Gavin Newsom has dumped the subtle things today in a war of words with President Donald Trump, and now a war of lawsuits.
The California governor's press has posted two seemingly AI-generated videos of Tiktok, with a voice that sounds like Star Wars Emperor Palpatine (played by Ian McDearmid) after reading a recent military-oriented post from the president related to Los Angeles unrest.
The first features a highly married John Williams sound score, playing an animated image of a stormtrooper moving on the ground as if the star destroyer floats above his head. An ominous voice begins to read Trump's words.
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In the second video, footage from the Empire attack features footage from the beginning at a rebel base The Empire fights back. Trump's text used in the video warns that “Los Angeles has been completely wiped out” due to his intervention.
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Newsom, of course, gets the page from the Trump playbook here. The President likes to post AI-generated videos and images related to current news events.
In February, as the conflict intensified in Gaza, the president posted an AI video featuring a makeover Gaza filled with beaches, skyscrapers and Gold Trump statues. The post attracted intense criticism from PLO and neighboring Arab countries.
