{"id":1556654,"date":"2022-07-15T14:55:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T18:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1556654"},"modified":"2022-07-15T15:04:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T19:04:17","slug":"fact-check-were-the-georgia-guidestones-replaced-with-a-donald-trump-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-were-the-georgia-guidestones-replaced-with-a-donald-trump-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Were The Georgia Guidestones Replaced With A Donald Trump Monument?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-were-the-georgia-guidestones-replaced-with-a-donald-trump-monument%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1556654&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-07-06T194706Z_949675685_RC2SJV8R7TV5_RTRMADP_3_GEORGIA-EXPLOSION-scaled-e1657823681933.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>An image <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid035vtaUUuhGpy1s3bbQtoSj4NNpP5WqWhGdjpzAQzVUxbPQe19zyjZJnjfkmzHUTNxl&#038;id=100077547294254\"><span>shared on Facebook<\/span><\/a><span> purportedly shows a golden bust of former President Donald Trump erected in place of the recently-destroyed Georgia Guidestones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This image is digitally altered. There is no evidence to suggest the Georgia Guidestones have been replaced by any type of monument at this time.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Georgia Guidestones, a group of interconnected granite slabs inscribed with \u201ccommandment-like inscriptions\u201d located in Eberton, Georgia, were partially destroyed by an explosion in the early hours of July 6, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/the-economist-explains\/2022\/07\/13\/why-might-someone-have-blown-up-the-georgia-guidestones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Economist<\/a>. What remained of the monument was demolished later the same day for \u201csafety reasons,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/georgia-monument-called-satanic-gubernatorial-candidate-destroyed-expl-rcna37039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>An image shared on Facebook appears to show a golden bust of Trump erected in place of the destroyed monument. \u201cThat new Georgia Guidestone is PERFECTO!!!\u201d reads text included in the image.<\/p>\n<p><span>The image is digitally fabricated. The picture of the same bust can be found for sale on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/facesofhistory.com\/products\/donald-trump-premium-bust-faces-of-history?_pos=1&#038;_sid=fb7066bf3&#038;_ss=r\"><span>Faces of History<\/span><\/a><span>, a website that sells 3D printed sculptures of historical figures. A spokesperson for the website told Check Your Fact in an email that the sculpture was photoshopped into the image without the company\u2019s permission. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A reverse image search reveals the background of the image was taken from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/auvet\/5195711600\/in\/pool-weirdus\/\">photo<\/a> posted to Flickr in 2010 of the Georgia Guidestones. <\/span>\u201cLocated atop the highest point in Elbert County, Georgia overlooking GA Hwy 77 just south of the Hart-Elbert County line,\u201d reads the Flickr photo\u2019s caption. \u201cThe stones, since being erected in 1980, have been shrouded in mystery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>There are no <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=georgia+guidestones+replaced&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=nws&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwiN45Kd_vj4AhUxEGIAHQJECsYQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&#038;biw=1536&#038;bih=722&#038;dpr=1.25\"><span>credible news reports<\/span><\/a><span> to suggest a new statue has been erected where the Georgia Guidestones once stood. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/07\/13\/fact-check-times-pfizers-ceo-guidestones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(<strong>RELATED: Did The New York Times Publish An Article About Pfizer\u2019s Ceo Vowing To Rebuild The Georgia Guidestones?)<br \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time misinformation about the monument has spread online. Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/07\/13\/fact-check-times-pfizers-ceo-guidestones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> an image showing an alleged New York Times article about Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla vowing to rebuild the Georgia Guidestones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This photo is digitally fabricated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1556654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1556654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1556654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1556654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1556654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}