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Ex-Obama Photographer Trolls Trump With A ‘NONE’-Too-Subtle White House Comparison
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Former White House chief photographer Pete Souza turned Donald Trump’s own words against him on Wednesday in his latest swipe at the president. Souza, who has frequently used images from his time documenting Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan’s administrations to needle Trump, shared photographs of former presidents speaking at White House press conferences to draw a sharp contrast with the current occupant of the Oval Office. “As an official White House photographer, I documented press conferences of two Presidents of the United States (Obama and Reagan). As a photojournalist, I documented press conferences of three Presidents of the United States (Bush 41, Clinton and Bush 43),” he wrote on Instagram. See the post on Instagram. “Answering questions from the White House press corps may not have been their favorite thing to do, but NONE of them ever called the press ‘the enemy of the people,’” he said. Souza continued: “NONE of them ever told a reporter to ‘shut up.’NONE of them ever said to a reporter ‘you are a stupid person.’NONE of them ever said to a reporter ’you are a sick person.’NONE of them ever said to a female reporter ’quiet Piggy.’NONE of them ever called stories they didn’t like ’fake news.’NONE of them ever prohibited a reporter from their assigned pool duties because they didn’t like their stories.NONE of them ever barred specific organizations from entering the White House.” “The current occupant of the White House has done all of these things,” Souza noted. He concluded by turning one of Trump’s own lines back on the president: “To throw back at him some of his own words: ‘What is wrong with you?’” Earlier this week, the shutterbug shared an image of Barack Obama with Russian President Vladimir Putin, captioning it: “Throwback to when the President of the United States was not suspected of being a Russian asset.” And on Oct. 14, Souza posted an image of Obama reading a newspaper with another slam of Trump: “Back when we had a President who read a newspaper, and didn’t call it ‘fake news’ when he was criticized.” By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
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