Description: In March 2025, an AI-generated deepfake video of Donald Trump criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his clothing circulated widely on Facebook. In the video, Trump mocks Zelenskyy by calling him "Temu Zelenskyy." The video was created by a parody YouTube channel using AI voice and face synthesis tools, but it was reportedly mistaken by some viewers as real.
Editor Notes: Even though the video was reportedly marked as a parody, it is alleged to have still been mistaken by a sufficient number of users and disseminated earnestly as truth, in effect rising to misinformation.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer and Unknown voice cloning technology developer developed an AI system deployed by DangerousAI, which harmed Volodymyr Zelenskyy , Donald Trump , General public , Facebook users and YouTube users.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake app , Unknown voice cloning technology , Facebook and YouTube
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1005
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-03-12
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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WHAT WAS CLAIMED
A video shows Donald Trump calling Ukraine’s leader “Temu Zelenskiy” for not wearing a suit.
OUR VERDICT
The video is an AI deepfake from a self-described parody account.
AAP FACTCHECK - An artificial intelligence-generated…
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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