27 year old bald eagle flown in from Texas to pose with Trump for Time cover photo

[Liberal_in_LA]

When Martin Schoeller scrolled through the 28 close-up portraits he had taken of Donald Trump, he was struck to see that they were all identical. “Every frame was the same,” Schoeller says. “Mr. Trump knows exactly how he looks, and he strikes one pose and doesn’t move.”

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“He’s very difficult to photograph,” says Schoeller. “If you ask him to look up a little bit, he says no or he just doesn’t do it. He literally has one angle. If I ask him to smile, he puts on a big grin and then he goes back to his Zoolander ‘blue steel’ look. And the ‘blue steel’ stays for as ever long as it takes to get the photograph.”

This time, however, Schoeller wanted to try something different. “When I get an assignment, I do my research and try to figure out what kind of picture would make the most sense given who the person is and what they’ve been up to,” he says. And with Trump running for president with the slogan “Make America Great Again”, Schoeller thought about adding a bald eagle – the U.S.’s national emblem – to the photo. “Mr. Trump liked that idea,” says the photographer. “I thought he might be open to it considering he’s a man who loves attention. He likes controversy, and he likes to be in the spotlight.”

http://time.com/4003904/donald-trump-bald-eagle/

The 27-year-old American bald eagle, named Uncle Sam, was flown in from Texas by master falconer and wildlife rehabilitator Jonathan Wood – and brought to the 25th floor of the Trump Tower in mid-town Manhattan. “It’s hard to plan what animals will do,” says Schoeller. “There’s not much training you can do with a wild bird and Mr. Trump was a little hesitant holding the bird, so it was very tricky to get the bird to [stay] on his hand.”

Wood, the bald eagle’s owner, felt the shoot went well – and he would know. For the past 20 years, after Uncle Sam was hit by a car in 1994 and was deemed “non-releasable” to the wild, Wood has been crisscrossing the country with it. “I’ve done a lot of educational programs in schools with that bird,” he says. “He’s been in movies, television shows and commercials. Millions of people have seen him.”

[Contrary1]

1. Even the bird can't stand to look at him. n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. ..

[pinboy3niner]

8. LOL!

Eagle: "I don't flock with YOU!"

[KingCharlemagne]

43. LOL! Eagle:

"Let's make like Jesus and get the flock out of here!"

[Plucketeer]

47. When prey animals meet.

[MADem]

78. WHO wore it BETTER??????

[AikidoSoul]

53. Perfect observation

[Number23]

89. + a million!

[Marie Marie]

3. Trump looks scared.

Like he is afraid to move or the Eagle will start pulling on that ridiculous thing on his head for some nesting material.

[Ghost in the Machine]

22. I was wondering if the Eagle tried to fly off with tRump's terrier on his head myself! n/t

[CTyankee]

4. Maybe get Annie Leibovitz to photograph him...she's got hutzpah...she asked the Queen

of England if she would remove her crown (tiara) because it was a bit too "dressy." The Queen said "Too dressy! What do you think this is?"
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/take-it-off-we-are-not-amused/2007/07/12/1183833664232.html?s_cid=rss_news

[murielm99]

5. Look at all that ridiculous crap

sitting around behind him. A few of those items would look nice. But the clutter of that kind of compulsive collecting and greed is tasteless.

I guess he just has to grab a few more trophies. Like the Presidency.

[Cleita]

39. One can never accuse Donald Trump of having refined tastes.

You are right. The Presidency is one more trophy for him. God help us.

[underpants]

70. The first thing I noticed too

Tacky!

[yellowcanine]

6. To bad the bird didn't sh*t on his fancy suit.

[KingCharlemagne]

44. LMAO. Priceless! - nt

[Pauldg47]

56. This bird should be in the wild....

My Sierra Club colleagues would want him arrested for this prank. What an idiot !!!

[okasha]

57. Bird was injured severely.

Can't be returned to the wild.

[Contrary1]

59. Was that before or after being callously exposed to this menace?

The poor bird probably lost his sense of smell.

[okasha]

61. Read the story.

[Contrary1]

62. Maybe I needed one of these:

[Pauldg47]

90. Doesn't matter....

.....it should not have taken from the wild in the first place. I do not believe any animal should be in captivity no matter what the circumstances.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. Trump's "Zoolander Blue Steel look" LOL

[Marie Marie]

23. That's it!! spot on!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

55. Blue Steel look

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. Why can't this dude afford a suit that fits him well?

Good God. Looks like off the rack at the 2 for 1 sale at Jos. A Bank.

[Cleita]

40. Maybe it isn't the suits, but the doughy, flabby lump inside of them.

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Do they make Spanx for men?

[BlancheSplanchnik]

87. ......

[Rex]

10. LOL they took the picture while the eagle was moving on the glove, probably uneasy around Trump.

I think I know that eagle, he is missing part of his wing on the left side. Let's just say I've met him.

[BuelahWitch]

11. Couldn't they have Photoshopped the bird?

That poor eagle. This picture should be titled, "The Eagle and the Jackass."

[pinboy3niner]

13. Couldn't they have Photoshopped the Donald?

-- The eagle

[underpants]

72. You can't photoshop him

His charisma can't be replicated by software

[CTyankee]

50. betcha they gave the bird a tranquilizer, just not enough to make it unconscious...

[MADem]

77. Someone should photoshop a Donald WIG on that BALD eagle!!!!!

Edited to add....



Oh wait....someone DID...!!!!

[Art_from_Ark]

91. It actually looks like a cut-out Trump and the bird

superimposed over the picture of the room.

[BuelahWitch]

92. It does!

I sure hope that one of those regal birds did not have to share space with that loud mouth squawker!

[Art_from_Ark]

93. It looks to me like they photographed the bird perched on his handler's wrist

then combined that with a rather awkward-looking picture of Trump, which they turned into a cut-out and superimposed over the picture of the room.

[pinboy3niner]

94. They couldn't get away with that

The photo is legit, it just took them a long time to do it bcause the eagle really did not want to pose with Trump.

[Art_from_Ark]

95. Of course the eagle didn't want to pose with Trump

That's why they had to pose it on its handler's wrist

[saturnsring]

12. After the shoot trump ate the bird

[WI_DEM]

14. There he is--the GOP front runner.

[Rex]

15. I wonder why the bird had to be flown in from Texas, when Mr. Woods rehab center is in NY.

Must have been in Texas doing a show.

[Contrary1]

17. Maybe he was the subject for one of Junior's "paintings"? n/t

[olddots]

16. Why wasn't Bozo The Clown ever Time's Man Of The Year ?

Bozo honked his horn less frequently but had better hair .

[DawgHouse]

18. Ugh, a Turkey and an Eagle. NT

[tabasco]

41. LOL!

Good one.

[Blue Owl]

19. Let the eagle gore

Like he's never gored before...

[MisterP]

20. they eat fish, don't they?

[Fritz Walter]

66. Eagles have SOME standards

Meanwhile, a vulture will feast off any carcass.
And in a few weeks they will have plenty on which to feed!

[spanone]

21. huckster

flim-flam man

[cyberswede]

24. He's gross.

The bird outclasses him in every way.

[wheniwasincongress]

25. Look how fancy and rich he is

with his wall to wall carpet! He even has it in his gaudy cheesy apartment...

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

26. Any animal posing with Trump

has got to wonder if it will be next to hold a place of honor on top of his head.

[okasha]

27. Trump looks like he's in pain.

He's holding the eagle by the jesses--the leather straps used to secure a bird to a perch--but it looks as if the eagle's talons are really dug into that glove.

Good bird!

[ChazInAz]

45. Noticed that.

The gauntlets worn by anyone handling eagles tend to be a lot stouter than the ones worn in falconry. An eagle's talons can go right through the lighter gloves AND the hand inside! (I once talked to a fellow who rehabs raptors. He found out the hard way!)

[woodsprite]

52. I wish the eagle would have taken off with his toupe. ;) n/t

[LiberalEsto]

28. I sincerely hope it crapped on him nt

[IronLionZion]

29. resting constipated face

[vanlassie]

30. That must be the Stephen Colbert eagle!

Seriously. Andy Kaufman lives!

[regnaD kciN]

99. My thought as well…

The only thing missing was The Donald selling pistachios.

[Chef Eric]

31. Time Magazine is a joke.

"I don’t need Time magazine… If I want to find out anything, I’m not going to read Time magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek. I’m not going to read any of these magazines. I mean, because they’ve just got too much to lose by printing the truth."

-Bob Dylan, 1965

[Octafish]

32. Combover Eagle

Fake enough.

[Bossy Monkey]

63. When Trump is President, the combover eagle will be the national bird. n/t

[Sunlei]

33. nice football collection there, Republican primary winner Mr. Trump.

Has Mr. Trump ever had a personal pet? have never seen a picture of him and any pet animal, though I do think his fellow Rs will start to smear his big game killing son closer to the primary.

That revelation will bring Mr. Trump more R votes, I predict.

[underpants]

71. Other than his wives and his hair?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

34. What the eagle is thinking after seeing Trump's hair:

"That's the weirdest bird nest I've ever seen."

[moniss]

35. A better comparison

Put a picture of Trump next to Moe of The Three Stooges and you have a carbon copy. Watch a few short clips as Moe gives his brash, know-it-all simplistic response to everything. Watch as he tries to make things happen and then blames others.

[winterwar]

36. The eagle is the bald one?

And the smart one!

[shireen]

37. That bald eagle is breathtaking!

There's a video at the link. That bird is a class act. It was calm and looked absolutely magnificent.

[lonestarnot]

38. Uncle Sam shat in the nest?

[tabasco]

42. Corporate media doing its best to get their man in the White House.

Yes, it could happen here.

[Jack Rabbit]

46. I understand why the Donald was a little nervous with Uncle Sam

He might have jumped off Trump's hand and attacked the Donald's pet varmint on his head.

[4lbs]

48. Did the eagle try to build a nest in his hair? nt

[totodeinhere]

49. What a sickening contrast. That magnificent bird in the same photo with that asshole.

n/t

[suffragette]

51. That eagle is decidedly looking to the left

Hmmm...

[nolabear]

54. Oh yeah. Fearless Leader is afraid of a big bird. Although I've held one. They're heavy.

The main thing you have to remember is not to lower your arm because birds always walk upward. If it wasn't bad for the eagle I'd have loved or him to have scared the crap out of Donald and had it captured on film.

[okasha]

58. The eagle is thinking

I will cut you, bitch!

[RoccoR5955]

60. If it was the right season

the eagle would have taken that crap on T-Rump's head, and used it for its nest!

[mrmpa]

64. Is that even legal?.........eom

[left-of-center2012]

65. That's a great idea !

Let's all give Trump "the bird".

[nadinbrzezinski]

67. He is very difficult to photograph

will put it in my notes... you never know.

And yes, there are a few local pols that are very difficult to get good shots off.

As to the eagle, from a photography perspective, that is actually brilliant... people who are difficult will somewhat lower their guard when you introduce a new element.

[B Calm]

68. Be even funnier if someone Photoshop the eagle perched on that bird nest on Trumps head!

[TrollBuster9090]

69. Fellow gasbag Rob Ford beat him to this picture years ago. TRUMPED!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

73. Looks familiar....

It's even facing away.

[complain jane]

74. Did he eat it afterwards?

[Android3.14]

75. Looks like he is about to shove his thumb up that eagle's ass

Now there's a metaphor.

[ladjf]

76. It's time to stop viewing Trump as an interesting "Carnival Barker" and

start doing some real analysis of what he stands for and why he would be an extremely dangerous choice for President.

That analysis would clearly show how out of touch he is with the actual political situation in the U.S. and the World.

[LiberalElite]

79. Eagle thinks "The jerks I have to pose with..." eom

[catbyte]

80. Oh, Christ on a cracker. I wish that eagle would've snatched that thing off of Trump's head &

used it to line his nest. Now THAT would've been a picture worth seeing. How disgusting. It's just one despicable sideshow after another with that gasbag.

[flamingdem]

83. T+100

[Triana]

81. Donald Trump: The Elliot Rodger of politics. n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

82. Good thing for Donald it's not a buzzard

It would jump on that dead thing on his head for a snack.

[catbyte]

84. What's with all that kitchy sports crap lining his window sill & floor? Ugh.

I guess it's true that you can wrap millions of dollars around a pile of dog crap and it's still just dog crap.

[Arugula Latte]

88. Yeah, that shitty hoard alone should disqualify him from the presidency...

...let alone his corrupt record, his horrible personality, his fourth grade mentality, his hair, and so forth.

[Feeling the Bern]

85. I have a bird to give Trump. Two if I raise both hands.

[JanMichael]

86. he is living the always sunny song "rock flag and eagle".

in the show it is idiotic.to trumpets it us cool....oh gawd.

[Third Doctor]

96. LOL!!

The repugs are supporting this guy?? Look at this shit! They seem to always prove themselves dumber than I thought they were at first and that's a low bar.

[SummerSnow]

97. She thinks his hair is her nest

[Beta Male]

98. The eagle is a distant cousin of Trump's hair

The latter being from the inbred side of the family, of course.