A "distorted" portrait in the US was removed after the president complained, but he was "touched" by a Russian gift.

Witkoff, the US's special envoy, identified the present on Saturday in an interview with Tucker Carlson - when he gushed over the "beautiful portrait" by "a leading Russian artist". Laying it on ...

He described the work as a painting - a "beautiful portrait" by a "leading Russian artist" - but gave no further critique. Trump was "clearly touched by it", he added. The gift was confirmed by ...