Outrage spread Monday over President Trump’s effort to mock the huge No Kings protests over the weekend by posting an AI video of himself dumping waste on demonstrators.
Supporters of the sprawling rallies that drew millions slammed Trump for posting the 18-second clip depicting him wearing a crown and piloting a KING TRUMP warplane over some of the sprawling crowds that gathered on Saturday to protest his hard-line second term in power.
The phony plane was shown dumping foul brown waste on some of the throngs of people who marched through Times Square.
“Anybody who would depict himself as dumping waste on the American people … doesn’t really warrant [holding] the powers of the presidency,” said Mike Zamore of the American Civil Liberties Union, told CNN on Monday. “It’s another reflection of the lack of regard the president has for the people of this country,”
“The GOP can smear these protests all they want, but they can’t silence the truth,” tweeted Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn), who participated in the Times Square rally.
Rocker Kenny Loggins, whose hit “Danger Zone” is used in the Trump clip, demanded that the song be removed.
“I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us,” the “Footloose” singer said in a statement.
House Speaker Mike Johnson Monday accused protesters of inciting violence because some carried signs with the slogan “86 47,” a euphemism for ousting Trump, who is the 47th president.
“He’s using satire to make a point,” Johnson told reporters on Capitol Hill. “He’s not calling for the murder of his political opponents.”
Trump didn’t immediately comment on the reaction to the video, which was created by a right-wing Artificial Intelligence meme creator.
But he derided the nationwide crowds, estimated at up to 7 million people in cities and towns from coast to coast, as being unrepresentative of the country and said the rallies were bankrolled by “radical left lunatics.”
The White House has recently stepped up its use of AI-generated fake videos to needle political opponents.
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It posted a fake short video featuring Democratic congressional leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, with the latter wearing a Mexican-style sombrero, to dramatize the false GOP claim that Democrats want to fund health care for undocumented immigrants.
Vice President JD Vance said the sombrero video was all in good fun.
A Republican campaign committee last week used AI to create a realistic-looking video of Schumer boasting about the political impact of the government shutdown.
But critics say it’s no joke to depict a president attacking his constituents.
