Trump’s White House is testing the limits of AI-driven political messaging
On President Donald Trump’s Truth Social account, he is a king, a hero, a Nobel Peace Prize winner. His critics and political opponents are criminals, drunkards and punchlines.
Welcome to the United States’ first White House administration to embrace and use imagery generated by artificial intelligence in everyday communication.
AI videos show Trump wearing a crown, piloting a jet and dumping feces on people protesting his leadership. Democratic leaders kneel before him as he waves a sword during a coronation-like scene.
With AI, Trump quickly deploys stereotypes and false narratives in entertaining posts that memorably distill complicated issues into their basest political talking points, regardless of factual basis.
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