Fact check: Images claiming to show Donald Trump inappropriately engaging with Ivanka Trump are photoshopped or misleading

Posts on social media claim to show images of Donald Trump in inappropriate poses alongside his daughter Ivanka Trump. Many iterations of the claim include a collage with five photographs. Two of these are authentic photographs of Trump and Ivanka, but misleading when taken out of context, while the other three images are photoshopped.

Convicted sex offender and hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in New York in early July 2019 on various charges related to the sex trafficking of minors. As the news broke, many viewers noted that Epstein had connections to several high profile politicians, including President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton.

The fact that Donald Trump had a friendly relationship with Epstein — he told New York Magazine in 2002 that “(Epstein’s) a lot of fun to be with … It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side” — prompted the circulation of a viral photograph purportedly showing Epstein with Donald Trump and Trump’s young daughter, Ivanka.

This was not a genuine photograph, however, but a composite of at least two different pictures.

The first photograph, which features a young Ivanka and her father standing next to a motorcycle, was taken in 1993 at the grand opening of the Harley Davidson Cafe in New York City. This image is available via Getty Images, where it is offered with the caption “Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump during Grand Opening of The Harley Davidson Cafe at Harley Davidson Cafe in New York City, New York, United States.