That G20 Photo of Trump-Putin Is Fake News

President Trump is missing a rare opportunity to point out legitimate “fake news.”

Over the weekend, a photo began to spread like wildfire across social media of Donald Trump and other world leaders piercingly looking towards Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 international forum. Trump, along with Turkish President Recep Erdogan, looks to be leaning in, earnestly waiting on the input of a relaxed and slightly amused Putin.

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With more reports emerging of a potentially seedy connection between President Trump’s camp and Kremlin cronies, the image was especially alarming.

But there’s just one problem: the pic is a fake.

The doctored shot began to make the rounds thanks to Putin fanboys. Russian “journalist” and Putin stooge Vladimir Soloviev — a man with more than 1.6 million Twitter followers — was one of the first to share the picture on Facebook, but has since taken it down.

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The authentic picture was taken by Kayhan Ozer of Getty Images, with the Associated Press and others snapping similar shots. Putin was added to the center of a conversation between Trump, Erdogan, and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel hovers nearby.

The empty seat wasn’t even for the “Russian Federation,” as the photoshopped picture showed, but was reserved for the UK.

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It might be hard to believe, but the Trump-Putin mashup is a reminder the internet can be misleading.

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Mika Brzezinski

Trump tweeted: "How come low I.Q. Crazy Mika...came to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!"

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Angelina Jolie

Jolie has been named "most beautiful woman in the world" by Vogue, Vanity Fair, and others. But in 2007, Trump deemed the liberal actress and humanitarian unattractive: "I do understand beauty, and she's not."
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Katarina Witt

Not even a champion Olympic figure skater is exempt from Trump's insults. In November 1992, Trump told New York Magazine that Witt "could only be described as attractive if you like a woman with a bad complexion who is built like a linebacker."
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Carly Fiorina

In an attempt to discredit rival Carly Fiorina during the Republican primaries, Trump said in a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone, "Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that?"
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Arianna Huffington

In 2012, he took to Twitter to insult the liberal co-creator of the Huffington Post: ".@ariannahuff is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man- he made a good decision."
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Rosie O'Donnell

Trump said on a 2006 episode of "Entertainment Tonight": "Rosie O'Donnell is disgusting, both inside and out. If you take a look at her, she's a slob...If I were running The View, I'd fire Rosie. I'd look her right in that fat, ugly face of hers and say, 'Rosie, you're fired."
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Alicia Machado

The former Miss Universe said Trump called her "Miss Piggy" and made other disparaging remarks about her body.
Cher

According to The Telegraph, Trump fired back at Cher in 2012 after the singer criticized then-Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney. ".@cher--I don’t wear a “rug”—it’s mine. And I promise not to talk about your massive plastic surgeries that didn’t work," he tweeted.
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Heidi Klum

Trump told the New York Times in 2015 that Heidi Klum "sadly" was "no longer a 10." Klum clapped back at Trump's insult with this mocking tweet.
Heidi Cruz

Trump took on rival Ted Cruz by insulting Cruz's wife. Trump compared a less-than-flattering photo of Heidi with a glamor shot of Melania Trump and included the caption, "No need to 'spill the beans.' The images are worth a thousand words."
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