Obama's photographer just threw shade at Trump's chaotic security meeting
With every crazy new episode of the Trump show, Barack Obama's old White House photographer has been quick with the shade, and Monday was no exception.
Following news that Trump responded to an international nuclear crisis with a public security briefing lit by cellphones and captured on Facebook by an extra from the Ted movie, Pete Souza decided to share his own memory on Instagram. You know, to see how Obama and Trump's approaches compare.
Posting an image of the former president holding a security meeting in El Salvador in March 2011, Souza remembers in the caption that "national security discussions and head of state phone calls were conducted in a private, secure location."
Blackberries were banned, he added, which is presumably why these top secret meetings never made it onto social media.
The photo -- of Obama listening intently while safely ensconced away from prying eyes -- provides a stark contrast to the chaos of Trump's hasty gathering. And Souza's timing said it all, even if he didn't explicitly make the comparison in the caption.
Souza's account, which now has a million followers, is fast becoming the top troll of the Trump resistance.
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Tim Chester was Senior Editor, Real Time News in Los Angeles. Before that he was Deputy Editor of Mashable UK in London. Prior to joining Mashable, Tim was a Senior Web Editor at Penguin Random House, helping to relaunch the Rough Guides website and other travel brands. He was also a writer for Buzzfeed, GQ and The Sunday Times, covering everything from culture to tech and current affairs. Before that, he was Deputy Editor at NME.COM, overseeing content and development on the London-based music and entertainment site. Tim loves music and travel and has combined these two passions at festivals from Iceland to Malawi and beyond.
