Donald Trump

Does an authentic video show a man tearing down a Trump banner at the Department of Justice? No, that's not true: The account that originally posted the video described the footage as "AI daydreaming." There are obvious signs of AI in the video plus an online detection tool rated it likely to be an AI-generated video. There are no credible…

Did Donald Trump and other world leaders meet with several mysterious red-uniformed entities with long blond hair and pale skin? No, that's not true: There is no reliable reporting or photographic evidence such meetings ever happened or that these uniformed entities are real. Images of meetings between world leaders and aliens appeared on X in a video montage watermarked "Planeta…

Does a real photo show an Iranian player displaying a symbolic school backpack at the World Cup? No, that's not true: An AI detection tool determined that the image was 99.8% "likely to be AI-generated." There are no credible reports that an Iranian player held up the backpack. The symbol previously has been exhibited in honor of schoolgirls killed when…

Did Donald Trump's Truth Social account really make a post about an API service being unavailable, implying that AI writes his posts? No, that's not true: The supposed post does not appear on the president's official Truth Social account, and there are no reliable reports that it ever did. The fake post was edited to look like the real thing,…

Did the Associated Press publish a video report confirming that the suspected shooter of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' dinner had visited the Ukrainian embassy multiple times before the attempted attack? No, that's not true: An AP representative told Lead Stories that the video report using its logo had nothing to do with the news agency. Lead…

Does a real video show Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson publicly declining the invitation to attend the UFC White House event? No, that's not true: An AI-generated cloned voice has been dubbed over pre-existing video clips of Johnson. One clip -- which appears to show his mouth moving in sync with the audio -- is based on footage from an unrelated…

Did an FBI document published by Judicial Watch name Butler County, Ohio, Deputy Kinlee Hoyle as the officer who exchanged emails with the shooter in the 2024 assassination attempt of Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: The FBI document in question mentions interviews with "5 Deputies of the Butler County Sheriff's Office" in Pennsylvania but does not…

Did a late-night ballot drop of 24,000 votes give Spencer Pratt no votes in the Los Angeles mayor race and is that evidence of fraud in the vote counting? No, that's not true: The Los Angeles Times explained there was a one-minute lag between its receipt of the Associated Press automated feed of thousands of Pratt votes and the counts…

Is a photo showing the White House South Lawn torn up and under construction for the UFC Fight Night ring in early June 2026 authentic? No, that's not true: The image of the White House lawn with the grass torn out and a large outdoor stadium was rated as likely AI-generated. Photos of the construction available from reputable photo agencies…

Does a video show President Donald Trump asleep, unconscious, or passed out during an Oval Office meeting in early June 2026? No, that's not true: There is no conclusive evidence that the president lost consciousness. He briefly closes his eyes during the seven-second clip but reopens them about four seconds into it. A longer version of the video shows Trump…