Notice the one time this tree blur morph happens is exactly at the same time of the hands and face/mouth anomaly and when he goes “Charlie was a … patriot”.
Ok? I noticed all of that- it still doesn't really explain it.
Sometimes it’s more expert-like to say you can’t say for sure,
Sure. My point is you are saying it could be A, or B, or C, or D, or E,F, or G- but it's definitely not H because- I said so and I'm an "Expert".
than being a keyboard warrior who declares absolutisms in the hunt for ego votes.
First of all there is nothing 'warrior' about my post- I'm not claiming to be some sort of badass. Secondly Idgaf about fake internet points, never have and never will. Thirdly I never claimed to be 100% certain- I laid out all the things that made me come to that conclusion. You aren't convinced- fine- but I'm equally not convinced by your explanation or claims of being an expert.
In at least half of all discussion on the internet there has been a 'black man' who agrees with the white racists when discussing racism. Or some other 'expert' in whatever is being discussed. I'm not saying you aren't an expert, but it seems like you would have better proof of what you are saying if you were.
A cross dissolve will work that way if it is dissolving between two identical frames.
And I asked you for an example- there should be multiple examples readily at hand to prove this point.

These are the two exact frames where the transition happens. There doesn't appear to be any kind of 'dissolve' happening. One minute the pinky is there, the next it's gone.
Out of curiosity does a 'cross-dissolve' also make people's ring finger longer than their middle finger? Or is Trump just a freak like that?

In this photo Trumps ring finger on his left hand appears to be shorter than his middle finger, almost like he was a normal human.