No, This Is not a Actual Pic of Trump Posing with MAGA Supporter

Declare:

A photograph shared on-line in June 2024 authentically confirmed Donald Trump with a puffy, darkened face posing with a MAGA supporter.

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On June 18, 2024, an X person posted a photo showing to indicate former U.S. President Donald Trump with a darkened, puffy face posing with a MAGA fan — referring to supporters of Trump who use the slogan “Make America Nice Once more.”

Referencing South Park character Mr Hanky, the X person wrote: “What the f*** is that this?! Has Trump was Mr Hanky the Christmas Poo?!”

Comparable posts appeared elsewhere on X, the place one user requested: “Is that this photoshopped or is that this man in hassle?” Another questioned whether or not the image was actual.

The picture additionally cropped up on Threads and in multiple Reddit posts.

Collectively, they’d amassed greater than 830,000 views on the time of this writing.

Nonetheless, the picture was not actual. It was created and first posted by an X account that didn’t label its content material as satirical, however was well-known for posting satire, which is why we’ve got rated the picture as “Originated as Satire.”

The X account, named @GaryPetersonUSA, informed Snopes by way of Direct Message: “Gary is a satirical character. I created the image of he and Trump. It is edited.”

GaryPetersonUSA stated he “made Trump’s face puffier and put Gary’s [the satirical character] face over the opposite man.”

He confirmed Snopes the unique image, which may very well be present in social media posts on X and Threads.

GaryPetersonUSA had posted numerous edited photos on X containing the former U.S. president.

We addressed one other put up by GaryPetersonUSA on Could 3, 2024, when the account jokingly claimed an image confirmed MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell at a Trump rally.

For background, right here is why we typically write about satire/humor.

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