About

"Park Ranger's Face" refers to a photograph of a park ranger accepting a donation from President Donald Trump, shortly after Trump proposed cutting the National Park's Services budget.

Origin

On April 4th, 2017, Donald Trump donated $78,333, his first-quarter salary, to the National Park Service, during the daily press briefing, making good on Trump's campaign promise to donate his salary if elected president.^[1] National Park Service representative Tyrone Brandyburg, a superintendent at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, accepted the donation.

As he held the check for a picture, Brandyburg appeared to give a skeptical look.

Spread

The picture went viral after Twitter user @KevinMKruse tweeted the photo, receiving more than 41,200 retweets and 65,600 by April 5th.^[2]

Photoshop Battle

On April 4th, Redditor TIGHTSHIRT posted the photo to the subreddit /r/PhotoshopBattles. The thread received more than 15,500 point (87% upvoted) and 365 comments in the first 24 hours.^[3]

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