President-elect Trump sported a familiar stone-faced stare in his official portrait revealed just days before he makes his White House return. The intrigue: The nontraditional portrait is starkly different from his first term pose,

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's presumptive nominee for Secretary of Defense, was subjected to a morality-based confirmation hearing by Democrats, despite his past infidelity and allegations of sexual assault, while Democrats such as Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal were not questioned about their own past misdeeds.

Vance's photo shows him smiling with his arms folded over his chest. In contrast, Trump's official portrait in 2017 shows him with a very wide smile in front of an American flag. White House photographer Shealah Craighead took the photo. Trump and Vance will be sworn into office on Monday, Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C.

Some supporters of President-elect Donald Trump on the social media platform X have a preferred mantra. "Nothing can stop what is coming," they often write. Leave it to the president-elect himself to distill that mantra into yet another iconic image.

Trump’s portrait bears a notable resemblance to his mugshot from August 2023 at Fulton County Jail in Georgia, with the president-elect glaring through the camera.

The official portraits of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance were released Thursday by the Trump transition team. "And they go hard," a press release from the transition said about the portraits.

In the new shot, Trump’s head and shoulders are angled similarly to the mugshot, and his eyebrows are raised above a steely stare and pursed lips. The portrait of JD Vance is similarly lit against a dark background, but the Vice President is smiling in a more traditional portrait pose, with his arms crossed.

The transition team which is spearheading the inaugural plans for President-elect Donald Trump has released the new official portrait of Trump and his Vice President, JD Vance. Trump has a serious look on his face as he is placed in front of an American flag and a painting in the background.

President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential portrait has been released ahead of his inauguration on January 20.

Donald Trump's inaugural portrait has been revealed and it is shockingly different to the presidents who came before him