Fact Check

Does Pic Show 'The Rock' Wearing 'Keep America Trumpless' Shirt?

Digitally editing photographs is one way people try to put words in celebrities' mouths.

Published Mar 14, 2023

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Image Via Twitter
Claim:
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was photographed wearing a "Keep America Trumpless" T-shirt.

A viral photo circulating on social media since early 2022 appears to show action movie star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson sporting a T-shirt bearing the slogan "Keep America Trumpless." However, as we quickly learned by performing a reverse-image search, that photograph was digitally manipulated. 

This is how the altered photo looked on Twitter on March 12, 2023: 

We traced the image to promotional materials for the Dwayne Johnson film "San Andreas," in which he played search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, released in 2015. 

The original photograph (below, right) shows Johnson wearing a Los Angeles Fire Department T-shirt. The manipulated photo (below, left) shows someone's attempt to exploit the actor's image to promote their own political agenda. It's a technique often employed on social media.

a photo showing the dwayne the rock johnson wearing an anti-trump t-shirt is fake

Sources

San Andreas. Directed by Brad Peyton, New Line Cinema, Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, 2015.

WarnerBros.Com | San Andreas | Movies. https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/san-andreas. Accessed 13 Mar. 2023.

MacGuill, Dan. "Media Literacy: How to Spot T-Shirts Bearing Fabricated Messages." Snopes, 30 Mar. 2022, https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/30/t-shirt-fake-message/.

David Emery is a Portland-based writer and editor with 25 years of experience fact-checking rumors, hoaxes, and contemporary legends.

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