Is this the dumbest photo of Trump's presidency?
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« on: October 28, 2019, 02:18:57 PM »



There's so much going on here. Trump's obvious desire to get an iconic photo on the level of Obama's while killing bin Laden is obvious but this is just laughable. The clearly posed "serious" expressions on their faces. The way it looks like they wanted the Presidential logo around Trump's head like a halo but the table was too high. The random ethernet cables strewn about that aren't even plugged in making you wonder if they were props. Oh and the fact that this pic was taken about 90 minutes after al-Baghdadi's death and is obviously a posed sham, while Trump was playing golf during the real raid.

The more I look at it the more I'm reminded of the one of Rick Santorum and his family during his 2006 concession speech.
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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2019, 02:22:59 PM »
« Edited: October 28, 2019, 03:48:44 PM by PSOL »

I think you’re caring about this a bit much mate.
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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2019, 02:51:13 PM »

The random ethernet cables strewn about that aren't even plugged in making you wonder if they were props.

The red ones at least aren't props. They're wired into the table and available to plug a laptop into. It's pretty common. The yellow ones you can't tell for certain what's going on.
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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2019, 03:36:06 PM »

If it was taken 90 minutes after the raid, then yes, it is one of the dumbest (and most "fake") photos of his presidency.
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« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2019, 03:38:38 PM »

The random ethernet cables strewn about that aren't even plugged in making you wonder if they were props.

The red ones at least aren't props. They're wired into the table and available to plug a laptop into. It's pretty common. The yellow ones you can't tell for certain what's going on.
One red one is clearly just laying there across the gap in the tables not plugged in on either end.
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« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2019, 03:58:04 PM »

me & the boys watching Hocus Pocus for the fourth time in a row
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« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2019, 04:04:15 PM »

me & the boys watching Hocus Pocus for the fourth time in a row
I read a tweet that said it looks like they're watching a livestream of a Call of Duty game that someone told Trump was footage of the raid.
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« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2019, 04:22:41 PM »

It's hard to beat the sharpie photo.
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« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2019, 04:26:47 PM »

Maybe the most pathetic. Just imagine Trump putting on that fake "serious face" for the camera. What an embarrassment.
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« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2019, 04:47:02 PM »


It also shows - even compared to the Bin Laden raid Situation Room photo which had two women and a black president in it - how much of a white male incel adminstration the Trump admin. really is. This here could basically be one of those leading councils from The Handmaid's Tale.
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« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2019, 04:47:08 PM »

Trump looks like he's about to crack up, lets be honest.
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« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2019, 05:02:29 PM »

Just noticed something.
The picture isn't completely centered with trump in the middle.
You can see a faint portion of someone's hand on the very left edge, so someone was cut-out of the image.
But who and why?
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« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2019, 05:45:26 PM »

Not quite. The sharpie hurricane map photo and him looking directly into the eclipse are neck-and-neck for that title.

This photo is a desperate attempt for him to have an Obama-Bin Laden photo of his own though.
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« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2021, 12:50:55 PM »

Alas he managed to top it with the upside down Bible one.
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« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2021, 12:56:07 PM »

Alas he managed to top it with the upside down Bible one.

The absurdity of the photo op itself aside, he wasn’t holding it upside down.
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« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2021, 01:00:29 PM »

This one takes the case.



There's actually an entire wikipedia page dedicated to it.

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« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2021, 01:28:23 PM »

This one takes the case.



There's actually an entire wikipedia page dedicated to it.

And from that article:

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There were viral social media claims and news reports that Trump held the Bible upside down during the photo op, but these claims were false.[121][122]

Still a dumb photo, I’ll agree.
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« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2021, 01:37:48 PM »

It's not a big deal to do it for a split second, although it's too bright to actually see anything. Even the moment it came out of totality it looked pretty bright to me.
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« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2021, 01:46:33 PM »

 There were so many dumb ones!

















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« Reply #20 on: June 23, 2021, 01:48:55 PM »



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« Reply #21 on: June 23, 2021, 02:04:04 PM »
« Edited: June 23, 2021, 02:22:34 PM by Josh Shapiro for Governor »

This one takes the case.



There's actually an entire wikipedia page dedicated to it.

And from that article:

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There were viral social media claims and news reports that Trump held the Bible upside down during the photo op, but these claims were false.[121][122]

Still a dumb photo, I’ll agree.

I actually never knew about those claims. I just think the photo is appallingly tone deaf and was one of the most infuriating stunts of his presidency.  
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« Reply #22 on: June 23, 2021, 02:06:50 PM »

Nothing will ever top the concentration of stupid in this image

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« Reply #23 on: June 23, 2021, 02:52:21 PM »

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« Reply #24 on: June 23, 2021, 02:57:15 PM »
« Edited: June 23, 2021, 03:05:54 PM by GP270watch »

Nothing will ever top the concentration of stupid in this image








I'm a fan of Kanye's music and creativity but that whole White House visit was bizarre!
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