President Donald Trump acknowledged the nationwide “No Kings” protests against him and his administration Saturday — in an AI-generated video that shows the U.S. president as a king in a fighter jet dropping what appears to be a large amount of fecal matter on protesters below.
Trump shared the video on his Truth Social platform on Saturday evening. In the 19-second video, the president is in a fighter jet marked “King Trump,” and he is shown wearing a crown sitting in the cockpit. (The oxygen mask that “King Trump” wears does not fully cover his nose and mouth.)
In the video, “King Trump” appears to zoom over New York City, whereupon he drops a payload of brown sludge on the protesters below. The video is set to “Danger Zone,” the Kenny Loggins hit song from “Top Gun.” A watermark in the video indicates that it was created by someone with the handle @XERIAS_X.
Among other videos Trump shared Saturday on Truth Social was one originally posted earlier in the day on BlueSky by VP JD Vance that shows Trump placing a crown on his own head and then drawing a sword. That one is set to the song “Hail to the King” by heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold.
On Saturday, Oct. 18, nearly 7 million people participated at more than 2,700 “No Kings” protests in all 50 states, CNN reported. Celebrities including Mark Ruffalo, Jimmy Kimmel, Robert De Niro and Glenn Close shared support for the protests against the Trump administration’s actions.
Trump has posted multiple AI-generated videos and photos before.
In May, Trump shared an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the Pope, following the death of Pope Francis on April 21 (and a few days before Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV was elected). In February, Trump shared an AI-generated video depicting the war-torn Gaza Strip transformed into the “Trump Gaza” resort, which among other scenes showed Trump and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sitting shirtless poolside.
Ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Trump posted a series of AI-generated images falsely claiming that Taylor Swift endorsed him for president, including one portraying the singer as Uncle Sam overlaid with a message that said “Taylor wants you to vote for Donald Trump.” Trump also shared a photoshopped picture depicting himself as Superman and other associates as DC superheroes.
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