Shot. . .
13,500+ retweets and 33,000+ likes for this tweet from official Obama photographer Pete Souza suggesting President Trump wasn’t in the White House when the raid began and, thus, this photo was staged:
The raid, as reported, took place at 3:30PM Washington time. The photo, as shown in the camera IPTC data, was taken at "17:05:24". https://t.co/XV0MFfFiTt
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) October 27, 2019
Chaser. . .
And now the correction:
The latest reporting from the NYT: the helicopters left Iraq at 5PM (Washington time), and they reported it was about a 70-minute flight to Syria. So actual raid had to happen some time after 6:10PM. https://t.co/rErbPLJlpD
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) October 27, 2019
So, when do all these blue-checks apologize and correct their own tweets?
The record shows that the president was at his golf course at the time of the attack on el-Baghdadi. The situation room photo was staged after the attack. https://t.co/PHypjklRDD
— Ray Locker (@rlocker12) October 27, 2019
Trump was golfing during the raid.
This photo was staged.
What else is he lying about? https://t.co/MfQenhgWiK
— Greg Pinelo (@gregpinelo) October 27, 2019
Lol "he was golfing at the time of the raid." https://t.co/xWa778HKbf
— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) October 27, 2019
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Kudos to this sharp-eyed Madison, WI resident, who noticed that this photo appears to be staged after Trump returned from his golf club. https://t.co/GpD9Nk8ls5
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) October 27, 2019
Former WH photographer @PeteSouza (who took the iconic picture in the Situation Room during the raid on Bin Laden's hideout) notes an interesting detail. https://t.co/rgXzXEk4WT
— Ed Bott (@edbott) October 27, 2019
Boggles the mind. They are making up Situation Room photos. https://t.co/eesVhkWuyW
— Neil King (@NKingofDC) October 27, 2019
And on and on and on.
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Related:
White House releases photo showing top U.S. brass watching Al-Baghdadi raid from the Situation Room https://t.co/ysYxirXT6n
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 27, 2019