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https://yyy.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/26/trump-fake-presidential-seal-charles-leazott
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Creator of fake presidential seal hails 'absolute hero' who pulled off Trump stunt
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Seal at Republican event showed Russian symbols and golf clubs
Charles Leazott created doctored image in 2016 as comic protest
Edward Helmore in New York
Fri 26 Jul 2019 13.33 EDTLast modified on Fri 26 Jul 2019 13.55 EDT
Trump stood in front of the image, which was doctored to resemble Russia’s coat of arms with added golf clubs, for about 80 seconds this week.
Donald Trump stood in front of the image, which was doctored to resemble Russia’s coat of arms with added golf clubs, for about 80 seconds this week. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]
The creator of a fake presidential seal doctored with symbols of Russia and golf that Donald Trump unwittingly delivered a speech in front of at a meeting of young Republicans has said he is delighted with whoever pulled off the stunt.
“I love them,” Charles Leazott, a former Republican and graphic designer, told the Washington Post on Thursday, adding that the perpetrator was “either wildly incompetent or the best troll ever. Either way, I love them.”
The seal was doctored to resemble Russia’s coat of arms, and added golf clubs and an inscription changed from E pluribus unum – “out of many, one” – to the Spanish phrase “45 es un títere”, or “45 is a puppet”, was projected behind the president while he addressed the Turning Point USA meeting.
Leazott, a 46-year-old graphic designer who voted for George W Bush twice, said he created the image in 2016 as a comic protest.
Trump stands before presidential seal doctored with symbols of Russia and golf
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The faux seal flashed up on screen for about 80 seconds, until the projection was switched to the correct image. Initially, a spokesperson for TPUSA said they hadn’t been aware of the switch until the Washington Post called. A day later the group had identified the staffer responsible and described the mistake as “unacceptable”.
“We did let the individual go,” the spokesman told the Post. “I don’t think it was malicious intent but nevertheless …”
Leazott said he did not believe the explanation.
“You have to look for this,” Leazott told the newspaper. “There’s no way this was an accident, is all I’m saying.”
In the picture, Leazott substituted arrows in the one eagle’s claw for a set of golf clubs. In the other, he added a wad of cash and replaced the Latin motto with a Spanish insult. He then added a two-headed bird from the Russian coat of arms in place of the US eagle.
Leazott says the seal wasn’t intended for a wide audience but since the switch became public his line of T-shirts emblazoned with it has sold out and he’s been scrambling to fulfil more orders.
“It’s cool people are buying this, that’s great and all,” Leazott said. “I am so tickled in the most petty way possible that the president of the United States, who I despise, stood up and gave a talk in front of this graphic. Whoever put that up is my absolute hero.”
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/454767-here-are-the-4-alterations-in-the-fake-presidential-seal-spotted
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fake presidential seal appeared behind President Trump onstage at an event for conservative student group Turning Point USA this week.
The fake seal was only briefly visible as Trump walked onstage, replaced by the authentic one for the remainder of the speech, but an aide to Turning Point has reportedly been fired over what was either a startling error or a deliberate prank.
Here are four differences between the genuine seal and the one that appeared behind the president on Tuesday.
The eagle
While the presidential seal features a standard eagle, the one behind Trump this week featured a double-headed eagle. Double-headed eagles are typically associated with empires and have appeared in other countries’ iconography as well, including the coats of arms of the Austrian Empire and Serbia.
Resemblance to the Russian Federation coat of arms
In addition, the eagle makes the false seal bear a resemblance to the coat of arms of the Russian Federation, which is itself based on the coat of arms used in czarist Russia. The original double-headed eagle coat of arms was discontinued after the Russian Revolution in 1917 in favor of the recognizable Soviet hammer and sickle imagery but the eagle was restored in 1992 after the dissolution of the USSR.
https://www.alternet.org/2020/01/pranksters-paste-donald-trump-jr-recruitment-posters-on-armed-forces-career-center/
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Pranksters paste Donald Trump Jr. recruitment posters on Armed Forces career center
Written by Aldous Pennyfarthing / The Daily Kos January 14, 2020
This is the pick-me-up you need today:
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Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler, a comedy duo known as The Good Liars, pasted that poster to the front of the Armed Forces Career Center in Brooklyn in the wake of Trump Sr.’s Iran saber-rattling.
In an Instagram caption, the two wrote, “We put up some#honestsignsat the Army Recruitment Center. Hopefully we aren’t going to war, but if we did, we know one guy who won’t enlist.”
The duo also told the Huffington Post, “In the wake of Trump’s latest reckless foreign policy actions that could very easily result in more and more troops being sent to the Middle East, we thought the public deserved a reminder of who the Trumps are.”
Selvig and Stiefler are known for their anti-Trump shenanigans. They previously snuck Putin-themed merchandise into Trump Tower with the caption “45th President of the United States.”
This will likely rankle loyal Trumpie conservatives, but then there’s an easy way to shut Selvig and Stiefler up. Trump Jr. could actually enlist.
Bwah ha ha ha ha ha!
Funny.
He only shoots at dumb animals — which means he probably shouldn’t go hunting with his brother anymore. But then who am I to spoil his fun?
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