Donald Trump, being Donald Trump, retweeted a fake picture recently of FOX News anchor Megyn Kelly during a Twitter rant against the network as part of his daily online blitzkrieg against his enemies.
The long-discredited meme was posted by a fan which shows an altered image of Kelly posing with billionaire Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal and a woman in traditional Islamic garb that is supposedly his sister. The caption on the photo claims the Saudi billionaire is a co-owner of FOX News and ends with the command to “GOOGLE IT!”
“@BradCross4: @Drudge_Report_ @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/Ur1qgG291Z“
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2016Unfortunately for Trump, the Prince didn’t take too kindle to this accusation.
Trump:You base your statements on photoshopped pics?I bailed you out twice;a 3rd time,maybe?https://t.co/Raco0mvusp https://t.co/jStBl7Ghia
— الوليد بن طلال (@Alwaleed_Talal) January 28, 2016Alwaleed’s tweet linked to screenshots and links of three news articles from Business Insider, BuzzFeed News and Yahoo News, in which the prince’s involvement of purchases of Trump’s property was documented.
FYI: the picture is likely a fake—it circulated last summer, prompting the fact-checking site Snopes.com to conclude that it had been doctored.
Of course, Twitter responded with flair:
.@realDonaldTrump story goes even deeper—I used Bing and discovered Mygan Kelly is also controlled by space ghosts pic.twitter.com/nn5K9wCrA9
— Jake Swearingen (@JakeSwearingen) January 28, 2016@realDonaldTrump @BradCross4 @Drudge_Report_ you are so embarrassing
— lotus pu**y (@moisturizeds) January 28, 2016@realDonaldTrump @Drudge_Report_ yup and we buy their oil and put it in our SUVs
— American Wonka (@AtheistWWonka) January 28, 2016.@realDonaldTrump @BradCross4 @Drudge_Report_ that looks like it was made by a 3yr old in MS Paint
— Old Timers PK Misser (@SoccerFanKevin) January 28, 2016
