There’s no way this was an accident is all I’m saying,” Leazott said, adding that whomever is the culprit is “my absolute hero.”ĬNN’s Betsy Klein contributed to this report. Leazott told the Post, however, he believes the person held responsible had used the image intentionally. “One of our video team members did a Google Image search for a high-res png (file) presidential seal,” the source told CNN, adding that the individual “did the search and with the pressure of the event, didn’t notice that it is a doctored seal.” According to a source familiar with Tuesday’s event, the incident was just a terrible Google search mistake. The person held responsible – a member of TPUSA’s audiovisual team – was let go in the wake of the incident. The Post was the first to report that the seal behind the President was fake.Ī source with TPUSA apologized for the incident, saying it “meant no disrespect to the White House or the President” and told CNN there was “zero malicious intent” behind the imagery. The President has said his campaign never colluded with Russia, but has at times sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin over US intelligence agencies, confounding even some of his allies. As Trump walked onstage to a cheering audience on Tuesday, two presidential seals flashed on screen. Trump’s relationship with Russia has cast somewhat of a pall over his presidency.įormer special counsel Robert Mueller condemned efforts by the Trump campaign to seek help from Russians in 2016, but the investigation did not establish a conspiracy between Trump’s campaign and the Kremlin. The Post first reported on the altered seal the day after Trump's onstage appearance. Altered presidential seal used at Trump speech 10,384 views 107 Dislike Share Save Associated Press 1. Instead of the standard presidential seal, the one behind Trump contained a set of golf clubs, a two-headed eagle lifted from the Russian coat of arms, and the Spanish phrase 45 es un. Trump spoke on Tuesday at a summit for conservative students hosted by the group Turning Point USA, and for a brief moment, the President appeared before the doctored seal evoking imagery of the Russian coat of arms on stage. Trump appears in front of doctored seal with Russian and golf imagery, TPUSA aide fired SS: Trump appears in front of altered presidential seal saying 45 is a puppet.
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