As Gov. Gavin Newsom was edging closer to declaring a 2028 campaign for president during a CBS News interview Sunday, a deepfake video of the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, appeared on YouTube denouncing Newsom and predicting his political downfall.

Fake Musk’s critique meandered through several current events, including Newsom’s reaction to the U.S. Department of Justice’s announcement that it would monitor voting in next week’s special election to decide the fate of Proposition 50, Newsom’s gerrymander of congressional districts.

The AI-generated Musk said Newsom had a meltdown that stripped away his carefully crafted façade and revealed a flailing politician. He predicted that Prop. 50 would fail and tank Newsom’s political career.

Newsom’s actual video response to the DOJ was

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