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Trump deepfakes glorify himself, trash rivals

US President Donald Trump waves after speaking at the American Business Forum at the Kaseya Center in Miami on November 5,2025 [AFP]

In a parallel reality, Donald Trump reigns as king, fighter pilot, and Superman, and his political opponents are cast as criminals and laughingstocks  an unprecedented weaponisation of AI imagery by a sitting American president.

Trump has ramped up his use of artificial intelligence-generated content on his Truth Social channel since starting his second White House term, making his administration the first to deploy hyper-realistic fake visuals as a core communications strategy.

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