At a time when AI is facing a growing backlash, when even his administration is looking forward to realigning the industry, President Donald Trump is doubling down on his use of what can be described as AI slop – this time containing questionable deepfakes.
On July 1, Trump posted an AI-generated video posing as “Doctor Trump,” a doctor in a white coat offering a “treatment plan” for “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” a term he and his supporters have long used to attack his critics.
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The clip opens as a pharmacy ad, with an AI-generated Trump wearing a stethoscope and telling viewers he has a treatment plan for TDS. It then cuts to fake celebrity critics, including Whoopi Goldberg, Robert De Niro, Julia Roberts, Rosie O’Donnell, Edward Norton, and John Leguizamo, who appear as “patients” describing their symptoms and recovery.
The fake De Niro says he couldn’t eat or sleep, and was “always angry.” The fake O’Donnell says “he’s been suffering for ten years.” Fake Goldberg describes himself as a lost cause. The clip ends with Trump’s AI persona explaining a mixture of media criticism, prayer, and Diet Coke.
Social media, except for Trump’s MAGA fans, was not amused.
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This isn’t Trump’s only weird interaction with AI this week. On Wednesday, the president visited the newly constructed Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota, where he met an AI version of Roosevelt.
The library, which opens to the public on July 4, allows visitors to explore Roosevelt’s letters, speeches, photos, and other archives, including a life-like AI version of the former president, all created with help from Microsoft.
During the visit, Trump asked AI Roosevelt if the Panama Canal was his greatest achievement. The digital Roosevelt said the canal was one of his greatest achievements, but he also pointed to parks, medicine and the Square Deal.
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Trump later told the audience that he “had a conversation with Theodore Roosevelt,” a comment that went viral before clips made it clear he was referring to the library’s AI exhibit. However, not everyone was convinced.
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It’s all part of a broader pattern on Trump’s social feed, where AI-generated images and videos often find a home.
Earlier this week, Trump shared what appeared to be an AI image of a golden eagle affixed to the White House’s Truman Balcony, which he called a “Golden Gift to the White House for its 250th Birthday.” The “gift” was also shared by the White House’s official social media accounts.
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The image’s metadata suggested that it was indeed created by Google Gemini. Photos taken later that night did not show the giant golden bird attached to the White House, which is the kind of thing people can see.
Social media users are wondering why the eagle’s shield appears to include 11 stars instead of 13. Some mocked the design as “tacky” and questioned the caption – since 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, not the 250th anniversary of the White House’s construction (it was completed in 1800).
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In April, Trump posted and then deleted an AI-generated image of him as a Jesus-like figure healing a sick man. After backlash from religious and religious scholars including Riley Gaines, Megan Basham, and Bishop Robert Barron, Trump said he thinks the image portrays him as a medical profession that “makes people better.” He even posted a picture of his AI as the Pope.
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Trump has also shared AI-generated videos and photos that put him in stylized or exaggerated roles. In May, Trump continued shooting, posting more than 20 AI-generated photos or clips in about 90 minutes, including shots targeting Barack Obama, Gavin Newsom, Hakeem Jeffries, JB Pritzker, and others.
Another AI-generated video, shared in June and created by Trump supporter Anthony Constantino, showed Trump as a hero roaming the world, including scenes of him riding a lion, appearing on Mount Rushmore, riding a camel, and appearing as the beloved Japanese character Naruto.
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The Naruto-style image added to the existing opposition from anime and manga fans in Japan, where about 20,000 people signed a petition titled “Protect Japanese Manga” back in March against the White House’s use of images from Dragon Ball, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Naruto, and other franchises in political arenas.
According to this request, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already contacted the US Embassy in Japan regarding the unauthorized use of the Yu-Gi-Oh! and a Nintendo image.
In short, AI has become a regular part of Trump’s online presence. Not in any serious policy-based sense, but as a tool for memes, self-promotion, political attacks, and spectacle.
We’ll have to wait and see if that helps Team Trump in the 2026 midterm elections. But with the president at a low approval rating, and AI not doing well in the polls, it’s hard to see how such a slop-like use would do anything more than amuse his staunchest supporters.
