Donald Trump Is the First President Made by Artificial Intelligence

President Donald Trump, a septuagenarian known for steering clear of keyboards and computers, has unexpectedly become America’s first generative AI president.

The most notorious instance of his foray into AI-generated content occurred ahead of the No Kings protests earlier this month. In the video, the president is clad in full Top Gun attire, piloting a fighter jet adorned with “KING TRUMP” on its side. Interestingly, instead of a conventional pilot’s helmet, the president dons a literal crown, just in case the other visuals were not clear enough. The aircraft accomplishes its task: showering an overwhelming amount of debris upon fictionalized No Kings protesters in New York’s Times Square.

This marks just the latest in a series of peculiar AI posts from Trump. He has also circulated a racially tinged portrayal of House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries with a mustache and sombrero, alongside a bizarre, dystopian “Trump Gaza” video, among others.

One has to question how these videos end up on Trump’s official account in the first place.

What I’ve gathered is that the president of the United States, at the very least, is capable of sharing AI videos publicly: According to a senior White House official, there are instances when Trump encounters a video he finds particularly hilarious—either on Truth Social or through other unspecified avenues—saves it to his camera roll, and shares it with the world. Most often, however, staffers identify clips and seek approval for posting them on the president’s main account. Regardless, Trump isn’t the one creating the videos.

The White House remains tight-lipped about how the fighter jet video specifically came to be and who actually hit the button to post it.

In general, it seems Trump is engaging less with social media than during his peak posting times, as mentioned by a former Trump campaign official. He has long relied on dictation and annotated printouts, while still occasionally prone to covfefe-esque typos.

Long before his venture into the realm of AI, Trump recognized the importance of having a team oversee his Twitter presence. During his first term, he made waves with his market-impacting tweets that instilled fear in Republican politicians and business leaders, before being suspended from the platform after inciting the January 6 insurrection. Following a period of silence, he launched Truth Social in October 2021.