Warning: Eye bleach needed. Have you noticed that a lot of media outlets

[tblue37]

--print, broadcast, and internet--are deliberately using particularly ugly Trump photos?

Sure, he always looks awful, but some photos look worse than others, and I notice that a lot of news sites seem to use the ugliest ones they can find.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, heh heh heh.








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[guillaumeb]

1. Have you considered that these photos might actually be the most flattering ones

that are available?

Recommended.

[malaise]

8. That's the truth

These are the best of Groper Don the Con - vulgar and ugly inside and outside

[sheshe2]

16. Good one!

[Hortensis]

28. If not the most flattering, perhaps the most honest.

This is a man who hurts and cheats people to make himself feel powerful. And now he's planning to do it to an entire nation.

[guillaumeb]

33. So is the inner Trump reflected in his outside appearance? eom

[FuzzyRabbit]

34. Yes!

[Hortensis]

50. Only perhaps that photos are not chosen to make

him look nicer than he is? That genial TV-host posture?

[guillaumeb]

55. All posture in my view.

Trump has been pretending all of his life.

[Cha]

52. I was going to say.. maybe there aren't any other choices..

maybe dump just can't take a decent pic. I've never seen one.

[guillaumeb]

56. The outer reflecting the inner? eom

[Arkansas Granny]

2. I have noticed that. It seemed to be more noticeable after he complained about a photo that

was published showing his double (triple?) chin. I haven't seen a flattering picture since.

[tblue37]

5. I could post a bunch more, each uglier than the last.

Part of the reason, no doubt, is that he makes nasty faces to express his nasty ideas, so it is easy to catch him with an ugly expression on his face: looking vicious, smug, cruel, arrogant, mocking, or simply foolish and ridiculous.

[Silver Gaia]

46. Yes, my thoughts exactly. He rarely doesn't have some awful, ugly look on his face

because he is always expressing his awful, ugly inner self. I don't think he has any face that's kind, or honest, or trustworthy, or gentle, or even just NORMAL... because he isn't normal in any sense of the word. He can't express those things in his facial expressions because none of that exists within him.

[greymattermom]

3. when he complains about them on twitter

their audience increases, like what happened with Vanity Fair.

[LongTomH]

4. Ugly Trump photos??? There's another kind????

[Nwgirl503]

6. What's that saying about putting lipstick on a pig?

He's just not attractive. He's overweight and hasn't aged well. It's not the photographers fault.

(If someone could please tell me how to post a pic in my reply I'd love you forever ever.)

[tblue37]

7. Right click on the image at its source, then click "copy image address" and

the paste that into your post.

[Nwgirl503]

11. Much love forever ever!!!!

[tblue37]

15. Here you go. Pinterest doesn't work like that--you have to find a different link for it to work

ON EDIT: I meant to post this in reply to your next post about the picture post not working for you.

[Nwgirl503]

20. Thank you!

I just googled it and posted the first pic link that came up. I'll learn...promise!

[tblue37]

22. Honestly, I had to do some serious hunting around to find a picture

of that scene that wasn't on Pinterest. You might not have found it all that easily.

[Nwgirl503]

27. I just need to get on track with more relevant insults

More times than not I'll get a blank stare when I reference one of those "obscure" shows. When I dig deep and pull out an In Living Color or Married with Children reference in a group of under 40 year olds, I get a pity laugh. Then I hafta get my phone and teach em what was up.

[treestar]

10. true he is physically ugly

but what is on the inside seems to also creep out and affect the outside.

[tblue37]

17. That is the point I am making in Post #5 above (bolding added):

Part of the reason, no doubt, is that he makes nasty faces to express his nasty ideas, so it is easy to catch him with an ugly expression on his face: looking vicious, smug, cruel, arrogant, mocking, or simply foolish and ridiculous.

[Nwgirl503]

25. So true

Funny how much projection has come from him. These pics are perfect examples of a nasty person, when he called HRC a nasty woman.

Some people have punchable faces 's all I'm saying.

[brush]

9. He is who he is. U-u-u-u-g-l-e-y.

[Nwgirl503]

12. We should do the high school chants during the marches on and after inaguration day

And pass out the worst pics of him for everyone to hold up over their faces. Can you imagine? Just a sea of ugly trump pics. I crack myself up sometimes with my pettiness.

[rzemanfl]

14. The photo CNN used of him on election night

didn't even look like the Donald.

[urbanhermit]

18. Mostly kittens

I downloaded the Make America kitten app from here and it caught all but 3 of them. http://cheezburger.com/1231365/make-america-kittens-again-with-a-new-chrome-extension-that-replaces-pictures-of-trump-with-cats?ref=hero

[radical noodle]

23. Yes... I love that app!

I can see them for a moment, then POOF! he's become a kitten.

[tblue37]

24. THANK YOU!!!I love it! nt

[Skittles]

19. he is fucking disgusting

THAT is what he looks like

[Auntie Bush]

21. He sure has a lot of orange chins! Nt

[ginnyinWI]

26. You can change his photos into kitten pictures with this!

It's a Google Chrome extension. I posted about it here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/116129557

It doesn't get them all, but it does help!

Oops I see someone already posted about this.

[madokie]

29. Youugly comes from the core

[forgotmylogin]

30. We had the cool, photogenic Obamas

for eight years, so a normal person would probably have trouble competing. They are healthy, vibrant 50-somethings who have taken care of themselves.

Trump is unfortunately 70+ and vain, and does not have the genetics to age like wine. He does pay to keep his hair implants soft as candy floss and his skin stained with a healthy beta-carotene glow, neither of which read very well on film. He also likely dines in his horrible restaurant often, likely room service to his penthouse instead of taking the short walk, and will likely be using his helicopter to commute between the west wing and the east wing of the White House.

[Wolf Frankula]

31. I Give You Sally's Reason (last name removed for privacy reasons)

Reason why the Freeman only used ugly pictures of Richard Nixon.

"Those are the only kind. There are NO flattering pictures of him."

Wolf

[Lotusflower70]

32. Hmmm

Well it's not as if there is a flattering picture of him out there. At least I have never seen one and he is fugly as hell.

[sarge43]

35. Coco Chanel said that by fifty you have the face you deserve. n/t

[milestogo]

36. All I see are pussies.

Very cute!

http://cheezburger.com/1231365/make-america-kittens-again-with-a-new-chrome-extension-that-replaces-pictures-of-trump-with-cats?ref=hero

[MFM008]

37. heres my favorite

[hunter]

58. I'm thinking more Sontaran...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sontaran

An orange tribble must have fallen into the cloning vat, or maybe a bit of parasitic dodder...



...resulting in a defective clone that was abandoned here on earth.

[DemoTex]

38. He is not the picture of health ..

In fact, he looks very un-healthy. Perhaps he is a cholesterol denier. Hell, I'll buy him a bucket of fried chicken and a Big Mac just on general principal.

[alterfurz]

60. It's said the presidency ages the incumbent at 2-3x normal rate...

...even disengaged GWB and super-fit BHO grayed dramatically over 8 years. Unless Trump really does let Pence handle everything except the ceremonial pomp & circumstance and perpetual "victory rally" stuff, I'd be really surprised if he doesn't look/act 80+ within a couple years.

[zippythepinhead]

39. Trump reminds me of Chucky

Am I right? Am I right?

[zippythepinhead]

41. trump/chucky link

https://www.google.com/search?q=donald+trump+looks+like+chucky&sa=X&biw=1366&bih=678&tbm=isch&imgil=aeEdOntqbxthqM%253A%253Bk0r_9_yGP_WuzM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fthethinkering.com%25252Farticles%25252F2015%25252F07%25252F14%25252F5-things-chucky-doll-has-common-donald&source=iu&pf=m&fir=aeEdOntqbxthqM%253A%252Ck0r_9_yGP_WuzM%252C_&usg=__fapM1ikmPQmrFMbIWSPi9XKDkv8%3D&ved=0ahUKEwi83Yf_xvzQAhXK4CYKHWHqAwsQyjcIJQ&ei=fOFVWLyvDsrBmwHh1I9Y#imgrc=OfBTy_LxRC7d5M%3A

[tblue37]

54. Pic from that thread:

[thegoose]

40. There is no attractive Dump photo

He was a turd back in the 70s. Can you imagine this filthy bastard walking up to you at Studio 54 in 1979 and offering you a snort for a ride on his tiny Cheeto, which is of course what he did.

Then look at his despicable offspring, Patrick Bateman and Patrick Bateman II, who think that by speaking really fast and breahtlessly makes their words legitimate. The sons who went to Africa and killed endangered animals for fun.

This is a despicable, wretched family. Fuck them.

[War Horse]

42. Well, it obviously gets to him

Suspect that's why they do it. At least in part. It's infantile, but so is he.

If you want to get to him, just Tweet him. If enough people do that he might just implode

[40RatRod]

43. He says when he looks in the mirror, he sees someone in their 30s...

...but the pictures don't lie.

[csziggy]

57. I think he got the story about the portrait of Dorian Gray wrong

His flattering portrait stays young while The Donald gets uglier and uglier. He probably looks at the flattering portrait and thinks it is a mirror.

[bettyellen]

44. For interviews he gives a page of instructions about the lighting and angle he is to be filmed from

And that's when he has time for his elaborate regimen of self tanner, hair origami and all that. Between that and the inevitable STUPID look on his face he will never be caught on camera if he can help it. Hence the phone calls.

[tblue37]

47. Hair origami! Brilliant. I am so stealing that one! nt

[bettyellen]

48. It's yours! HA SNL's open was awesome!!

[tom_kelly]

45. He sure looks like, by far,

the most healthy US President to ever take office. His MD claimed as much.

[Blaukraut]

49. He IS ugly. Inside and out. No other way to portray him n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

51. I noticed that also.. the "person of the year" photo highlighted his combover

Righties have noticed also

[smirkymonkey]

53. Hideous monster.

[Qutzupalotl]

59. Wish they had run these before November.

Maybe they were under pressure not to.

Regardless, news outlets have lots of these "outtake" photos and have chosen to use them now to subtly try to build back the credibility they lost this cycle. These are the people paid to cover Trump's cabinet appointments and follow them closely. They are horrified and reacting with alarm. Maybe a few editors or news directors are regretting their past coverage. Maybe they will rediscover their role as a free press and fight attempts to influence coverage.

I don't expect a big change of heart from cable news or the broadcast networks. But this is an opportunity for independent journalism and citizen reporters to really shine.

[alarimer]

61. He doesn't really have any good ones.

He's always got some weird facial expression going on, to say nothing of whatever that thing is on his head.

[Vinca]

62. If this guy wasn't rich, you know what they'd call him? Celibate.