Your own name is something that you don’t usually forget, unless you are the first lady of the United States. According to sources from the Burrard Street Journal, Melania Trump seemed to have “forgotten” and miswrote her own last name.
The Story
“Melania Trump accidentally signs name ‘Melania Trudeau’ “
Brief Synopsis: Melania Trump allegedly incorrectly signed her name at a recent Trump campaign rally. While autographing a fan’s hat, she accidentally wrote the last name of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the place where “Trump” should have been. Upon realizing her mistake, she was very embarassed and acknowledged that she made a mistake. However, when she was mentioning that she wrote the wrong last name, she allegedly forgot again what her real last name is.
The Source
The Reach
While there has been no mention of Melania making this mistake on social media, there is some relevant information on Twitter regarding her relationship with Justin Trudeau. In late August, the 45th G7 Summit was held in Barritz, France. Photos of the first lady kissing the Canadian Prime Minister “hello” went viral, giving birth to #MelanialovesTrudeau.
Source: News18.com “#MelanialovesTrudeau Trends as Image of First Lady Kissing Him at G7 Summit Goes Viral”
Twitter Comments: Shown below are just a few of the reactions from various twitter users to Melania Trump kissing Justin Trudeau.
These tweets are just a few among the many comments made by the public. Other remarks such as “Can you blame her?”, “That is probably the happiest I’ve seen her look”, “Melania is ready to risk it all” and many others flooded the internet.
Three Verification Tools
Tool Number 1: Reverse Image Search from images.google.ca
This verification tool shows that the image used on the Burrard Street Journal website has not been used on any social media website. Other sites, such as Reddit have used it, but for humour purposes.
Tool Number 2: Fake Image Detector App for Android Devices
This is the data that was found when the image was run through the app:
Image Width: 1080 pixels
Model: VOG-LO4
Image Height: 2340 pixels
Make: Huawei
Orientation: Unknown
Date/Time: 2019:10:07
Tool Number 3: TinEye Google Verification
The Verdict
There is no evidence to prove that Melania actually signed her name as “Trudeau”. The article is simply a recollection of what happened, there is no proof. Additionally, the photo used in the article has some very obvious edits done to it. If Melania really did incorrectly sign her name, it is expected that there will be a photo of just that. However, instead of having a photo of her signing, the article includes two separate photos joined together. Since the headline is about Melania signing the wrong name, at first glance the photo does make sense. Justin Trudeau is on one side and Melania and Donald Trump are on the other, with a photo of the wrong name. However, on second thought, it becomes easy to realize that the only thing being shown is one large photo that is composed of three smaller photos which have nothing to do with eachother. Even beyond just looking at the image, three verification tools were run to prove its validity. The first tool was unsucessful in doing so because it directed towards sites that used the image for humour. The second tool was unsucessful because it could not find the origins of the image. The only thing it could find was the device the image was screenshotted from and the time and day this was done. The final tool was also unsucessful as the page could not even read the image. Taking all of this into account, the verdict will be that the image was fake and edited to look the way it did.