# Fox crops Trump out of photo with Epstein and Maxwell **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-crops-trump-out-of-photo-with-epstein-and-maxwell/914526 "2020-07-06T19:29:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-crops-trump-out-of-photo-with-epstein-and-maxwell/914526/1 "2020-07-06T19:29:10Z")
Par for the course [https://twitter.com/i/events/1280176625380802577](https://twitter.com/i/events/1280176625380802577) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-crops-trump-out-of-photo-with-epstein-and-maxwell/914526/2 "2020-07-06T19:35:34Z")
I’m shocked! Shocked, I tell you! That they didn’t add Obama _in_. Or Biden. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-crops-trump-out-of-photo-with-epstein-and-maxwell/914526/3 "2020-07-06T19:37:15Z")
I’m scratching my head trying to figure out this one. It’s a given that they’re protecting Dumb Don, but what’s up with leaving Melania twisting in the wind there? Was their photoshop team not sharp enough to edit her out? Are they setting her up for some kind of scapegoating here? Was Fox News really not capable of finding a good Epstein photo that didn’t have any Trumps in it? If not, why? ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-crops-trump-out-of-photo-with-epstein-and-maxwell/914526/4 "2020-07-06T19:50:49Z")
Well in their “correction”, they named the third person in the picture as Melania Knauss- while technically true, they are still toeing an interesting line. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-crops-trump-out-of-photo-with-epstein-and-maxwell/914526/5 "2020-07-06T19:59:27Z")
You can say that again… but why? What’s their narrative endgame here? Imply that Epstein only got close to Trump because of his scheming foreign stripper wife? Personally, _I_ have no problem believing she and her “Einstein visa” are adjacent to some shady shit, but how does Fox think this story benefits them or Trumpworld? I just can’t imagine any reality where showing this cropped photo is better than not showing any photo at all. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-crops-trump-out-of-photo-with-epstein-and-maxwell/914526/6 "2020-07-06T20:06:20Z")
It’s not like there aren’t plenty of pictures of Maxwell with Epstein, with nobody else in the picture. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-crops-trump-out-of-photo-with-epstein-and-maxwell/914526/7 "2020-07-06T20:09:40Z")
Yeah… My best guess for this one is internal sabotage. I hate to be the conspiracy guy, but the best I can Occam’s Razor this, somebody asked for a picture with the targets, and somebody cropped out Donny and sent it on, correctly thinking it wouldn’t be caught till it was published, but would be caught outside and embarrass him. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-crops-trump-out-of-photo-with-epstein-and-maxwell/914526/8 "2020-07-06T20:21:52Z")
Yeah, that was my initial thought as well. I think Trump has basically pissed off everyone (or at least a hell of a lot of folks) at this point, and this is a way to strike back at him without seeming to do so. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-crops-trump-out-of-photo-with-epstein-and-maxwell/914526/9 "2020-07-06T20:36:31Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Par for the course Fox: We Put The Faux in News! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-crops-trump-out-of-photo-with-epstein-and-maxwell/914526/10 "2020-07-06T20:48:21Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Yeah… My best guess for this one is internal sabotage. I hate to be the conspiracy guy, but the best I can Occam’s Razor this, somebody asked for a picture with the targets, and somebody cropped out Donny and sent it on, correctly thinking it wouldn’t be caught till it was published, but would be caught outside and embarrass him. I feel it’s equally likely this was done as an intentional warning. Fox wanted to remind Trump that they can trash him if they choose. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-crops-trump-out-of-photo-with-epstein-and-maxwell/914526/11 "2020-07-06T22:17:11Z")
Seems Trump is now more of a fan of OAN than Fox.