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demmiblue

(38,744 posts) Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:00 PM Sep 1

"I enhanced the image [of Trump]. And seriously, can an expert explain what the hell is happening to his forehead?"

Todayâ€™s press pool photo shows Trump leaving the White House this morning.

I enhanced the image. And seriously, can an expert explain what the hell is happening to his forehead? Right above his nose and right brow.
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2025-09-01T15:49:56.693Z

Some guy with 300k followers posted an ai-hallucinated "enhanced" photo of trump with a weird forehead bump and a bunch of keyboard experts are in the comments trying to make medical diagnoses based off of it. We are so cooked.
— Ron Chan (@rondanchan.bsky.social) 2025-09-01T17:35:25.505Z

You'd think they would notice that the American flag has been "enhanced" to remove all the stars. Good ol' stripes and stripes.
— Steve Uncle Now (@the-barely-jew.bsky.social) 2025-09-01T17:57:16.287Z

Your â€œenhancementâ€ fabricated missing data with genAI and thatâ€™s why it looks like AI slop. Thereâ€™s nothing more to the image than what you see in the original. You canâ€™t actually do â€œenhance. zoom in. enhanceâ€ in reality like they do in TV shows. There is no original data there.
— Kaitato ðŸ¥” (@thryse.com) 2025-09-01T18:24:28.606Z

And, yes, it was posted here.

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"I enhanced the image [of Trump]. And seriously, can an expert explain what the hell is happening to his forehead?" (Original Post) demmiblue Sep 1 OP

Doesn't look like slobby to me SheltieLover Sep 1 #1

Me either SL Clouds Passing Sep 1 #9

Hi Clouds! SheltieLover Sep 1 #11

How ya Sheltie? Clouds Passing Sep 1 #12

Tired. Hru? SheltieLover Sep 1 #14

In need of a nap 😴 Clouds Passing Sep 1 #15

Go grab a nap then. SheltieLover Sep 1 #16

WTF Is that Star-Less American Flag All About? MrWowWow Sep 1 #2

They've filtered out his wrinkles, which looks odd or that's not Trump oregonjen Sep 1 #3

It is strange the hat is too large bucolic_frolic Sep 1 #10

Emerging rinoceros horn? Buns_of_Fire Sep 1 #4

Possibly a lobotomy scar? LastDemocratInSC Sep 1 #5

Someone thought a lobotomy was an improvement 303squadron Sep 1 #6

Sarcasm, folks ! The OP is posted as a dig and a rebuttal ... ? stopdiggin Sep 1 #7

Some cultures would eat monkey brains, and with RFK Jr 'in the loop' anything is possible. ? taxi Sep 1 #8

Having resubjected myself to looking at his photos (before to compare the nose) THAT is Very weird lookng! electric_blue68 Sep 1 #13

All the suggestions about AI are right. Ms. Toad Sep 1 #17

I wouldn't read too much into it canetoad Sep 1 #18

SheltieLover

(73,776 posts)

1. Doesn't look like slobby to me

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:02 PM

Sep 1

Clouds Passing

(5,840 posts)

9. Me either SL

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:54 PM

Sep 1

SheltieLover

(73,776 posts)

11. Hi Clouds!

Reply to Clouds Passing (Reply #9)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:59 PM

Sep 1

Clouds Passing

(5,840 posts)

12. How ya Sheltie?

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #11)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 07:38 PM

Sep 1

SheltieLover

(73,776 posts)

14. Tired. Hru?

Reply to Clouds Passing (Reply #12)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 07:59 PM

Sep 1

Clouds Passing

(5,840 posts)

15. In need of a nap 😴

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #14)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 08:57 PM

Sep 1

SheltieLover

(73,776 posts)

16. Go grab a nap then.

Reply to Clouds Passing (Reply #15)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 09:39 PM

Sep 1

MrWowWow

(1,317 posts)

2. WTF Is that Star-Less American Flag All About?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:08 PM

Sep 1

Never saw a starless American Flag before. Is it a cryptic signal to the MAGAs?

oregonjen

(3,610 posts)

3. They've filtered out his wrinkles, which looks odd or that's not Trump

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:11 PM

Sep 1

He’s got awful skin and in this pic, his skin looks smooth

bucolic_frolic

(52,445 posts)

10. It is strange the hat is too large

Reply to oregonjen (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:55 PM

Sep 1

They're trying to hide something. Body double? That would be my suspicion.

Buns_of_Fire

(18,769 posts)

4. Emerging rinoceros horn?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:17 PM

Sep 1

It looks like somebody who kinda looks like Rump. With an emerging rinoceros horn.

(P.S. Yes, I know how to spell "rhinoceros".)

LastDemocratInSC

(4,140 posts)

5. Possibly a lobotomy scar?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:21 PM

Sep 1

That would explain a lot of things.

303squadron

(749 posts)

6. Someone thought a lobotomy was an improvement

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:22 PM

Sep 1

stopdiggin

(14,425 posts)

7. Sarcasm, folks ! The OP is posted as a dig and a rebuttal ... ?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:30 PM

Sep 1

to all the other rather nonsensical ... ?

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taxi

(2,517 posts)

8. Some cultures would eat monkey brains, and with RFK Jr 'in the loop' anything is possible. ?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:48 PM

Sep 1

Of course, like RFK Jr., that bridge may have already been crossed.

electric_blue68

(23,943 posts)

13. Having resubjected myself to looking at his photos (before to compare the nose) THAT is Very weird lookng!

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 07:44 PM

Sep 1

Not at all like his lower forehead features are.

Ms. Toad

(37,709 posts)

17. All the suggestions about AI are right.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 09:44 PM

Sep 1

This is from a pixelated image taken at a distance. There is no more information to be had, so AI is splitting one pixel into many and trying to interpolate what might have been there.

canetoad

(19,505 posts)

18. I wouldn't read too much into it

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 09:44 PM

Sep 1

The 'enhancement', probably sharpening, gamma etc will produce some artifacts. That mark above his nose is, I believe, a result of sharpening the deep shadow.

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