Trump Allegedly Faked/Staged Photos Of Him Working Mid COVID-19 Diagnosis

Trump Accused of “Staging” Photos Of Him Working While Following Coronavirus Diagnosis

President Trump‘s coronavirus status has been a topic of discussion on social media, garnering lots of mixed reactions from people. There have also been contradicting reports on his health and we don’t seem to know which to believe.

Trump’s doctor Sean Conley saying he was “doing very well”, while his Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, says: “The next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care,” public trust in the information provided on the president’s medical status has been tested. 

Acccording to Kelly Rowland, Trump is lying about being infected with the virus for political gains. Amid the controversy, Trump is trending again for allegedly “staging” photos meant to mischaracterize the nature of his health condition.

 

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#TSRUpdatez: #Roommates, following his recent COVID-19 diagnosis, #Trump is now being widely accused of “staging” photos recently released from the White House showing him reportedly hard “at work.” 👀🤔

A post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) on Oct 4, 2020 at 8:48am PDT

The Shade Room shared tweets from Andrew Feinberg of The Independent, who provided a zoomed-in version of one of the photos, which appears to depict the president writing his name on a blank piece of paper.

CNN and Wall Street Journal contributor, Jon Ostrower, tweeted that photos released by the White House of president trump in two different locations and two different outfits, “were taken 10 minutes apart at 5:25:59 pm and 5:35:40 pm ET Saturday, according to the EXIF data embedded in both @AP wire postings that were shared by the White House this evening.”

Historian Alex von Tunzelmann expressed limited shock at the mini-scandal, saying “Not a huge surprise that these photos are staged – and I’m amused by those pointing out that if you zoom in he’s just signing a blank sheet of paper.”

He continued, “But it’s genuinely appalling that he still won’t wear a mask…I hope his vanity hasn’t caused the photographer to be infected.”

I’m sitting in Seattle and the timezone adjusted on the AP site by three hours, so 8:xx ET, rather. The time between the photos and the EXIF stamp on the AP wire is still 10 min apart.

— Jon Ostrower (@jonostrower) October 4, 2020