This New York Times review of Trump's new portrait will make you cringe

The New York Times published a lengthy article on Wednesday examining President Donald Trump’s newly released official portrait. It was yet another strangely normalizing report from the Times even as multiple facets of traditional American life are under threat from Trump and his team.

The piece was published in the Times’ “Arts” section and written by “critic at large” Jason Farago. The critic contrasts Trump’s new portrait with his original image and determines that the “subject’s mood...