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President Donald Trump has shared AI-generated videos mocking his celebrity critics, and recently used a deepfake image to mock his opponents in a late-night post.
US President Donald Trump spoke to reporters before boarding Air Force One.
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The president said in a post on Truth Social: 90 seconds An AI-generated clip between two White House clips promoting his cause. success Unveiling the new Air Force One jet obtained From Qatar.
The video, posted just before midnight, shows the president as a doctor in a white coat as a deepfake audio imitating Trump asks, “Have you or someone you know been diagnosed with TDS?”
TDS is a reference to “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” an insult that the president regularly uses to attack his most prominent critics.
The AI-generated Trump then identifies himself as a doctor, claims he has a “treatment plan,” and plays clips of his supposed “patients,” represented by deepfakes of prominent celebrity critics.
The video features several prominent critics of the president, including talk show hosts and comedians Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O’Donnell, and actors Robert De Niro, Julia Roberts, Edward Norton and John Leguizamo.
After the AI-generated celebrity offers a fake endorsement, the video returns to a deepfake President Trump, urging viewers to “stop the fake news” and “just get a Diet Coke like me.”
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The president has been controversial in recent months for his frequent AI-generated posts, and was even forced to delete some posts after backlash. The biggest of these controversies erupted in April after the president shared the post portray yourself as Jesus Christduring a feud with Pope Leo XIV. The post caused a huge backlash and drew criticism from some Republican officials. President Trump ultimately deleted the post, but followed it up a few days later with another AI image. show him He was embraced by Jesus in front of the American flag. President Trump also shared some of the AI-generated images. painted myself and other members of the Cabinet swim in the reflecting pool of the renovated Lincoln Memorial, symbolizing the landmark. sewer under the previous Democratic administration. In May, he also shared an AI-generated cartoon of former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flanked by another person signing a document that appears to be an executive order.
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