Did the real photo posted by President Trump show the golden eagle, presented to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the White House, hanging from a pillar in front of the balcony? No, it’s not. The image was generated by AI. One online detection tool identified it as such because it was “generated or edited using Google AI,” while another said it was “likely generated by AI.” As of this writing, there are also no reliable reports of such an eagle appearing at the White House.
This claim appeared in a post and image (archived here) by Donald J. Trump (@the real donald trump) Launched on June 29, 2026 at Truth Social.
A golden gift to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the White House!
The image at the time of writing is like this.
Image source: Posted by @realDonaldTrump on Truth Social.
image analysis
Lead Stories ran the images in the post through Gemini, Google’s AI assistant (archived here) and came to the following conclusion:
This image was generated and edited using Google AI based on file analysis.
The Hive Moderation AI-generated content detection tool concluded that the image was 63% “likely to have been generated by AI.”
Image source: Hive Moderation.
The higher the number, the more AI content there is in the image.
News search
Searched lead stories Google News (archived here) and Yahoo News (archived here) And as of June 30, 2026, we found no reports from reliable news outlets that a real golden eagle was hanging on the White House balcony, only the AI-generated version.
Reed Stories reached out to the White House for comment on the AI-generated images, but did not immediately receive a response.
