Was the US President Biden grabbing the posterior of Volodymyr Zelenskyy? A truth examine

On December 22, a picture of the President of the United States of America (USA) Joe Biden, First Lady of The USA Jill Biden and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy went viral by which President Biden was seen grabbing Zelenskyy’s posterior.

One President’s hand on one other President’s buttocks was greater than sufficient to trigger a laughter riot on social media.

Hehehehe….Jesa sekhaya hai, wesa hello bolna…. pic.twitter.com/bCkmudtI22

— Dolli (@desh_bhkt) December 22, 2022

‘When Zelensky asked Biden that how he gonna return all favors’ pic.twitter.com/HMMXtQSOSN

— Facts (@BefittingFacts) December 22, 2022

There is one rule that have to be adopted. If one thing is extraordinarily emotional or humorous or provocative, usually, it’s “too good to be true”. Following this precept, we determined to fact-check the authentication of the picture.

During the investigation, we regarded round for the same picture and located that Jill Biden uploaded the precise body on December 21 (native time) with the caption saying, “President Zelenskyy, we hope you take our love and support back to Olena and your children, and all the families of Ukraine.” However, we seen that President Biden’s hand was nowhere near President Zelenskyy’s posterior.

President Zelenskyy, we hope you are taking our love and help again to Olena and your youngsters, and all of the households of Ukraine. 💕 pic.twitter.com/z1uqAAl8B8

— Jill Biden (@FLOTUS) December 22, 2022

In the following step, we downloaded each pictures and determined to research the matter correctly. The first step was to resize the photographs in a manner that we solely had two frames with actual dimensions. At this level, it was clear that one of many pictures was edited.

The unique picture (left) was sourced from Jill Biden’s Twitter account. The edited picture (proper) was sourced from Twitter.

Then we enlarged the picture to the purpose the place we may solely see the trio standing within the body.

Original picture (left) edited picture (proper).

Now, take a look at the photographs and see the factors that we’ve marked. We created a GIF to make it simpler to grasp how issues had been edited within the picture.

This GIF explains the adjustments.

At Mark 1, you’ll discover that whoever edited this picture reduce President Biden’s arm from right here and rotated it downwards in the direction of President Zelenskyy’s posterior.

These pictures clarify what was modified in the course of the modifying of the {photograph}.

At Mark 2, you’ll discover that the crease on President Zelenskyy’s again has been worn out throughout modifying. President Biden’s arm was right here within the unique {photograph}.

At Mark 3, you’ll discover within the unique picture that Jill’s hand was on President Biden’s thumb. Whoever edited it couldn’t take away the thumb, which continues to be below Jill’s hand.

At Mark 4, you’ll discover the crease of President Zelenskyy’s again was worn out to cowl the empty spot created by eradicating President Biden’s arm.

We additionally discovered a video of the arrival of President Zelenskyy. At the 0:40 timestamp within the video, Jill Biden positioned her hand on the again of President Zelenskyy, then President Biden positioned his hand on President Zelenskyy’s again. As you’ll be able to discover, President Biden’s hand was not on Zelenskyy’s buttocks.

President Biden and first girl Jill Biden welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) to the White House on his first international journey for the reason that Russian invasion. pic.twitter.com/OhKxek3oQM

— CSPAN (@cspan) December 21, 2022

Conclusion: The picture of President Biden’s hand on President Zelenskyy’s buttocks is faux.