Two-Headed Eagle In Fake Presidential Seal: What Does It Mean?

US President Donald Trump spoke to student activists at a conference hosted by the conservative advocacy organization Turning Point USA on Tuesday, but the people who prepared the backdrop for his speech are apparently not his biggest fans.

As Trump walked onstage to a cheering crowd, two presidential seals flashed on screen. The seal directly behind him was the authentic seal, but the other seal was something else. A closer examination would reveal that this was an altered seal.

The fake presidential seal features a double-headed eagle, not the single headed-eagle featured in the traditional presidential seal, and resembles the Russian coat of arms.

According to the Victoria and Albert Museum, the world's largest museum of applied and decorative arts and design,the double-headed eagle is strongly associated with Russia.

The two heads are also regarded as the representation of the east and the west, which could be an allegory of the sometimes-controversial relationship between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“The most widespread opinion about the double-headed eagle is that the two heads face East and West, which symbolises the geographic position of Russia,” the museum’s website reads.

“This symbol is seen as an allegory sometimes for unity, and sometimes for absolute monarchy, a form of government in which the king and queen have power over everything.”

The double-headed eagle also carries several golf clubs instead of arrows, which could be a reference to the President’s affinity for golf. The eagle also carries cash, which could well be the representation of Trump association with wealth and money.

The writing above the eagle should read “E Pluribus Unum,” which translates to “out of many, one” in Latin, but the photoshopped seal reads “45 es un titere,” which translates to “45 is a puppet” in Spanish.

Trump is the 45th president of the United States and has long been accused of being Russia’s puppet.

The image behind Trump was eventually switched to the authentic seal for the majority of his speech, but it remains unclear who was responsible for the fake presidential seal. An unnamed spokesperson for Turning Point USA said he did not know who was to blame or where the image was from.

“It was a last-minute A/V mistake—and I can’t figure out where the breakdown was,” the spokesperson told the Washington Post, which first reported the mix-up.“But it was a last minute throw-up, and that’s all it was.”