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09-15-2017, 07:42 PM
No, Donald Trump did not save cats from Hurricane Harvey flooding
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Another day, another debunk.
The latest fake photograph to spread online like wildfire is an image of President Trump saving several cats from a flood. But just in case you somehow couldn't already tell from the horrible Photoshop job — the image is fake.
Turns out fake shark photos (http://mashable.com/2017/09/14/shark-on-flooded-highway-hoax-history/) aren't the only fabrications coming out of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
SEE ALSO: FEMA's debunking Harvey rumors, but there's more to know (http://mashable.com/2017/09/01/fema-rumors-harvey/)
The image shows a man walking through thigh-high flood waters clutching two cats close to his chest. The head atop the man's body is in fact Donald Trump's (complete with a "Make America Great Again" hat), but according to (http://www.snopes.com/trump-saved-two-cats-after-hurricane-harvey/) the fact-checking site Snopes, the man in the original photograph is named Brandon Smith.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/09/14/fake-trump-photo-saving-cats-from-flood/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Another day, another debunk.
The latest fake photograph to spread online like wildfire is an image of President Trump saving several cats from a flood. But just in case you somehow couldn't already tell from the horrible Photoshop job — the image is fake.
Turns out fake shark photos (http://mashable.com/2017/09/14/shark-on-flooded-highway-hoax-history/) aren't the only fabrications coming out of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
SEE ALSO: FEMA's debunking Harvey rumors, but there's more to know (http://mashable.com/2017/09/01/fema-rumors-harvey/)
The image shows a man walking through thigh-high flood waters clutching two cats close to his chest. The head atop the man's body is in fact Donald Trump's (complete with a "Make America Great Again" hat), but according to (http://www.snopes.com/trump-saved-two-cats-after-hurricane-harvey/) the fact-checking site Snopes, the man in the original photograph is named Brandon Smith.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/09/14/fake-trump-photo-saving-cats-from-flood/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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