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NEW YORK — A courtroom portrait led Donald Trump to deliver a blunt self-assessment on Thursday (Dec 7): "I gotta lose some weight."
The former president's banter with a courtroom artist came as he made an appearance at his ongoing civil fraud trial in New York.
Outside the courtroom, the former president, 77, told news reporters that the trial was a "fraud" and a "witch hunt," repeating well-worn complaints that he is the victim of political targeting.
Inside the chamber, he appeared to be in a better mood as he viewed the work of sketch artists Jane Rosenberg and Isabelle Brourman.
"I gotta lose some weight," Trump said after viewing Brourman's portrait, according to the artist.
Trump is not known to lead a particularly healthy lifestyle. During his 2017 to 2021 presidency, his doctor encouraged him to lose up to 15 pounds by eating better and exercising.
He was found to weigh 243 pounds in a 2019 examination, which put him in the obese range, though his physician Sean Conley said he was in very good health overall.
In the New York trial, Trump's lawyers are trying to make the case that his company did not manipulate the value of its properties to win favourable financing.
The trial, which kicked off in October, is one of several legal challenges the former president faces as he mounts a comeback bid for the White House.
The judge overseeing the trial, Arthur Engoron, has already ruled that Trump and his adult sons manipulated financial statements to dupe banks and insurers into providing better loan and insurance terms.
Trump is due to testify on Monday for a second time.
His son, Donald Trump Jr., also has shown an interest in the courtroom artists' work. He told Rosenberg last month to "make me look sexy."
Source: Reuters
特朗普向素描艺术家求婚：“我得减肥”
纽约——周四（12 月 7 日），一张法庭肖像让唐纳德·特朗普做出了直率的自我评价：“我必须减肥。”
这位前总统在纽约出席正在进行的民事欺诈审判时与一位法庭艺术家开玩笑。
在法庭外，这位 77 岁的前总统对新闻记者表示，这次审判是一场“欺诈”和“政治迫害”，并重申了他是政治目标受害者的老生常谈。
在室内，当他观看素描艺术家简·罗森伯格和伊莎贝尔·布鲁曼的作品时，他的心情似乎更好了。
据这位艺术家说，特朗普在看过布鲁曼的肖像后说：“我必须减肥。”
众所周知，特朗普的生活方式并不特别健康。 在 2017 年至 2021 年担任总统期间，他的医生鼓励他通过改善饮食和锻炼最多减掉 15 磅体重。
在 2019 年的一次检查中，他的体重被发现为 243 磅，这使他处于肥胖范围内，尽管他的医生肖恩·康利表示他的整体健康状况非常好。
在纽约的审判中，特朗普的律师试图证明他的公司没有操纵其财产的价值来赢得有利的融资。
该审判于十月开始，是这位前总统在重返白宫时面临的几项法律挑战之一。
监督审判的法官阿瑟·恩戈伦(Arthur Engoron)已经裁定，特朗普和他成年的儿子操纵财务报表，欺骗银行和保险公司提供更好的贷款和保险条款。
特朗普将于周一第二次作证。
他的儿子小唐纳德·特朗普也对法庭艺术家的作品表现出了兴趣。 上个月他告诉罗森博格“让我看起来性感”。
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