President Donald Trump has posted several AI-generated images on his Truth Social account, including one of himself with a green face superimposed over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's water. The image is in contrast to the pool's current algae-green state, which Trump had previously attributed to vandalism. Trump also posted an image of himself standing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, where outgoing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt used to stand. These posts are part of a larger spree of AI-generated images shared by Trump overnight.
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President Donald Trump posted an A.I.-generated image of himself on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's water, which was previously drained and repainted by Trump in February. The pool had turned green due to algae blooms and the paint was peeling off shortly after. The image shows a bright blue pool with Trump's face in a similar shade of green as the algae blooms. This is not the first time Trump has interfered with the pool, as he previously accused vandals of causing the damage despite evidence suggesting it was due to natural causes. Trump also posted an A.I.-generated image of himself in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, calling outgoing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt "The Best Press Secretary".
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President Donald Trump has slapped a mocked-up image of his face onto the surface of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool - in algae green.
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Trump → slap → green
Trump had the pool drained and repainted an “American-flag blue” earlier this year, only for the water to quickly turn green from algae blooms and for the blue paint to begin peeling off shortly after.
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paint → drain → blooms
On Thursday night, the commander-in-chief uploaded a seemingly A.I.-generated version of the pool to his Truth Social account, depicting the pool with bright blue water.
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commander → upload → water
Stamped on its surface, though, is a silhouette of his face in a shade of green not dissimilar to the algae blooms that have plagued the pool.
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that → stamp → pool
Trump has long maintained that the peeling paint and appearance of algae blooms are the work of vandals.
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paint → maintain → vandals
The president previously hit out the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, after she decided to drop charges against former Olympian canoeist David Hearn, who had been accused of damaging the pool.
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who → hit → pool
In a court filing on Tuesday night, though, Pirro’s office left open the possibility that it may try to prosecute Hearn once again.
“Should the case be re-presented to a grand jury based on newly discovered evidence, any re-indictment of the case would not constitute harassment,” the filing read.
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filing → leave → harassment
The Reflecting Pool post was just one of several AI-generated images the president shared on Truth Social overnight.
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president → generate → Social
Trump also posted an A.I.-generated image of himself in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House, standing in the spot usually occupied by outgoing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“The Best Press Secretary,” the title of the image of Trump reads.
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title → post → Trump
Leavitt, who had long been one of the president’s most devoted defenders, resigned unexpectedly last week.
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who → resign → defenders
She said in a statement on X that she “cannot be the best mom” to her children while serving as the White House press secretary.
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she → say → secretary
The commander-in-chief followed that post with an A.I.-generated picture depicting himself striding through the halls of what appears to be the White House.
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what → follow → halls
And he also re-posted an A.I.-generated image he shared earlier this week, dragging the Keystone XL pipeline out of a grave with his bare hands.
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he → re → hands
Beside the president is a gravestone reading “Buried by Biden” in an apparent reference to a decision by Trump’s predecessor to a revoke permit needed for the project to go ahead.
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project → read → permit
