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Incident 1214: Donald Trump Reportedly Posts Purported AI-Modified Video of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries During U.S. Government Shutdown Talks

Description: President Donald Trump reportedly posted a purportedly AI-modified video on Truth Social depicting Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer making fabricated statements and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero. Critics, including Jeffries and Rep. Ro Khanna, reportedly condemned the video as racist and misleading during budget negotiations over a looming government shutdown. The AI tool used for modification has not been identified.

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Alleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer and Unknown voice cloning technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Donald Trump, which harmed Chuck Schumer , Hakeem Jeffries , General public , Democratic integrity , Epistemic integrity and Presidential norms.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology and Unknown voice cloning technology

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Incident ID
1214
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-09-29
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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Trump posts bizarre deepfake government shutdown video showing Schumer saying: ‘Nobody likes Democrats anymore’
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Trump posts bizarre deepfake government shutdown video showing Schumer saying: ‘Nobody likes Democrats anymore’

Trump posts bizarre deepfake government shutdown video showing Schumer saying: ‘Nobody likes Democrats anymore’

the-independent.com

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Trump posts bizarre deepfake government shutdown video showing Schumer saying: ‘Nobody likes Democrats anymore’
the-independent.com · 2025

President Donald Trump on Monday posted a profane, apparently AI-modified video of Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, mocking the White House's main negotiating partners as the governm…

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