The scroll above the eagle appeared to read “45 es un titere,” or “45 is a puppet” in Spanish,according toUSA Today. (The scroll normally contains the U.S. motto “E pluribus unum.”)
The left talons of the eagle, which clasp 13 arrows in the real presidential seal, instead held a set of golf clubs.
The alterations were in apparent reference to the president’sfrequent golf outingsand the accusations about hisrelationship with Russiaand Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin.
According to thePost, the seal appeared on a giant screen behind Trump after he was first introduced to the stage at the Turning Point event.
CNN reportsthat the individual responsible for the seal was a member of Turning Point USA’s audiovisual team who was searching last-minute for a high-quality image of the presidential seal ahead of Trump’s remarks.
They have since been fired, according to the network.
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President Donald Trump.
“One of our video team members did a Google Image search for a high-res png [file] presidential seal,” a source familiar with the incident told CNN, adding that the individual “did the search and with the pressure of the event, didn’t notice that it is a doctored seal.”
“We’re sorry for the mix-up and meant no disrespect to the White House or the president or the advance team,” Turning Point USA told CNN, adding that there was “zero malicious intent.”
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The presidential seal.Marshall / Liaison Agency
White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham tells PEOPLE, “We never saw the seal in question before it appeared in the video.”
Grisham referred further questions to Turning Point USA.
“It was a last-minute A/V mistake — and I can’t figure out where the breakdown was — but it was a last minute throw-up, and that’s all it was,” a spokesperson for Turning Point USA previously told thePost.
The organization did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
