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https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/1917375813177037212

This is the image that Trump is talking about. Trump insists that the letters are not photoshopped.

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-argues-with-abcs-terry-moran-about-photoshopped-image-he-had-ms-13-on-his-knuckles-tattooed/

Video transcript

Trump: Wait a minute, he had “MS-13” on his knuckles tattooed!

Moran: He had some tattoos that are interpreted that way, but let’s move on.

Trump: Wait a minute. Hey, Terry. Terry. Terry. Don’t do that.

Moran: He did not have the letter “MS-13.”

Trump: It says “MS-13.”

Moran: That was photoshopped.

Trump: That was photoshopped? Terry, you can’t do that. They’ve given you the big break of a lifetime. You know, you’re doing the interview. I picked you because, frankly, I had never heard of you, but that’s okay. But I picked you, Terry, but you’re not being very nice. He had “MS-13” tattooed. Terry. Terry. Do you want me to show you the picture?

Moran: I saw the picture.

Trump: And you think it was photoshopped? Well, don’t photoshop it, go look at his hand. He had “MS-13.”

Moran: He did have tattoos that can be interpreted that way. I’m not an expert on them.

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[-] Llituro@hexbear.net 101 points 1 week ago

Moran: He did have tattoos that can be interpreted that way. I’m not an expert on them.

liberal media moment

[-] Tachanka@hexbear.net 53 points 1 week ago

Hell, the fact that the entire thing is a "debate" in the first place is a liberal media moment, let alone this. And not only is it a debate, but it's a debate about whether or not an individual was a "bad guy" or not and not over the actual system we live under.

[-] i_drink_bleach@hexbear.net 39 points 1 week ago

He wasn't tried and convicted by a jury of his peers. He was black-bagged and shipped to an extrajudicial black site with no trial. Whether or not he was a "bad guy" is both irrelevant and yet to be proven. This is a sham. If this goes uncontested then it's all fair game. They can just start taking anyone off the streets and exporting them to a death camp.

[-] Civility@hexbear.net 30 points 1 week ago
[-] WafflesTasteGood@hexbear.net 63 points 1 week ago

Trump insists that the letters are not photoshopped.

That's very clearly mspaint, and not Photoshopsmug-explain

[-] naom3@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago
[-] dead@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago

You are right. I added another photo. He argues with the interviewer for a whole minute that the lettering is not added on top of the photo.

It's hard to believe. Trump says "He had M S 1 3 as clear as you can be. Not Interpreted. This is why people no longer believe the news because it's fake news."

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 53 points 1 week ago

Damn. I remember that someone on Hexbear called that Trump would actually believe the numbers were real tattoos, and I thought it was too ridiculous.

[-] homhom9000@hexbear.net 52 points 1 week ago

This is Trumps " I saw the beheaded babies with my own eyes" moment. Meaning nothing will happen

[-] boiledfrog@hexbear.net 42 points 1 week ago

I have a tattoo that says 'I love Mommy' but it actually means that I want to do supercrime

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago

rhea ripley should wrestle under the name supercrime

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago

I always took the MS13 writing as indication that these were coded symbols meant to imply the word MS13, is that not the case? Are they saying that the literal obviously edited in MS13 letters are supposed to be real?

Marijuana Smile = MS

But I don't know how you get 13 from cross+skull.

[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago

I can read the small cross as a 1, sure, but i'm lost with the skull meaning 3

probably because its not what it means hey

[-] Barabas@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

Three holes (eyes and nose) is the thing I recall hearing.

[-] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago

Broke: Abrego is an MS-13 gang member

Woke: Abrego is the fucking Zodiac Killer with their endless riddles.

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

wait has anyone seen him and ted cruz in the same place?

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

OH COME ONNNNNN

Dude who gets extremely visible tattoos is going to be too scared of getting his gang tat that he hides it behind the most over the top hidden code imaginable? Fuck offfffffff lmaooo

[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago

plus the MS-13 just tatoos themselfs with MS-13 or Mara, like they are literally know for not hidding who they are with some secret code like other criminal orgs

[-] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

Hey Siri, what does the MS in MS-13 stand for?

Mara Salvatrucha

Okay, thank you.

[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

Troutsaver?

[-] Sickos@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago

Wait he was deported for being Tren de Aragua, as evidenced by his Chicago bulls hat and a sweatshirt with a dollar bill print

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago

How do you get 1 from a cross and 3 from a skull thonk

[-] axont@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago

The reactionaries in my life have told me the skull is supposed to be "calavera." Which is the Spanish word. And since C is the third letter of the alphabet then it's a 3.

These people think gangs do puzzles like Batman villains

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago

These people think gangs do puzzles like Batman villains

I mentioned this before in a previous comment, but this all goes back to fascists' obsession with numerology and finding meanings in things that don't exist (think those crazy Christians thinking devil symbology is hidden everywhere, or more recently, Q-type stuff). It really speaks to the psychology of fear and hatred that surrounds rightist beliefs and the people that more easily believe in it

[-] Crucible@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

Since fascists have tried to use tattoos in a coy, dog whistling way they think everyone with tattoos is doing the same

[-] i_drink_bleach@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago

Fucking THIS! Like ok. "Marijuana" 'M'. Sure. "Smiley" 'S', okay. Jesus cross '1'. Fucking what? Skull '3' fucking hold up. WTF? Am I missing something?

[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Uhh because in mandarin 十 is ten, and a skull has 2 eye holes and a mouth. Yeah… that’s the ticket…

[-] red_stapler@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago

My libs have taken so much psychic damage over this and not worse stuff.

[-] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago

“Also, I am 6’ 3” tall and 215 lbs… and I never lie…”

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