Is a photo of Ivanka Trump and Melania Trump cuddling with Jeffrey Epstein and Brett Ratner authentic? No, that's not true: The image in the social media post is clearly labeled "satire," and the caption states it is satire. The image was created by an artificial intelligence tool, according to an AI-generated content detector.
The claim appeared in a February 2, 2026, post on Facebook account @ TheMemeWarVeteran (archived here). It was captioned:
BREAKING: Epstein bombshell drops during opening week of "Melania" - Ratner insists "it was strictly professional."
*Satire*
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of Facebook.com/TheMemeWarVeteran.)
The image was made to match a screenshot of a typical CNN broadcast, with the following chyron:
BREAKING NEWS
NEWLY RELEASED EPSTEIN PHOTO FEATURES MELANIA AND IVANKA WITH EPSTEIN AND THE DIRECTOR OF HER NEW FILM.
ADDITIONAL DOCS INDICATE IVANKA USED TO CALL HIM "UNCLE JEFFREY."
The word satire is visible in the lower-right corner of the photo, as this zoomed-in screenshot shows (Red arrow added by Lead Stories):
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of Facebook.com/TheMemeWarVeteran.)
The fake image was shared on social media sites such as X.com (archived here) with the word "satire" visible but without any indication that it was a joke.
Lead Stories uploaded the image to the Hive Moderation AI-generated content detection tool for analysis. It scored it 87.8% likely to be AI-generated content, as this screenshot shows:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of Hive Moderation website.)
