President Trump posted a pretend video to Reality Social on Sunday night time displaying former President Obama being arrested within the Oval Workplace with the track “Y.M.C.A.” taking part in within the background.
The video of Obama, which appeared to originate from TikTok earlier than being reposted by the president, seems to be generated by synthetic intelligence (AI). It was preceded by a 30-second compilation of actual clips from Democratic officers saying the phrase, “No one is above the law.”
Within the video, Trump is seen sitting throughout from his first-term predecessor, grinning as Obama is led away by FBI brokers.
The Village Individuals track “Y.M.C.A.” is commonly performed at Trump’s marketing campaign rallies.
Obama’s workplace declined to remark.
The video follows allegations from Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that Obama officers “manufactured intelligence” that Russia interfered within the 2016 presidential election. Gabbard mentioned final week in a memo that she was turning over proof to the Justice Division for attainable legal referrals.
Democrats have panned Gabbard’s evaluation as politically motivated.
Trump’s video repost comes because the president has tried to redirect focus from controversy round convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, a debate that has roiled conspiracy theorists and break up his base.
The president typically reposts AI-generated or manipulated movies to his Reality Social account. His current put up about Obama seems to attract on a gathering the 2 males had within the Oval Workplace in November 2016, The New York Occasions reported.
Throughout his first marketing campaign, Trump famously led calls to jail Hillary Clinton with the mantra “lock her up.” The chorus was thought on the time to be an unusually strident assault on an opponent.
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