White House Shares AI Champagne Video of Trump Family Riding Golden Cart
AI-created images imagined what happened after the White House state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino has faced criticism for sharing an AI-generated video on social media depicting a fictional party after a state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping. The video showed Scavino, his wife Erin, and Eric and Lara Trump riding a golden cart through the White House while spraying champagne.
Scavino posted the video on Instagram, writing, "This is not an intended for the Dems heads to explode—Being some of the post State Dinner party has gotten out, I felt inclined to share mine as well, in complete transparency, with the American People. GOD BLESS THE USA!!!" Critics argued that the post was insensitive given ongoing concerns about the rising cost of living, with food prices increasing by 2.7 percent and grocery prices up by 2.2 percent compared to the previous year.
Additionally, gasoline prices had risen by 26.7 percent and electricity prices were 4 percent higher than a year earlier, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Labor Statistics data, respectively. The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trumpism campaign group, commented, "You're struggling. They're partying." The White House declined to comment on the matter at the time of reporting.
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