A video that appears to show US President Donald Trump criticizing Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership and saying he is “too busy worrying about other people's problems” is not genuine.
There is no evidence that Trump said this, and the audio in the video was created using artificial intelligence (AI).
In the viral video, which has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on Facebook and Instagram, Trump appears to say: “Kir Starmer, if you will listen, I'm only going to say this once, and I'm going to say it clearly: Britain needs leadership, we need strong leadership.”
“And now you seem to be too busy worrying about other people's problems instead of your own. I look at what's going on over there, people are struggling, costs are rising, borders are in disarray, police are overwhelmed, workers are frustrated, infrastructure is lagging behind. It's unbelievable. It's really unbelievable.”
The video begins with a clip of Trump speaking, but his mouth movements don't match the words he's allegedly saying.
Full Fact traced the video back to a speech on Nov. 5, 2025, in which Trump claimed that part of the reason Democrats won several key local elections the day before was the ongoing government shutdown.
We matched the clip used at the beginning of the viral video to the moment Trump said:[…] It wasn't, 'Keir Starmer, listen, I'm only going to say this once,' it was negative for the party, and that was a big factor.
Mr Trump did not mention Mr Starmer in the original video, and there are no credible reports that Mr Starmer made any comments in the edited footage.
Where does the audio come from?
Dr Dominic Rees, an associate professor at the University of Reading and an expert in generative AI, said a music track looping loudly in the background “immediately raises suspicions of AI manipulation”.
“This is a common deepfake technique, designed to obscure audio discrepancies that are a key feature of AI,” he explained.
Dr Lees said the video was created using a text-to-speech AI tool. He told us: “Deepfakers are using only a small sample of Donald Trump's voice to create the voice clone, which causes the audio stream to repeat.
“A key feature of these fake voices is an unnatural pattern in the voice. This voice clone has no breathing or pauses, and it also does not have features common in Donald Trump's speeches, such as slowing down at the end of sentences or repeating certain words for emphasis.”
We have previously fact-checked numerous other deepfake videos, audio clips, and AI-generated images of Trump. We've also created a guide with helpful tips on how to identify AI-generated audio, images, and deepfake videos shared on social media.
