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Photographer should have deleted that image...
Because it'll make look Trump look heroic?
That was my first thought too, because Trump is a horrible, vicious fuckwit, but now I'm not so sure.
The photographer's job is to document what happened, and this does that. On a purely aesthetic/journalistic level this is a hell of a photo. I don't think it'd be right to delete it just because of how it might get used later, or by whom.
I hate, hate, HATE that MAGAs will make this iconic, don't get me wrong. But the photographer captured a major news event, while literally under fire (albeit the shooting had just stopped) and I think that deserves respect and recognition.
You said it perfectly. While politically unfortunate given how it will be used, it's incredible as a photo for all the reasons you mentioned. Great presence of mind to be able to capture a shot this good in the midst of the chaos unfolding.