Fact Checking a Viral Photo of Melania Trump

An image depicting her posing with a shovel on the grave of Ivana Trump is digitally altered.

By Alec Dent

Aug 10, 2022

A viral photo claims to show Melania Trump posing for a picture on the grave of Donald Trump’s ex-wife Ivana Trump:

Having the third wife standing on the first wife’s grave and smiling is brazy! pic.twitter.com/VTVBwhkd4h
— damita jo (@KiaSpeaks) August 1, 2022

The picture is digitally altered, and combines two photographs: One of Ivana Trump’s grave and the other of Melania Trump breaking ground for a tennis court on the White House grounds in October 2019. The latter picture can be seen in a tweet from Melania Trump at the time:

Exciting to break ground on the new tennis pavilion project at the White House today. Thank you to all who will help in making this legacy piece possible for future first families to gather at and enjoy for years to come. @theNationalMall @NatlParkService pic.twitter.com/UcYLeJ27Ni
— Melania Trump 45 Archived (@FLOTUS45) October 8, 2019

The person who shared the photo on Twitter later admitted in the replies that the photo was fake.

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