“I don’t think Biden speaks sign language,” quipped the author of a post relaying a modified photo featuring the American president. On the image, Joe Biden greets from a platform of the curious who take a picture with their phone. In the crowd, a man stands out: he gives the president the middle finger.
“When a picture is worth more than words!, comment the author of the post on social networks. Here is the real hero of Warsaw, yesterday during Biden’s visit to Poland! The post was relayed with the same text on Facebook, Twitter and the Russian social network VK.
FAKE OFF
In reality, the man did not make this gesture. In the original photo, posted on February 22 on the facebook accounts and President’s Twitter, the man gives Joe Biden a thumbs up in approval. Another shot, taken by photographer Omar Marques and released by Getty, show the same man with the thumbs up, like spotted him the Reuters news agency.
In addition, we distinguish on the modified image the name of an account, johnhackerla. He defines himself as a “meme creator” and shared well the image edited on February 22.
The image was taken on February 21 in Warsaw, where the US President delivered a speech outside the Royal Castle. He assured that “Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia”. The day before, Joe Biden had made a surprise visit to kyiv.
