Trump Lashes Out at AI Photos Making Him Look Fatter in First Comments After Devastating Fraud Ruling
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Donald Trump lashed out at A.I.-generated photos of himself golfing on Friday just minutes after a judge ordered him to pay more than $350 million and banned him from doing business in New York for three years.
Trump chalked A.I. photos making him look fatter to “fake news” and called people making altered images of him “despicable people.” There was no mention of the ruling or damages he now needs to pay, though the former president is more than likely to appeal the decision.
“The Fake News used Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) to create the picture on the top left. These are despicable people, but everyone knows that. The other pictures are me hitting Golf balls today to show the difference. Sadly, in our Country, Fake News is all you get!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The photos included an A.I. photo and three other photos of the former president golfing making him look much slimmer.
Donald Trump-posted pictures of himself golfing versus an A.I. version (top left). (Screenshot via Truth Social)
The post was published just minutes after Judge Arthur Engoron released his ruling in Trump’s New York fraud case, ordering him to pay $354 million in damages. Trump’s sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, were also ordered to pay $4 million each.
The former president was charged with inflating the values of properties to obtain more beneficial loans.
Under the ruling, Trump is also barred from serving as a corporate officer or a director of a company in New York for the next three years.
