Donald Trump's A.I. Propaganda

Just before midnight on February 25th, President Donald Trump posted a thirty-three-second video to Truth Social, the right-wing social network he owns, featuring the tagline "GAZA 2025 WHATS NEXT?" The clip shows victims of war scrabbling in gray rubble and running from soldiers, until the color palette suddenly brightens and the people pass through an archway into the promised land of "Trump Gaza": a grotesquely slick seaside metropolis of modernist beachfront mansions, hotels, and casinos branded with the President's name. Effigies of Trump's head abound, including atop a towering golden statue of the man. The statue's disproportionately long legs were just one clue that the video's strangely smooth and symmetrical compositions were made using artificial intelligence. Its soundtrack was an A.I.-generated, clubby song with lyrics such as "Trump Gaza shining bright, golden future, a brand new light."