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BumRushDaShow

(170,907 posts)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:43 AM 12 hrs ago

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 Georgia’s championship-winning women’s tennis team has been mocked online, with many calling out the picture’s puzzling composition. “The official White House X account celebrates a women’s 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. It’s so egregiously bad that it’s 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 women’s tennis team has raised eyebrows online (Margo Martin/ The White House)

“Congratulations, Georgia Women’s 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 women’s 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

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Trump and other men dominate White House photo celebrating women's tennis team (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago OP
who are those six guys anyways Skittles 12 hrs ago #1
Who are these guys? Dave Id 12 hrs ago #5
The coaching staff. RandySF 11 hrs ago #9
why are the coaches all men? Skittles 10 hrs ago #16
No idea. RandySF 10 hrs ago #17
That accounts for the three on our right. It does NOT account niyad 7 hrs ago #28
Besides the cheap suits, check out the chintzy shit in the background. It looks like a NOLA brothel. flashman13 4 hrs ago #37
well the front and center manspreading tells me that Skittles 10 hrs ago #15
I see Beavis and Butthead, RazorbackExpat 11 hrs ago #8
They're the coaches. RandySF 11 hrs ago #10
cancun cruz is one of their coaches? niyad 8 hrs ago #22
IQ47 has to be the bride at every wedding, and the deceased at every funeral AZJonnie 12 hrs ago #2
Pathetic. n/t Hugin 12 hrs ago #3
If you are still showing up at the WH at this point, you are getting what you deserve RockRaven 12 hrs ago #4
To be fair a lot of pictures were taken. RandySF 12 hrs ago #6
That accounts for the three on our right, but not for cruz niyad 8 hrs ago #23
That's not Ted Cruz Prairie Gates 5 hrs ago #33
Who, then? Please identify, as I was not aware that rafael has a twin. niyad 5 hrs ago #35
Not sure what to tell you...it's not him Prairie Gates 4 hrs ago #36
Ford Williams, or possibly Josh Brooks muriel_volestrangler 3 hrs ago #40
Thank you. Your last sentence made me laugh! So very true! niyad 3 hrs ago #41
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right. taxi 12 hrs ago #7
EAR WORM! BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #30
Ha! Reverend Jim was my favorite! taxi 5 hrs ago #34
Of course he went on to play other iconic characters! BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago #39
All the men have red power ties. So perfect. democrank 11 hrs ago #11
What a bunch of losers... 2naSalit 10 hrs ago #12
Bunch of idiots the whole lot of them. BradBo 10 hrs ago #13
These misogynistic pigs are dumber than rocks. Joinfortmill 10 hrs ago #14
I get a really weird vibe... purr-rat beauty 9 hrs ago #18
You are not the only one. That image is clearly one of dominance niyad 7 hrs ago #29
Coincidence??? larry nasser just slithered into mind. niyad 27 min ago #44
Didn't realize that UGA was so progressive Aviation Pro 9 hrs ago #19
as everything in this administration; women are the after thought. nt Javaman 9 hrs ago #20
Nothing screams "women are second class citizens" like this photo does. Vinca 8 hrs ago #21
A picture says a 1000 words. Baitball Blogger 8 hrs ago #24
Looks like an ad for uglyfiuckingflorsheim shoes. twodogsbarking 8 hrs ago #25
This message was self-deleted by its author displacedvermoter 8 hrs ago #26
Don't they look ridiculous! displacedvermoter 8 hrs ago #27
What photographer looked at this bunch of people and DID not say "OK, put the tall guys in back, even the POTUS" because eppur_se_muova 7 hrs ago #31
The White House photographer fixed it. usonian 5 hrs ago #32
But of course! niyad 3 hrs ago #38
The men coached the team GenThePerservering 3 hrs ago #42
Sometimes it's not worth getting the "honor". They should have known better. Wonder Why 1 hr ago #43

Dave Id

(300 posts)
5. Who are these guys?
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:24 AM
12 hrs ago

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)
17. No idea.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 06:37 AM
10 hrs ago

But on the rare occasions I watch women's professional tennis the coaches tend to be male.

niyad

(133,240 posts)
28. That accounts for the three on our right. It does NOT account
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 09:13 AM
7 hrs ago

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)
37. Besides the cheap suits, check out the chintzy shit in the background. It looks like a NOLA brothel.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:38 PM
4 hrs ago

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)
15. well the front and center manspreading tells me that
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 06:09 AM
10 hrs ago

but alas, that's not a rarity with the male species

AZJonnie

(3,838 posts)
2. IQ47 has to be the bride at every wedding, and the deceased at every funeral
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:00 AM
12 hrs ago

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

RockRaven

(19,585 posts)
4. If you are still showing up at the WH at this point, you are getting what you deserve
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:12 AM
12 hrs ago

when it turns out like this.

niyad

(133,240 posts)
23. That accounts for the three on our right, but not for cruz
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 08:15 AM
8 hrs ago

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)
36. Not sure what to tell you...it's not him
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:12 PM
4 hrs ago

Vague surface resemblance but if you look closely it's clearly not him.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,399 posts)
40. Ford Williams, or possibly Josh Brooks
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 01:14 PM
3 hrs ago
On the right side of the photo is the team's coaching staff, including Bernstein, associate head coach Jarryd Chaplin and assistant coach Will Reynolds.

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.

taxi

(2,740 posts)
7. Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:42 AM
12 hrs ago

And the thought of being Stuck in the middle with Trump,

BumRushDaShow

(170,907 posts)
30. EAR WORM!
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 09:17 AM
7 hrs ago


But then when I see your account name I think of this -



(had to include one with Christopher Lloyd mentioned )

democrank

(12,641 posts)
11. All the men have red power ties. So perfect.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 05:10 AM
11 hrs ago

If the thug in the middle had stepped aside a bit we could actually see the women’s tennis team.

2naSalit

(103,430 posts)
12. What a bunch of losers...
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 05:44 AM
10 hrs ago

And the Women's tennis team.

Yet another time where I'm ashamed to be human.

Aviation Pro

(15,665 posts)
19. Didn't realize that UGA was so progressive
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 07:27 AM
9 hrs ago

Allowing transgenders to compete in women’s tennis.

Baitball Blogger

(52,531 posts)
24. A picture says a 1000 words.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 08:20 AM
8 hrs ago

This is a perfect photo to illustrate Trump's world view. Women do the hard work, and the men get all the recognition.

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

displacedvermoter

(4,792 posts)
27. Don't they look ridiculous!
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 08:38 AM
8 hrs ago

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)
31. What photographer looked at this bunch of people and DID not say "OK, put the tall guys in back, even the POTUS" because
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 09:26 AM
7 hrs ago

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.




GenThePerservering

(3,526 posts)
42. The men coached the team
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 01:20 PM
3 hrs ago

But the women WON the championship. Coaches need to be in back or on the sides.

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