Artist Jon McNaughton felt compelled to paint a picture illustrating, from his point of view, the impact of the President’s foreign policy on the world.
The painting features Obama playing a round of golf meanwhile a massive nuclear explosion takes place in the background.
“I felt a need to paint a new image to capture the delicate situation we face as Americans,” he explained.
“What has happened since he’s been in office? Where is the stability and peace in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Crimea, Ukraine, Russia, Iran, Israel, Palestine, China and North Korea? How are our veterans doing? Are American citizens safer as they travel abroad?"
An established artist from Utah known for incorporating controversial themes into his work, McNaughton posed the following question to his viewers:
“When the balance of the world seems to stand on the edge of a knife, where is our President?”
“Since Obama has been President, he has played over 200 rounds of golf,” he added. “This is not a game. This is ‘Obama’s Foreign Policy.’”
The painting was released the same week President Obama refused to attend Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress on Tuesday regarding a potentially weak if not dangerous nuclear deal with Iran. Such a decision not to support one of the United States' strongest allies calls into question the President's priorities domestic and abroad.
Check out the political painting and McNaughton's explanation below.
This is not the first time McNaughton painted a provocative picture of the President.
Back in 2013, he painted the image below of Obama holding up the U.S. Constitution, the document nearly engulfed in flames. The subject? "One Nation Under Socialism."
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He contrasts that image with this painting entitled, "One Nation Under God."
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