Is the viral clip documenting the recent real-life scene in which US President Donald Trump fell while trying to get into a limousine? No, that’s not true. Although the video showed signs of AI generation, reliable media outlets did not report on the alleged incident. The most widespread of these claims was the self-proclaimed humorous explanation.
This claim was published on July 24, 2026 by @MysterySolvents in a post published on X (archived here and here).
Did you see this? Was President Trump’s knee just sore or did he need to rest?
The post included a video with a banner that read:
Breaking in progress
Donnie, how much longer?
As of this writing, here’s what the thumbnail for that clip looks like on X:
Image source: Posted by X by @MysterySolvents.
The video showed President Trump falling and losing his balance as he tried to get into the presidential limousine, but Reed Stories found no evidence that the story was true.
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Sightengine concluded that the clip was 78% likely the product of generative AI.
Image source: Sightengine.
When Lead Stories tested the clip’s thumbnail using ZeroGPT, the tool determined the image was “95% fake.”
A search of Google News (archived here) and Yahoo News (archived here) did not reveal any reliable media coverage of the alleged recent events.
The bio of the account that posted the video reviewed in this fact check (archived here) reads:
A Twitter cult classic. It’s the place to go when you want a quick laugh at Republican sacrifices…
