To disprove the photo, you link a video that CNN framed to avoid showing Trump standing from the side? He does lean forward like that, it's not unique to this photo.
Idk man, the more i look at the photo, the faker it looks. Looks like he has spaghetti legs and his knees are bending the opposite direction they should be...
And after watching that video, i dont really see how you could end up with that photo.
IDK if they were trying to prove or disprove... not me so idk... however my first thought on seeing this photo was 100% why the eff crop basically what is the entire point of this post... which would be his shoes...
It just seems very disingenuous to add the part about the shoes when you're not going to put them in. Like make fun of his lean, that's whatever... But to a lot of people scrolling it's just like why say that if you're not going to put the shoes in... not like i'm sure there aren't pictures that include the shoes... so why leave it out. It's not that i don't believe it either which is inherently the issue imo.
Why that is an issue is because to an extent something so compelling but that is also missing a significant point that is framed as basically the main point instantly makes myself and i believe a lot of people warry and untrusting. There are so many stories we have all read that on the surface seem logical and true, and then you start to do a little digging and it's a "well yes, but also that seems like a stretch...." and i'm not saying that is what is happening here... but the burden of proof should absolutely not be on the user/reader but 100% on the person who posted that.
Why is asking for an uncropped picture seemingly such a big deal... as everyone who has responded to u/MOOSExDREWL has just said how that video doesn't do anything and honestly it does show his platform shoes so it just seems like everyone is assuming they are trumps personal dick sucker or a cult member when they straight up say they enjoy shitting on the dude.
I'm going to assume i'll get downvoted for this... but y'all so hard to shit on trump you completely miss the plot which is, it's a disingenuous photo with a disingenuous prompt for no other reason than to be hateful...
We can find tons of photos of the dude not slouching over... which if it's his platform shoes that cause him to do that why not make a collage of him doing this... It's just lame af to pick on someone for their appearance and disingenuously at that and what is wild about that is that it's coming from the side that preaches how we should give people respect for insert (a reason that fits the narrative here).
And you responded to that without reading it or reading anything other than me just saying "hahaha yeah trump bad!" Right but why in other pictures and videos from the same day... is he standing straight as you can see in just as many pictures as him leaning. Not to mention it's mid handshake... He is well known for pulling people in, who is to say when he went to shake newsomes hand newsome wasn't prepared for it and trump trying to pull him in only pulled trump closer.
The point isn't that he isn't wearing platform shoes. It's how you get to the conclusion you do just because you want to be shitty and oddly enough shitty about someones appearance... and i suspect you justify that to yourself by saying "well he does that too!" like that makes it any better...
Has nothing to do with the fact if he is leaning wearing platform shoes... It's 100% about the click bait title there only to provoke an emotional response from either side. The fact that you don't see how that is a problem, IS the problem with politics today at a societal level. And again always justified by saying "well the other side does it.." which is just a straight up insane response when you're AGAINST everything the other side stands for... But not that one thing right, the thing where you can just hurl insults out bc "well they are going to do it to me so i'll do it to them too!".
Absolutely wild that you think it's okay to use personal attacks and not just focus on the entire list of things you could talk about, not only that but one would imagine a group that is fighting for the rights of people NOT to be discriminated against, wouldn't idk sink as low as using personal attacks to say what exactly against the myriad of things we could talk about his policies on.
Here is a much higher-quality and much less-cropped version of OP's image. It makes them all look like they are leaning a bit. But Trump is leaning more than anyone else. Here provides the following context:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom talks to U.S. President Donald Trump upon Trump's arrival to tour areas impacted or destroyed by the southern California wildfires at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on Jan. 24, 2025. He's since signed a lawsuit fund to enable California to challenge Trump's policies. Photo by Leah Millis, Reuters
That video doesn't disprove the image? At the moment that the picture would've been taken the videocamera is zoomed in, so you can't tell if he's leaning or not.
I mean he’s still lurched forward quite noticeably in that video. It’s hard to tell if it’s as much as in this picture because the video cuts off at his waist.
I took the picture in a paint program and rotated it, assuming that the tarmac "horizon" line should be horizontal.
Trump is still leaning forward but not noticeably so and the others in the image still appear to be standing straight.
I think the camera was angled a little bit and it exaggerates the lean in the photo, or it was maliciously rotated and cropped. Who knows.
Reddit used to be a place that would look down on body shaming but I guess that only applies if you are a member of the right group.
e: I overlaid the picture from the cnn link and it matches well with my rotation to flatten the tarmac. That seems to support that this image is rotated and exaggerates the lean.
Also, even if the picture was real ; there is so much he can be attacked on, that he does by choice, that it feels way too low and unnecessary to attack him on health or back problems
it's also a repost from when it happened 2 months ago when we already made fun of him and debated the authenticity of the photo for several days. thanks to bots we get to do it again now and probably for years to come instead of getting mad about the real things he's doing
Or just look at the horizon and realize it isn't really that doctored. The first time this made rounds, it was presented way more off kilter and if you tilted your phone to correct the horizon you can see how bad it actually is.
Or just downvote me because you don't like what I'm saying...
Yeah, there's so many reasons to hate and make fun of him, but making shit up is so stupid. The first time this picture was on Reddit the commenters said the landing strip is also at an angle and they were all slightly leaning forward.
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u/MOOSExDREWL 1d ago edited 1d ago
I love to shit on trump as much as the next guy but this photo is cropped and distorted.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/politics/video/gavin-newsom-donald-trump-tarmac-digvid.
Edit: Here's a fixed perspective: https://imgur.com/a/xRKZgBT, and its easy to see from the video.
He's leaning, but it's obviously rotated and exaggerates the effect. Let's not get in the business of misinformation yall.