Reverse image search, friend:

google reverse image search

Tineye

Chasing down those links:

https://www.reddit.com/r/IronFrontUSA/comments/cs9hfi/a_journalist_for_the_blaze_took_this_photo_of_the/

The title implies a site called “The Blaze” posted the photo. I haven’t found it yet, but it’s probably somewhere here: https://web.archive.org/web/20190819161337/https://www.theblaze.com/

And of course, not a single post linked their source.

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So the takeaway is:

• It’s not AI.

• It’s mid 2019, at the newest.

• To all the jerks that post without linking a source: I want to punch you in the face. This is why we can’t have nice things.

And yes. I’m looking at you, OP.