Fact-check: AI image was not posted from Trump's account

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Incident details

Incident ID: inc_2026_05_04_43989252
Date source: llm_extracted_from_article_text
Country: United States
Platform: Social Media
Incident type: Visual Impersonation
Verification level: reported_but_unverified

Harm types

Misinformation

Topics

Deepfake Synthetic Image Visual Impersonation

Summary

Fact-checkers reported that an AI-generated image depicting a ‘baby Trump’ emerging from the Statue of Liberty did not originate from President Donald Trump’s Truth Social account. Snopes identified the image as belonging to Instagram user adam.the.creator, noting a faint watermark and an upload date of April 29. Searches of Truth Social, X, and archived deleted posts found no evidence that the president posted the image, though other outlets like ABC News and indy100 noted a separate incident where Trump posted and deleted a different AI-generated image of himself in a Jesus-like robe.

Sources

Fact-check: AI image was not posted from Trump's account

letsdatascience.com · 2026-05-04 · Primary