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Last night, the president of the United States shared a fake AI video of former president Barack Obama being arrested by the FBI.
The clip begins with a speech from Obama, during which he says, "No one, especially the president, is above the law."
Then, later in the video, an AI-rendered clip of Trump and Obama sitting together in the White House appears.
Soon, the two are surrounded by FBI agents...
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...but the agents shift their focus to Obama.
The former president is pushed down to his knees — much to Trump's apparent delight.
AI Obama's hands are brought behind his back...
...and he's arrested.
The clip — which surpassed 1.6 million views on X after news of Trump's post circulated on the platform — ends with AI Obama behind bars.
The MAGA core was all for it.
But others? Not so much.
A lot of people called out racist undertones. One person wrote, "This is not funny. It is particularly disgusting to show an innocent Black person getting arrested--particularly one who has spent a lifetime trying to overcome the stereotypes that racists like Trump favor."
"this who y'all voted for?" another asked.
Others pointed out what could be viewed as hypocrisy, considering Trump was previously convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in one case and found liable for sexual abuse in another.
Ergo:
Timing-wise, Trump's post coincides with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's claims that she has evidence of an “Obama Administration Conspiracy to Subvert Trump’s 2016 Victory and Presidency.” In a tweet, she wrote: "Their goal was to usurp President Trump and subvert the will of the American people."
According to the New York Times, Democrats have called her claims baseless. This, however, does not appear to be stopping Trump from bolstering the idea.
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