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On July 23, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a speech at an event hosted by the young conservative group Turning Point USA. As pictures and videos of the speech started to circulate on social media, some keen-eyed observers noticed something appeared to be off with the presidential seal displayed on the wall behind him: While the seal in the above-displayed photograph may look official at first glance, it is actually a manipulated version of the official symbol. It features a two-headed eagle similar to Russia's coat of arms instead of the American single-headed bald eagle, golf clubs instead of arrows, and the phrase 45 es un titere (which translates to 45 is a puppet) instead of the traditional United States motto e pluribus unum (out of many, one). Several photographs of Trump with this fake presidential seal are available via Getty Images. One such photograph (featured above) is captioned: The fake seal can also be glimpsed in this video of the event from Fox News. Keep an eye on the left of the stage as President Trump enters at the start of the video to see it: A spokesperson for Turning Point USA told the Washington Post that the fake presidential seal was a mistake and that it was not the group's intention to insult the president: The fake presidential seal was online long before the 2019 Turning Point USA event, and someone could have searched for the seal and accidentally (or purposefully) downloaded the fake version from a free image site such as Free PNG Library. Indeed, the Post later reported that the fake presidential seal had been created and put online years earlier by a former Republican fed up with Trump, a 46-year-old graphic designer named Charles Leazott: Turning Point USA said the mistaken use of the fake seal was an unintentional last-minute oversight, although Leazott himself didn't buy that explanation: Here's a side-by-side comparison of the official presidential seal (right) and the fake version (left) displayed behind President Trump during his speech: Leazott also expressed that he was pleased with the mix-up, whether it was deliberate or accidental:
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