トランプ氏、上半身裸のマッチョな加工画像を投稿　健康不安説の払拭狙いか

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】ドナルド・トランプ米大統領（73）は27日、上半身裸のボクサーの体に自分の顔を重ねた加工画像をツイッターに投稿した。（写真は米俳優シルヴェスター・スタローンさんが主演した映画『ロッキー3』の宣伝ポスターにドナルド・トランプ米大統領の顔を重ねた加工画像。トランプ氏のツイッターアカウントより）
　トランプ氏が２３日に事前に予定されていないにもかかわらず首都ワシントン郊外のウォルター・リード陸軍病院を訪問したことを受けて、米メディアの間で健康状態をめぐる臆測が広がっていた。今回の驚くべきツイートは、こうした臆測の払拭（ふっしょく）が狙いとみられる。
　この画像は、米俳優シルヴェスター・スタローンさんが主演した映画『ロッキー３』の宣伝ポスターを加工したもの。ツイートは画像のみで、コメントは付けられていない。
　トランプ氏は２６日、フロリダ州で行った選挙集会で、主要メディアはトランプ氏が「重度の」心臓発作に見舞われたと誤って報じたと主張。しかし実際の報道では、ほとんどのメディアが予告なしでの病院訪問の異常さに疑問を呈しただけだった。
　ホワイトハウスが後に説明したところによると、トランプ氏は時間が空いたので、毎年恒例の健康診断の一部を先に受けることにしただけだという。
　たくましいトランプ氏の加工画像はオンライン上でたちまち注目を集めた。嘲笑の的になる一方、ホワイトハウスにショーマンシップを持ちこむ「トランプ流」を楽しむ支持者らは、画像をリツイートして拡散した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2019/11/29-09:12）

Days after causing alarm with an unscheduled trip to the hospital, President Donald Trump tweeted a photo-shopped image of himself Wednesday as a rippling, bare-chested boxer.
The president is furious over media speculation following his sudden trip to a government hospital outside Washington last Saturday and the startling tweet was his latest attempt to put talk of ill health to rest.
In the picture, Trump's head is superimposed on the hulking body of a boxer -- an image taken from the publicity poster for the Sylvester Stallone movie Rocky III.
The montage, in which a distinctly airbrushed version of the 73-year-old president's face is used, comes without comment.
Not that the Republican real estate tycoon is shy on the subject. He rarely misses a chance to talk up his own physical prowess and often makes unscripted comments -- flattering or derogatory -- about the physique of other men, often to their face during official events.
On Tuesday, while giving a reelection campaign speech in Florida, Trump fumed at length in a bizarre rant about his recent hospital visit.
He claimed, wrongly, that major media outlets were reporting he'd had a massive heart attack when he was taken, without prior notice, to the Walter Reed military hospital.
In fact, most media questioned the unusual circumstances of the visit, which would usually have been flagged in advance. The White House said afterward that Trump had simply decided to do part of his annual physical exam early, in order to save time later.
According to his last medical exam, in February, Trump is technically obese but in good health. He rarely exercises, other than playing golf -- as he did at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Wednesday.
- 'Take off your shirt, sir' -
At the campaign rally, Trump told supporters that false media reports of a heart attack sparked worry among staff back in the White House.
But in the hospital, he claimed, doctors had only had one overriding concern -- to witness his spectacular physique.
The first thing they do is say, 'Take off your shirt, sir, and show us that gorgeous chest. We've never seen a chest quite like it,' he said.
Aside from praising his own chest, Trump launched into a description of the muscles of Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis -- a man Trump explained he previously thought had been fat.
One day I am with him and I pat him on the shoulder and I go, whoa! That's strong, Trump recalled to the crowd of thousands.
That's a lot of muscle there. My hand didn't sink in like it does with a lot of people. And then I see him without a shirt one day, and this guy is strong. He's not fat. That's all power. That's all muscle. I want to tell you that.
Trump has previously on frequent occasions expressed scorn for opponents' small hands or admiration for the big hands of visitors to the White House and others.
He has also attacked female antagonists with lurid physical insults, including horse face, while Adam Schiff, one of the top Democrats in the Trump impeachment probe, is branded pencil neck.
The tweeted photo of a hunky Trump drew instant and sustained mockery online, as well as retweets from the president's admirers, who enjoy the way he has brought showmanship into the White House.
Now we know what they did to him at that mysterious doctor?s visit? quipped NBC News anchor Andrea Mitchell over the faked Trump boxer.