Boris Johnson’s congratulations message to Biden was originally intended for Trump
It appears that Boris Johnson made a bit of a boo boo when he sent a congratulations message to Joe Biden that was originally intended for his bezzie mate, Donald Trump. This ‘mistake’ was first pointed out on Twitter, where Twitter user Guido Fawkes scanned the congratulations message that was posted directly from Boris Johnson’s account. He noticed that that the message was messily overlaid over a one that was originally meant for Trump. Yikes.
Number 10’s Message to Biden Originally Congratulated Trump https://t.co/UHUfmC7vL1 pic.twitter.com/8ap10vgfhU
— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) November 10, 2020
Obviously there has been a few legitimacy issues surrounding it all but apparently it’s all true and either the editing team didn’t fully remove Trump’s name in error OR it was was passive aggressive move to not really say congrats. Who knows. Here’s what the photoshop experts on Twitter had to say:
somewhat unbelievably, there really is a hidden message congratulating Trump just about visible underneath the graphic Boris Johnson tweeted congratulating Biden on his win. I have no idea why Downing Street just didn't start a new image, or why they are so bad at Photoshop pic.twitter.com/RLY0SV0680
— Matthew Champion (@matthewchampion) November 10, 2020
People are missing the most important here:
— Nick🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@nicktolhurst) November 10, 2020
Why did the UK govt have a Trump re-election congratulatory tweet ready when all the polls & everyone else was assuming a Biden win?
And why was it changed so late they had no time to do it properly? https://t.co/OdVt0FAviB
"Johnson's Biden win tweet contains hidden Trump congratulations"
— Zamaan Qureshi (@zamaanq47) November 10, 2020
1000% this is not a mistake. As a graphic designer myself, you simply just change the text. So Boris' team decided to add some extra text and turn down the opacity really low...@allthecitizens @carolecadwalla pic.twitter.com/QvuhoZKMZg
It perfectly encompasses the UK leaders really doesn’t it - a total shit-show.
