Trump and other men dominate White House photo celebrating women's tennis team
Source: The Independent
Wednesday 22 April 2026 15:43 EDT
A photo of Donald Trump posing with members of the University of Georgias championship-winning womens tennis team has been mocked online, with many calling out the pictures puzzling composition. The official White House X account celebrates a womens collegiate athletic team by placing them directly behind six smiling men.
Gee, thanks, Mr. President, one user commented on the photo. Added another: Whomever from the WH comms team that approved this photo composition should be immediately fired. Its so egregiously bad that its an assault on good sensibility.
The Georgia Bulldogs tennis team was one of several NCAA champions invited to the White House on Tuesday to celebrate their wins. A photo posted by White House staffer Margo Martin showed the women gathered behind six men, including the president, who was standing slightly elevated on a step.

A picture of Donald Trump and other men dominating a picture supposedly celebrating the victory of a Georgia womens tennis team has raised eyebrows online (Margo Martin/ The White House)
Congratulations, Georgia Womens Tennis! Martin wrote. Can you hear the congratulations back there? joked one X user, with another adding: Siri, show us misogyny. Me when I definitely respect womens sports teams: what if we put them behind us so you can barely see them, replied a third user.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-georgia-womens-tennis-photo-b2963037.html
Skittles
(172,223 posts)anyone know?
Dave Id
(300 posts)A group of misogynistic assholes who 'think' they are showing women their place in American society, when actually showing they are just a bunch of pricks.
RandySF
(85,280 posts)Skittles
(172,223 posts)seems odd to me
RandySF
(85,280 posts)But on the rare occasions I watch women's professional tennis the coaches tend to be male.
niyad
(133,240 posts)for cancun cruz and the ankle-monitor wearing goon on his right, our left. And, a reminder, this is supposed to be a pic of the WOMEN's tennis team. WOMEN. It is sad to see anyone defending this misogynist bs. Although, I do have to thank the photographer for making the misogyny so blatantly clear. Why the women agreed to come is beyond me.
And none of the men's suits fit. Like they alll grabbed whatever they could find on the racks at the ARC.
flashman13
(2,465 posts)I know that's very trivial, but clown Trump thinks gaudy doodads equal class.
At least no one is wearing a tan suit.
Skittles
(172,223 posts)but alas, that's not a rarity with the male species
RazorbackExpat
(948 posts)the Joker and the Penguin, and Tweedledum and Tweedledummer
RandySF
(85,280 posts)This is one of several picture taken.
niyad
(133,240 posts)AZJonnie
(3,838 posts)I look forward to that 2nd part happening literally. Well, at one particular funeral. When will be rid of this turbulent POTUS?
Seriously, what a colossally pathologically narcissistic asshole
Hugin
(37,922 posts)RockRaven
(19,585 posts)when it turns out like this.
RandySF
(85,280 posts)I THINK this is the coaching staff.
https://georgiadogs.com/sports/womens-tennis/coaches
niyad
(133,240 posts)and the ankle-monitor wearing guy on his right, our left.
And NONE of their suits fit!
And you seem to be missing the misogyny. This is the WOMEN's tennis team, so why are they not in front, instead of practically invisible, as krasnov and company prefer women to be?
Prairie Gates
(8,333 posts)niyad
(133,240 posts)Prairie Gates
(8,333 posts)Vague surface resemblance but if you look closely it's clearly not him.
muriel_volestrangler
(106,399 posts)On the left side of the photo is the University of Georgia's athletics director, Josh Brooks, and executive director of The Georgia Bulldog Club Ford Williams, along with the president in the center.
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/04/22/uga-womens-championship-tennis-team-pictured-behind-men-at-white-house/89732209007/
Perhaps going through life with a strong resemblance to Cruz is a suitable punishment for spoiling the women's photo.
niyad
(133,240 posts)taxi
(2,740 posts)And the thought of being Stuck in the middle with Trump,
BumRushDaShow
(170,907 posts)But then when I see your account name I think of this -
(had to include one with Christopher Lloyd mentioned
taxi
(2,740 posts)BumRushDaShow
(170,907 posts)

democrank
(12,641 posts)If the thug in the middle had stepped aside a bit we could actually see the womens tennis team.
2naSalit
(103,430 posts)And the Women's tennis team.
Yet another time where I'm ashamed to be human.
BradBo
(1,039 posts)Joinfortmill
(21,398 posts)purr-rat beauty
(1,312 posts)....that those men have harmed those women in some way.
niyad
(133,240 posts)and power.
niyad
(133,240 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,665 posts)Allowing transgenders to compete in womens tennis.
Javaman
(65,897 posts)Vinca
(54,166 posts)Baitball Blogger
(52,531 posts)This is a perfect photo to illustrate Trump's world view. Women do the hard work, and the men get all the recognition.
twodogsbarking
(19,039 posts)Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
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displacedvermoter
(4,792 posts)And that one young woman who has to peer around the asshole in front of her, forcing her to come within grabbing distance of shit bag. Jeezus...
eppur_se_muova
(42,169 posts)ALL those women are standing on a riser (some on the THIRD step !) for the camera to get a good view of them. Only Trmp -- who HAS to look taller than all the other men in the room -- is standing on the lowest riser to add a few inches to his apparent height, and the other men are still towering over the women. You could put the women's team on two riser steps with the men behind them and it would be much better composed.
(TO BE FAIR: Who knows what the photographer did or did not suggest before Trmp bigfooted the decision and the photog, fearing the knout, complied ?)
There are some famous cases of old Hollywood actors who would stand on boxes to be more comparable in height to their co-stars, especially women, or the taller actor would literally stand in a trench to appear shorter. There is a Monty Python skit ( "Scott of the Antarctic" ) in which the bozo director has the actress in a trench and the actor standing on boxes, towering over her.. It might have influenced the setup of this photo.

usonian
(25,997 posts)
niyad
(133,240 posts)GenThePerservering
(3,526 posts)But the women WON the championship. Coaches need to be in back or on the sides.