Seriously, the White House Christmas card *does* look photoshopped.

[catbyte]

Mango Mussolini is either wearing one heckuva girdle or this was taken a few years ago. And Mel looks waaaaay too happy. They look like cardboard cutouts or something.

Edited to add: This was allegedly taken on December 10.

[Skittles]

1. it looks ridiculous

they look like they are in Madame Tussauds

[TheBlackAdder]

60. It seems to be the effect of not using at least 5-point lighting. Even the carpet looks shopped.

[elleng]

2. Right.

[Newest Reality]

3. I agree...

For instance, there is only a halo drop shadow around the back, (a Photoshop thing) and nothing at their feet, etc.

[PatSeg]

33. Yes

Definitely looks like a "cut and paste" job and actually they are too small for that setting. It is a really BAD Photoshop job.

[Arne]

4. Makes me ill that they are where they are, drag him out.

[madinmaryland]

5. Harry S. Truman...

HST: The buck stops here.

DJT: The buck goes into my pocket.

[Kitchari]

7. LOL

made me laugh

[CatMor]

6. Is he back to coloring his hair ...

it's obvious he has it colored in this photo. He did have it gray to match Biden near the eletion.

[Kitchari]

8. They look miniaturized

both cosmetically and in stature - literally and figuratively

[onecaliberal]

9. It definitely looks photoshopped.

[Delphinus]

10. There's a shadow

on the floor in front of them. Sure looks like they are present.

[MLAA]

11. Impotus hasn't smile like that since he lost the election

[OAITW r.2.0]

30. Actually, I think the last time he a had a smile was when he met Putin in Helsinki. nt

[MLAA]

45. True, he was giddy

[OAITW r.2.0]

47. A pic of a Trump real smile

to his loan holder.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

50. That pic says it all.

Merkle knows a rat when she sees one. Macron has a look of steely resolve. Meanwhile, Drumpf is doing his best Eddie Haskel.

[SMC22307]

12. Melanoma looks happy b/c she's getting the hell out of Washington in a month.

She was also a "model" and knows how to turn on the smiles when needed. And that does look like her recent lighter hair color.

Most men look sharp in a tux. Slimming black, cummerbund keeping his blubber tucked in, etc.

And there's a shadow at the base of the pic. Was that Photoshopped as well?

[redstatebluegirl]

13. They both look 20 years younger photoshop.

[jezebel321]

14. and they both look tiny, like they've been photoshopped in but the size scale is off or something.

it's very weird. Thank God, it will be the last Christmas Card we have to see of them.

[fierywoman]

27. She's wearing 5-inch heels and appears several inches shorter than him ???

WTF???

[PatSeg]

34. Yes, it is way, way off

Someone posted a photo of the Obamas in front of those same stairs and they looked much bigger. This was a terrible Photoshop job.

[FakeNoose]

49. The heads are too small for the bodies

2) The shadows are in the wrong place
3) The "bodies" don't look like them - they're definitely the figures of fashion models
4) I've never seen Melania in an outfit like that, she rarely wears slacks at all, and never for a formal Christmas photo

Yep, it's photoshopped all right!

[Laurelin]

15. Weird

Why did they leave their son out? That just seems strange to me.

[OAITW r.2.0]

31. You never see Trump with Baron. I sincerely doubt there is any dad/son relationship

to exploit. Baron's probably playing Call of Duty upstairs in the Royal Residence.

[C_U_L8R]

16. The retoucher squared him up too much.

Tiny hands now too large. Ill-fitting pants are suddenly straightened. Waistline and ass reduced over 100 lbs.
The Lego version is much more accurate.

[Under The Radar]

17. They are looking in different directions, like two different photographers.

But Neither are looking at the direction that this room pic was taken from.

[Brainfodder]

18. Is that Hope Hicks?

Polish on a turd is still....

[yardwork]

19. I thought that too but I don't know anything about photoshop.

To me, they look too small in proportion to the rest of the photo. Their bodies are definitely photoshopped - slenderized, cleaned up.

[snowybirdie]

20. Why is their

son, Barron, never in their pictures? Seem to remember the Obama girls were always in formal pictures. And this is photo shipped.

[Butterflylady]

21. A photo of rump standing next to prince Charles is the picture that it was taken from.

[CatWoman]

26. i think you're right

[kcr]

32. It sure is

[FreeState]

40. Not the same cummerbund or tux

But it’s very similar. The cummerbund is a different color and the tux has a similar cut but the lapels are not the same.

[GReedDiamond]

52. I copied the image from post 26...

...of Preznit Moron w/Prince Charles, and pasted it on top of the "xmas photo" from the OP.



The Prince Chuckie image is very similar to the one used in the xmas pic, but not the same. Maybe it was a different shot by the same photographer?

Also, if the xmas pic WAS photoshopped (which I tend to believe), I think they made the asshole's hands larger.

It (the orange thing) also looks thinner/slimmer than It is in real life.

The white line in the image to the right shows where the image was cropped in the Prince Charles photo.

[DFW]

22. Even I can tell that

But it's OK, it's been 4 years since I got a WH Christmas card anyway.

Next year....................

[niyad]

23. I don't know when their image was taken , but not recently. The f'n traitor is not pudged out, not

nearly jowly enough, and no huge bags under his eyes. If not photo-shopped, completely airbrushed!!

[cry baby]

24. Yep, they're tiny compared to what they should be

And in their tiny size, the candelabra lamps look gargantuan.

[madaboutharry]

25. I think it is photoshopped

They are too small for the space.

The entryway to the steps would have to be 20 feet high. Look at the edge around her hair, I think it looks trimmed by photoshopping.

[PatSeg]

39. Very Lilliputian!

Can't believe the White House couldn't put out a better image than that. Just awful.

Someone posted this on another thread, same staircase.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[July]

53. Okay, looks like there are more steps in the "possibly photoshopped" pic

Should be easy to ascertain the truth.

[PatSeg]

54. I've found numerous photos

from various administrations taken at those same steps and all the people look larger than the Trumps. The steps seem to be the right number, but the floor in the front is missing the red carpet, so it might make it look like more steps.

[ahoysrcsm]

56. They look so tiny. And look at the candelabra, the size is off.

On edit, sorry for bumping an old post.

[PatSeg]

66. That's okay, its still an interesting thread

Caught a lot of people's attention. You're right the size appears to be way off.

[Towlie]

28. Here's my version:

 
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[mnhtnbb]

43. Joe!

Very funny. Love it!

[Deuxcents]

44. Love the Biden portrait

[MustLoveBeagles]

63. I like your version better

[Deuxcents]

29. Fake

Like everything with them

[whistler162]

35. Melania Trump and the trousers scandal

[jmowreader]

36. Agree on the photoshopping

The edges around the Trumps are too hard. I suspect they were photographed separately and composited into the photo of the stairs.

[lpbk2713]

37. I thought that when I first saw it.

They don't look natural.

But then ...

[FreeState]

38. The shadows are a bit confusing

I don’t know how many strobes were used but the shadows are not lignin up (could be from multiple strobes).

[BlueSpot]

42. And why does the reflection show the tops of their feet?

The White House photoshopping team is really bad at reflections. Remember how they had his fingers reflecting though the paper when he was supposedly signing papers in the hospital?

[KatyMan]

46. It looks like the pic was inverted

And copied to the floor.
Shouldn't the reflection show more of their upper body?

[FreeState]

51. Yea and if they were accurate

They would be roughly the same point on both but they are not. You can see the top of her shoe and the skin and you can not see his shoes at all.

[democrank]

41. Looks like some child really screwed up with an old set of Colorforms.

Fascist Ken and Plastic Fake Barbie.

Merry Christmas, America!

[kskiska]

48. It absolutely was.

https://www.rawstory.com/melania-christmas/

[bedazzled]

55. melania's pose reminds me of the WB frog

i knew it reminded me of something

[Kid Berwyn]

57. Michigan J. Frog?

[bedazzled]

58. same spindly legs

melania is far less attractive though

[Greybnk48]

59. He's way fatter than that picture shows.

Just look at his golf pictures from yesterday. Look at his gut!

[lunatica]

61. It's the only place that has that much gold

A red carpet and gold lining.

I’m so glad Melania didn’t decide to redecorate the White House!

[TexasBushwhacker]

62. He looks taller and thinner, with bigger hands

He is supposedly 6' 3". She is 5' 11". With her 5" stilettos, she should equal his height.

[mtnsnake]

64. One of Trump's ass cheeks weighs more than whose ever body they stuck his head on in that photo

[Rhiannon12866]

65. It looks like cardboard cutouts

[edhopper]

67. For one thing

when she is wearing heels like that, she is just as tall as he is.