Trump reposts AI-generated video of plane dumping sludge on No Kings protesters | Donald Trump

Donald Trump has reposted an AI-generated video showing him flying a fighter jet emblazoned with the words “King Trump” and dumping brown slime on protesters, in what appears to be a retaliation to the widespread No Kings protests that took place Saturday against his second presidency.

In the video, which the president released Saturday evening, a bright orange Trump is seen wearing a gold crown and piloting a plane nicknamed “King Trump.” The video cuts away from Trump and shows the plane dumping shards of brown matter onto an AI-generated cityscape. A protester, taking a selfie video, captures the crowd covered in brown liquid. The final shot of the 19-second video shows protesters in what appears to be Times Square being thrown at.

The video includes a sample of the song Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins, notably used in the Tom Cruise classic Top Gun. On Monday, Loggins wrote in a statement that he did not authorize the use of his song in the Trump video.

“No one asked for my permission, which I would have refused, and I request that my recording on the video be deleted immediately,” he said. “I can’t imagine why anyone would want their music used or associated with something created for the sole purpose of dividing us.”

This isn’t the first AI-generated video Trump has posted on his timeline, which is full of edited memes and videos praising the president and his allies while mocking his political enemies.

Earlier in October, Trump released a deepfake video – or an AI-generated clip that looks real – of Chuck Schumer, the US Senate minority leader, calling his Democratic colleagues “woke shit”. The video also featured a racist depiction of Hakeem Jeffries, the US Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, wearing a fake mustache and sombrero to mariachi music.

When asked to comment on the video, JD Vance defended it, saying he thought “it’s funny.”

“You can negotiate in good faith and still make fun of some of the absurdities of Democratic positions,” the vice president said. “I’m going to tell Hakeem Jeffries right now: I make you this solemn promise that if you help us reopen government, the sombrero memes will stop.”

Trump has also been criticized for using fake videos and AI-generated images to boost support for his victory in the 2024 presidential campaign.

The Republican Party as a whole seems to have become accustomed to using AI-generated images and videos. On Friday, the Senate Republicans’ social media account posted an attack ad against Schumer that misrepresented the senator as saying “every day gets better for us” amid the federal government shutdown. The video had a small disclaimer in the corner of the video, calling it AI-generated.

Anti-Kings protests took place in all 50 states on Saturday, with millions of people turning out against the Trump administration – with signs such as “sorry for being weird, this is my first dictatorship” and “No Kings since 1776”, referring to the year the United States declared independence from the United Kingdom.

In an interview before the protests, Trump said he disagreed with the label “king.”

“They say they consider me a king. I’m not a king,” Trump said.

On Sunday, Trump took a harsher tone in his comments to reporters. “I’m not a king. I work hard to make our country great. That’s all. I’m not a king at all,” Trump said, adding that he thought the protests were “a joke.”

“The protests were very small, very ineffective and people were devastated,” he continued. “When you look at these people, they are not representative of the population of our country.”