Summary
On July 5, 2026, US President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image on Truth Social depicting Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni gazing adoringly at him, accompanied by the text ‘Serve un ordine restrittivo’. The image was a deepfake manipulated using artificial intelligence to alter Meloni’s facial expression, derived from original footage of the G7 summit in France held between June 15-17, 2026, where video footage showed Meloni laughing during the exchange. An Italian social media account had previously published a satirical meme using a similar artificially altered image on June 17, which was later circulated through MAGA-affiliated social media networks where users treated it as authentic to attack Meloni.