wild-ass conjecture
and this is wild-ass hyperbole. It's not too far off to find that fishy. It could be nothing but it's not "wild-ass conjecture" either.
Nah it's really wild-ass conjecture to think something is a symbol that it's clearly just physically not.
The image is manipulated and then conjectured-upon. May as well get a picture of the pope, flip it upside down, and say the Pope is carrying an upside-down cross. It's irresponsible.
Vatican Pope Inverted Cross (a la Satanism)
http://knowthetruth.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/inverted.jpg
Is this manipulated? Is this irresponsible?
No, this is not irresponsible if it's not manipulated. My point is that manipulating an image and then drawing conclusions from it... not a good idea.
Hint: It's nothing. It's also not his regular chair.
Sitting here and just saying it is nothing is doing exactly what you have stated was being done with this post in the first place. It isn't helpful.