Did the official X account of The White House post an AI generated picture of President Trump wielding a red lightsaber in front of a backdrop of American flags and eagles? Yes, that's true: The image was published on May 4, 2025, a day informally celebrated as "Star Wars Day" by fans of the franchise. According to an AI detection tool, the image was likely generated using OpenAI's 4o model.
The post on X (archived here and here) appeared on the official X account of the White House with a caption that read:
Happy May the 4th to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to to bring Sith Lords, Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, & well known MS-13 Gang Members, back into our Galaxy. You're not the Rebellion--you're the Empire.
May the 4th be with you.
This is the image in question:
(Image source: screenshot of the X account of the White House)
Fans of the "Star Wars" movie franchise have been informally celebrating May 4th as "Star Wars Day" (archived here) because the date sounds somewhat like the phrase "May the Force be with you" used in one of the movies.
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:
