Anyone notice the photo?

[BigDemVoter]

My friend texted me this, as I wasn't paying attention.

The photo of Cheeto with his fist raised after he got shot? It appears to have been doctored to look like the famous photo from Iwo Jima. . . . There is NO flag & NO sky to be seen but ONLY people in the background. This photo has been cropped to look 'heroic" as the one posted on Don's (the son's) Twitter account now shows flag & secret service.

If I can manage, I'll post the photo.

[dchill]

1. There were no Nazis at Iwo Jima!

[TheProle]

3. Lol!

[mitch96]

12. But they bombed Pearl Harbor, right?

[BOSSHOG]

2. Didn't somebody once opine

That only losers and suckers got shot? I may be mistaken.

[WarGamer]

4. nonsense... the flags were extended over the stage by cranes...

your friend is... frankly an idiot.

[BigDemVoter]

5. Really?

Funny you can make that kind of judgment. All the spectators were deleted. They certainly made some changes.

[WarGamer]

6. the photo angle was taken on the level BELOW the podium... pointing up

thats why it caught trump and the agents plus the flag

[BigDemVoter]

17. They just edited out the spectators.

I realized it is very easy to do with a function on new iphones. You can take a photo of your dog or people or whatever and then you just highlight them with a press of your finger and just like magic, most of the background disappears and the image you want appears with a blank background. If there were flags as you said, and they wanted them, they would have just kept them.

[LeftInTX]

8. Someone here on DU posted before Trump was there. There was a huge flag.

[gab13by13]

10. I saw a huge flag on Fox News behind TSF

[Celerity]

24. here (from CNN, hours ago) it is not 'doctored'

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/13/politics/gallery/in-pictures-trump-injured-at-pennsylvania-rally/index.html



Don 'shithead' Jr's tweet

[emmaverybo]

29. Don't understand SS letting him expose himself so completely. They should be all over him, taking him back down to

ground or dragging him to better cover, shielding him with their bodies. One is heard advising him to cover his head! Such a photo should never have been possible.

[Celerity]

30. Malcolm Nance went on serious rant ripping the Secret Service breaking multiple protocols

[MistakenLamb]

32. Look at the footage of when Reagan was shot versus this

Secret Service did a bad job yesterday

[Celerity]

36. that is EXACTLY one of the examples he used, good catch

[vishnura]

39. Flag

Why is the flag upside down?

[Celerity]

40. it wasn't

[LiberalFighter]

13. There were no flags overhead.

Flags were only to the left of the stage

[gab13by13]

16. I agree, I am watching replays

And the only thing behind the podium high up are electric lines. Looks to me like someone cropped in the American flag.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

28. The flag was above the stage, suspended by 2 cranes

There are multiple pictures from different angles of it.

https://images.app.goo.gl/xGX924EHSKJN4j4y8]

https://images.app.goo.gl/Df821RPtruy9X7F97]

https://images.app.goo.gl/4jCSeE6XGRNesKFGA]

It would appear the giant flag between 2 cranes is a common thing at his campaign events that are outdoors.

[MistakenLamb]

35. There was a flag on a crane, in some videos you can see the hydraulics of the crane start to spray on the right side

[gab13by13]

9. May the gods and a few DU members forgive me

But I-turned on Fox for 1 minute to see it’s reporting, you are right, Fox News had TSF’s photo with the American flag behind him.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

11. This one?

Link to tweet

[BigDemVoter]

14. Yes.

I was trying to load it.

I wouldn’t have thought twice about it had it not been on Don’s Twitter account…

I think I know what was done. It is simple with a new iPhone.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

15. I just saw it on Twitter and remembered your post!

[Igel]

18. Compare this image, taken at about the same time.

Think about the camera angles--look at the SS agent staring at the camera versus the ?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" target="_blank">image where he's obviously looking down ... at the camera. Meaning the camera's pointing at a what, 30-35 degree angle, maybe 40 degrees?

How high are the spectators sitting?

Edited to put link on "image" instead of being obnoxiously large in the post box.

[summer_in_TX]

19. Link didn't work.

Just got an error message.

[Celerity]

34. so many here do not know how to post a simple pic, it has driven me mad for 6 years, I try to patiently teach them, but

they far too often ignore the solutions I give them

same for people not URL trimming (so many post giant long links, when they need to trim off the '?' or the '#' and all after it

same for twitter URLs and pic URLs (where you get a '?' followed by a bunch of random shite being dispalyed after the pic or tweet)

the DU software is old and just leaves that mess displayed

[Celerity]

38. see post 37, it is not a fake image, not doctored, it was taken by Evan Vucci of AP

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219149228#post37


also your link is broken

[Calista241]

21. Tbh, that's just a great photographer that knows their craft.

There was a minute or so for reporters / photogs were running around to record history. I’m kinda stunned the secret service just stayed there in the kill zone for as long as they did, even if they were covering Trump’s body.

I heard one of the agents shout that the shooter was down when they were all piled up, but still, that was a super long time before they exfiltrated the area.

[RussBLib]

22. And the US flag is upside down

...what a coincidence.

This picture looks staged.

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

[CincyDem]

31. Nope. It's correct for vertical presentation. Stars in the top left. n/t

[Kid Berwyn]

20. And it's replayed over and over. Like the planes crashing onto WTC on 9-11.

Iconic. Manufactured iconic.

[applegrove]

23. I thought so too.

[DoBW]

25. My Vote hasn't changed

I'm just more cpmmitted

[Quixote1818]

26. Trump looking defiant to what turned out to be their own Frankenstein

Just another lonely, angry kid able to get a gun. But Trump was missed unlike way too many children. He's a scumbag.

[Think. Again.]

27. Probably faked if it was used by trump's people.

[Celerity]

37. it was not faked, cropped, etc It was taken by Evan Vucci/AP, see post 24, and the flag was suspended from 2 cranes

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219149228#post24

and

from CNN (link is in post 24)

The rally venue is empty and littered with debris following the shooting. Evan Vucci/AP

Former President Donald Trump, with blood on his face, raises his fist to the crowd as he is surrounded by Secret Service agents at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Evan Vucci/AP