Maimelo omwe alandiridwa posachedwapa akusonyeza kuti opereka ndalama ena anali okonzeka kupereka ndalama zovomerezeka za Trump ndi mkazi woyamba wakale Melania Trump kuti agwiritse ntchito ku Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, koma Smithsonian pamapeto pake adavomereza kulandira ndalama zokwana $650,000 zomwe Trump adapereka ku PAC Save America.
Mphatsoyi ndi nthawi yoyamba m'chikumbutso chaposachedwa kuti bungwe landale lapereka ndalama zothandizira zithunzi za apurezidenti akale ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, chifukwa nthawi zambiri zimalipidwa ndi opereka ndalama pawokha omwe adasankhidwa ndi Smithsonian. Mphatso yosazolowerekayi, yomwe idanenedwa koyamba ndi Business Insider mu Ogasiti, idayambitsanso mkwiyo wa anthu onse motsutsana ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndikukayikira za wopereka ndalama wachiwiri yemwe adapereka mphatso yowonjezera ya $100,000 kuti athandizire zithunzi zomwe zidakonzedwa ndi Citizens for Responsible and Ethical Washington. idawunikidwanso Lolemba ndi The Washington Post.
Mneneri wa Smithsonian Institution, Linda St. Thomas, adabwerezanso Lolemba kuti wopereka wachiwiri anali "nzika yomwe ikufuna kuti isadziwike." Ananenanso kuti chimodzi mwa zithunzizo chakonzeka kale, ndipo china "chikugwira ntchito."
Komabe, malamulo a nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale amanena kuti ngati pulezidenti wakale akupikisananso paudindo wa purezidenti, chithunzi chake sichingatulutsidwe. Chifukwa chake, nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakaleyi singatchule mayina a ojambula awiri oyitanidwa mpaka chisankho cha purezidenti cha 2024, St. Thomas adauza Post. Ngati Trump apambana chisankhochi, zithunzizo zidzawonetsedwa pokhapokha atangomaliza nthawi yake yachiwiri, malinga ndi malamulo a nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale.
“Sitikulengeza dzina la wojambulayo lisanatsegulidwe, ngakhale kuti pankhaniyi zitha kusintha chifukwa nthawi yambiri yapita,” anatero St. Thomas. Chithunzi cha Trump cha 2019 chomwe chinajambulidwa ndi Pari Dukovic cha magazini ya Time chikuwonetsedwa kwakanthawi pachiwonetsero cha National Portrait Gallery cha “American Presidents” chithunzicho chisanatsegulidwe. Malinga ndi Smithsonian Institution, chithunzicho chidzachotsedwa posachedwa chifukwa cha zifukwa zosungira zachilengedwe.
Mauthenga a maimelo akusonyeza kuti kukambirana pakati pa akuluakulu a nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndi Trump pa chithunzichi ndi ndalama zomwe chinagwiritsidwa ntchito kwapitirira kwa miyezi ingapo, kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2021, Trump atangochoka paudindo.
Njirayi yafotokozedwa mu uthenga wochokera kwa Kim Saget, mkulu wa National Portrait Gallery, kwa Molly Michael, wothandizira wamkulu wa Trump ku positi ofesi. Sadget adati Trump pamapeto pake adzavomereza kapena kukana chithunzicho chisanawonetsedwe. (Mneneri wa Smithsonian adauza The Post kuti ogwira ntchito ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale adayimbira gulu la Trump kuti afotokoze kuti sadzalandira chilolezo chomaliza.)
“Zachidziwikire, ngati a Trump ali ndi malingaliro kwa ojambula ena, tingalandire malingaliro amenewo,” Sadget adalembera Michael mu imelo ya pa Marichi 18, 2021. “Cholinga chathu chinali kupeza wojambula yemwe, malinga ndi malingaliro a nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndi wosamalira, angapange chithunzi chabwino cha malo owonetsera zithunzi za a Purezidenti a United States nthawi zonse.”
Patatha miyezi iwiri, Sadget adazindikiranso kuti National Portrait Gallery inali kusonkhanitsa ndalama zachinsinsi za zithunzi zonse za purezidenti ndipo idapempha thandizo kupeza "abwenzi ndi mafani a banja la Trump omwe angathandize ma komishoni awa."
Pa Meyi 28, 2021, Saget adalembera Michael kuti, “Kuti tisunge mtunda waulemu pakati pa miyoyo yawo yachinsinsi ndi cholowa chawo cha anthu onse, tasankha kusayandikira achibale a Trump kapena kupereka nawo gawo pa bizinesi iliyonse ya Trump.”
Patatha pafupifupi sabata imodzi, Michael anauza Sadget kuti gulu la Trump "lapeza opereka ndalama angapo omwe, monga munthu payekhapayekha, mwina angapereke ndalama zonse."
"Ndidzalemba mayina ndi zambiri zolumikizirana masiku angapo otsatira kuti tigwirizane bwino ndikusankha zomwe purezidenti akufuna," Michael adalemba.
Patatha sabata imodzi, Michael anatumiza mndandanda wina, koma mayinawo anachotsedwa m'maimelo omwe anthu onse adawaona ndi The Post. Michael analemba kuti "adzakhala ndi ena khumi ndi awiri ngati pakufunika".
Sizikudziwika bwino zomwe zinachitika pankhani yopezera ndalama pambuyo pake ndipo zinapangitsa kuti asankhe kulandira ndalama kuchokera ku Trump PAC. Maimelo akusonyeza kuti zokambirana zina zinachitika pafoni kapena pamisonkhano yapaintaneti.
Mu Seputembala 2021, adatumizirana maimelo okhudzana ndi "gawo loyamba" la chithunzicho. Kenako, pa February 17, 2022, Saget adatumiza imelo ina kwa Michael akufotokoza mfundo za nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale pankhani yosonkhanitsa zinthu.
“Palibe munthu wamoyo amene amaloledwa kulipira chifukwa cha kufanana kwake,” analemba Sajet, ponena za ndondomekoyi. “NPG ikhoza kulankhulana ndi banja la wosamalira, abwenzi ndi anthu omwe amawadziwa kuti alipire ndalama zoyendetsera ntchito yojambula chithunzicho, bola ngati NPG ikutsogolera zokambiranazo ndipo gulu loyitanidwa silikukhudza chisankho kapena mtengo wa wojambulayo.”
Pa 8 Marichi, 2022, Saget anafunsa Michael ngati angathe kugawana naye pafoni zinthu zatsopano kuchokera kwa omwe asonyeza chidwi chothandizira ntchito ya nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale.
"Tikuyamba kuwononga ndalama zomwe ziyenera kulipidwa ndipo tikufuna kuyandikira kusonkhanitsa ndalama kudzera mu polojekitiyi," Sajet adalemba.
Pambuyo pokonza foni kudzera m'maimelo angapo, Michael adalembera Saget pa Marichi 25, 2022, nati "munthu wabwino kwambiri woti tipitirize kukambirana" anali Susie Wiles, mlangizi wandale wa Republican yemwe pambuyo pake adasankhidwa kukhala mlangizi wamkulu wa Trump mu 2024. - kampeni yosankha.
Mu kalata yolembedwa pa Meyi 11, 2022, yomwe ili pa tsamba la Smithsonian, akuluakulu a nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale adalembera Bradley Clutter, Wosunga Ndalama wa Save America PCC, povomereza "lonjezo laposachedwa la bungwe la ndale la $650,000" lothandizira Trump Portrait Commission.
"Pozindikira thandizo lalikululi, Smithsonian Institution idzawonetsa mawu oti 'Save America' pa zilembo za zinthu zomwe zawonetsedwa ndi chithunzicho panthawi ya chiwonetserochi komanso pafupi ndi chithunzi cha chithunzicho patsamba la NPG," nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale inalemba.
Iwo anawonjezera kuti PAC Save America idzaitananso alendo 10 ku chiwonetserochi, kenako ndi chithunzi chachinsinsi cha alendo okwana asanu.
Pa Julayi 20, 2022, Wiles anatumiza imelo kwa Usha Subramanian, mkulu wa chitukuko ku National Portrait Gallery, kuti alembe kopi ya pangano lomwe linasainidwa.
Ndalama zokwana $750,000 zogulira zithunzi ziwiri za Trump zidzalipidwa ndi chopereka cha Save America PAC ndi mphatso ina yachinsinsi ya $100,000 yochokera kwa wopereka payekha wosatchulidwa dzina, nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale inatero chaka chatha.
Ngakhale kuti sizodabwitsa, zopereka ndizovomerezeka chifukwa Save America ndiye PAC yolamulira, yokhala ndi zoletsa zochepa pakugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zake. Ma PAC otere, kuwonjezera pa kukweza anthu omwe ali ndi malingaliro ofanana, angagwiritsidwe ntchito kulipira alangizi, kuphimba ndalama zoyendera ndi zamilandu, pakati pa zina. Ndalama zambiri za Trump GAC zimachokera kwa opereka ndalama ang'onoang'ono omwe akuyankha maimelo ndi mafunso ena.
Oimira Trump anakana kunenapo kanthu. Lachiwiri, wolankhulira Smithsonian Institution Concetta Duncan anauza The Post kuti nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale imasiyanitsa komiti yandale ya Trump ndi banja lake komanso bizinesi yake.
"Popeza PAC ikuyimira gulu la othandizira, Portrait Gallery ikusangalala kulandira ndalamazi chifukwa sizikhudza kusankha kwa ojambula kapena kufunika kwa malo ogwirira ntchito pamodzi," analemba motero mu imelo.
Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale inatsutsidwa kwambiri pambuyo poti zoperekazo zalengezedwa chaka chatha. Mu imelo yomwe inatumizidwa mu Ogasiti watha, katswiri wa zachikhalidwe cha anthu a Smithsonian adasonkhanitsa ma tweets kuchokera kwa ogwiritsa ntchito omwe adakhumudwa ndi chilengezo cha zoperekazo.
“Zachidziwikire anthu sakuzindikira kuti tili ndi zithunzi za apurezidenti onse,” analemba katswiri wa zachikhalidwe cha anthu Erin Blascoe. “Anakhumudwa kuti tinalandira chithunzi cha Trump, koma panalinso anthu ambiri omwe anakhumudwa kuti chinali ‘chopereka’, makamaka atatsutsa njira zawo zopezera ndalama.”
Palinso kopi ya kalata yolembedwa ndi munthu wina wokhumudwa yemwe anati anali ndi zaka zofanana ndi purezidenti wakale ndipo anapempha nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale kuti isawonetse chithunzi cha Trump.
“Chonde, mpaka kafukufuku wa DOJ ndi FBI atatha,” analemba motero wothandizayo. “Anagwiritsa ntchito Nyumba Yathu Yoyera yamtengo wapatali kuchita milandu.”
Pa nthawiyo, St. Thomas anauza anzake ogwira nawo ntchito ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale kuti iye ankaona otsutsawo ngati "chinthu chongopeka chabe".
“Werengani nkhaniyi,” analemba mu imelo. “Alemba zinthu zina zomwe PAC imapereka. Tilipo.”
Ngakhale kuti Nyumba Yowonetsera Zithunzi ya National Portrait Gallery idakhazikitsidwa ndi Congress mu 1962, sinatumize apurezidenti omwe adachoka pantchito mpaka mu 1994, pomwe Ronald Sherr adajambula chithunzi cha George W. Bush.
Kale, zithunzi zinkathandizidwa ndi zopereka za anthu payekha, nthawi zambiri kuchokera kwa ochirikiza boma lomwe likutuluka. Opereka ndalama oposa 200, kuphatikizapo Steven Spielberg, John Legend ndi Chrissy Teigen, adapereka ndalama zokwana $750,000 zoti zigwiritsidwe ntchito pojambula zithunzi za Obama ndi Kehinde Wiley ndi Amy Sherald. Mndandanda wa opereka zithunzi za Obama ndi Bush suphatikizapo PKK.