Photo shows former President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador kissing.
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Photo of Donald Trump, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador kissing is altered
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- This image was altered. The original showed Trump kissing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on the cheek.
One-time presidential candidate Marianne Williamson called for a "politics of love," but we’re not sure this is what she meant.
An image circulating on social media appears to show former President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador kissing on the mouth.
The photo, as you may have suspected, was altered.
An Instagram post sharing it was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.)
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The image of Trump comes from a picture snapped at a 2020 campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa. He was kissing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on the cheek.
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Trump hosted López Obrador at the White House that year, but he was wearing a different colored tie than in the Instagram post image.
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Instagram post, Feb. 8, 2023
The Guardian, Mexicans for Trump? Amlo supporters have unlikely pick in US election, Oct. 30, 2020
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