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  • 2020-02-08 (xsd:date)
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  • Did the White House Delete an Unflattering 'Orange Face' Photo of Trump? (en)
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  • On Feb. 7, 2020, the Twitter account named White House Photos (@photowhitehouse) tweeted a photograph of U.S. President Donald Trump walking across the the South Lawn of the White House that seemingly revealed a marked contrast in Trump's face between the areas of skin that are tanned or colored orange and the pale natural coloring of skin typically covered by his hair: As Mashable wrote of the picture (circulation of which was driven by the hashtag #orangeface): This photograph triggered plenty of online discussion about whether it had been fabricated or manipulated, along with claims that the White House subsequently deleted it and/or replaced it with a black-and-white version to cover up the embarrassing coloration it displayed: However, White House Photos is an unverified Twitter account which has no official affiliation with President Trump or the White House. That account claims to be run by a photographer named William Moon, who is neither the official White House photographer (Shealah Craighead is) nor a member of the White House News Photographers Association. According to Vox, Moon appears to be a Trump enthusiast who attends White House open press events. Whoever actually runs it, the White House Photos Twitter account is not connected with or controlled by the White House itself, so its actions do not represent or reflect White House interests or policies. So the fact that that same Twitter account later posted a black-and-white version of the same photograph is not evidence that Trump and/or the White House attempted cover up the original picture by de-colorizing it (which actually served to heighten the facial contrast) or by deleting it (the original color version remains on the account's timeline): Trump himself tweeted the (de-colorized) version of the photo, calling it Fake News that was photoshopped, obviously: As for whether the photograph is real, the White House Photos account later posted that the picture was not photoshopped, but Apple smartphone’s photo app had been used to adjust the color of the picture: Other pictures taken at the same time and place also show a marked tan line on the president's face, but not nearly as much bright orange coloration: (en)
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