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She Took the White House Photos. Trump Moved to Take the Profit.

Mycroft said:
Are you sure?

If you are correct, then neither Trump nor the photographer have any right to profit from those pictures.
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Yes, we’re sure.
 
Mycroft said:
What did he take away from her? She has every opportunity and right, so it seems, to publish her own book... People will buy his book.
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Why must the story be spoon fed to you when you can read it yourself? Good Lord, Mycroft, take some initiative.
 
j brown's body said:
"WASHINGTON — As President Donald J. Trump’s tenure came to an end, the chief White House photographer, who had traveled the world with him and spent countless hours inside the White House snapping pictures, notified Mr. Trump’s aides that she intended to publish a book collecting some of her most memorable images. This was hardly a radical idea: Official photographers from every White House since President Ronald Reagan’s have published their own books. Barack Obama and George W. Bush were so supportive that they wrote forewords for them.

First, aides to Mr. Trump asked her for a cut of her book advance payment, in exchange for his writing a foreword and helping promote the book, according to former associates of Mr. Trump. Then Mr. Trump’s team asked Ms. Craighead to hold off on her book project to allow the former president to take Ms. Craighead’s photos and those of other White House staff photographers and publish his own book, which is now selling for as much as $230 a copy.

That the profits from Ms. Craighead’s labor are now going into Mr. Trump’s pocket has left several of Mr. Trump’s former aides upset — but not exactly surprised. “Shea’s a very talented photographer and this was really all of her hard work,” said Stephanie Grisham, who served as the White House press secretary for Mr. Trump and wrote her own book, referring to Ms. Craighead by her nickname. “I just keep thinking: What a shame that he is actually now profiting off of it. But then again, this is the guy who is hawking caps and all kinds of stuff right now to raise money for himself.”

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What a scumbag.

"In 2018, Craighead told Marie Claire magazine that she and Trump had “a lovely relationship … very professional, but also … quite humorous at times”, and added that Trump had “a genuine, strong, caring heart”."

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lol, yeah, just don't come between him and a buck.
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Sleazeball gonna sleaze. It's in his nature.
 
j brown's body said:
Why must the story be spoon fed to you when you can read it yourself? Good Lord, Mycroft, take some initiative.
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It's a NYT article. Paywall.

Makes me ask questions.
 
Petty and grasping as always.
 
Mycroft said:
Do you think that photographer should be able to exploit the property of the taxpayers for her own profit? I don't. And I don't think Trump should be able to, either.

Now...as someone here mentioned, the photos are in the public domain. If that's true, then EVERYONE should be able to profit from those photos...both Trump and the photographer.
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Coulda woulda shoulda.

Here's how it works. Professional photographers own the rights to their work. Unless there's some prior agreement the person who is the subject of those photos does not - especially not public officials filmed on the job.

She could have snapped an interesting building, a lion or an elephant or a sunset or a tree. But since it's your hewo the rules have to be different huh?
 
j brown's body said:
"WASHINGTON — As President Donald J. Trump’s tenure came to an end, the chief White House photographer, who had traveled the world with him and spent countless hours inside the White House snapping pictures, notified Mr. Trump’s aides that she intended to publish a book collecting some of her most memorable images. This was hardly a radical idea: Official photographers from every White House since President Ronald Reagan’s have published their own books. Barack Obama and George W. Bush were so supportive that they wrote forewords for them.

First, aides to Mr. Trump asked her for a cut of her book advance payment, in exchange for his writing a foreword and helping promote the book, according to former associates of Mr. Trump. Then Mr. Trump’s team asked Ms. Craighead to hold off on her book project to allow the former president to take Ms. Craighead’s photos and those of other White House staff photographers and publish his own book, which is now selling for as much as $230 a copy.

That the profits from Ms. Craighead’s labor are now going into Mr. Trump’s pocket has left several of Mr. Trump’s former aides upset — but not exactly surprised. “Shea’s a very talented photographer and this was really all of her hard work,” said Stephanie Grisham, who served as the White House press secretary for Mr. Trump and wrote her own book, referring to Ms. Craighead by her nickname. “I just keep thinking: What a shame that he is actually now profiting off of it. But then again, this is the guy who is hawking caps and all kinds of stuff right now to raise money for himself.”

Link

What a scumbag.

"In 2018, Craighead told Marie Claire magazine that she and Trump had “a lovely relationship … very professional, but also … quite humorous at times”, and added that Trump had “a genuine, strong, caring heart”."

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lol, yeah, just don't come between him and a buck.
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There are no lower forms of the human race than Donald Trump. Well, maybe Putin. But Trump would be Putin if he had the brains to pull it off.
 
Mycroft said:
Who paid her to take the photos?
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Does it matter? Still her photos. Who paid the photografers of Barack Obama and George W. Bush?
 
Common Sense 1 said:
Seems like they take lots of photos of Biden looking lost? Wonder if we have got our cut of those photos yet? Probally went to Hunter?
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Guess I missed it. When did Biden announce the selling of a photo's in a book like Trump has done?:giggle:
 
MTAtech said:
Ripping off people is an obsession with him. The amount of money he’d gain is unnoticeable to his expenses. Yet, he pursues it.
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A blatant amoral shitbag at every opportunity, and yet he still has supporters willing to defend him.
 
j brown's body said:
"WASHINGTON — As President Donald J. Trump’s tenure came to an end, the chief White House photographer, who had traveled the world with him and spent countless hours inside the White House snapping pictures, notified Mr. Trump’s aides that she intended to publish a book collecting some of her most memorable images. This was hardly a radical idea: Official photographers from every White House since President Ronald Reagan’s have published their own books. Barack Obama and George W. Bush were so supportive that they wrote forewords for them.

First, aides to Mr. Trump asked her for a cut of her book advance payment, in exchange for his writing a foreword and helping promote the book, according to former associates of Mr. Trump. Then Mr. Trump’s team asked Ms. Craighead to hold off on her book project to allow the former president to take Ms. Craighead’s photos and those of other White House staff photographers and publish his own book, which is now selling for as much as $230 a copy.

That the profits from Ms. Craighead’s labor are now going into Mr. Trump’s pocket has left several of Mr. Trump’s former aides upset — but not exactly surprised. “Shea’s a very talented photographer and this was really all of her hard work,” said Stephanie Grisham, who served as the White House press secretary for Mr. Trump and wrote her own book, referring to Ms. Craighead by her nickname. “I just keep thinking: What a shame that he is actually now profiting off of it. But then again, this is the guy who is hawking caps and all kinds of stuff right now to raise money for himself.”

Link

What a scumbag.

"In 2018, Craighead told Marie Claire magazine that she and Trump had “a lovely relationship … very professional, but also … quite humorous at times”, and added that Trump had “a genuine, strong, caring heart”."

Link

lol, yeah, just don't come between him and a buck.
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It's an interesting story - sounds like it's an issue where there should have been an agreement in place. However, I question why either should be profiting off the photos that were paid for by the taxpayers.

If it's a matter of photos that are in the public domain (which would make sense) - it seems like either would have the right to package them up with their own commentary.

There are definitely bigger issues to focus on.
 
And Trump using those photos, paid for by US taxpayers, in his book which sells for $230 per copy.
Trump, ever the scammer and grifter.
Why does this scam not surprise anyone?
 
dcsports said:
It's an interesting story - sounds like it's an issue where there should have been an agreement in place. However, I question why either should be profiting off the photos that were paid for by the taxpayers.

If it's a matter of photos that are in the public domain (which would make sense) - it seems like either would have the right to package them up with their own commentary.

There are definitely bigger issues to focus on.
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If a photographer wants to sell her photos in a book, more power her to her. People are free to go to the achieve website and look at them for free. The benefit of a photographer's book is that we see the pictures she selected, and why and comments she makes on them. Some people will find that interesting. Its a nice way to let an artist, who generally do not earn a lot of money, capitalize on their effort.

There was never a need for an agreement to be in place before because former presidents, who have the opportunity to earn fortunes on their own, recognized that this was a nice thing to do, and even supported it by writing introductions for the books. Until Trump came along. A man for whom every relationship is transactional.
 
Mycroft said:
It's a NYT article. Paywall.

Makes me ask questions.
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One of the rather amazing thing about the internet is that you can find other articles on the same topic that are free. You should check it out.
 
upsideguy said:
Trump certainly does not, but we have let others write books on their accounts in the White House and keep the profits. If Trump wants to write a memoir, have at it. He just does not get to exploit the works of others for his personal gain.
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Well yes he does & with no credit given.
 
Maybe she could comb through her collection and post a book of nothing but embarrassing photos of tRump and his cohorts. That might sell pretty well. Nothing like some good "finger in the nose" photos to stir up sales.
 
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dockside said:
All his grifting is unprecedented for a president/former president. If he's so rich, why doesn't he use his own money? Or is he just a cheapskate? Or both? (I'd go with both.)
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Both...
 
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