Melania Trump shared she and her husband’s official 2020 Christmas portrait last week. It shows the couple dressed in matching tuxedos standing near the landing of the White House’s grand staircase.
“Merry Christmas from President Donald J Trump and First Lady Melania Trump,” the first lady tweeted. “@realDonaldTrump & @FLOTUS are seen December 10, in their official 2020 Christmas portrait,on the Grand staircase of the White House in Washington, DC (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks).”
Merry Christmas from President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. @realDonaldTrump & @FLOTUS are seen December 10, in their official 2020 Christmas portrait,on the Grand staircase of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks) pic.twitter.com/PA63RYGSKE
— Melania Trump 45 Archived (@FLOTUS45) December 18, 2020
There’s just one teensy tiny problem.
The portrait appears to have been photoshopped. At least, according to many people on Twitter.
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Not long after Melania, who hates Christmas, shared the holiday pic, internet sleuths began alleging that Donald Trump didn’t actually pose for it. Instead, they believe he may have been lifted out of a different photo with Prince Charles and then inserted into the one with Melania, who either posed alone or was also photoshopped in using a different picture.
The evidence is certainly compelling…
What a lovely photo (shop). Was Donald lifted out of a photo from this same meeting? pic.twitter.com/kvzgSMtxe7
— Frank Verderosa (@FrankVerderosa) December 19, 2020
Definitely photoshopped. The clothes have no folds along the edges, the hair too smooth along the edges. I’ve seen far better photoshopped pics. Many other small details throughout the pic.
— Karen Besecker (@KarenBesecker) December 20, 2020
This looks like they were photoshopped together… Why isn’t he looking at the camera… pic.twitter.com/SsHrFobf2G
— VforGreen (@sjlstwit) December 19, 2020
Every photo has been staged, costs a fortune. Photo ops. Never candid insights into real life. No family dinners. No family watching anything together. No dog. No cat. No warmth. No empathy. We were the jury. #TrumpIsANationalSecurityThreat
— Marianna (@mwitch18) December 19, 2020
2/2 Very Bad PhotoShop
the shadows on the wall when they are 4 m from the wall!
the trimming of the hair !!! pic.twitter.com/WYcbP29g6q— Claude.Boucher (@Boucher30032337) December 18, 2020
The idea that Donald and Melania might not have posed together for their official Christmas photo isn’t all that surprising, however. At least, not to anyone who’s been paying close attention to the first family in recent weeks.
In addition to that whole #FakeMelania conspiracy theory, last month it was revealed that Melania didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving with her husband and his grown children. She and Barron weren’t shown in a candid family photo taken at Camp David, and her office wouldn’t say where she spent the holiday when asked for comment.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIE9ysnlVyS/?utm_source=ig_embed
Related: Melania won’t say where she spent Thanksgiving, noticeably absent from family holiday photos
DarkZephyr
I honestly don’t give a crap if they photoshop their photos. Why are so many people so obsessed with it? There are much bigger things to worry about regarding the Trumps. This kind of silliness just makes us look as kooky as the other side when they flip out over bare arms.
Cam
No surprise, the Trumps lie about everything.
ThatGuy22
C’mon Queerty – “her and her husband’s official 2020 Christmas portrait” (Not “she and her husband’s……”)
JimmyM
Drives me wild. No one knows the difference between nominative and accusative cases anymore. You would never say “between she 2020 Christmas portrait .” Oh my.
ThatGuy22
Ok good – you changed it to “their.”
Apolodorus
Proof that it’s a fake? She is touching him.
Mister P
Everything about them is a fraud.
dhmonarch89
someone should have photo shopped Truman holding his hand over his face (the portrait on the stair case behind them) Truman was probably the most honest man in the White House.
Rock Star
Good riddance you two. You disgust every decent American citizen.
WSnyder
People are asking ‘Why does this Matter?’ and ‘Why Bother, why report this?’ To answer, I’d say you’ve lost sight of what matters, I’d point out that you’ve become de-sensitized by this buffoonish and evil {Yes, Evil] President. No other President would dare, nay endure, the backlash for doing something like this. Can you imagine if Obama had a photoshopped Holiday Portrait? Fox News went ape-sh*t crazy for days when he worn a brown suit in a presser. But this President is so far outside the norm that we now take for granted everything that is wrong and just dismiss it out of hand because of the truly horrendous things this moron says and does. 72 million people voted for this *ss-hole, but when things start to come to light in the months and years to come, you’ll find it almost impossible to find anyone who’ll admit to it.
The Point? That the full judgement of the Trump Presidency should not be weighed solely on his handling of COVID-19 and the 2020 Election claims. His reign is bereft of thousands of incidents like this and it is the sum weight of all of this that should be used for us and history to truly say that this man, this scum, is the worst Person to Lead any civilized Nation in History. Period.
Yooper
“The portrait appears to have been photoshopped. At least, according to many people on Twitter.” Well then, that settles it, must be true. Twitter is littered with anti-vaccine dolts, QAnon cretins, election denying morons, and conspiracy promoting halfwits. Not exactly the place to go for credible information.
blackhook
Is there anything real about the Trump freaks?
The big sky
At first glance I thought it was a still from Lady Gaga’s Born this way video. It is clearly photoshopped, pity they could not erase the death bucket of rancid narcissism from history.
Roger Doremus
Meloonia always spooks me out. She looks like a praying mantis about to devour her young.
leauxbeaux
Makes ya wonder if something happened to any other “young” besides Baron.
TomOH
They didn’t even try with the shadows. They look like they’re floating.
UCSBGRAD
I don’t think it is photo shopped if you zoom in on his hands in both picture the left hand in the Prince Charles shot is more closed like a fist.
Paulie P
ok i hate the man.. but did these so called detectives…. bother to look at his hands…… the finger is extended on one hand and curled in the other….
Mr-DJ
Actually as much as I hate the man, I do not think it is a shop, at least not from the Prince Charles photo. Too many differences, hands, hair, chin, slight change in downward angle of face, etc.. At any rate, lets please not nit-pick that a Christmas card was shopped (who cares) as it just takes away from all the thousands of legitimate errors made by this fool.
ElPillo
He has always the same stupid pose, smile, and stand. His natural pose is fake
Onecaddy13
Come on people. It’s Christmas time. It’s the same ole hacks parroting the same ole thing going on 4 years now. Give your hateful rhetoric a break for one day. They’ll be gone soon. Just queerty egging you on.
ericr_wilson
Is ANYTHING about these corrupt frauds genuine…? The tipoff for me is that the communist is supposedly standing next to tramp – and smiling, at that…. Totally FAKE.!!
CityguyUSA
Trump doesn’t smile he grimaces and it’s so blurry. Are they using Kodak pocket camera?
Blue.Jacket
Whether original or re-touched, this is simply a terrible photograph. The setting, lighting and poses are armature at best. Longshot in a dim stairwell? Please.
BoomerMyles
Remember this first lady posed in a soft-core lesbian shoot. She should have sent THAT as her Xmas pic!