4/13 Other than the weird staging, we notice that Trump's eyes are barely open, especially his right eye. This would be consistent with someone recovering from a minor stroke or larger TIA who is recovering physically but not fully well yet.
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5/13 But, it's also an odd smile for Trump. Large, overly toothy, and uniform. The rare times he smiles with teeth, its smaller and larger on one side. It's not this clenched teeth full smile. And his face doesn't push back that much when he does it.
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6/13 So then I thought, what about tools like FaceApp that use AI models to adjust a person appearance? Since this isn't a press photo, we don't know its not faced edits.
sep 1, 2025, 10:22 pm • 10 1 • view
7/13 Here is a sample of a Trump smile image run through FaceApp's smile feature on high settings. What do you notice?
sep 1, 2025, 10:23 pm • 9 1 • view
8/13 When we make the change, the app squishes the face to expand the smile. -Crows feet intensify -Lips furl in -Smile lines pull back -Eyes become more closed -Smile feels more intense/forced/unnatural
sep 1, 2025, 10:23 pm • 8 1 • view
9/13 Unlike an AI that fully generates images, a face editor like FaceApp is hard to programmatically detect, there are no hidden watermarks or super obvious tells. The best method is changing the contrast in photoshop to look for odd noise.
sep 1, 2025, 10:24 pm • 6 1 • view
10/13 And when we boost contrast you'll notice some. Hard to see with Twitter's compression but the outline around Trump's face has pixelated noise, and so do his teeth.
sep 1, 2025, 10:26 pm • 6 1 • view
Suggesting, although *not proving* touch-up. It could be lighting inconsistencies but along with the weird smile and behavior it does raise questions.
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11/13 If there is nothing wrong with the president then: -Why is he not taking questions from the press? -Why are they not allowed to see him golfing like usual? -Why are we only getting controlled media releases? -Why are all press images inconsistent with what his team puts out?
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12/13 We're on 7 days since he was last freely in front of the press. We'd expect a TIA or minor stroke victim to be able to walk and pose for a photo now, but perhaps still have other small tells. But be nearing the point where they could pretend nothing happened.
sep 1, 2025, 10:28 pm • 5 1 • view
13/13 The press are not asking any hard questions, and its likely by mid week we'll get some simple talking from the president sitting behind the Resolute desk and they'll pretend everything is ok. The President is clearly not running the country.
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