Trump goes to insane lengths to claim a poorly photoshopped image is evidence of MS13 membership
By Curt_Anderson May 1, 2025 12:00 pm Category: Personality
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A tattoo even if it were real does not mean the bearer loses their constitutional right of due process. The image that Trump touts as evidence is so amateurishly altered it's laughable. But in his ABC interview he insists it's a real.
Headline: Trump's photo of Abrego Garcia's tattoos was edited; no proof symbols are gang-related
Headline: Experts cast doubt on Trump's claim that Abrego Garcia's finger tattoos prove MS-13 membership
Excerpt from ABC interview of Donald Trump
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: -- he said he'd -- wasn't a member of a gang. And then they looked, and --
TERRY MORAN: Alright.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: On his knuckles -- he had MS-13 --
TERRY MORAN: Alright. There's dis -- there's a dispute over that --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, wait a minute. Wait a minute. He had MS-13 --
TERRY MORAN: Well --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: -- on his knuckles tattooed.
TERRY MORAN: -- he -- he -- he -- it didn't say-- oh, he had some tattoos that are inper -- interpreted that way. But let's move on
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Wait a minute.
TERRY MORAN: I want --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Hey, Terry. Terry. Terry.
TERRY MORAN: He -- he did not have the letter --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Don't do that -- M-S-1-3 -- It says M-S-one-three.
TERRY MORAN: I -- that was Photoshop. So let me just--
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: That was Photoshop? Terry, you can't do that -- he had --
-- he-- hey, they're givin' you the big break of a lifetime. You know, you're doin' the interview. I picked you because -- frankly I never heard of you, but that's okay --
TERRY MORAN: This -- I knew this would come --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: But I picked you -- Terry -- but you're not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed --
TERRY MORAN: Alright. Alright. We'll agree to disagree. I want to move on --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Terry.
TERRY MORAN: -- to something else.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Terry. Do you want me to show the picture?
TERRY MORAN: I saw the picture. We'll -- we'll -- we'll agree to disagree --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Oh, and you think it was Photoshop. Well --
TERRY MORAN: Here we go. Here we go.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: -- don't Photoshop it. Go look --
TERRY MORAN: Alright.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: -- at his hand. He had MS-13 --
TERRY MORAN: Fair enough, he did have tattoos that can be interpreted that way. I'm not an expert on them.
I want to turn to Ukraine, sir --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: No, no. Terry --
TERRY MORAN: I-- I want to get to Ukraine--
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Terry, no, no. No, no. He had MS as clear as you can be. Not "interpreted." This is why people --
TERRY MORAN: Alright.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: -- no longer believe --
TERRY MORAN: Well.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: -- the news, because it's fake news --
TERRY MORAN: When he was photographed in El Sal -- in-- in El Salvador, they aren't there. But let's just go on --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: He is --
TERRY MORAN: They aren't there when he's in El Salvador.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: --there -- oh, oh, they weren't there --
TERRY MORAN: Take a look at the photograph --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: But they're there now, right?
TERRY MORAN: No. What --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: But they're there now?
TERRY MORAN: They're in your picture.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Terry.
TERRY MORAN: Ukraine, sir.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: He's got MS-13 on his knuckles.
TERRY MORAN: Alright. I --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Okay?
TERRY MORAN: -- we'll -- we'll take a look at it --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: It's -- it's -- you do such a disservice --
TERRY MORAN: We'll take a look. We'll take a look at that, sir --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Why don't you just say, "Yes, he does," and, you know, go on to something else --
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