ke kiʻi a me kāna kālā no nā mahina, e hoʻomaka ana i ka hoʻomaka o 2021, ma hope koke iho o ka haʻalele ʻana o Trump i ke keʻena, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o nā leka uila.
Ua wehewehe ʻia ke kaʻina hana ma kahi leka mai Kim Saget, ka luna hoʻokele o ka National Portrait Gallery, iā Molly Michael, ke kōkua hoʻokō o Trump ma ke keʻena leka. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sadget e ʻae a hōʻole paha ʻo Trump i ka pena ma mua o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana. (Ua haʻi aku kahi ʻelele no ka Smithsonian i ka Post ua kāhea aku nā limahana hale hōʻikeʻike i ka hui o Trump e wehewehe ʻaʻole ʻo ia e loaʻa ka ʻae hope loa.)
"ʻOiaʻiʻo, inā he mau manaʻo ko Mr. Trump no nā mea pena kiʻi ʻē aʻe, e hoʻokipa mākou i kēlā mau manaʻo," i kākau ai ʻo Sadget iā Michael ma kahi leka uila i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma Malaki 18, 2021. "ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi mea pena kiʻi, ma ka manaʻo o ka hale hōʻikeʻike a me ka mea mālama, e hana i kahi kiʻi maikaʻi no ka hale hōʻikeʻike o nā Pelekikena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma ke ʻano mau loa."
Ma kahi o ʻelua mahina ma hope mai, ua ʻike pū ʻo Sadget e hōʻiliʻili ana ka National Portrait Gallery i nā kālā pilikino no nā kiʻi pelekikena āpau a noi i ke kōkua e ʻimi i "nā hoaaloha a me nā mea pā o ka ʻohana Trump e hiki ke kākoʻo i kēia mau komisina."
Ma ka lā 28 o Mei, 2021, ua kākau ʻo Saget iā Michael, "I mea e mālama ai i kahi mamao mahalo ma waena o ko lākou ola pilikino a me ko lākou hoʻoilina lehulehu, koho mākou ʻaʻole e hoʻokokoke aku i nā lālā o ka ʻohana Trump a i ʻole e hāʻawi i kekahi o nā ʻoihana a Trump."
Ma kahi o hoʻokahi pule ma hope mai, ua haʻi aku ʻo Michael iā Sadget ua "loaʻa i ka hui Trump kekahi mau mea hāʻawi, ma ke ʻano he poʻe pākahi, e hāʻawi piha paha."
"E hoʻolaha ana au i nā inoa a me ka ʻike pili i nā lā e hiki mai ana e hoʻohālikelike i kā mākou mau ʻiole a hoʻoholo i ka makemake hope loa o ka pelekikena," i kākau ai ʻo Michael.
I hoʻokahi pule ma hope mai, ua hoʻouna aku ʻo Michael i kahi papa inoa ʻē aʻe, akā ua kāpae ʻia nā inoa mai nā leka uila lehulehu i ʻike ʻia e The Post. Ua kākau ʻo Michael "e loaʻa iā ia he ʻumikūmālua hou inā pono".
ʻAʻole maopopo ka mea i hana ʻia e pili ana i ka hōʻiliʻili kālā ma hope o kēlā a alakaʻi i ka hoʻoholo e ʻae i ke kālā mai ka Trump PAC. Hōʻike nā leka uila ua hana ʻia kekahi o nā kamaʻilio ʻana ma ke kelepona a i ʻole i nā hālāwai virtual.
I Kepakemapa 2021, ua hoʻololi lākou i nā leka uila e pili ana i ka "kau mua" o ke kiʻi. A laila, ma Pepeluali 17, 2022, ua hoʻouna ʻo Saget i kahi leka uila ʻē aʻe iā Michael e wehewehe ana i ke kulekele o ka hale hōʻikeʻike no nā hōʻiliʻili.
"ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia kekahi kanaka ola e uku no ko lākou ʻano ponoʻī," i kākau ai ʻo Sajet, e kuhikuhi ana i ke kulekele. "Hiki i ka NPG ke hoʻokaʻaʻike aku i ka ʻohana o ka mea mālama, nā hoaaloha a me nā hoaaloha e uhi i nā kumukūʻai o ke kauoha ʻana i ke kiʻi, inā ʻo ka NPG ke alakaʻi i nā kūkākūkā a ʻaʻole ka ʻaoʻao i kono ʻia e hoʻohuli i ke koho a i ʻole ke kumukūʻai a ka mea pena kiʻi."
Ma Malaki 8, 2022, ua nīnau ʻo Saget iā Michael inā hiki iā ia ke kaʻana like ma ke kelepona me nā mea hou mai ka poʻe i hōʻike i ka hoihoi i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hana a ka hale hōʻikeʻike.
"Ke hoʻomaka nei mākou e hoʻokomo i nā kumukūʻai e pono e uhi ʻia a ke ʻimi nei mākou e neʻe kokoke aku i ka hōʻiliʻili kālā ma o ka papahana," i kākau ai ʻo Sajet.
Ma hope o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi kelepona ma o kekahi mau leka uila, ua kākau ʻo Michael iā Saget ma Malaki 25, 2022, e ʻōlelo ana "ʻo ka pilina maikaʻi loa e hoʻomau i kā mākou mau kūkākūkā" ʻo Susie Wiles, he kākāʻōlelo politika Repubalika i kapa ʻia ma hope ʻo ia ke kākāʻōlelo kiʻekiʻe o Trump i ka makahiki 2024. - hoʻolaha koho balota.
Ma kahi leka i kākau ʻia ma Mei 11, 2022, ma ke poʻo leka ʻo Smithsonian, ua kākau nā luna o ka hale hōʻikeʻike iā Save America PCC Treasurer Bradley Clutter, e hoʻomaopopo ana i ka "ʻōlelo hoʻohiki lokomaikaʻi o ka hui politika he $650,000" e kākoʻo i ke Komisina Kiʻi Trump.
"I ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia kākoʻo lokomaikaʻi, e hōʻike ka Smithsonian Institution i nā huaʻōlelo 'Save America' ma nā lepili o nā mea i hōʻike ʻia me ke kiʻi i ka wā o ka hōʻikeʻike a ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke kiʻi o ke kiʻi ma ka pūnaewele NPG," i kākau ai ka hale hōʻikeʻike.
Ua hoʻohui lākou e kono pū ana ʻo PAC Save America i 10 mau malihini i ka hōʻike, a ukali ʻia e kahi nānā kiʻi pilikino o ʻelima mau malihini.
Ma Iulai 20, 2022, ua leka uila ʻo Wiles iā Usha Subramanian, ka luna hoʻomohala ma ka National Portrait Gallery, i kahi kope o ka ʻaelike i kau inoa ʻia.
E uku ʻia ke komisina $750,000 no nā kiʻi ʻelua o Trump e ka hāʻawi kālā a ka Save America PAC a me kahi makana pilikino ʻelua he $100,000 mai kahi mea hāʻawi pilikino i kapa ʻole ʻia, wahi a ka hale hōʻikeʻike i ka makahiki i hala.
ʻOiai he mea ʻē, ua kū kānāwai nā hāʻawi kālā no ka mea ʻo Save America ka PAC e hoʻomalu ana, me nā kapu liʻiliʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāna kālā. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēlā mau PAC, me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā moho like manaʻo, e uku i nā mea kūkākūkā, e uhi i nā lilo huakaʻi a me nā lilo kānāwai, a me nā lilo ʻē aʻe. Loaʻa ka hapa nui o ke kālā a Trump GAC mai nā mea hāʻawi liʻiliʻi e pane ana i nā leka uila a me nā nīnau ʻē aʻe.
Ua hōʻole nā ​​ʻelele o Trump e ʻōlelo. I ka Pōʻalua, ua haʻi aku ka wahine ʻōlelo a Smithsonian Institution ʻo Concetta Duncan i ka The Post ua hoʻokaʻawale ka hale hōʻikeʻike i ke kōmike hana politika a Trump mai kona ʻohana a me kāna ʻoihana.
"No ka mea, ʻo ka PAC ke kū nei i ka waihona o nā kākoʻo, ua hauʻoli ka Portrait Gallery e ʻae i kēia mau kālā no ka mea ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopilikia i ke koho ʻana o nā mea pena kiʻi a i ʻole ka waiwai o ka hale hana like," i kākau ai ʻo ia ma kahi leka uila.
Ua kūʻē ka hale hōʻikeʻike i ka huhū ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻia ʻana o ka hāʻawi kālā i ka lehulehu i ka makahiki i hala. Ma kahi leka uila i ʻAukake i hala, ua hōʻiliʻili ka mea hoʻolālā pāpili kaiapili ʻo Smithsonian i nā tweets mai nā mea hoʻohana i huhū i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka hāʻawi kālā.
"ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ʻike ka poʻe he mau kiʻi o nā pelekikena a pau kā mākou," i kākau ai ka mea hoʻolālā pāpili kaiaulu ʻo Erin Blascoe. "Ua huhū lākou i ko mākou loaʻa ʻana o ke kiʻi o Trump, akā he nui nō hoʻi ka poʻe i huhū no ka mea ua manaʻo ʻia he 'hāʻawi', ʻoiai ma hope o ka hoʻohewa ʻana i kā lākou mau ʻano hōʻiliʻili kālā."
Hoʻokomo pū ʻia kekahi kope o kahi leka i kākau lima ʻia mai kahi mea kūʻai aku i hoka ka manaʻo nāna i ʻōlelo ua like kona mau makahiki me ka pelekikena mua a noi aku i ka hale hōʻikeʻike ʻaʻole e hōʻike i ke kiʻi o Trump.
"E ʻoluʻolu, ma ka liʻiliʻi a hiki i ka pau ʻana o nā hoʻokolokolo ʻana a ka DOJ a me ka FBI," i kākau ai ke kākoʻo. "Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ko mākou Hale Paʻa makamae e hana i nā hewa."
I kēlā manawa, ua haʻi aku ʻo St. Thomas i kāna mau hoa hana hale hōʻikeʻike ua manaʻo ʻo ia he "kikowaena o ka hau hau" wale nō ka kū'ē.
“E heluhelu i ka ʻatikala,” i kākau ai ʻo ia ma kahi leka uila. “Heluhelu lākou i nā mea ʻē aʻe a PAC e hāʻawi nei. Aia mākou ma laila.
ʻOiai ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka National Portrait Gallery e ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i ka makahiki 1962, ʻaʻole ia i kauoha i nā pelekikena e haʻalele ana a hiki i ka makahiki 1994, i ka wā i pena ai ʻo Ronald Sherr i ke kiʻi o George W. Bush.
I ka wā ma mua, ua kālā ʻia nā kiʻi e nā hāʻawi pilikino, pinepine mai nā poʻe kākoʻo o ke aupuni e haʻalele ana. Ua hāʻawi aku ma mua o 200 mau mea hāʻawi, me Steven Spielberg, John Legend lāua ʻo Chrissy Teigen, i ke komisina $750,000 no nā kiʻi o Obama na Kehinde Wiley lāua ʻo Amy Sherald. ʻAʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia ka PKK i ka papa inoa o nā mea hāʻawi kiʻi o Obama lāua ʻo Bush.