Nnansa yi ara, email ahorow a wɔde mae no kyerɛ sɛ na ankorankoro bi a wɔde mmoa mae no wɔ ɔpɛ sɛ wɔde sika bɛma Trump ne kan Awuraa Panyin Melania Trump mfonini ahorow a aban mpanyimfo ayɛ ama Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, nanso awiei koraa no Smithsonian no penee so sɛ wobegye Trump $650,000 a ɔde maa PAC Save America no atom.
Ntoboa no yɛ bere a edi kan wɔ nnansa yi nkae mu a amammui ahyehyɛde bi de sika ayɛ kan ɔmampanyin tete nneɛma akorae mfonini ahorow, efisɛ mpɛn pii no, ankorankoro a wɔde mmoa ma a Smithsonian agye wɔn no na wotua ho ka. Akyɛde a ɛyɛ soronko a Business Insider dii kan bɔɔ ho amanneɛ wɔ August mu no nso maa ɔmanfo kasa tiaa tete nneɛma akorae no na ɛmaa adwenem naayɛ baa onipa a ɔto so abien a ɔde mae a ɔde akyɛde foforo a ɛyɛ dɔla 100,000 mae de tuaa mfonini ahorow a Citizens for Responsible and Ethical Washington hyehyɛe no ho ka. no mu Memeneda wɔ The Washington Post mu.
Smithsonian Asoɛe no kasamafo Linda St. Thomas san sii so dua Memeneda sɛ nea ɔto so abien a ɔde mmoa mae no yɛ “ɔman ba a ɔpɛ sɛ wɔbɔ ne din.” Ɔsan kae sɛ mfonini ahorow no biako asiesie dedaw, na biako nso “reyɛ adwuma.”
Nanso, tete nneɛma akorae mmara ka sɛ sɛ kan ɔmampanyin bi san si akan sɛ ɔmampanyin a, wontumi nyi ne mfonini no adi. Ne saa nti, ebia tete nneɛma akorae no renkyerɛ mfoniniyɛfo baanu a wɔato nsa afrɛ wɔn no din kosi sɛ wɔbɛyɛ ɔmampanyin abatow wɔ afe 2024 mu, St. Thomas ka kyerɛɛ Post. Sɛ Trump di nkonim wɔ abatow yi mu a, wɔde mfonini ahorow no bɛkyerɛ wɔ n’ahenni bere a ɛto so abien akyi nkutoo, sɛnea tete nneɛma akorae mmara kyerɛ no.
Ɔhotefo Thomas kae sɛ: “Yɛnyi mfoniniyɛfo no din adi ansa na wɔabue ano, ɛwom sɛ wɔ saa tebea no mu no ebetumi asesa efisɛ bere pii atwam.” Trump mfonini bi a Pari Dukovic twae wɔ afe 2019 mu maa Time nsɛmma nhoma no wɔ bere tiaa mu wɔ National Portrait Gallery “American Presidents” ɔyɛkyerɛ mu ansa na wɔreyi aban mfonini no adi. Sɛnea Smithsonian Asoɛe no kyerɛ no, ɛrenkyɛ wobeyi mfonini no afi hɔ esiane nneɛma a wɔkora so nti.
Nkitahodi a ɛda tete nneɛma akorae mpanyimfo ne Trump ntam wɔ mfonini no ne sika a wɔde boa no ho no akɔ so asram pii, efi ase wɔ afe 2021 mfiase, bere a Trump fii n’adwuma akyi bere tiaa bi, email ahorow kyerɛ.
Wɔaka ɔkwan a wɔfa so yɛ no ho asɛm wɔ nkrasɛm bi a efi Kim Saget, National Portrait Gallery kwankyerɛfo hɔ kɔmaa Molly Michael, Trump boafo panyin wɔ posɔfese no mu. Sadget kae sɛ awiei koraa no Trump bɛpene mfonini no so anaasɛ ɔrempene so ansa na wɔde akyerɛ. (Smithsonian kasamafo bi ka kyerɛɛ The Post sɛ akyiri yi tete nneɛma akorae adwumayɛfo frɛɛ Trump kuw no ma wɔmaa emu daa hɔ sɛ ɔrennya pene a etwa to.)
“Nokwarem no, sɛ Owura Trump wɔ adwene ma adwumfo afoforo a, yɛbɛgye saa nyansahyɛ ahorow no atom,” Sadget kyerɛw kɔmaa Michael wɔ email a wɔkyerɛw no March 18, 2021. “Ná yɛn botae ne sɛ yɛbɛhwehwɛ mfoniniyɛfo bi a, wɔ tete nneɛma akorae no ne nea ɔte hɔ no adwene mu no, ɔbɛbɔ mfonini pa ama United States Ɔmampanyin no mfoniniyɛbea no daa.”
Bɛyɛ asram abien akyi no, Sadget nso kae sɛ National Portrait Gallery no reboaboa ankorankoro sika ano ama ɔmampanyin mfonini nyinaa na ɔsrɛɛ mmoa mma wonnya “Trump abusua no nnamfo ne wɔn akyidifo a wobetumi aboa saa ahyɛde ahorow yi.”
Wɔ May 28, 2021 no, Saget kyerɛw kɔmaa Michael sɛ, “Sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yɛbɛkɔ so akura obu mu kwan a ɛda wɔn kokoam asetra ne wɔn baguam agyapade ntam no, yɛpaw sɛ yɛrenkɔ Trump abusua no mufo nkyɛn anaasɛ yɛremfa mmoa mma Trump nnwuma biara.”
Bɛyɛ dapɛn biako akyi no, Michael ka kyerɛɛ Sadget sɛ Trump kuw no “anya nnipa pii a wɔde mmoa ma a sɛ́ ankorankoro no, ebia wɔde ntoboa nyinaa bɛma.”
”Mede din ne nkitahodi ho nsɛm bɛto hɔ wɔ nna kakraa a edi hɔ no mu de asiesie yɛn ananse no na mahu nea ɔmampanyin no pɛ awiei koraa,” Michael kyerɛwee.
Dapɛn biako akyi no, Michael de din foforo kɔmaa, nanso wɔsesaa din ahorow no fii baguam imel ahorow a The Post hui no mu. Michael kyerɛwee sɛ “sɛ ɛho hia a, obenya dumien foforo”.
Ɛnyɛ nea ɛda adi pefee wɔ sika a wɔboaboa ano wɔ ɛno akyi na ɛde gyinaesi sɛ wobegye sika afi Trump PAC hɔ no mu. Email ahorow no kyerɛ sɛ nkɔmmɔbɔ no bi kɔɔ so wɔ telefon so anaasɛ wɔ virtual nhyiam ahorow ase.
Wɔ September 2021 mu no, wɔsesaa email ahorow a ɛfa mfonini no “afã a edi kan” ho. Afei, wɔ Ɔpɛpɔn 17, 2022 no, Saget de email foforo kɔmaa Michael de kyerɛkyerɛɛ tete nneɛma akorae no nhyehyɛe a ɛfa nneɛma a wɔaboaboa ano ho mu.
Sajet kyerɛwee sɛ: “Wɔmma onipa biara a ɔte ase sɛ ontua n’ankasa ne sɛso ho ka,” na ɔfaa nhyehyɛe no ho asɛm. “NPG betumi ne nea ɔte hɔ no abusua, nnamfo ne amannifo adi nkitaho de atua ɛka a wɔbɔ wɔ mfonini no a wɔhyɛ sɛ wɔmfa nyɛ adwuma no ho, sɛ NPG no di anim wɔ nkitahodi no mu na nea wɔato nsa afrɛ no no nnya mfoniniyɛfo no paw anaa ne bo so nkɛntɛnso a.”
Wɔ Oforisuo 8, 2022 no, Saget bisaa Michael sɛ ɔbɛtumi akyɛ nsɛm foforɔ a ɛfiri wɔn a wɔakyerɛ sɛ wɔn ani gye ho sɛ wɔbɛboa tete nneɛma akoraeɛ adwuma no hɔ wɔ telefon so anaa.
“Yɛafi ase rebɔ ka a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛtua na yɛrehwɛ sɛ yɛbɛbɛn sika a yɛbɛboaboa ano denam adwuma no so,” Sajet kyerɛwee.
Bere a Michael yɛɛ telefon so frɛ ho nhyehyɛe wɔ email ahorow pii so akyi no, ɔkyerɛw kɔmaa Saget wɔ March 25, 2022, na ɔkae sɛ “nkitahodi a eye sen biara a yɛde bɛtoa yɛn nkɔmmɔbɔ so” ne Susie Wiles, Republican amammuisɛm ho ɔfotufo a akyiri yi wɔbɔɔ no din sɛ Trump fotufo panyin wɔ afe 2024. – abatow ɔsatu.
Wɔ krataa bi a wɔkyerɛwee May 11, 2022, wɔ Smithsonian krataa so no, tete nneɛma akorae mpanyimfo kyerɛw kɔmaa Save America PCC Sikakorabea sohwɛfo Bradley Clutter, na wogyee “amammui ahyehyɛde no bɔhyɛ a ɛyɛ $650,000 a ɛyɛ ayamye nnansa yi” sɛ wɔbɛboa Trump Portrait Commission no toom.
”Nea ɛbɛyɛ na wɔagye mmoa a efi ayamye mu yi atom no, Smithsonian Asoɛe no de nsɛmfua ‘Gye Amerika’ bɛto nneɛma a wɔde akyerɛ wɔ mfonini no ho bere a wɔreyɛ ɔyɛkyerɛ no ho ne mfonini no mfonini nkyɛn wɔ NPG wɛbsaet no so,” saa na tete nneɛma akorae no kyerɛwee.
Wɔde kaa ho sɛ PAC Save America nso bɛto nsa afrɛ ahɔhoɔ 10 aba nkyerɛkyerɛmu no mu, na ɛno akyi no, wɔbɛhwɛ kokoam mfonini a ahɔhoɔ bɛduru baanum bɛhwɛ.
Wɔ July 20, 2022 no, Wiles de apam a wɔde wɔn nsa ahyɛ ase no bi kɔmaa Usha Subramanian, nkɔso ho ɔkwankyerɛfo wɔ National Portrait Gallery.
Tete nneɛma akorae no kae afe a etwaam no, wɔde Save America PAC ntoboa ne kokoam akyɛde a ɛto so abien a ɛyɛ $100,000 a efi ankorankoro bi a wɔammɔ ne din hɔ betua $750,000 a wɔde bɛma Trump mfonini abien no.
Ɛwom sɛ ɛyɛ soronko de, nanso ntoboa yɛ mmara kwan so efisɛ Save America ne PAC a edi so, na anohyeto kakraa bi na ɛwɔ ne sika a wɔde bedi dwuma no ho. PAC a ɛte saa no, a ɛka wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔyɛ adwuma no a wɔbɛhyɛ wɔn nkuran ho no, wobetumi de atua afotufo ka, atua akwantu ne mmara ho ka, ne ɛka afoforo. Trump GAC sika dodoɔ no ara firi wɔn a wɔde mmoa nketewa ma a wɔbua email ne nsɛmmisa foforɔ.
Trump ananmusifo no ampene so sɛ wɔbɛka ho asɛm. Memeneda no, Smithsonian Institution kasamafo Concetta Duncan ka kyerɛɛ The Post sɛ tete nneɛma akorae no tetew Trump amammuisɛm mu adeyɛ boayikuw no fi n’abusua ne n’adwuma ho.
Ɔkyerɛwee wɔ email mu sɛ: “Esiane sɛ PAC no gyina hɔ ma wɔn a wɔboa no nti, Portrait Gallery no ani gye sɛ wobegye sika yi efisɛ ennya mfoniniyɛfo a wɔpaw wɔn anaasɛ bo a ɛsom wɔ adwumayɛbea a wɔbom yɛ no so.”
Tete nneɛma akorae no hyiaa akyigyina bere a wɔde ntoboa no too gua afe a etwaam no akyi. Wɔ email bi mu wɔ August a etwaam no mu no, Smithsonian no social media strategist no boaboaa tweets ano fii wɔn a wɔde di dwuma no hɔ a ntoboa ho dawurubɔ no ahaw wɔn.
Erin Blascoe a ɔyɛ sohyial media ho ɔbenfo kyerɛwee sɛ: “Nokwarem no, ɛte sɛ nea nkurɔfo nnim sɛ yɛwɔ ɔmampanyin nyinaa mfonini.” “Ɛhaw wɔn sɛ yenya Trump mfonini no, nanso na nnipa pii nso wɔ hɔ a ɛhaw wɔn sɛ wobu no sɛ ɛyɛ ‘ntoboa’, titiriw bere a wɔkasa tiaa wɔn akwan a wɔfa so boaboa sika ano no akyi.”
Nea ɛka ho nso ne krataa bi a wɔde nsa akyerɛw a efi ɔboafo bi a n’abam abu a ɔkae sɛ ɔne kan ɔmampanyin no mfe yɛ pɛ na ɔka kyerɛɛ tete nneɛma akorae no sɛ wɔmmfa Trump mfonini nkyerɛ no bi.
Ɔhwɛfo no kyerɛwee sɛ: “Mesrɛ wo, anyɛ yiye koraa no kosi sɛ DOJ ne FBI nhwehwɛmu no bɛba awiei.” “Ɔde yɛn White House a ɛsom bo no dii dwuma de yɛɛ nsɛmmɔnedi.”
Saa bere no, Ɔhotefo Thomas ka kyerɛɛ ne mfɛfo tete nneɛma akorae sɛ obu ɔsɔretia no sɛ “nsukyenee bepɔw no ano” ara kwa.
Ɔkyerɛwee wɔ email mu sɛ: “Kenkan asɛm no.” "Wɔkyerɛw nneɛma afoforo a PAC de ma.Yɛwɔ hɔ.
Ɛwom sɛ Mmarahyɛ Bagua no na ɛyɛɛ National Portrait Gallery wɔ 1962 mu de, nanso wɔamma ɔmampanyin a wɔrefi adwuma no adwuma kosii 1994 mu, bere a Ronald Sherr yɛɛ George W. Bush mfonini no.
Bere bi a atwam no, na ankorankoro ntoboa a mpɛn pii no efi wɔn a wɔboa aban a ɛrefi adwuma no akyi na ɛboa mfonini ahorow. Nnipa bɛboro 200 a wɔde mmoa mae, a Steven Spielberg, John Legend ne Chrissy Teigen ka ho, de boaa $750,000 a wɔde maa wɔn sɛ wɔnyɛ Obama mfonini a Kehinde Wiley ne Amy Sherald yɛe no. Wɔn a wɔde Obama ne Bush mfonini mae no din nka PKK ho.