claim: An unflattering photograph shows President Trump playing a round of golf.
origin: In May 2017, anÂ image purportedly showing an unflattering view of Donald Trump as he was swinging a golf clubÂ circulated on social media, along with a slew ofÂ comments about the Presidentâ€™s physiqueÂ and health: The image was further legitimized by a story published by The New Yorker, in whichÂ a juicy little detail â€”Â thatÂ Trump apparently considers exercise â€œmisguidedâ€ â€”Â quickly made the national news rounds: < There has been considerable speculation about Trumpâ€™s physical and mental health, in part because few facts are known. During the campaign, his staff reported that he was six feet three inches tall and weighed two hundred and thirty-six pounds, which is considered overweight but not obese. His personal physician, Harold N. Bornstein, issued brief, celebratory statementsâ€”Trumpâ€™s lab-test results were â€œastonishingly excellentâ€â€”mentioning little more than a daily dose of aspirin and a statin. Trump himself says that he is â€œnot a big sleeperâ€ (â€œI like three hours, four hoursâ€) and professes a fondness for steak and McDonaldâ€™s. Other than golf, he considers exercise misguided, arguing that a person, like a battery, is born with a finite amount of energy. > President Trump has spent a significant amount of time onÂ golf coursesÂ during his first few months in office, but this imageÂ is not a legitimate photograph of him. It was created by digitally inserting a picture of Donald Trumpâ€™s face onto an image of professional golfer and Trump supporterÂ John Daly: There are hundreds ofÂ photographsÂ of Trump golfing online, which naturally means that doctored picturesÂ spring up in their wake, such as this one, orÂ theÂ image purportedly showing Trump with a brown stain downÂ the back of his pants.Â