Trump, DeSantis camps trade blows over AI-generated images of ex-president hugging Fauci

Bluestack Strategies founder and Principal Maura Gillespie and former Manchin Communications Director Jonathan Kott discuss the 2024 presidential primaries, the growing list of Republican candidates and voter concerns over President Biden's age. The Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis camps are trading blows after the Florida governor's 2024 campaign debuted an AI-generated image depicting the former president hugging Dr. Anthony Fauci. It's also further fueling concerns about how AI "deepfakes" of altered video, photos or audio portraying candidates saying and doing things they did not could affect the 2024 campaign. This stunt had the'please clap' energy of Ron DeSanctimonious' mentor, Jeb Bush," a Trump campaign adviser told Fox News Digital of the images. One of Trump's most vocal allies in the Senate, freshman Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, tweeted on Thursday, "Smearing Donald Trump with fake AI images is completely unacceptable.