Trump Situation Room

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Trump situation room.

Many critics on twitter pointed out the similarities between the two images and accused the trump administration of trying to stage its own famous situation room photo. Overall what s stunning about the trump situation room photo just like the trump administration itself is how it blurs the act of governance with the act of performance and grandstanding. Televangelist pat robertson sided against trump in his false election conspiracies saying that trump lives in an alternate reality. Trump in contrast is seated at the head of the table in the situation room s main conference room positioned at the center of the action with a smaller circle of aides fanning out around.

Iran appears to be standing down 13 08 a new photo shows president trump with vice president mike pence and other senior advisers in the situation room on tuesday as they discussed iran s. Meet wolf blitzer. A photograph of president donald trump in the white house situation room during a military raid in syria was staged after the fact. The military men are in full uniform.

Trump sits in the center of the room with the presidential seal looming over his head like a gold rimmed halo. Trump stone faced and formal in a suit and necktie sits at the head of a long situation room table surrounded by similarly grave advisers some in military uniform as the raid played out on. All whose faces can be seen have serious expressions and trump sits at a head table position showing little emotion with his arms crossed close to his chest. Trump telegraphs this once again as he characterizes the event as a show.