Fact Check: President Trump Did Post An AI Image Of Himself Dressed As Pope

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  • by: Maarten Schenk
Fact Check: President Trump Did Post An AI Image Of Himself Dressed As Pope He Posted It

Did American President Donald Trump post a picture of himself in which he appeared to be dressed as Pope while holding up his right index finger? Yes, that's true: He posted the image to his Instagram account. According to at least one AI detector the image was generated using Artificial Intelligence.

The image appeared on Trump's Instagram here (archived here) where it was published on May 3, 2025 without further comment. It also appeared on Trump's TruthSocial account here (archived here). The post was screenshotted and reposted by the official account of the White House (archived here) shortly afterward.

This is what the image looked like:

(Image: screenshotted from the realdonaldtrump account on Instagram)

AI detection tool Hive concluded with a 99.9% score that the image was "likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content", indicating it was probably made using OpenAI's 4o model:

hivetrumppope.jpg

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  Maarten Schenk

Maarten Schenk is the co-founder and COO/CTO of Lead Stories and an expert on fake news and hoax websites. He likes to go beyond just debunking trending fake news stories and is endlessly fascinated by the dazzling variety of psychological and technical tricks used by the people and networks who intentionally spread made-up things on the internet.

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