At the behest of then-White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, a federal government photographer edited official photographs of President Donald Trump's 2017 inauguration ceremony to make it look like the crowd in attendance at the National Mall was much larger than before:
This is indisputable evidence that an official federal government photographer acted at the behest of the individual who, at the time, was the White House Press Secretary to edit inauguration photographs for the purpose of inflating President Trump's ego. If you're tired of the federal government serving Trump's ego instead of the American people, so am I, and I can't wait to be able to vote for Democratic candidates in the 2018 midterm elections and for the eventual Democratic presidential nominee in the 2020 presidential election.
A government photographer edited official pictures of Donald Trump’s inauguration to make the crowd appear bigger following a personal intervention from the president, according to newly released documents.In The Guardian article that I linked to, it is inherently clear that the crowd size at Trump's 2017 inauguration was noticeably smaller than the crowd that now-former President Barack Obama had at his 2009 inauguration (based on apparent weather conditions, the photo of the Obama inauguration was from his 2009 inauguration, not his 2013 inauguration, when the weather was considerably more overcast than in 2009). Using the Smithsonian Castle (the building that causes the right-hand side street from the perspective of one standing at the back of the National Mall and facing the U.S. Capitol to make an S-shaped series of bends) as a guide, the Trump inauguration crowd extended from the Capitol to the Smithsonian Castle but not any further, but the 2009 Obama inauguration crowd extended well beyond the Smithsonian Castle and appeared to be considerably denser in general.
The photographer cropped out empty space “where the crowd ended” for a new set of pictures requested by Trump on the first morning of his presidency, after he was angered by images showing his audience was smaller than Barack Obama’s in 2009.
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The records detail a scramble within the National Park Service (NPS) on 21 January 2017 after an early-morning phone call between Trump and the acting NPS director, Michael Reynolds. They also state that Sean Spicer, then White House press secretary, called NPS officials repeatedly that day in pursuit of the more flattering photographs.
This is indisputable evidence that an official federal government photographer acted at the behest of the individual who, at the time, was the White House Press Secretary to edit inauguration photographs for the purpose of inflating President Trump's ego. If you're tired of the federal government serving Trump's ego instead of the American people, so am I, and I can't wait to be able to vote for Democratic candidates in the 2018 midterm elections and for the eventual Democratic presidential nominee in the 2020 presidential election.
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