Hear that lonesome whippoorwill

Ah the good old days.

President Donald Trump uploaded a series of wistful posts on Thursday evening that included photos of a younger Trump standing next to celebrities, civil rights leaders, musicians and artists during “the good old days,” some of whom he said no longer want to spend time with him.

Well, Don, think about why that might be.

I can just tell you why: it’s because you’re a bad man who does bad things. It’s also because you’re not a good (or wise or amusing) man who does good (or wise or amusing) things. Sensible people don’t want to spend time with you because you do harm and because you’re not quality company.

Breaking from his line of Truth Social posts earlier in the day about immigrant-related conspiracy theories, Trump appeared to end his Thursday by reflecting on bygone encounters with left-leaning cultural figures, including artist Andy Warhol, Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, and singer James Brown. His apparent fondness for a time in which he was friendlier with creatives and activists contrasted with his ongoing campaign as president to topple arts institutions and wage war against political figures who oppose his agenda.

Trump followed his post on Thursday featuring Sharpton, Jackson and Brown with a photo of himself and Warhol walking alongside a horse as Trump holds its reins.

“Donald Trump talks with Andy Warhol as he holds the bridle of a polo pony, Nov. 4, 1983,” read the photo’s description, written by social media poster MythoMAGA. “Trump was often seen at Studio 54, the infamous New York celebrity club.”

Warhol met with Trump on several occasions in the early 1980s, when Trump attempted to commission a painting from Warhol to hang over the entrance to a residential portion of his Trump Tower, which was still under construction. Their relationship soured, however, when Trump rejected Warhol’s paintings for not being color-coordinated and never paid for them, according to The Andy Warhol Diaries, a published collection of the late artist’s personal journals.

Well, yes, that will sour things.

Over the next few years, after the commission fell through, Warhol repeatedly expressed disdain for the Trumps. When he was invited to judge cheerleading tryouts at Trump Tower in 1984, he slighted them by intentionally showing up late.

“It was the first tryout, and I was supposed to be there at 12:00 but I took my time and went to church and finally moseyed over there around 2:00. This is because I still hate the Trumps because they never bought the paintings I did of the Trump Tower,” he wrote.

Poor lonesome Don.

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