So. HuffPo Photoshopped out the Scotch tape holding tRump's tie together?

[LearnedHand]

Judge for yourselves (the Salon article is hilarious, btw).

Undoctored photo in this article: [link:http://www.salon.com/2016/12/02/half-windsor-all-fiasco-trumps-necktie-gate-may-undermine-his-statesmanlike-gravitas/|. And here's the photo:


Doctored photo on HuffPo's front page, but I can't link directly to the photo: [link:http://www.huffpo.com|

And further proof in this article from New York Mag that HufPo Photoshopped that very pic:

[link:http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/12/donald-trumps-tie-is-held-together-by-scotch-tape.html|

[rzemanfl]

1. Not the same picture.

Look at the angle of the tie.

[drm604]

6. But I think the real story here is that he tapes his tie.

Whether HuffPo altered the picture is secondary.

[rzemanfl]

7. I think the tape is in both pictures.

You're right though. What a clown the people have given us.

[A HERETIC I AM]

10. No, the real story is that he has no sense of style

Or how to properly tie a necktie so the tip is at the proper spot (EXACTLY at the belt buckle) not to mention buy a tie the correct length.

Using tape to overcome the above is what one would expect from a high school kid

[drm604]

16. That's pretty much what I meant.

A problem that leads to taping a tie shouldn't even arise. Even if it does, use a tie tack!

A tie tack would also prevent the whole "blowing in the wind" thing. Why do we see so many pictures of him and his clothing blowing in the wind?

[A HERETIC I AM]

17. Gives hope he might blow away with it.

[Achilleaze]

12. You mean to say he's a Tie-Taping Twit (R) ?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. The Salon article:

Let’s start with the reason why he’s even in the situation of having to tape down his own necktie. Trump likes to wear red “power ties” because he is the living stereotype of a 1980s New York power broker. And he likes to wear his ties long so that they extend well past his belt buckle and form a crimson arrow that points at his crotch. There’s a trade-off for transforming your necktie into a gaudy billboard for your penis: you can’t do what normal people do and just tuck the narrow end into the conveniently placed loop on the back the broad end.

Since penis advertisement is basically the core of what passes for Donald Trump’s essence, he can’t be expected to start wearing his tie like a normal human male would. Thus an outside-the-box solution is needed to keep his phallocentric look in order.

http://www.salon.com/2016/12/02/half-windsor-all-fiasco-trumps-necktie-gate-may-undermine-his-statesmanlike-gravitas/

[LearnedHand]

5. Hah

And you should take a link at the twitter thread too. Hilarious.

[Fast Walker 52]

3. his face is also ridiculously orange there, too

[LearnedHand]

4. Thank you both for looking. I'm not sure why the links to the articles aren't working.

I know the HuffPo pic is slightly different, but it's clearly the same session.

[drm604]

8. In the HuffPo picture, it looks like the narrow end has come loose from the wind.

I don't think it's altered.

[drm604]

9. I wonder if he uses the same brand of tape to hold his hair down?

[mercuryblues]

13. he uses bobby pins for that

Now I will admit that I have used some tape to hold up a hem that unexpectedly started to unravel, even staples and other unconventional quick fixes in a pinch. The difference? I am not a billionaire with an entire staff to make sure things like this don't happen to begin with.

[Travis_0004]

11. The photos were likley taking by two different people

From a slightly different vantage point, and not in the exact same time.

If one photo is owned by a different new publisher, huffingtonpost doesn't have rigths to that photo, they would instead use the photo they have rights to.

I highly doubt any photoshop is involved.

[ret5hd]

14. You're not very good at this yet.

Keep trying though. I'm sure you'll get better.

[lonestarnot]

15. What about the left side of his head?

Someone should have straight pinned his jacket to his tits.