Fact Check: Donald Trump Has Not Replaced Lincoln Portrait In Oval Office, Viral Image Is Edited
ABP NewsThe Verdict A Wall Street Journal photograph is digitally altered to superimpose a Jewish leader’s face onto Lincoln’s portrait. Social media users have circulated an image from the Oval Office, claiming that U.S. President Donald Trump has replaced Abraham Lincoln's portrait with that of Jewish leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. The viral image shows Schneerson's portrait on the wall accompanied by the U.S. presidential flag, the American flag, the U.S. Space Force flag, and Lincoln's sculpture on the table. Screenshot of the social media post However, we found that the image is digitally altered to superimpose Schneerson's face onto Lincoln's portrait in the Oval Office. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Wall Street Journal Upon comparing the viral image with the WSJ photograph, we found a slight overlap of Schneerson's portrait onto the brown frame on the left side and a noticeable gap between the portrait and the frame on the right, both of which are signs of manipulation and superimposition of an image over another.
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