Revealed: Trump inauguration crowd photos were edited after he intervened
Source: msn.com
A government photographer edited official pictures of Donald Trumps inauguration to make the crowd appear bigger following a personal intervention from the president, according to newly released documents.
The photographer cropped out empty space where the crowd ended for a new set of pictures requested by Trump on the first morning of his presidency, after he was angered by images showing his audience was smaller than Barack Obamas in 2009.
The records detail a scramble within the National Park Service (NPS) on 21 January 2017 after an early-morning phone call between Trump and the acting NPS director, Michael Reynolds. They also state that Sean Spicer, then White House press secretary, called NPS officials repeatedly that day in pursuit of the more flattering photographs.
A second official, from the NPS public affairs department, told investigators that Spicer called her office on the morning of 21 January and asked for pictures that accurately represented the inauguration crowd size.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/revealed-trump-inauguration-crowd-photos-were-edited-after-he-intervened/ar-BBMWxOE?li=BBnb7Kz
The most evil and corrupt president in US history. No hyperbole intended.
SWBTATTReg
(22,120 posts)saw clearly on TV the actual crowd sizes...pathetic loser!
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)They_Live
(3,232 posts)"...Sean Spicer, then White House press secretary, called NPS officials repeatedly that day in pursuit of the more flattering photographs."
Will this be the straw that breaks Trump's back? He's said over and over again how much "bigger" his inauguration crowd was.
Will this be the straw that breaks Trump's back? He's said over and over again how much "bigger" his inauguration crowd was.
"Librul media on fire--liar liar!"
This won't even make a dent
DemoTex
(25,396 posts)Photoshop experts probably used the clone stamp tool (etc.) to fill in empty spaces with peeps. That would be much more consistent with the Trump brand of subterfuge.
Demit
(11,238 posts)describing what he did. He didn't clone the crowd. Actually, that *was* done once, in a photo of a military crowd during the Bush administration, and it was easily detectable.
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)except in cases like when its information that's been redacted to protect sources.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)how small the crowd seemed to be. (Compared with previous inaugural crowds.) It was about an hour or so before it was to begin and yet there was plenty of space close to the front. Anyone planning to attend the ceremonies would have known to be there well ahead of time to assure a closer spot to watch the event. It seemed odd to me that with such a short time until the ceremony was to begin that there would still be vacant space near the front.
By the next day, Spicer was arguing that the crowd was bigger than the photos showed. It seems pretty clear now that tRump directed Spicer to bring crowd size into question. It is no surprise to now learn that photo manipulation was done to try to convince everyone that they could not trust what they saw with their own eyes.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)From the get-go.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)really? EVERYTHING about this potus POS and his administration/election/life is a goddamn con job from a wannabe dictator of a fast approaching fascist state with a one Party system.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Too much so. His ego simply cannot tolerate any diminishment whatsoever. He is fated to always be angry, unhappy, and meet with many many many unsatisfactory conditions. Will he shrink down like a popped balloon, when he gets impeached? Hopefully he'll just slink off to a max fed prison.
Impeachment!
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)republican lies are dangerous for America
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republican lies are dangerous for America
republican lies are dangerous for America
republican lies are dangerous for America
republican lies are dangerous for America
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republican lies are dangerous for America
republican lies are dangerous for America
republican lies are dangerous for America
republican lies are dangerous for America
republican lies are dangerous for America
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Initech
(100,070 posts)At least since Hitler. If not we're getting way up there!
Brother Buzz
(36,426 posts)DBoon
(22,366 posts)ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)Usually he'll come up with some BS excuse like "it was photo-shopped"
Pathetic
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)and everyday till the end of time!
7962
(11,841 posts)dhill926
(16,337 posts)his audience was WAY smaller than Obama's...
Nitram
(22,800 posts)If this had come out 9 months ago...
meadowlander
(4,395 posts)through the inaugural committee.