"Personal gift": Putin sent Trump a portrait

Why it matters: Imagery forms a key part of Trump's brand, from the president's official portrait this year that evokes his historic mug shot to the iconic photo of his bloody face and raised fist in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on him at a Butler, Pennsylvania, rally last year.

Details: "It was an absolutely personal gift that the president gave to his American counterpart," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the state-run Tass news agency, as U.S. and Russian negotiators again met for talks in Saudi Arabia as part of Trump administration efforts to end the war in Ukraine, declining to comment further.

• Artist Nikas Safronov, who's painted Putin and has the honorary title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation, told the Moscow-based outlet AIF while Russian artists generally never publicly confirm their works nor comment on for whom they're created, the portrait of Trump was "most likely priceless."

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