President Donald Trump commemorated the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, the Allied raid on the beaches of Normandy during World War II, by sharing artificial intelligence-generated content aimed at various targets he considered hostile.
On Saturday morning, the president shared an AI music video set to the song “Trump,” created by Anthony Constantino, a New York congressional candidate he recently endorsed. The video, intended to show admiration for President Trump from around the world, included clips of the president riding a lion, sharing a meal with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and a cage fight at UFC Freedom 250 at the White House. All the while, House’s backing tracks repeat the line, “Everywhere you go, they love Donald Donald Trump.”
This was the only post on President Trump’s Truth social account in the hours before June 6, when he bragged about the new Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool and shared an AI-generated image of the aging Obama Presidential Library surrounded by homeless encampments and large piles of trash on top of the building.
“In 10 years, the Barack Hussein Obama Library will be completed!” Trump wrote.
However, the president did not post anything on Truth social commemorating the anniversary of D-Day, continued to mock someone he believed to be Rosie O’Donnell throughout the afternoon, and accused Judge Richard Leon of “putting our country at risk” for suspending above-ground construction of the White House ballroom.
President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated music video featuring clips of himself that was celebrated around the world on Truth Social Saturday (realDonaldTrump / Truth Social)
Other world leaders also recognized the day on social media, including Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
President Trump has previously acknowledged D-Day. In 2024, he posted a video of himself virtually conversing with D-Day heroes, in addition to a statement mourning the fallen soldiers. In 2023, he posted a D-Day video montage at the expense of his re-election campaign.
Trump administration and federal officials also commemorated D-Day with social media posts remembering those who fought in the battle. The White House’s official X page also includes a memorial to those who gave their lives on June 6, 1944.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who attended D-Day commemorations in France over the weekend, spoke about the anniversary but also linked it to the current administration’s rocky relationship with Europe’s approach to immigration.
President Trump shared an AI-generated post depicting the Obama Presidential Library dilapidated and covered in trash on D-Day (realDonaldTrump/Truth Social)
“Unfortunately, today different beaches in Europe are being attacked by different dangerous ideologies,” Hegseth said on Saturday. “Boats and people arrive on beaches in Spain, Italy, Greece and Bulgaria.”
“When will Europe’s capitals take action against that aggression? Or is it already too late?” he added. “I neither pray nor believe.”
The defense secretary’s comments echo comments made by President Trump in the past when he criticized European leaders for not taking a tougher stance on immigration.
Now in his second term, the president has become more critical of U.S. allies, especially NATO members, for being overly dependent on U.S. military aid. He has accused NATO allies of not supporting the United States, especially its war with Iran.
