Demonstrating an uncharacteristic consistency, the background image on the phone appears to be the same lock screen picture from at least 2023, when, Gizmodo notes, it was spotted in a video of Trump in a golf cart. When the lock screen resurfaced in 2024, Gizmodo dug into the background (so to speak) of this particular photo, dating it to July 19, 2019, “from the height of Trump’s family separation policy for migrants, which forcibly separated children from their parents at the border.” So perhaps the president is just sentimental. The Atlantic goes on to elaborate on the numerous other ways Trump’s phone usage could potentially present security vulnerabilities (The White House’s Steven Cheung declined to “discuss or disclose security measures regarding the President, especially to The Atlantic.”)
Author: Victor Brand
Published at: 2025-06-03 22:01:04
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