She Took the White House Photos. Trump Moved to Take the Profit.

[Nevilledog]

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Keith Boykin
@keithboykin
Official White House photographers since Reagan have published their own books.

But when Trump’s photographer, Shealah Craighead, tried to publish her book, Trump tried to get a cut of the money, asked her to hold off, and stole the pics for his own book.
Shealah Craighead served as President Donald J. Trump’s official White House photographer.
nytimes.com
She Took the White House Photos. Trump Moved to Take the Profit.
The former chief White House photographer made plans to publish a book of Trump photos. The former president had other plans.
1:41 PM · Mar 31, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/us/politics/trump-photographer-shealah-craighead.html

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WASHINGTON — As President Donald J. Trump’s tenure came to an end, the chief White House photographer, who had traveled the world with him and spent countless hours inside the White House snapping pictures, notified Mr. Trump’s aides that she intended to publish a book collecting some of her most memorable images.

This was hardly a radical idea: Official photographers from every White House since President Ronald Reagan’s have published their own books. Barack Obama and George W. Bush were so supportive that they wrote forewords for them.

But like so much else involving Mr. Trump, the plan by his chief photographer, Shealah Craighead, did not follow this bipartisan norm.

First, aides to Mr. Trump asked her for a cut of her book advance payment, in exchange for his writing a foreword and helping promote the book, according to former associates of Mr. Trump.

Then Mr. Trump’s team asked Ms. Craighead to hold off on her book project to allow the former president to take Ms. Craighead’s photos and those of other White House staff photographers and publish his own book, which is now selling for as much as $230 a copy.

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[LakeArenal]

1. Cheater and Chief.

[Jim__]

2. Trump is just a nickel and dime scumbag.

[William Seger]

28. Yup, that's the definition of "grifter": a petty swindler (n/t)

[Evolve Dammit]

42. Perfect description

[patphil]

3. Hey Shealah, welcome to the world of Trump's "fuck you".

He's an expert at shafting people. That's what you get for working for him.

[TheRealNorth]

4. Sounds like her first mistake was trusting TFG

Seriously, why do people continue to trust him, especially when money is involved? The fucker will not pay you if he doesn't fear going toe-to-toe with you in the courts.

[Meadowoak]

37. Hopefully, she has some very unflattering pictures of trump.

To add to her book.

[TheRealNorth]

54. That would a good own....

But I bet they made her sign.some sort of an agreement that anything she publishes has to be approved first. The Biggest Loser knows his public image of being some sort of "Uber mensch" among the deplorables is the only thing he has.

[FalloutShelter]

5. Everybody kicks up to the Don right?

Effing slime-ball mob boss.

There is NO bottom.

[Celerity]

10. +1 zero bottom, none

[onethatcares]

29. basement to the bottom

then into a deep ravine.

[TheRealNorth]

55. More like the sewer

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Scumbag. There will be book about his scandals, part of me hopes..

he's around to read it.

Probably just brag, though.

[FuzzyRabbit]

31. TFG will probably ask for a cut of the profits from this book as well.

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. The most dangerous place in the world to stand

is between the Great Orange Slug and $$$.

[llmart]

8. Well, I for one wouldn't pay a dime for her book or...

even check it out of the library because I don't want to see one more pic of that ugly, orange, anus mouth face. I've seen enough of it to last me a lifetime. In fact, every pic I do inadvertently see, my PTSD sets in.

[UpInArms]

44. +1

I throw up in my mouth every time I accidentally see a photo of him …

Anything posted with his picture should come with a trigger warning

[Irish_Dem]

9. I wonder if we will ever learn the total $$$ grift by Trump while in the WH?

[FakeNoose]

11. Don't tell me - Chump made her sign an NDA

... and then he threatened her with a lawsuit when she planned to publish the photos. That's his standard MO anyway, he's done it to a lot of people. I'm guessing he did it to Shealah Craighead too.

The thing is that those NDAs were illegal, especially for White House employees who were working for Uncle Sam, not Chump. Chump threatened his former employees anyway, and a lot of them believed they could be sued. A few smart people have gotten lawyers, and those lawyers have torn up the NDAs because they are worthless. they aren't worth the toilet paper they're printed on.

[Polly Hennessey]

12. Probably the most hilarious thing I heard

about the tRumps is that they are uber wealthy. Never. He conned everyone including Forbes Magazine. He is a huckster and knows that perception is everything and people will believe what they think they see. If you have to steal from a photographer then you are not wealthy.

What hurts the most is that he was actually President of the United States. Our historical humiliation has now been recorded.

[TreasonousBastard]

38. Back in 2011 when he was the subject of a Comedy Central...

roast, he was given a list of things comics could make fun of.

Anthony Jeselnik later said the one absolute no-no was to suggest he wasn't worth what he said he was. Insult his wife, kids, hair, but do NOT talk about his money.

Trump has a thing about money that's deeper than just greed.

[spanone]

13. One of the worse human beings to inhabit the earth.

[Deuxcents]

20. ☝️

[Botany]

23. 14 million dead from C-19, a war in Ukraine, a stolen election, Ivanka walking w/$460 million, ...

... a country ripped apart, an attempted coup, children ripped from their parents as they tried to
flee violence in central America, 200 + American GIs w/TBI, Trump U, and ....

"One of the worse human beings to inhabit the earth."

[spanone]

26. He earned it.

[Botany]

27. No Trump in the White House in 2016 means no Putin attack on Ukraine

[spanone]

33. He'll never pay the price for the pandemic lies he told.

That alone should remove him forever from holding any office in the universe.

[tblue37]

52. $640 million.

[Mr.Bill]

39. I disagree.

I'm not sure he is a human being.

[spanone]

43. Well, there is that...

I'll reassess

[drmeow]

49. The Pro Abortion poster child

If Abortion had been legal, we might have been spared this!

[Walleye]

14. I just knew he was ripping off the photographer. First thing I thought of when I saw the book

[Ferrets are Cool]

15. A photographer OWNS their own images. There are copyright laws in play here.

[Wounded Bear]

19. Would not apply to an official photographer, I would think...

but IAE, ownership would revert to the government, not to trump personally. But of course he stole them. It's what he does.

[L. Coyote]

21. Not if they are hired to take photos.

Depends on the legal agreement.

[Nululu]

34. Unfortunately they're public domain.

But they could still publish a book of them. It's explained in the article.

[Faux pas]

16. ...

The hump should have written a book on A Million Ways to Eff Over Millions of People. He just NERVER stops!!!!

[LiberatedUSA]

17. A Million Little Cheeseburgers n/t

[SunSeeker]

18. Her pics were staged bullshit anyway. He wouldn't let her take candid shots.

She wasn't allowed to freely roam the White House taking pictures like Sousa did under Obama. Sousa took newsworthy historical shots of the President doing his job.

Trump used her like his personal photographer. She could only take shots when Trump called for her. And the only time he called for her was when he wanted her to snap some staged PR shots that he wanted to use as propaganda or for campaign purposes. His 2020 campaign should have listed her photos as a campaign contribution.

[Fla Dem]

22. Scum, pure unadulterated scum. There is not one good thing about him.

[wnylib]

24. Money can't buy class.

No matter how much money Trump or his spawn have, they will never have class. They are just a bunch of lowlife money grubbers.

No wonder they were not housed at Buckingham when they went to the UK.

The Obamas, on the other hand, were welcomed.

[Jetheels]

25. Water is still wet.

[dchill]

30. I don't care who you are ...

... You work for Trump, you're gonna get screwed. ETTD.

[Emile]

32. LOL what a cheap SOB always looking to steal money from someone!

[Achilleaze]

35. Republican "values" in action

again and again and again.

This is what Republicans admire, vote, support, and cheer. This small-minded grabby grifty a-hole is the Republican IDEAL.

[Paladin]

36. Pig bastard. (nt)

[Rhiannon12866]

40. Twitter reply:

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[SKKY]

41. I see "Shade II" coming out real soon. That's what I'd do, but then again...

...I'm petty like that.

[world wide wally]

45. She should publish a book of the most humiliating pictures she has of the orange orangutan

[AllyCat]

46. He is such a sick grifter.

No surprises here.

[LaMouffette]

47. Fish gotta swim. Bird gotta fly. Trump gotta do the biggest dick move possibly imaginable.

No matter the situation, you can always count on him to do the most classless, reprehensible thing.

[Rebl2]

48. She should

have seen this coming.

[NoMoreRepugs]

50. What's next? A booth at county fairs to sell his autograph??

[ecstatic]

51. He's a disgusting sociopath

Here we have a fucking (self proclaimed) BILLIONAIRE stealing from the pockets of an employee. Her one chance to get a huge payday just swept away in such a deceitful manner. Disgusting!

That said, the disgraced, twice impeached and blocked from social media former guy said it best... something along the lines of, "you knew I was a fucking snake when you met me." At this point, it's difficult to feel sorry for anyone who voluntarily worked for him. Good luck!

[RANDYWILDMAN]

53. A petty thief, complete fraud, total liar

I wouldn't believe one word he ever said.

I don't wish evil on people, but this dude deserves a lot more then he gets....come on Karma