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Donald Trump's Rose Garden Sign refers to photo-shopped edits of the podium sign used during a press conference in the White House Rose Garden with Donald Trump following an infrastructure meeting.

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On May 22nd, 2019, prior to a brief infrastructure meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) Donald Trump took his place behind a podium in the Rose Garden to make a statement to the press. On the podium was a sign addressing the Mueller Investigation. That day, various reporters posted photos of the President speaking. That day, Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Epstein^[2] tweeted a photo of the podium saying, "In the Rose Garden, awaiting Trump, 'Mueller investigation by the numbers.' Some of the Democrats who were supposed to meet with Trump on infrastructure were already at the White House" (shown below).

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On May 22nd, 2019, Twitter users commented on the sign. Twitter user @girlsreallyrule^[2] tweeted, "You can't have an "impromptu" Rose Garden speech with pre-printed signs. Pelosi and Schumer are right, it was a set up-Trump never intended to work on making Infrastructure better for the country" (shown below, left). The tweet gained over 1,900 likes and 900 retweets in a day. @LizMackenzie12^[1] posted a blank template of the sign (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 200 likes in a day.

Twitter user @darth^[4] posted an edit reading "$102 million playing fuckin golf" (shown below, left). The edit received over 9,500 likes in a day. Twitter user @acraftyarab^[5] also posted an edit saying, "Since @realDonaldTrump is senile, I fixed his WH Rose Garden podium. You're welcome." (shown below, right). The tweet garnered over 850 like in a day.

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