Overview

• Late Wednesday, President Donald Trump posted a rapid series of AI-edited or digitally altered clips on Truth Social targeting Gavin Newsom, Sen. Adam Schiff and other frequent foes.
• One doctored video cast Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as sumo wrestlers, while others showed Newsom flailing at a Trump-branded punching bag and wearing a fake "Trump 2028" hat.
• Additional posts depicted Schiff with an elongated neck, Trump added to Mount Rushmore and a Cracker Barrel–themed stunt, capped by Trump dancing to "Y.M.C.A."
• Trump also wrote that his team was "giving serious thought" to taking away Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship, a standalone text post cited by outlets covering the spree.
• Newsom’s office replied with its own AI-edited content, including a clip welcoming a diminutive Trump set to "We Welcome You to Munchkinland" and images touting "MAGA TEARS," with Newsweek noting the exchange signals an intensifying meme fight.