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As it turns out, sources have told Danish news outlet DR News that the supporters wearing fresh MAGA hats during a visit from Trump’s representatives Don Jr and Charlie Kirk were homeless and socially disadvantaged people who were bribed with hotel dinners:

“Several sources now tell DR that a portion of the people who appear in the video from Trump’s campaign people …are homeless and socially disadvantaged, who often find themselves outside the Brugsen in Nuuk …which is located directly opposite Hotel Hans Egede.”

Don Jr and Charlie Kirk described the warm reception from what was described as a group of Greenlandic Trump supporters. MAGA accounts on social media used the footage of Trump talking on speaker phone to the group as evidence for his proposal to annex Greenland as part of the United States.

Now we learn the group support was likely transactional. DR reported:

“All they have to do is put on a cap and be in the Trump staff’s videos. They are being bribed, and it is deeply distasteful.”

DR News reported on others who were able to identify individuals who traded support for a nice meal at a hotel. Trump’s team found one of the men living under a bridge. This isn’t the first time Trump has staged events.

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  • Odys@beehaw.org
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    1 hour ago

    I don’t get why they even bother? Just fabricate it with AI? None of the cult will ever believe it’s fake anyway.

  • Oneser@lemm.ee
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    10 hours ago

    And this is why it is too cheap to call these people idiots. They know exactly how to get the image they need and spin it to their advantage. AND they move faster than their lies.