In July 2025, Dan Fleuette granted The Gateway Pundit an exclusive interview at the stylish Butterworth’s restaurant on Capitol Hill to discuss his rare and timeless portrait book, Rebels, Rogues, and Outlaws: A Pictorial History of WarRoom. Fleuette graciously gifted The Gateway Pundit a copy of his book.
After examining all 464 pages of Fleuette’s technically flawless photographic compositions, he dove into a philosophical discussion on the rightward movement of today’s political pendulum.
Fleuette called for a complete and urgent renewal of our cultural imperative in order to rescue American art.
“In terms of bigger ideas about art on the right, this is something I’m deeply passionate about,” Dan Fleuette told The Gateway Pundit. “The gatekeepers of the art world–in art galleries, Hollywood, the music industry, and in publishing–all completely ostracize artists on the right.”
“And so, you’re gonna call yourself an artist, and then gatekeep the art world from anyone who doesn’t think like you? Come on. The art you see nowadays isn’t just censored. It’s bland, boring, and tiresome. You know how they talk about fatigue?” Fleuette said. “Well, I’ve got art fatigue. I just can’t stand it anymore.”
Pouring fine tea from a large, steaming pot of his favorite English Breakfast, Fleuette doctored it by mixing at least ten whole sugar cubes and as much milk as possible into the pot.
“I tune it all out, because there is no art anymore,” Fleuette said. “The art community nowadays is completely broken. It’s spoiled rotten.”
“Just look at any movement that comes out of Hollywood. It’s all ideological–for photographers, gallery owners, musicians, performing artists, and writers–it’s all for nothing, because you can no longer be an individual. You have to be one of the mob, which is the complete opposite of an artist.”
“So for me, no self-respecting artist can call themselves part of the left. If you’re of the left, you can’t actually be an artist, because you’re not allowed to say anything new, or rich, or true to yourself, or true to the greater world. You’re stuck in an ideological straightjacket.”
“So my portrait book is my response to that pathetic idea,” Fleuette said.
Fleuette identified the new American left as the most severe force in deadening both the souls of artists, and the vitality of the arts in recent decades. Still, Fleuette strongly holds that the arts, by definition, must transcend politics. For that reason, he has always regarded Rebels, Rogues, and Outlaws as an exercise in art for art’s sake.
“The point of my book isn’t that my subjects are MAGA, or that they hold any particular point of view. The fact is, every one of them is a rebel in their own right. That spirit runs through my book: the fight, the defiance, the willingness to face every consequence and still say, ‘You know what? Fuck you. I’m doing it anyway.’”
“My book is my own response to that courage. I want to celebrate that spirit, that bravery,” Fleuette said.
“For me, it’s not about making so-called right-wing art. It’s just about making good art.”
“Nowadays, you can’t really divorce art from politics. All art is inherently political these days, because you’ll be judged on your adherence to the orthodoxy, or not,” Fleuette said.
“You can’t simply remove yourself from your opinions, your ideology, or the way you look at the world. As an artist, your job is to convey the world as you see it. And being true to yourself is the most important thing.”
“It’s not about toeing the line or saying the ‘right’ thing. That’s bullshit.”
“The great artists that have provoked change, or a new way of looking at the world, have always been outsiders at the start. And they’ve been true to themselves. Artists have traditionally been anti-establishment. Not all great artists were successful in their lifetimes, but in retrospect, we can see how they changed art, or changed conversations about art, about society, about life.”
“I’m not bold enough to think my book will spark that kind of conversation, but this is my contribution to that spirit of being an individual,” Fleuette said.
In June, 2025, The Gateway Pundit reported that a new study in the British Journal of Social Psychology conclusively demonstrated that the political right “diverges widely” in thought, whereas the political left “coalesces around a very narrow set of opinion.”
The British Journal of Social Psychology published five heatmap charts objectively confirming, based on the network modeling data of surveyed subjects, that left-wing ideology remains heavily flatlined, in spite of all recent change in the political arena.
“The left have such a perverted way of understanding the right. Hell, my own brother won’t talk to me anymore because Trump is in the White House. It makes no sense,” Fleuette said.
“Starting in about 2012, I noticed a hesitancy among some people we worked with over the years to engage. Now, many of them are openly hostile. I’ve even had craftsmen walk off set in the middle of a shoot because they couldn’t handle who they’re working with. It’s astounding.”
“If you’re not pushing a particular agenda, you will not get funding. So who are we kidding here? The problem is when gatekeepers enforce a certain bigger political ideology. When they subvert and oppress artists, people won’t stand for it.”
“So now is the time for a shift in the art world. People are sick of the garbage literature and bullshit Hollywood movies. Book sales are down. Movie sales are down. No one can stand watching this stuff anymore. It’s all trash. And people are tuning out in droves.”
“But it doesn’t have to be that way. The industry is facilitating its own demise by churning out garbage. And a lot of people can’t even fully articulate why they’re done with it. They just know it’s bullshit. So they tune out. They walk away. They roll their eyes and say, ‘I’m not watching this stupid shit.’”
“And in the end, you can only cancel so many people before there’s no one left. At some point soon, a critical mass of people will say, ‘Fuck you. I’m doing my own thing,” Fleuette said.
Concerning his personal pursuits, Fleuette is now actively developing another book. Additionally, Fleuette is collaborating with numerous well-known artists, at home and abroad.
“I am writing another book. It’s not exactly a portrait book, but it will have portrait elements. It’s a series of short stories–some made up, and others inspired by real events. It’s a fantastical memoir with photography, images, and text–but very linear,” Fleuette said.
“And fortunately, a number of artists on the right are now starting to gain traction, as they find today’s environment to be slightly less chilling. More people are opening up to the idea that artists on the right have talent and passion.”
“It’s great to see, and I want to be at the forefront of that. I am actively collaborating with a number of artists, including Sean Danconia in Palm Beach, and the infamous Matthew Glamorre–an icon in the UK club scene.”
“And it won’t end there. My goal is to help great artists gain recognition, especially when they run counter to the prevailing dominant culture.”
“I firmly believe that President Trump’s elimination of DEI orthodoxy, along with Ambassador Richard Grenell’s leadership at the Kennedy Center, will help usher in a major cultural change.”
“I cannot wait to see it,” Fleuette said. “What a time to be alive.”
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