For almost 20 years, a photo has been going on on the network, where it is allegedly captured, as in 2005, Latviki gives the US President a T -shirt with his portrait and an English phrase, consonant with Russian abuse. We checked whether this happened in reality.
The most vivid story was described by a person under the nickname, looking, Sending Letter to the editorial office now closed The Duel newspapers* (No. 51 (449), December 20, 2005): “Patriots have not yet been transferred to Latvia, which was a recent visit to this Baltic Republic of US President George Bush. They accepted him as the most dear guest ... Well, a manifestation of the apotheosis of popular love for the American president should have been meetings with ordinary Latvian citizens. The meetings were a success. A certain heroine of the Latvian resistance unknown to us presented to the dear George a T-shirt with his portrait and a loyal inscription in English: "WelCome Peace Duke!" Outwardly, everything looked very decent, and Bush must have been moved, seeing such a sincere manifestation of the friendly feelings of the Latvian people. He, probably, was not welcomed anywhere as the "Duke of the World" - this is exactly what the inscription on the T -shirt is translated. However, everyone who speaks the Russian language and knows how to at least read a few words in English could not but notice the deepest meaning invested in the Latvian patriot in this short welcoming phrase: "Welcome, Pis Duke!" P. S. Some believe that there can be no question of any patriotic act. Like, everything is explained by the nearby and thoughtlessness of the aforementioned Latvian young lady. However, we completely disagree with this and with indignation we reject even hints of thoughtlessness. Latvian patriots worked gloriously. You go the right way, comrades! "
For 18 years, the photograph of Bush Jr. with a T-shirt went around many platforms: in 2005 it was published by Livejournal users (here, here And here), in 2011-on the site "Big question", In 2014-on"YaPlakal", In 2016-in Twitter, in 2017-on Fishki.net, in 2019-on "Picabu", In 2020-on"Answers Mail.Ru"And in 2023-on Redditas well as on other sites (here, here, here And here).
George Bush Jr. was not the first politician who received a puncture phrase Peace Duke as a nickname from English translated As the "Duke of the World" and consonant with Russian abuse. Countsthat it is appeared At the end of the 20th century - as the president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev was called in the joke. From time to time, they recall in harmony in order to use it for political purposes. One of these cases occurred recently - in May 2023. Then there were reports that allegedly in the very center of New York on one of the media facades on Times Square showed an advertisement with the phrase “Zelensky Is Peace Duke”-“Retrieved” Disassembled The viral video recording established that it was a fake.
As for Bush, in 2005 he really committed visit to Latvia during its second Presidential term - politician Stayed In Riga from 6 to May 7. His trip to Europe was Supered To the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Second World War in Europe, and one of the stops was Moscow, where Bush was Present At the parade in honor of Victory Day.
Although in his speech in Riga Bush Thank you The people of the Republic of Latvia for a warm welcome, not all residents of the country were friendly. So, the initiative group "I am for peace" I called Riga to meet the American president with an action of peaceful protest: on advertising stands, windows of houses and windows of cafes in the city center, it was proposed to glue the posters specially prepared for the visit of the war in Iraq. One of the posters depicted a pacific with the signature "Imagine, George!" (“Imagine, George!” What refers to the song by John Lennon Imagine). The other poster shows the Iraqi captive under torture and the mother of Bush, who says: “... but, George! DID I Teach You that? " ("... but George! Did I teach you this?"). And finally, there were posters with images of the president himself and the inscription "WelCome Peace Duke!" - One of them completely repeats the picture from the T -shirt in the picture that interests us.
Photos of posters posted on Riga streets and photographed on the eve of Bush arrived in May 2005, can be found on sites of different photographs-for example, American Getty images or British Alamy.
Despite the fact that a protest action was actually held in Riga, the original Bush viral photo is in no way connected. The initial version of the picture was found using the reverse Search In the picture, and it turned out that they made it not in Latvia and not in 2005. In the photo, the American president is captured with Olympia Gene Snow, senator From the state of Men. On the US Senate website, photography was placed With this signature: “On October 22, 2002 - Senator Olympia Snow and George Bush proudly demonstrate Moxie T -shirt during the president’s visit to the city Bangor".
We could not find the source of the edited version of the picture. However, on almost all the resources that have been divided by it that it was studied, a fake photo is posted with the fotki.lv site, and in the pictures without this logo it is noticeable that it was sloppily smashed. Thus, most likely, the portrait of Bush and the phrase "WelCome Peace Duke!" One of Fotki.lv users added to a T -shirt 18 years ago.
Photo on the cover: social networks
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