Hacking group Anonymous target Donald Trump with savage ‘photoshopped image’ after President’s confrontational ABC interview
Anonymous has taken aim at Donald Trump after the president doubled down on a claim that a wrongly deported man had a gang tattoo — despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
To mark his 100th day in office, Trump sat down with ABC’s Terry Moran for what was supposed to be a landmark interview.
But the 78-year-old President found himself spiralling when Moran, 65, brought up the Supreme Court’s order to “facilitate the return” of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old man deported from Maryland in March over alleged MS-13 gang links.
The Court ruled Garcia was wrongfully removed — and evidence now shows the supposed gang tattoo used to justify his deportation was, quite literally, photoshopped.
Still, Trump wasn’t backing down. Not in the slightest.
“Wait a minute, wait a minute. He had MS-13 on his knuckles,” Trump insisted during the interview. “It says MS-13.”
“That was Photoshopped,” Moran calmly replied. You can watch the moment below:
Trump wasn’t having it: “They’re giving you the big break of a lifetime, you know, you’re doing the interview. I picked you because, frankly, I never heard of you, but that’s OK.”
Now, online hacktivist collective Anonymous has wasted no time in trolling Trump, sharing an AI-generated image of the President golfing, with a “MS-13” tattoo visible across his back as his shirt rides up.
“Apparently, this is a real picture of Trump golfing,” the group wrote sarcastically.
One X user joking replied “Haters will say this is AI,” while another quipped: “Would we call this a Trump Stump?” (a witty reference to a ‘tramp stamp’).
‘MS-13 Tattoo’ That Never Was
Trump had first shared the image of Garcia’s knuckles on 18 April, captioning it: “This is the hand of the man that the Democrats feel should be brought back to the United States, because he is such ‘a fine and innocent person’.”
“They said he is not a member of MS-13, even though he’s got MS-13 tattooed onto his knuckles, and two Highly Respected Courts found.”
But that image didn’t show gang tattoos at all.
The original photo depicted simple icons — “a leaf, a smiley face, a cross and a skull” — on each finger. Hovering above them, the term “MS13” had been typed into the image like a caption.
And yet, in the ABC interview, Trump still claimed, “It says M-S-1-3.” When Moran tried to clarify, Trump cut him off with: “Don’t do that.”
He pushed on, visibly agitated, even telling Moran: “Why don’t you just say, ‘Yes, he does,’ and, you know, go on to something else.”
A day later, White House spokesperson Kush Desai doubled down, insisting Garcia’s tattoos were gang symbols – as have many other social media users. But when asked why Trump refused to acknowledge the photoshopping, Desai didn’t answer.
Courts vs. Campaign
Garcia has never been convicted — or even formally charged — as a member of MS-13.
Immigration officials claimed he belonged to the gang based on vague evidence: a Chicago Bulls hat, a hoodie, and a tip from an unnamed informant who said Garcia was linked to a New York-based clique — despite him never having lived there, per the New York Times.
Even back in 2019, an immigration judge ruled Garcia shouldn’t be deported, citing the potential for persecution or violence in El Salvador. He was granted a work permit.
More recently, Judge Paula Xinis stated that the so-called “evidence” against him was “nothing more” than unverified hearsay and common clothing.
Yet Trump’s administration has launched a full-scale PR campaign, plastering lawn signs on the White House grounds featuring the faces and alleged crimes of deported migrants — despite the court’s order.
Tattoo Politics
It’s not the first time Trump’s immigration team has leaned on tattoos to paint migrants as gang members.
Venezuelan migrants with ink of crowns or clocks have been flagged as part of Tren de Aragua. Homeland Security even created a point system, giving four points for gang-style tattoos. Eight points was considered enough for deportation, per The Independent.
But law enforcement experts have cast serious doubt on using tattoos as reliable gang indicators — especially in Garcia’s case.
