Donald Trump and artificial intelligence are filling social media with content faster than anyone else. AI images appear on his Truth Social network virtually every week, and some posts have sparked considerable controversy. According to his critics, he is crossing an ethical line, and the images he shares contribute to the spread of misinformation and stereotypes.
What Is Trump Actually Sharing?
When Donald Trump shared an image on Truth Social in May 2026 showing a sleeping Joe Biden surrounded by ice cream, cocaine, and an autopen, he called it a “highly accurate depiction of the Biden administration." The image spread across the internet and immediately attracted attention. However, Trump has been sharing AI images since at least March 2023, and although they initially consisted of occasional satire, their frequency has increased significantly over time and their scope has expanded.
The Snopes website compiled the AI content Trump posted during his second term. This included an image depicting Trump as a Jesus-like figure healing a sick person. There was also a video promoting the nonexistent “med beds" medical theory, which has become the basis of many conspiracy theories. Some of the most widely discussed posts, however, appeared this year, including a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, which Trump deleted after a wave of criticism.
Another controversial post soon followed, and in May Trump added a Brady Bunch-style meme to social media depicting Obama and other Democrats holding detainee placards under the title “The Shady Bunch."
Artificial Intelligence and Double Standards
Donald Trump routinely uses AI as a weapon against his opponents. This makes it all the more ironic that during the presidential campaign in 2024, Trump attacked Kamala Harris for allegedly using AI to inflate attendance figures at her rallies. At the very same time, he was sharing deepfake AI images of Taylor Swift expressing support for Donald Trump on his social media accounts.
The issue of AI content and its credibility is therefore clearly a problem for him. Yet to this day, he continues to produce and share the same kind of content without any comment about its origin.
Satire or Misinformation?
Trump’s supporters argue that the recent posts are merely political satire highlighting misconduct by the Obama administration. Critics, on the other hand, warn that Trump is completely erasing the line between reality and fiction.
And blurring the line between satire and misinformation may be a bigger problem than it first appears. A 2025 Emerson College poll showed that 47% of Americans trust information shared by Donald Trump, while 46% of Americans trust information from social media. The combination of these two statistics could therefore create fertile ground for some people to perceive controversial AI images as a reflection of actual events. This is especially true when his AI content exerts pressure to investigate the Biden administration or spreads theories about the use of the autopen.
What Can We Take Away From This?
Trump’s sharing of AI images is not random. It is part of a communication strategy built on speed and provocation. Whether it is satire or propaganda is something the Trump administration knows best. The most important thing, however, is to maintain healthy skepticism and critically verify information, regardless of who put their name to it.
