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Why Piers Morgan was forced to backtrack over Trump photo

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Piers Morgan mistakenly posted a satirical image of Donald Trump wearing kneepads, believing it was a genuine live photo of him arriving in Alaska for a summit with Vladimir Putin.
Morgan had wished Trump well in securing a ceasefire in the Ukraine-Russia war, praising his preference for peace.
After facing mockery and being inundated with comments, Morgan deleted the post, claiming he had not noticed the mocked-up kneepads.
He explained that he saw the picture on his feed, believed it was live, and only realised it was fake when people started laughing and raging about it.
The incident is ironic given that Morgan recently criticised Chris Cuomo for being duped by a deepfake video.

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Piers Morgan quickly backtracks after ‘mistakenly’ posting photo of Trump wearing kneepads ahead of Putin summit

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