Saturday was a busy day for President Donald Trump’s Truth Social lies. He stuck to his pattern and quickly fell into a familiar feedback loop: Flood the zone with chaos, and then pretend it never happened. First, he posted that he had authorized federal troops to protect what he dubbed “War ravaged Portland” with “Full Force, if necessary.” Then, later that night, the president shared an AI-generated video promising fake alien health care technology from a conspiracy theory popular in QAnon forums. In both instances, Trump seemed to rely on Fox News footage — or at least what he seemingly believed to be Fox News footage.
“Every American will soon receive their own med bed card,” an AI-generated image of Trump said on a fake Fox News segment claiming he had announced “a historic new healt