It turns out that the guy who created the false presidential seal that was the backdrop to Donald Trump's speech the other day actually used to be a Republican until Trump's election in 2016.
Graphic designer Charles Leazott became well and truly disillusioned with the Republican party after the election of Trump, whom he hates, and he uploaded the satirical doctored seal - which features a two-headed Russian eagle holding gold clubs and a wad of cash instead of arrows and an olive branch, along with a tongue-in-cheek Spanish motto in place of the original Latin - to an online marketplace along with a whole host of other images mocking Trump. And there it sat for years, until right-wing youth organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) needed a backdrop for its Teen Student Action Summit, at which Donald J. Trump was to speak. They found Mr. Leazott's work online, thought it perfect for the speech backdrop, and apparently didn't study it too carefully. The image has since become a viral sensation.
Somebody from TPUSA will probably end up in a gulag or something for their error. But Mr. Leazott couldn't be more chuffed that his work has finally reached an appreciative worldwide audience.
UPDATE
Predictably, a TPUSA staffer has since been fired for the gaffe.
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