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title: President Bush and President Saakashvili raise joined hands before the crowd, Freedom Square (Tbilisi, 10 May 2005)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bush-saakashvili-freedom-square-tbilisi-2005/
description: Two men in dark suits stand shoulder to shoulder under a bright sky, smiling, with their near hands clasped and raised overhead.
section: Collection
---

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# President Bush and President Saakashvili raise joined hands before the crowd, Freedom Square (Tbilisi, 10 May 2005)

Two men in dark suits stand shoulder to shoulder under a bright sky, smiling, with their near hands clasped and raised overhead; a woman's head is visible at the lower left edge. The tell is the staged victory gesture, a raised joined-hands pose usually seen at campaign rallies, which presents a US president and a Georgian president as one team before a crowd.

## Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

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[← Advertising column with a Bush-Saakashvili handshake poster for the 9-10 May 2005 visit (Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi, 2005)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/street-column-bush-in-georgia-tbilisi-2005/) [Coalition leaflet on the Afghan National Army and a better future (Afghanistan, c. 2006-2007) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/afghanistan-us-leaflet-army-better-future-2006/)

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