Now President Trump isn’t just spreading misinformation about his inauguration crowd — he’s putting out the wrong date, too.
Trump tweeted a panoramic photo Tuesday of the crowd for his swearing-in in Washington, D.C., but it was captioned for the wrong day.
“A photo delivered yesterday that will be displayed in the upper/lower press hall. Thank you Abbas!” Trump wrote with the photo, which says his inauguration happened Jan. 21, 2017.
It happened Jan. 20.
The photographer, Abbas Schirmohammadi, told the Daily News the alternative date was simply “a mistake.”
“It was midnight, it was such a rush,” said Shirmohammadi, an Iranian immigrant who runs the Panoramic Visions photography service in Washington.
“We just corrected it,” he said.
Trump and several staff members have insisted he drew the largest in-person and global audience ever for an inauguration – claims that are not supported by crowd scientists, Metro ridership, television ratings and even aerial photos comparing his crowd to the audience at President Obama’s 2009 ceremony.
“You can notice on the left side of the photograph, in the second section, there are some seats empty,” he said.
“That is exactly the scene as I saw it.”
He said he didn’t want to get into “the politics” of the crowd size issue. But he also wasn’t surprised that it became an issue in the first place.
“My only comment is: Welcome to Washington,” he said.
Trump tweeted a panoramic photo Tuesday of the crowd for his swearing-in in Washington, D.C., but it was captioned for the wrong day.
“A photo delivered yesterday that will be displayed in the upper/lower press hall. Thank you Abbas!” Trump wrote with the photo, which says his inauguration happened Jan. 21, 2017.
It happened Jan. 20.
The photographer, Abbas Schirmohammadi, told the Daily News the alternative date was simply “a mistake.”
“It was midnight, it was such a rush,” said Shirmohammadi, an Iranian immigrant who runs the Panoramic Visions photography service in Washington.
“We just corrected it,” he said.
Trump and several staff members have insisted he drew the largest in-person and global audience ever for an inauguration – claims that are not supported by crowd scientists, Metro ridership, television ratings and even aerial photos comparing his crowd to the audience at President Obama’s 2009 ceremony.
Shirmohammadi, who said he has taken identical panoramic photos for the inauguration of every President since Ronald Reagan, said Friday’s crowd didn’t appear much different from what he usually shot — but the gaps speak for themselves.A photo delivered yesterday that will be displayed in the upper/lower press hall. Thank you Abbas! pic.twitter.com/Uzp0ivvRp0— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 24 January 2017
“You can notice on the left side of the photograph, in the second section, there are some seats empty,” he said.
“That is exactly the scene as I saw it.”
He said he didn’t want to get into “the politics” of the crowd size issue. But he also wasn’t surprised that it became an issue in the first place.
“My only comment is: Welcome to Washington,” he said.