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Quixote1818

(28,928 posts) Mon Jan 21, 2019, 12:50 PM Jan 2019

President Trump Posts Altered Photos to Facebook and Instagram That Make Him Look Thinner

President Donald Trump’s social media accounts are filled with vile racism, idiotic xenophobia, and inaccurate statistics. And now we can add another category to the list: fake photos.

In recent months, Trump’s official Facebook and Instagram accounts have published photos of the president that have been manipulated to make him look thinner. If it only happened once you might be able to chalk it up as an accident. But Gizmodo has discovered at least three different retouched photos on President Trump’s social media pages that have been published since October of 2018.

The image below, published on the official Donald J. Trump Facebook page on January 17 and on his Instagram account over the weekend, has been altered to make the president look more fit.

More with photos: https://gizmodo.com/president-trump-posts-altered-photos-to-facebook-and-in-1831909849

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President Trump Posts Altered Photos to Facebook and Instagram That Make Him Look Thinner (Original Post) Quixote1818 Jan 2019 OP

No amount of photoshop work will make that man look good. romainetarra Jan 2019 #1

At least it's not the painting which make him look look like he has a penis instead of a toadstool. TheBlackAdder Jan 2019 #9

Including making his fingers longer/hands bigger TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #2

Finally, longer fingers! dalton99a Jan 2019 #3

And they fixed his high-water pants a bit. progressoid Jan 2019 #12

Who is surprised by this? Gothmog Jan 2019 #4

Standard Soviet practice dalton99a Jan 2019 #6

I'd laugh at this but it is chilling rurallib Jan 2019 #13

It's pretty funny that they made his fingers longer. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #5

And that they did it over and over, lol! Maru Kitteh Jan 2019 #14

Elongating his fingers is too funny uppityperson Jan 2019 #7

As usual, Russian propogandists do it best. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2019 #8

So slim and svelte dalton99a Jan 2019 #10

I didn't know Michael Caine was Russian! ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author lunatica Jan 2019 #15

Oh puh-leese! This is what his office spends their time on? Totally Tunsie Jan 2019 #16

It's so common now to do this. As a photographer, I do it to all the photos I take of people womanofthehills Jan 2019 #17

Donald J Trump NewJeffCT Jan 2019 #18

I would love to burn bdamomma Jan 2019 #19

The Kardashians do it waaaaay better obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #20

K&R Scurrilous Jan 2019 #21

No one does it better than Ben Garrison and his "Vincent Van Patten as Donald Trump" portrayal. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 #22

romainetarra

(51 posts)

1. No amount of photoshop work will make that man look good.

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 12:57 PM

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TheBlackAdder

(28,183 posts)

9. At least it's not the painting which make him look look like he has a penis instead of a toadstool.

Reply to romainetarra (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:13 PM

Jan 2019

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Here's his empty tent, apparently propped up by his hand and not the micro-toadstool:

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TexasBushwhacker

(20,174 posts)

2. Including making his fingers longer/hands bigger

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:01 PM

Jan 2019

Hilarious

dalton99a

(81,451 posts)

3. Finally, longer fingers!

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Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:01 PM

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progressoid

(49,978 posts)

12. And they fixed his high-water pants a bit.

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:45 PM

Jan 2019

Waist line went down. crotch went up.

Ugh. I just typed the word "crotch" about him.

Gothmog

(145,130 posts)

4. Who is surprised by this?

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:02 PM

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dalton99a

(81,451 posts)

6. Standard Soviet practice

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:04 PM

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rurallib

(62,406 posts)

13. I'd laugh at this but it is chilling

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 02:02 PM

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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)

5. It's pretty funny that they made his fingers longer.

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:02 PM

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Maru Kitteh

(28,339 posts)

14. And that they did it over and over, lol!

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 02:20 PM

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uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

7. Elongating his fingers is too funny

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:05 PM

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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,173 posts)

8. As usual, Russian propogandists do it best.

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Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:12 PM

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dalton99a

(81,451 posts)

10. So slim and svelte

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #8)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:28 PM

Jan 2019

He should have used the Russian photo

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

11. I didn't know Michael Caine was Russian!

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #8)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:41 PM

Jan 2019

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Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)

16. Oh puh-leese! This is what his office spends their time on?

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 02:51 PM

Jan 2019

womanofthehills

(8,698 posts)

17. It's so common now to do this. As a photographer, I do it to all the photos I take of people

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:12 PM

Jan 2019

Always darken the area under the chin to camouflage a double chin. Make all the wrinkles lighter, slim down the person, lower the shoulders if needed and in older people make the nose smaller. I'm actually surprised they didn't work more on fixing Trump's face.

Everyone on Facebook looks so good because of Photoshop. If I photograph friends on a trip with me, they will say if you put that on Facebook you better make me slimmer - and I always do.