U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video depicting him dumping what seems to be feces on protesters who marched in opposition to his administration this weekend.
The video, shared on Trump’s social media platform, Fact Social, was revealed on Saturday, the identical day that tens of millions of People participated within the anti-Trump “No Kings” demonstrations in a number of cities, together with Washington, D.C., New York Metropolis, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Boston.
The video reveals an AI depiction of Trump, carrying a crown, flying a fighter jet with “King Trump” emblazoned on it—a transparent reference to the “No Kings” protests in opposition to what critics describe as Trump’s authoritarian model of governing. AI-generated protesters in New York Metropolis’s Occasions Sq. are seen being doused with feces within the 15-second video Trump posted with out offering commentary.
Based on organizers of “No Kings,” which includes a number of social justice organizations like ACLU and MoveOn, almost 7 million individuals attended greater than 2,700 occasions in all 50 states. CNN reviews that police stated demonstrations have been principally peaceable and that enormous cities reported no protest-related incidents or arrests.
Trump’s Fact Social put up was met with outrage and disgust.
“Sufficient stated, I don’t need to inform you that he actually believes that the American persons are a pot to s–t in, and he has no respect for the American individuals or for the rights of the American individuals,” stated journalist Pleasure Reid in a video posted on social media.
The previous MSNBC host stated of Trump, “That’s the nastiest, most disgusting s–t I feel any President has ever executed, by far.”
Reid added, “Donald Trump, you’re a nasty SOB. That’s disgusting.”
The host of “The Pleasure Reid Present” famous the irony of feces being depicted within the Trump AI video, saying, “I assume s—ting in public and s—ting on individuals is sort of a MAGA factor, as a result of additionally they did that on the Capitol after they tried to do their rebel. So it’s a pattern, and a disgusting one.”
Human rights lawyer and Sirius XM host Qasim Rashid equally wrote, “On Jan 6, MAGA insurrectionists smeared feces on the halls of Congress. Right this moment, the MAGA cult chief Donald Trump posted an AI generated video of him smearing feces on peaceable protestors. Trump just isn’t an aberration of recent day conservatism—he’s a manifestation of it.”
This weekend’s mass protests come amid rising opposition to a number of actions taken by Trump, together with mass immigration raids; the deployment of army troops to civilian communities, the place principally Black and Brown People have had violent encounters with legislation enforcement; and the indictment of Trump’s perceived political enemies like New York Legal professional Basic Letitia James.
The Trump administration has additionally executed mass layoffs within the federal workforce and spending cuts to packages and companies, like Medicaid and SNAP, that many susceptible communities depend on amid persistent financial headwinds.
“We have to collect to remind one another that this isn’t regular, and that we nonetheless have energy to push again–even when it’s exhibiting up,” stated Angela Angel, a senior advisor for Black Lives Matter PAC.
“The federal authorities is working in a state of fascism…though I don’t all the time like utilizing that terminology,” Angel informed theGrio. “[The Trump administration] just isn’t listening to the courts. It’s disregarding custom and disregarding the way in which our nation was established.”
