President Donald Trump posts a side-by-side image on Truth Social that compares a young Donald Trump in a New York Military Academy uniform with a college-aged Barack Obama holding a cigarette and wearing a wide-brimmed hat.Commentators including Adam Mockler, Tommy Vietor and Adam Kinzinger point out that the military photograph aligns with a 1964 yearbook entry and say Donald Trump's Vietnam War draft deferments provide necessary context for the post.The exchange follows
Barack Obama's recent remark about
Donald Trump living “rent-free” in his head and reignites debates over whether archival youth photos are legitimate evidence of character or political spectacle.