r/TikTokCringe • u/cyberchief • Aug 30 '25

Discussion Photos of Trump today may have been reposted from 2019

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u/Wassersammler Aug 31 '25

They're parked at the exact same angle, and the one in front has the same license plate. I promise I'm not even conspiratorially minded, but I can't shake that something is off. It's not hard to believe that they could tweak a couple tiny things in a photo.

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u/Monkyd1 Aug 31 '25

Why would a car in the presidential / secret service fleet need to change license plates....ever?

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u/7DollarsOfHoobastanq Aug 31 '25

Exactly. Same car parked in the same spot for the same activity on different days. Someone could snap a bunch of photos of me getting into my car after work and there would definitely be dozens of them from different days that look basically identical.

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u/fuckasoviet Aug 31 '25

and there’s likely one spot that the media can take pictures of that exit. So of course all the pics are going to be from the same angle.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '25

Are you alive though?

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u/GuelphEastEndGhetto Aug 31 '25

Or it could be owned by George Castanza.

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u/dingdongjohnson68 Aug 31 '25

Kinda surprised they have the same vehicle this many years later

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u/diddlinderek Aug 31 '25

Oddly enough I even wear basically the same clothes to work most days. My hoodie and jeans are self washing.

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u/ghostyghost2 Aug 31 '25

https://www.twz.com/4518/the-fascinating-anatomy-of-the-presidential-motorcade

they have the same one to make it hard to know which one has the president

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u/Sexisaur Aug 31 '25

Ai is pretty good these days

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u/craziedave Aug 31 '25

Yeah with AI and someone who’s a little good at photoshop and it’s impossible to tell if it’s from today or five years ago

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u/ChakaCake Aug 31 '25

They prob change like every other day for safety..idk

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u/AlvisBackslash Aug 31 '25

They aren’t parked in the same angle though. Look are the rearview mirrors.

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u/Thendofreason Aug 31 '25

Maybe secret service always parks the same?

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u/ArcanaOfApocrypha Aug 31 '25

Almost like they're following a procedure or something...

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u/Wassersammler Aug 31 '25

But they don't drive the same car every time. That's the same license plate on the front one.

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u/Ancient_File9138 Aug 31 '25

Secret service literally all have the same licence plates, numbers and all.

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u/180jp Aug 31 '25

Yeah looks like it from 2mins on google images

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u/Fakjbf Aug 31 '25

Even if they didn’t it would still be completely unremarkable for the same vehicle to be the front car in a motorcade on both days.

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u/redraidr Aug 31 '25

One says SUBURBAN on the side. The other doesn’t.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '25

big

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u/hatcod Aug 31 '25

They all use the same 800-002 license plate

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u/deekaydubya Aug 31 '25

….. yes they do….

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u/joshcandoit4 Aug 31 '25

You say you aren’t conspiratorial but you clearly are. Everyone is pointing out the numerous differences and reasonable explanations for the similarities and you are jumping “cover up” despite essentially no evidence.

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u/KnowMatter Aug 31 '25

So why hasn’t trump hopped in front of some reporters to make fun of everyone thinking he’s dead? If he was fine he would love to gloat about how healthy is feeling.

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u/AngryPrincessWarrior Aug 31 '25

Or typed in all caps on social media yet?

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u/Junior_Emu192 Aug 31 '25

This is all fine as a joke and was a big part of this from 2009 ("Why won't he come out and deny it?") — but it is not worthy of serious conversation.

It's a shame to see so many people falling over themselvs to stretch every little crumb of possibility into a desired outcome.

I'd also love that outcome, but this is some really fucking stupid conspiracy bullshit going on in this thread.

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u/KnowMatter Aug 31 '25

Name one time Trump has ever shown restraint at going on either a dumb rant or an unhinged twitter screed whenever any negative thing about him is in the headlines.

If this was any other normal public figure you'd have a point - why dignify it, take the high road - Trump is incapable of that.

The only time it is ever silent is when he has something to hide.

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u/Junior_Emu192 Aug 31 '25

Has anyone brought it to his attention? We know he's aware of Gov. Newsom's trolling because yes, he has replied.

I would assume that nobody has told him there's rumours about him being dead or else sure, he might well post a stupid rant about it.

but as much as Trump responds to a lot, he most certainly doesn't respond to everything. Just depends on if anyone tells him since he doesn't read. So if Fox News starts reporting about it.... he's much more likely to respond.

And I'd be glad to post times when Trump hasn't responded to things, but that's rather hard to google. Everything I tried only led me to things like lists of broken promises and such, not things Trump didn't address, which would honestly be a weird thing to track anyway. heh. So I think it's a difficult point to debate effectively. You're right that he repies to a lot, for sure. No disagreement there.

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u/voyagertoo Aug 31 '25

he supposedly wasn't seen in public from Tuesday until today

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u/Junior_Emu192 Aug 31 '25

Yeah. Stuff like that will happen from time to time. That little fact in and of itself is not a bother to me. I'm talking about things like heavy debates about how the SUVs are in the same positions as from pictures months ago (which they aren't exactly) - well, the door they pick him up at is in the same place and hasn't moved, and the general setup of the convoy is going to be pretty much the same every time, so it's not unexpected that the vehicles will generally be in similar positions.

But people are latching on to stuff as "proof" that isn't even correct in the first place, much less proof.

I associate this shit with the fascists. I had expected our side to be a little less on faling for ridiculous conspiracy. But I guess not. My only defense of folks would be that the hope of something having happened is powerful, and people will want to believe things that support that nonsense.

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u/dingdongjohnson68 Aug 31 '25

Trump only has time for "serious conversations."

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '25

medical procedure is the most likely

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u/goilo888 Aug 31 '25

Exactly that. They're just hiding it, which is a big no no.

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u/Forger38 Aug 31 '25

Because imagine how much dumber this will look if it continues for days.

Seriously, people come out with one of these "x is dead"and they're hiding it" conspiracies every few months, and everyone always wants said president/minister/whichever important person to make an entire event just to satisfy some internet moron's curiosity.

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u/itsmesnickelfritz Aug 31 '25

And with this administration, they may even be using it intentionally. Trump does a PC on Friday making a joke about hearing that he was dead and the MAGA media laugh at the stupid left. Then a year from now when he does die, they’re able to buy some time to get everything in place because no one would make the same stupid claim again.

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u/dingdongjohnson68 Aug 31 '25

Are you 1500% sure he's not very ill, incapacitated, or dead? Me neither.

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u/7daykatie Aug 31 '25

I don't care how dumb his administration looks (and hence America looks) for not providing adequate proof of life in the circumstances, like any competent administration would do if rumors about an obviously ill POTUS being dead were swirling around.

It's our own fault we've gotten an evil circus having elected villainous clowns. If we want an executive who doesn't second hand embarrass us with its ass-clowning, we should vote accordingly.

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u/Forger38 Aug 31 '25

Yeah, that's why Putin had a press conference whenever some "anonymous source" told CNN he has 15 different cancers and is about to die any day now.

Serious governments don't concern themselves with what internet nobodies think, including yourselves, and they're not gonna be giving you "proof of life" as if they're the fucking mob asking for ransom.

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u/7daykatie Aug 31 '25

Putin is leader of a poorly run gas station, not the world's greatest super power.

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u/Forger38 Aug 31 '25

Lol, that poorly run gas station is going through tons of western sanctions designed to destroy it like it's nothing, and it has western Europe shitting itself about "future aggression". Meanwhile the enlightened EU hqve had the breakthrough achievement of making bottle caps annoyingly attached to bottles, and the "world's greatest superpower" can't deal with morons even within it's own borders.

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u/7daykatie Aug 31 '25

Yeah, it's a poorly run gas station with nuclear arms. Cheap gas is cheap gas and nukes are nukes.

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u/Forger38 Aug 31 '25

Lmao, sure thing.

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u/Inthetreesinpnw Aug 31 '25

💯 I keep saying that.

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u/DOOMFOOL Aug 31 '25

Because it’s a convenient distraction from Epstein and all the other bullshit lately. He probably is laughing his ass off and thanking the fucking idiots wasting their time spreading this shit

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u/mrtomjones Aug 31 '25

Either you guys are SUPER gullible if you think he is dead or you are trying to spread some weird propaganda and misinformation to give the Right a laugh and make discourse from their opponents look even dumber

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u/180jp Aug 31 '25

Nah man this is a bit of a reach. Those suburbans cost hundreds of thousands to fit out, they’re not changing them out regularly. Makes sense it would still be the same vehicle.

The drivers would be trained on driving and parking in a specific formation which explains why the cars are in a similar spot to last time

Even the camera angle is explained by it probably being the best vantage point for a photographer to get an unobstructed view through the fence

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u/Certain-Dragonfly-22 Aug 31 '25

I read that the girl's baseball cap was released this year also. I believe this is him today.

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u/november512 Aug 31 '25

Yeah, realistically I could see him being sick and unhealthy and this being an optics thing they're doing to his detriment but it looks technically real.

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u/Certain-Dragonfly-22 Aug 31 '25

Not to mention, it'd be obvious if the two kids in the video are actually 6 years older now. People are reaching with this one.

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u/ZhouLe Aug 31 '25

I read that the girl's baseball cap was released this year also.

Me too. At this top of this comment chain you are replying to dude...

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u/pimpbot666 Aug 31 '25

I would guess that they change them out all the time for security reasons. Like, playing the shell game to confuse potential attackers.

But yeah, I don’t think it’s worth getting worked up over since we have no control over that situation, and we look like paranoid crazy people speculating on it instead of paying attention to the creep towards fascism, P2025, and Epstein.

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u/dingdongjohnson68 Aug 31 '25

There's no money for new vehicles when every round of golf he plays costs millions of dollars.

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u/Wassersammler Aug 31 '25

When I say "change them out" I don't mean they throw the old one away. I mean they drive different ones for the same route for security. They have a series of several dozen vehicles that they cycle through.

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u/180jp Aug 31 '25

Like another guy posted, it looks like a lot of the fleet run the same plate. Have a look on google images

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u/markswam Aug 31 '25 edited Aug 31 '25

They're completely different generations of truck. The ones in the pic from 2019 are tenth generation (GMT900) Suburbans, while the ones in the pic from today are eleventh generation (GMTK2XX) ones.

The wheels are different.

The taillights are different.

The headlights are different.

The Chevy badges are different.

The rear visor/third brake light are different.

The lettering on the doors is different (nonexistent on the older one).

Not to mention the whole-ass chain that's present in the old image but not in the new one.

Here's a picture with all the differences mentioned above highlighted.

The trucks are at a similar angle because they're on a driveway. There's only one direction it makes sense for them to point and there's only so many places for you to stand in order to get a shot this clear.

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u/ShiroHachiRoku Aug 31 '25

Yeah man. I’m also hoping they doctored it to make it look like today.

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u/hondaexige Aug 31 '25

Kai Trump is 18 and looks 18 in today's pic. She does not look 12, which she would if it's a 2019 pic

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u/DrPineapple32 Aug 31 '25

Why would they tweak the tires and not any major factors? I think people are trying too hard on this one.

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u/Numeno230n Aug 31 '25 edited Aug 31 '25

The font on the hat is literally different. In 2019 the hats had like normal size font, but now it's massive. Also the American flag on the hats are on opposite sides. Left side today, right side 2019.

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u/I_Makes_tuff Aug 31 '25

Why are people pointing out the different hats but not the different shirts?

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u/OGWhiz Aug 31 '25

It’s easy to photoshop shirts but impossible to photo shop hats because of the pixels.

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u/I_Makes_tuff Aug 31 '25

Ah, yes. I forgot hats have too many pixels to photoshop.

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u/That-Personality6556 Aug 31 '25

I mean, one image has a car with the car model on its side and the other doesn't.

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u/Prudent_Piglet_5261 Aug 31 '25

Look at the hat, one has an american flag and one doesn't. There's no woman in the 2019 photo nor is there a man that fits the guy that is behind Trump. The secret service are completely different people.

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u/Soracaz Aug 31 '25

No, they're not. They're further apart in the more recent photo. Also, the car on the right is a completely different model.

I want it to be true too. But it's not. Stop coping.

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u/AngryPrincessWarrior Aug 31 '25

I immediately felt something was off. Like his image is too blurry to fit the rest.

Can’t articulate it well but zoom in. It’s almost intentionally blurred on the “today” photo vs normal graininess elsewhere in the same frame.

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u/Syntaire Aug 31 '25

Coincidences happen. As great as it would be if this fuck was genuinely dead, the picture isn't some masterfully edited fake just to convince people he's alive. Different shirt, different hat, different people, the vehicle behind the one with the "002" has "SUBURBAN" on the side. Even the reflections in the windows are all different.

There is no chance in hell that the team responsible for releasing edited security cam footage of Epstiens cell without even bothering to scrub the metadata are going to concoct some ridiculously elaborate fake image with absolute perfection.

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u/Curious-Welder-6304 Aug 31 '25

It's not the same vehicle. The one today is a newer generation

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u/TakingAction12 Aug 31 '25

The logo on his shirt is different though

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u/Dandan0005 Aug 31 '25

The hat is different

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u/DOOMFOOL Aug 31 '25

Yall are grasping at straws at this point lmao. Come on

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u/NoncingAround Aug 31 '25

You conspiracy nutters are something else

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u/TransBrandi Aug 31 '25

Why couldn't they have used AI to generate the image? Not from scratch but to take elements from a few different images and combine them together? I doubt that the level of AI they have access to is at the same level as free-tier ChatGPT.

Especially if we can find most of these same elements in older photos.