Many across America were astonished that President Donald Trump drew on an official government weather map, apparently with a Sharpie, an expanded range of where Dorian had been projected to travel to avoid admitting he lied about the devastatingly huge hurricane moving into Alabama. Trump’s drawing, which appeared in a press event on national television, clearly was fake.

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And yes, the president may have committed an illegal act.

It did, however, inspire #SharpieGate, perhaps one of the funniest Trump scandals in a long time – with many posting to social media their own doctored versions of images that would fit Trump’s altered sense of reality.

The red arrow shows the expanded area Trump doctored:

Here are some other altered photos posted to Twitter that fit Trump’s altered sense of reality:

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BREAKING: Trump releases new inauguration photo confirming massive crowd pic.twitter.com/s9BdTx8s7y — Adam Blickstein (@AdamBlickstein) September 4, 2019

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Trump releases photo to show he’s taller than Obama. pic.twitter.com/U4K7C4MzQI — Schooley (@Rschooley) September 4, 2019

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Also, while we’re at it…

Apologies for this too, lamestream media?? pic.twitter.com/lIcrlR3GvW — Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) September 4, 2019

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OMG! The White House released a new photo of President Trump golfing. #sharpiegate #sharpie pic.twitter.com/BZz1lUUUqL — Mark Novata (@mark_novata) September 4, 2019

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