Trump shares more AI-made posts that portray him in heroic roles

In short: President Trump has been posting frequent AI-generated images and videos that show him in highly flattering, fantasy-like scenes.

What's going on

Trump’s recent social media posts include a steady flow of AI-generated content. AI-generated means made with software that can create realistic-looking pictures or videos, like a movie special effect made on a computer.

A recent example is an AI-made video Trump shared that shows him as a doctor “curing” celebrity critics of a fictional “Trump derangement syndrome.” The video used AI-made versions of public figures including Rosie O’Donnell, Whoopi Goldberg, Edward Norton, and Julia Roberts. O’Donnell responded by saying her view of Trump had not changed and suggested the 25th Amendment.

The New York Times and other reporting also described earlier posts that depict Trump in grand, exaggerated roles. These include images that present him as Jesus-like, as a battlefield commander, or as a heroic figure alongside George Washington. Critics argue this blurs political messaging with synthetic media, meaning media that looks real but is manufactured, and it presents an idealized version of a candidate that is far from normal campaign communication.

Some critics and commentators have gone further, describing the volume and style of these posts as a sign of cognitive decline or an unstable mental state. Those claims are not medical diagnoses, and there is no confirmed public medical evaluation cited that proves them.

What to watch

More politicians may start using AI-made visuals because they are easy to produce and easy to share. The bigger issue is whether platforms, news outlets, and voters treat these posts like entertainment, like ads, or like evidence, especially when the content looks real at first glance.

Source: NYTimes