BUSTED! Behind the scenes photo of Trump's inaug speech photo:

[Ruby the Liberal]

Last edited Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:29 AM - Edit history (2)

Just sit here at the jewelry store receptionist's desk and look 'presidential' while we snap a pic of you scribbling on a piece of paper.

They will LOVE it!









Update -- Chris Hayes covered this staged hilarity tonight. Here's the video (2:22 min):

https://twitter.com/allinwithchris/status/821899607055577088

[herding cats]

1. Oh, wow. I didn't know the spot was a photo backdrop.

That's... embarrassing.

[forgotmylogin]

94. "Yes, Chrissie, you're beautiful, can you just...stand up and move over here for a minute...?

And set all those books on the floor. Yeah, and the monitor too. Did we get that eagle statue? Good. I want people to know that eagle in that meme gif didn't faze me one bit. Yeah, Chrissie, just put it all over there. You're doing a wonderful job. Yuge. Now should I look at this blank notebook, or should I gaze out like I'm contemplating America? Right? Yeah, that."

[ornotna]

2. He's like a kid hiding his test.

Not because you'll copy, but so you won't see how stupid he really is.

[KittyWampus]

3. -sigh-

I'm doing a lot of sighing today.

[Achilleaze]

4. Making the scene with Meredith McIver (Russian-Republican Black Ops Speechwriter)

[Freethinker65]

5. No proof he wrote, or was writing, his own speech

And the photo complete with eagle(!) looks very staged, but that does appear to be the pretty kick ass tile work at Mar a Lago. No wonder others use it as backdrops.

[Eliot Rosewater]

30. Well, what we know for certain is he never tells the truth.

So not sure who wrote the speech but we can be certain it was not him.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. So many good names for the Secret service to select for Trump's code name.

I think "Blank Pages" should be considered.

[madokie]

12. Personally I lean towards

dumb ass

[Doitnow]

38. Has anyone suggested Agent Orange?

[madokie]

40. agent orange is

much too painful for some of us to start calling this asshole that

[Old Vet]

65. Some have no idea madokie...............

[madokie]

70. So true

Peace

[Ilsa]

13. "Tabula rasa" fits him pretty well, but

I wouldn't want to imply that he's educatable.

[hatrack]

57. "Tabula Asshole"?

Just a thought . . .

[JHB]

18. Mr. Cass

Jack, to his friends.

[NBachers]

48. I find Fuckwad, Nimrod, and Douchebag quite appropriate.

[tblue37]

68. They call him Mogul. nt

[sfwriter]

81. Goldeneye

Manos de bebé?

[TheBlackAdder]

7. The has to be one of the fugliest rooms I have ever seen. Is the gold toilet on a platform nearby?

[Ruby the Liberal]

33. Its a jewelry store in Palm Beach

He lied.

[pangaia]

52. I don't get it.. DUH.

What did he do. Which is real?


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Is ANYTHING real anymore, for that mater?

[orleans]

99. it's not the jewelry store

watch Chris Hayes video link

[liberalla]

8. he looks like he's a wax figure in that photo.

he doesn't look real/alive... weird.

[SeattleVet]

41. That was my first thought, too...

it really does look like a wax figure.

[liberal N proud]

78. Could be!

[hunter]

82. Heavy hand with the Photoshop.

Quite a few high school senior yearbook photos come out looking waxy these days because there's not enough skilled touch-up artists to handle the demand. Removing acne (or wrinkles or double chins) isn't an easily automated process.

This photo is just another example of Trump doing things cheap.

His entire presidency will be particle board that melts in the first rain.

[liberalla]

102. 'his entire presidency will be partcle board that melts in the first rain'

great analogy!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

9. OMG! Yes, that's the same setting!

The vase, or whatever, was still on the little alcove shelf behind the desk too!

[malaise]

14. It's a carved eagle

he really is completely fake

[Buckeye_Democrat]

19. I'm referring to the object above and behind Trump's head...

as he PRETENDS to write something.

It's the same object that's behind the woman on the little shelf..

[malaise]

21. That too

What an ass

[LeftInTX]

10. WTF????

I actually loved the tiles much to the dismay of others on DU. (Popular in Mexican decor)
But to actually photoshop this? WTF????

[Buckeye_Democrat]

15. Not photoshopped.

Trump and his team probably just told the employee to "move this stuff off your desk, toots" for the picture.

[Ruby the Liberal]

24. That isn't a photoshop

They took the picture at a jewelry store.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

25. Wait! Are you saying that it wasn't even at Mar-a-Lago at all?

I assumed that place might have a small jewelry store inside it or something, but was the picture taken outside of Mar-a-Lago entirely?!

Now I'm laughing even more!

[Ruby the Liberal]

27. Yes -- it is in a jewelry store in Florida

I have edited the post like 6x so far and am still not getting that point across.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

31. LMAO!!

I think my brain didn't allow the full brunt of it to sink in at first!

[underpants]

35. Okay one question - the PLVS VITPA (?) tiles on the left side of Donald's pic

Are not in the one from the jewelry store. Is there a drape/curtain in the jewelry shop one?

They replaced the furniture and hung a picture that's clear.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

37. Those tiles are in the jewelry store pic too, but in the shadows of the furniture...

that's on the left side of the woman (her right).

The tiles closest to the tiles with letters don't look the same, though. I'm not sure what I'm looking at there.

EDIT: I had to magnify the top picture a lot to see the tiles in question. They're mostly hidden by the furniture and the shadow from it.

[pangaia]

55. I think it is because the photo angles are different.

The one of him is straight on.

her photo is more from the camera's right so the PVSL, or whatever, tiles are hidden behind the corner of the tiles that stand forward of the back wall/..

make sense?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

58. Maybe it's something like that. It seems the pic was taken at Mar-a-Lago, after all.

See post #46.

If so, it's not as hilarious to me anymore.

I enjoyed the hard laughter while it lasted, though!

[pangaia]

59. yeah, I saw that.. It's still hilarious...

[anneboleyn]

103. Yes, I see them -- they are in the shadows in her shot (her right), but definitely visible.

What the hell is the point of this stupidity?

[canetoad]

88. That says PLVS VLTRA

Or Plus Ultra which means 'Further Beyond' and is on the coat of arms of Spain.

[underpants]

89. Right

I looked that up earlier today but still wasn't sure I got it right. Thanks.

[snpsmom]

90. Pretty sure it's "plus ultra"

from ne plus ultra, meaning the ultimate. But what do I know.

[anneboleyn]

104. Yes, it is Latin, plus ultra -- essentially meaning "the best"

[pangaia]

53. That's because it is just TOO impossible to accept...

[Ruby the Liberal]

64. No shit

The last few days have been surreal.

[herding cats]

72. It's at mar a lago, but it's the main entrance to one of the event rooms.

It's not some private area there, but a rental room with a pretty backdrop for pics.

They had the Palm Beach Jewelry Antiques Design Show there, which is where that pic was taken.

https://www.instagram.com/p/-7idBWFZyy/?taken-by=palmbeachshowgroup

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[Solly Mack]

11. Figures

[coco22]

16. Lol!

He looks very Presidential

[cyclonefence]

29. No

He looks very Embalmed

[Docreed2003]

42. Exactly what I thought....looks like a wax statue

[Qutzupalotl]

17. Trump's hard at work on PAGE ONE of his speech.

Must have writer's block.

If he wanted to look like he was further along, you'd think he'd at least have flipped a couple of pages.

[TeamPooka]

20. The scene at the end of THE KING'S SPEECH. The King gives his big speech in the special room

and then he walks out his the decorated desk with a fake mic and they take the picture.
His handlers set up the desk in the lobby the girl usually sits at with a blank pad and a pen and tell him they ready
Click flash done.
Trump is now free to go play outside for the rest of the day.

[AngryAmish]

22. ...

[SammyWinstonJack]

23. Winter White House...does that mean we are picking up the tab on the up keep of this resort?

[WhiteTara]

26. That one too.

He uses SS as an inducement to rent one of his apartments at dumpy tower, so we'll pay through the nose for all his crappy shit.

[Denzil_DC]

91. It was at one time gifted to the US by a trust

as a "Winter White House", but none of the presidents at the time wanted to use it, so it was sold - to Trump. Not clear whether he's trying to revive that title seriously.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago#History

[Liberal In Texas]

28. This is SOOOO Funny...So he's at some antique auction house looking for more gaudy junk...

... and one of his handlers tells him that he needs a pic of him slaving over his speech.

"Get that stuff off the desk and give me a pad of paper and a pen!" "Here put that eagle thing over here, it looks patriot like!"

[Bengus81]

32. What????

What the hell is going on here??

[Freethinker65]

34. That looks like real tile from Mar a Lago to me. Google it

[longship]

36. It's even the same damned desk!

No taste in that guy whatsoever!

Fake trappings of wealth. Fake wealth.

[madaboutharry]

39. Remember George W. Bush's fake tractor

at his fake ranch in Crawford and how they made all the reporters stand in front of it?

What is wrong with these people?

[phylny]

61. That's simply unfair.

There was a LOT of brush to clear during that time. Like - a LOT.

[Dopers_Greed]

43. His hands

Look especially tiny in this photo

[LonePirate]

44. We really need someone like Joy Reid, Lawrence O'Donnell or Bill Maher to run with this.

The deplorables have doctored photos or attached false stories to photos so frequently that they deserve to see proof of Putin's Puppet lying to the entire world.

[left-of-center2012]

45. Where's the taco bowl? n/t

[Liberal In Texas]

46. Actually I now think it is Mar-a-lago

Same over-the-top gaudy wall treatments. I think the desk is in some high traffic area where they allowed this jewelry/antique company to set up to give out brochures to the guests/members for a show that they're going to put on next month at the convention center.

palmbeachshowgroup A big thank you to the Mar-a-Lago Club for supporting the Palm Beach Jewelry • Antiques • Design Show! #PBFallShow #maralago #palmbeach #jewelry #art #antiques

https://www.instagram.com/p/-7idBWFZyy/

[Buckeye_Democrat]

50. Yeah, that might be right. It sounds less like a regular jewelry store and more like...

a special "show" that happened in that area.

I still appreciate the belly laughs from it!

[Ruby the Liberal]

51. It is hilarious as all getout

The fact that these pictures exist just summarizes his whole phony semi literate sham of an existence.

[Freethinker65]

56. It is Mar a Lago and the tiles predate Trumps ownership

The fucking eagle on the desk is most likely his addition. The tiles are vintage collected by some wealthy person in the 1800's and date back to even earlier. This entire post/thread is embarrassing and should be deleted.

[nolabear]

47. Can't he do anything right?

[Leith]

49. Who Is Going to Plagiarize from?

"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what everyone in the country can do for me!"

[cstanleytech]

54. LOL I was thinking the same thing. nt

[Stellar]

60. Dumasz Donald...When you can make Steve Schmidt praise you...

like he did with Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention, then you've done something.

[paleotn]

62. Can he actually write?

...He certainly doesn't speak in complete, grammatically correct sentences and his train of thought is nearly impossible to follow. His speech patterns consist of a bunch of disconnected phrases that are all over the place. He's got the same word salad brain polar bear barbie is cursed with. Maybe their Broca's areas aren't completely formed or were damaged somehow. Drop on their heads as children maybe?

[kjones]

101. I can't say for sure, but I do know he at least can write out the vowels "I", "O", and "U"

Heheh...

[Perseus]

63. Pathetic...

Its hard to believe that a human being can be that pathetic, just watch his face as he looks at the camera. I sometimes think that maybe he is incredibly intelligent and just screwing with the World, just laughing his butt off because he not only has everyone freaked out, but doing whatever he wants and no one seems to have the balls to stop him or stop being politically correct to call him off with firm resolve...Only people in DU and other sites like this have the balls to call him off, but how far does that go?

[tblue37]

66. Who holds a tablet up like that while writing? You really can't write with it like that.

If it were a notebook with a more stable, solid backing, maybe, though it would still be awkward. But the backing on a legal pad is too flimsy to make it plausible to write on it while holding it like that.

[Maru Kitteh]

92. Somebody who deosn't want you to see there isn't a damn thing on the paper.

Because NOBODY writes a speech with a Sharpie pen.

That's who.

[TygrBright]

67. Yep, that's the same weird flowered chamber pot above their heads. n/t

[angrychair]

69. As much as I like to bust on this shitstain

Hate to be the Party pooper but those are not the same tiles in those two pictures. The patterns in the tiles are similar but very different. Zoom up on each section, they are not the same.

[Ruby the Liberal]

71. Chris Hayes just featured it with a wide shot of the lobby

There are 2 desks in the photo they showed -- the one with the eagle is next to the one with the lamp, and the tile work is slightly different behind them.

[herding cats]

75. Ha!

I love it! A phone baloney staged pic exposed for just that.

Like I said in post #1, how embarrassing.

[underpants]

73. CONFRIMED by New York Magazine

http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/01/why-doesnt-donald-trump-have-his-own-desk-at-mar-a-lago.html

I had questions too up thread. The lighting and angles are slightly different.

[herding cats]

77. Best part is how enhanced/touched up his pic is!

In the side-by-side comparison you can see how professional the lighting was and/or how many filters were used on his pic!

[SidDithers]

74. One of the photos is reversed, but it's definitely the same background pattern...

Sid

[tclambert]

76. He's frowning because spellcheck isn't working on that pad of paper.

[volstork]

86. LOL!

[Maru Kitteh]

93. He's mad because they made him sit down for 90 seconds to do a photo op

with an empty tablet, and he really hates being told what to do - because he's a miserable POS with the attention span of a 4 year-old that just guzzled Mommy's espresso.

[0rganism]

79. why even lie about this? it's completely pointless

unless he's just trying to lie so much about everything that it just seems like more of the same when he lies about important things

[Ruby the Liberal]

83. Lie may be a bit harsh -- but the fact that he staged this is beyond hysterical.

Our slogan for 2018 better be "Make America Dignified Again".

[Maru Kitteh]

96. No, it's a LIE. He's LYING about that being a photo of him writing his address, AND

since the campaign already announced that he has appointed Stephen Miller to write his inaugural address (it was even reported in Breitbart for gawds sake) he is LYING about even writing the damn thing at all.

It's a LIE because DFT is a LIAR.

[truebluegreen]

80. Not the same setting.

Who copied whose tile I don't know. But not the same.

There's the central motif, with 2 rows of a patterned tile outside--same in both pics. But in the jewelry shop, to our left, there are two stair-stepped rows of patterned tiles (same as above /behind the central motif); in DT's pic there's one row of tiles with writing? and then something else. Same designer I think, not the same place.

[Ruby the Liberal]

84. Actually it is

Chris Hayes just did a thing on it. The lobby has 2 desks, and the tile behind them is slightly different, but both have the vases. The desk Trump is at really does have that eagle in the wide pic they found. Its next to the receptionist desk (with the lamp) in the lobby at Mar-A-Lago.

[truebluegreen]

100. So I was right.

[volstork]

85. FFS-- everything

this asshole does is a lie!

[bdamomma]

87. he can go

fuck himself.

How many times will he say GREAT? I can't even look at him.

[Oneironaut]

95. The left side (when facing towards Trump) is different. There's a picture slightly in the frame.

The right-hand side of the jewelry store backdrop is also curved around the corner, while the right of Trump looks like a solid wall. This is two different places, but the jewelry store design is probably made to look like Mar-A-Lago (and very well done).

[Maru Kitteh]

97. #1) It's not a jewelry store #2) both were taken at desks in M-a-L that sit side by side

See posts above for clarification. It's a reception/lobby desk (the desks are beside each other). It's certainly NOT someplace somebody sits down to write a historic speech, that's for sure. And he's holding a Sharpie?

[betsuni]

98. He's thinking about what to have for lunch, I guarantee it.