Former US President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video showing Barack Obama in handcuffs, intensifying his claims of wrongdoing by the Obama administration.
On Sunday, Trump shared a digitally altered video on his Truth Social platform depicting former President Barack Obama being handcuffed and later shown in federal prison attire. The AI video begins with Obama stating “no one is above the law” before law enforcement officers arrest him during an Oval Office meeting with Trump, footage originally from November 2016. The clip ends with Obama behind bars, set to the tune of “YMCA” by the Village People.
This provocative post followed accusations from Tulsi Gabbard, the US Director of National Intelligence, who claimed on Fox News that the Obama administration conducted a “years-long coup” to undermine Trump’s presidency. Gabbard alleged that former officials including ex-FBI Director James Comey and former DNI James Clapper fabricated intelligence to justify claims of Russian interference in the 2016 election. She said she had referred them to the Justice Department for prosecution.
Trump praised Gabbard and a Fox News analyst for exposing what he called “highest level Election Fraud” and posted doctored mugshots of other Obama-era officials alongside demands for the arrest of Senator Adam Schiff.
The posts also revisited claims that intelligence agencies had no evidence of Russian hacking before the November 2016 election, a stance contrasting with later official reports.
Senator Mark Warner, Democrats’ top member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, condemned Gabbard’s claims as “weaponising her position” to push election conspiracy theories, calling it “appalling” and political.
The situation remains fluid as investigations and political debates continue.
