Allegations That Trump Staged ‘Situation Room’ Photo After Pete Souza Points Out its Time Stamp Doesn’t Match Time of Reported ISIS Raid (When Trump Was Said to Be Golfing)
Pete Souza, the White House photographer for Presidents Obama and Reagan, pointed out that the time stamp on a photo released by the White House of Trump in the Situation Room with a group of aides and military officials monitoring the raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound did not match up with the reported time of the raid. This prompted users on social media to suggest the photo was “staged”, a word which immediately began trending. Trump was also reported to be golfing at the time of the raid.
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”. t.co/XV0MFfFiTt
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) October 27, 2019
Trump aide Dan Scavino tweeted: “President Trump is joined by VP Mike Pence, National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, left; Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army General Mark A. Milley, and Brig. Gen. Marcus Evans, Deputy Director for Special Operations……on the Joint Staff, at right, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, in the Situation Room of the White House monitoring developments as U.S. Special Operations forces close in on notorious ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound in Syria with a mission to kill or capture the terrorist.”
Newsweek adds: “In response to another now-deleted tweet, Souza continued acknowledging, that at the very least, it is possible the raid was still ongoing when Trump was photographed Saturday. “It’s entirely possible that the raid was still going on at 5:05 p.m. Before drawing definite conclusions about the photo, reporters need to nail down the actual timeline of the raid.” Daily Kos Trending News Manager Jennifer Hayden remarked that a Trump golf outing tracker showed the president was golfing at 3:33 p.m. Washington time, as the raid was happening.”
Photo is staged pic.twitter.com/CwW7QNoQn7
— Rick Mazzoli (@RickMazzoli) October 27, 2019
So Donald Trump was playing golf at the time the raid occurred…and the photo they released was staged several hours afterward?
Is that true?
Sounds about right for this White House.
— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) October 27, 2019
According to the public schedule, they left the golf club at 3:33pm. They reported the raid took place at 3:30pm. An hour and a half later they staged the photo. pic.twitter.com/WUvytlCiwR
— MrsDSF (@MrsDSF) October 27, 2019
Unbelievable.
It wasn’t enough to announce the killing of #alBaghdadi. They had to do a STAGED Situation Room photo. trump was golfing when the kill happened.
I prefer the one w/President Obama and VP Biden looking intense, and Hillary looking worried.
THAT shit was REAL. pic.twitter.com/PaQG7qK8Vz
— BrooklynDad_Defiant Savage! (@mmpadellan) October 27, 2019
One contextual note: during the raid itself, I made around 100 photos. I chose what I thought was the best one. I made around 1,000 photos throughout that day. Every photo was saved (as required by the Presidential Records Act), and eventually every photo will be made public. t.co/fdpQ2BLqdb
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) October 27, 2019
Just to be clear, I didn’t say it was staged. Trump himself said he didn’t arrive to the Situation Room until “around 5pm”. So it’s definitely possible the photo was taken during the raid. t.co/h3yx8BbLAT
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) October 27, 2019
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