President Donald Trump precipitated outrage after posting an AI-generated video on social media that depicts a future Gaza rebuilt in his likeness, an obvious nod to his earlier solutions that the US ought to “personal” the Palestinian territory and be reworked right into a “riviera.”
The publish was shared by Trump on his Reality Social platform on Tuesday evening. The AI video — which shows the phrases “Gaza 2025 — What’s subsequent?” — exhibits a reworked Gaza strip, from rubble because of the continuing Israel-Hamas conflict to an actual property oasis just like a Trump resort. The video is accompanied by a soundtrack with the lyrics “Donald’s coming to set you free, bringing the sunshine for all to see. No extra tunnels, no extra concern, Trump Gaza is lastly right here.” The track continued, “Trump Gaza shining shiny, golden future model new life. Feast and dance, the deed is completed. Trump Gaza, primary.”
The visuals present an expensive coastal metropolis. It closely depicts particular imagery of Trump, like a baby holding a gold balloon together with his face on it, an infinite gold full-size Trump statue, and even the forty seventh president of the US dancing with a stomach dancer inside. The video additionally exhibits money falling from the sky, what seems to be a signature Trump lodge named “Trump Gaza,” and even Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sunbathing on a seaside.
The US president has shared an AI-generated clip on his personal social media platform depicting his imaginative and prescient for the way forward for Gaza.
The video exhibits a rebuilt “Riviera” in Gaza, golden balloons with Trump’s face on them ⬇️ https://t.co/Ub9NDONKVZ pic.twitter.com/S2tMdalgaI
— Sky Information (@SkyNews) February 26, 2025
Trump’s sharing of the video, with none caption or clarification, instantly drew backlash from Arab and Muslim leaders and Palestinian advocates. It additionally comes weeks after the president repeatedly proposed that the US ought to take over the Gaza Strip, completely displace two million Palestinians, after which rebuild it into the “Riviera of the Center East.”
Edward Ahmed Mitchell, nationwide deputy director on the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), advised theGrio, “Displacing thousands and thousands of Palestinians from their homeland and launching a U.S. occupation Gaza was a loopy concept and an absolute non-starter for the Muslim world, which is why President Trump conceded final week that his proposal is only a advice that he won’t attempt to pressure on the area.”
Mitchell added, “If President Trump is critical about pursuing peace, he ought to cease posting AI fantasies of a Gaza stuffed with idols of himself and begin pursuing the institution of a free Palestinian state, together with Gaza.”
The U.S.’s function within the greater than year-long Israel-Hamas Warfare was a central situation within the 2024 election. Arab and Muslim voters, outraged over President Joe Biden’s army support assist for Israel, protested towards the Biden-Harris administration. The historically Democratic voters broke from Vice President Kamala Harris for Trump or third-party candidates in historic numbers. Although many hoped Trump would deal with the battle in another way, they had been left horrified by Trump’s solutions that the territory be given up and doubtlessly annexed by the U.S. or one other nation or worldwide physique.
Political commentator Sophia Nelson wrote on X, “That is pure idolatry. He’s a psychopath. Straight Jim Jones stuff right here. Wow! “Trump Gaza”—-wow!”
