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Trump called Park Service director for photo finish

By Anna Giaritelli
Published January 27, 2017 1:08am ET
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Trump called Park Service director for photo finish
President Trump told NPS Director Michael Reynolds he was upset about a tweet the agency had posted a day earlier, comparing Obama's 2009 inauguration to Trump's with side-by-side images, according to a report. (Courtesy of the National Park Service, via Twitter)

Following a National Park Service suggestion that turnout for President Trump’s inauguration last Friday was smaller than former President Barack Obama’s ceremony in 2009, the newly minted president ordered the NPS director produce additional photos of the inauguration, according to a report Thursday.

Trump’s aim was to disprove media reports that his inauguration had a lower rate of attendance than Obama’s.

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