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White House Posts Holiday Photo Of Trump And It Instantly Backfired

The president posted a photo of himself with the First Lady, and got an earful from online respondents.

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The White House’s official X account, for Valentine’s Day, posted quite a few different things that raised eyebrows.

The account, at one point, posted a series of Valentine’s hearts marked with “MAGA” and “Daddy’s Home”:

Later, it retweeted some photos from the account of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., with such creepy slogans as “you removed the warning label from my heart” and “you’re not ultra-processed, you’re the real thing:

And then, also on Valentine’s Day, the account posted a photo of the president and first lady. It’s not clear when the photo is from, but it appears to be a past event when both were dressed in formal wear, presumably the Kennedy Center Honors, when Donald and Melania appeared to be wearing those same clothes:

This led to some shocked reactions, many of which contained references to Jeffrey Epstein:

Photo courtesy of an X screenshot. 

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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