this is getting more and more ridiculous
It’s not ridiculous. He clearly copied the likeness from the copyrighted image onto his photo. It might be considered a derivative work, but it’s not his original image. The original image belongs to the AP. If he’d just posted it on his Facebook page, I’m sure nothing would happen, but when it gets lots of publicity and he’s trying to sell it for $100,000, then they’re going to take notice.