An unflattering photograph of President Trump is real.
An unflattering photograph of President Trump is real.
A doctored image created to mock President Trump by purportedly showing an unflatteringÂ view of his profile was recirculated on social media in October 2017 along with the claim that the president was unhappy with the photograph and didnâ€™t want it shared on the internet: This image was originally posted toÂ Facebook on 14 July 2017 by Vic Berger, a viral video creator with a penchant for poking fun at Trump, along with the following tongue-in-cheek claim: < A friend of a friend of mine works in the White House and said Trump is extremely unhappy with this photo of himself. Do NOT share this photo! Iâ€™m serious. Itâ€™s not nice. Donâ€™t do it! > The original post racked up tens of thousands of shares within a few weeks. When the image was re-circulated in October 2017 with a similar claim about Trumpâ€™s dislike for the photograph, it gathered more than 400,000 shares.Â This image, however, is fake.Â Berger created it using a photograph thatÂ Getty Images photographer Matthew Cavanaugh took on 27 April 2011 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Berger flipped the original photograph, enlarged Trumpâ€™s throat, and colored his skin a darker shade of peach. Hereâ€™s a comparison between the genuine image (left) and the doctored image (right). We flipped the doctored image back to its original position for an easier comparison: Berger scored several viral hits during the 2016 election with videos skewering the candidates.
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