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Updated · The Daily Beast · Aug 2
Trump Posts 43 AI Images on Truth Social, Reviving Greenland and Venezuela Claims
Updated
Updated · The Daily Beast · Aug 2

Trump Posts 43 AI Images on Truth Social, Reviving Greenland and Venezuela Claims

3 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Aug 2

Summary

  • 43 posts from Saturday morning through afternoon showed Donald Trump sharing AI-generated images of himself on Truth Social, including portrayals as Elvis Presley, a Revolutionary War general and a giant looming over Greenland.
  • Several posts pushed familiar political fantasies and personal branding: one labeled Venezuela the “51st state,” another said “Hello, Greenland!,” while others promoted an “Arc de Trump,” a Trump 2028 poster and captions claiming he “ages in reverse.”
  • The spree also turned combative, with Trump mocking Bruce Springsteen and Texas Democrat James Talarico and attacking Jeanine Pirro, his own pick for U.S. attorney in Washington, over a dropped felony vandalism charge tied to damage at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
  • The White House did not immediately comment, and the barrage underscored how Trump’s AI-heavy Truth Social posting has become a recurring feature of his public messaging.

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