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25 Sep 2018, 4:21 am
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OVER the past week, you may have seen this image of a rather gallant Donald Trump floating around the internet.
Yes, quite literally floating. In the picture, which has gone viral in the wake of Hurricane Florence, the US President appears to be rescuing a stranded man on a raft in heavy floodwaters.
The only trouble is the photo is fake. If the poor image quality and extreme unlikeliness of such a scenario playing out weren’t dead giveaways, New York Times reporter Kevin Roose has pointed out the picture was taken in Central Texas in 2015 — long before Mr Trump had entered the White House.
A photoshopped picture depicting Trump rescuing people during Hurricane Florence has been shared 275,000 times on Facebook. The original is from Texas flooding in 2015. pic.twitter.com/woWuPuqSSy
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) September 24, 2018
The original photo shows three rescuers with the Austin Fire Department reaching out to save a man grasping a chain-link fence.
You’d think the photoshop job was obvious. There’s the fact that Mr Trump isn’t wearing a life vest, the fact that presidents don’t personally take part in rescue operations after disasters, and the fact that they probably wouldn’t wear a full suit in the unusual circumstance that they did.
Yet Roose’s screenshot reveals the image has been shared more than 250,000 times on Facebook, with the caption: “You won’t see this on the news … make it go viral.”
Yes, quite literally floating. In the picture, which has gone viral in the wake of Hurricane Florence, the US President appears to be rescuing a stranded man on a raft in heavy floodwaters.
The only trouble is the photo is fake. If the poor image quality and extreme unlikeliness of such a scenario playing out weren’t dead giveaways, New York Times reporter Kevin Roose has pointed out the picture was taken in Central Texas in 2015 — long before Mr Trump had entered the White House.
A photoshopped picture depicting Trump rescuing people during Hurricane Florence has been shared 275,000 times on Facebook. The original is from Texas flooding in 2015. pic.twitter.com/woWuPuqSSy
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) September 24, 2018
The original photo shows three rescuers with the Austin Fire Department reaching out to save a man grasping a chain-link fence.
You’d think the photoshop job was obvious. There’s the fact that Mr Trump isn’t wearing a life vest, the fact that presidents don’t personally take part in rescue operations after disasters, and the fact that they probably wouldn’t wear a full suit in the unusual circumstance that they did.
Yet Roose’s screenshot reveals the image has been shared more than 250,000 times on Facebook, with the caption: “You won’t see this on the news … make it go viral.”
We need to talk about this photo. Source:Supplied
25 Sep 2018, 4:48 am
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25 Sep 2018, 10:24 am
The guy looks like he might be minority, so Trump probably threw him in the water to impress the prejudiced part of his base. 
25 Sep 2018, 10:18 pm
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26 Sep 2018, 10:35 pm
26 Sep 2018, 10:43 pm
Kraichgauer
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26 Sep 2018, 10:57 pm
Spooky_Mulder wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
The Trump fan club actually fell for this?!?!?!
Well, put together they have the IQ of a three year old and I'm hesitant to even say that since it'd be an insult to the child.
