Trump Shares Digitally Altered Golf Photo, Prompting Praise and Pushback

President Donald Trump posted a photograph on Truth Social taken during a weekend golf outing at his Bedminster club in New Jersey. The image shows Trump driving a golf cart beside 90-year-old retired professional Gary Player as they attended the LIV Golf New York tournament. The version shared by the president was digitally brightened, giving Trump a noticeably younger appearance, while Player’s likeness remained essentially unchanged. The original, unedited photograph was not released on the platform.

The Independent

Trump, now 80, frequently emphasizes his vitality on social media. The post aligns with a pattern of the president highlighting his energy, often with assistance from longtime aide Natalie Harp, who curates and compiles supportive social-media content for his review. During the same weekend, Trump was also photographed with new markings on his right arm, a detail the White House has previously attributed to the physical demands of his public schedule.

The Independent

White House spokesman Davis Ingle responded to the photo and broader scrutiny, asserting that “President Trump’s sharpness, unmatched energy, and historic accessibility stand in stark contrast to what we saw during the last administration when Democrats and the legacy media intentionally covered up Joe Biden’s serious mental and physical decline from the American people.”

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• “First image: Trump posted it bragging about playing golf this weekend. Second image: Actual photograph of 2 elderly men pretending to play golf this weekend,” — Brian Krassenstein, a liberal influencer and frequent critic of Trump’s

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• “President Trump’s sharpness, unmatched energy, and historic accessibility stand in stark contrast to what we saw during the last administration when Democrats and the legacy media intentionally covered up Joe Biden’s serious mental and physical decline from the American people,” — White House

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