Donald Trump addresses AI “Swifties for Trump” images: “Somebody else generated them”

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Donald Trump has addressed the controversy around AI images of Taylor Swift endorsing his campaign, claiming, “I didn’t generate them”.Last week, the former President shared fake AI-generated images on his Truth Social Account that suggested the singer had endorsed his 2024 presidential campaign.

They included screenshots of women wearing shirts with the slogan ‘Swifties For Trump’, and an image of Swift made up like Uncle Sam, with the banner: “Taylor wants you to vote for Trump”.Now, Grady Trimble, a reporter for Fox Business News, has confronted Trump about the subject, asking him if he was worried about being sued by Swift over the images.“I don’t know anything about them, other than somebody else generated them,” Trump replied. “I didn’t generate them.”Even by the dismal standards of Donald Trump this is a new low.

All it will do is probably force Taylor Swift to comment and that's not going to be good for him or his faltering campaign pic.twitter.com/SCiSiU12WJ— Martin Williamson (@mogodonman) August 19, 2024Donald Trump shares AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and her fans, falsely implying her endorsement.

pic.twitter.com/OkaCuQtULb— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 19, 2024“Somebody came out. They said, ‘Oh, look at this’. These were all made up by other people.