Good detective work.
Now, the Obama picture was taken at the height of the day during the Inauguration.
The Trump picture in question was taken at 9am, way before the Inauguration.
Do you think, with your obvious skills, that the time the photos were taken might make a difference ?
Look at the photo. All of the principals are in place. Press Secretary is wrong. He should have said that Trump’s crowd was smaller because most of his supporters were at work.
(Silly argument, who gives a damn).
Twice I stood in the Washington Mall for a Cause. Twice I thought the numbers were WAY off, I had an engineer take steps, and count how many meters long and wide, and how many people stood in a sq meter. Maybe a few people stayed home thinking it would rain. MOST people who support Trump were at WORK. Not the welfare recipients free cell phone crowd that left litter at the Obama event.
I don't think WE are looking at the same photo. The original photo of the Trump Inauguration, where it is claimed the crowd was small, is taken from far away and one cannot even see INDIVIDUAL people nor determine if they are 'in place', nor even WHO they are.