MAGA Influencers Praise Fake Vanity Fair Cover Of Melania Trump Wearing a Crown
Zachary Leeman Aug 29th, 2025, 3:06 pm
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MAGA influencers are loving a mock cover calling First Lady Melania Trump the United States’ queen, with some suggesting they should meme the fake image into existence.
An image of Melania Trump wearing a crown on the cover of and being declared “The American Queen” quickly spread on social media among MAGA supporters, though the image was quickly identified as a fake AI photo generated by the right-wing Next News Network.
Next News Network’s Gary Franchi said he had generated the image himself.
“Now I do have a confession to make. I actually made that cover with AI. But the facts are the same,” he said . “I made t