WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a video circulating online that showed items being tossed out of an upstairs window of the White House was created with artificial intelligence, despite his press team seeming to confirm the veracity of it hours earlier.

Trump, who has boasted of being an expert in building design as he takes on remodeling projects at the White Houseand beyond, told reporters that the video has “got to be fake” because the windows, he said, are heavy and sealed shut.

The video, which circulated Monday, appears to show a small black bag and a long white item being tossed out of a window on the building’s east side.

Trump blamed the video on AI, saying the creation of fake videos was one of the downsides of the technology, but then said, “If something happens that’s really bad, maybe I’ll have to just blame AI.”

Hours earlier, the White House seemed to verify that the video was real when it told several news outlets that inquired about the video that it was “a contractor who was doing regular maintenance while the President was gone.”

The White House did not respond to a message later Tuesday about the discrepancy.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    I saw all these on Colbert and the order they told events including the part about people wondering if Trump died had me going “How do we know this video of Trump saying the bag video is AI isnt AI itself, and he actually is dead?”

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      I hate to get all conspiracy theory, but the guy knew that a Congressional hearing on the Epstein Files was happening. He is a skilled manipulator. So what does he do to suck all the air out of DC? Nothing. He takes a few days off, his social media goons see the “is he dead?” stuff on X - I’m not even sure that they didn’t push it - and then anything he did at any point would be the lead news. So he trots out a super-size nothingburger and the media can. not. get. enough.

      Did that hearing make the “Breaking!” Fox News chiron? Nope. Totally drown out by this guy.

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    Sure. Someone spent time and resources to create an AI video of an unidentifiable person throwing unidentifiable objects out a window. For some reason. That seems like a perfectly logical conclusion.

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        He doesnt even take the effort to lie, just says whatever he thinks works for him best at the time. It seems like a reflex at this point

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    White House officials claim it was a contractor doing work while Trump was out. Supposedly contractors are not allowed in the White House. Not sure what’s going on but I am sure we will never get answers until Trump is long gone or dead.

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      Not sure what’s going on but I am sure we will never get answers until Trump is long gone or dead.

      Well, you can be sure it wasn’t Trump going through the effort of throwing something.

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    “If something happens that’s really bad, maybe I’ll have to just blame AI.”

    Trump: “Did I say that out loud? I meant to be just thinking it.”

    It cannot be repeated enough times how incredible stupid that man is. His stupidity is only unmatched by his arrogance, unfortunately arrogance is all it takes for people to take him seriously apparently.

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      He’s also pontificating on getting into heaven now too. He has to talk in circles to distract from leaking what’s on his mind and what he’s been advised about/told to remember.

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        He’s also pontificating on getting into heaven now too.

        Wait. ¿¡What‽ LOL the man is an avowed enemy of God. His entire life has made him a nominee for “stupidest timeline antichrist.” The very ground he treads curses him for being as evil as he is stupid.

        Maybe he oughtta read a Bible instead of just clumsily, ignorantly waving it around with his disgusting little molesty-mitts.

        They even make ones with pictures now so he could figure it out, or he could have a staffer read it to him.

        I bet it’d be quite eye-opening for him to find out Heaven is not a destination for unrepentant, power obsessed would-be emperors, exploiters, blasphemers, murderers, rapists, liars, userers, and manipulators.

        If he truly cared where he’s headed when his bloated, dessicated husk finally gives up any day now, he’s got very little time left to do a whole lot of repenting, yet he’s still super busy aspiring to be Adolf’ollini Caligula the Terrible Mad Orange King, sooo. . . we’re all a bit confused.

        He could always start with an open confession of ***those files *** sooner than later. As the book of Numbers states: Your sins will always find you out.

        I bet he thinks he’s gonna get to “make a deal” when he’s out of time.

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    Number one, he’s demented. His brain is eating itself and it’s getting really bad.

    Number two, he’s a career criminal and he’s definitely doing some superfuckingshady shit. The bag could be filled with money, priceless artifacts, or just his shit because he’s demented and put his used diaper in one of the CIA burn bags because he doesn’t know who or where he is.

    Number three - where’s the fucking video?

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    Lies lies lies. I personally don’t care if they’re throwing out his shit stained sheets but he’s a fucking liar. Everything he said is a lie and then accuses the media of making fake news. Yeah let’s create a fake story of a trash bag going out the window.

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    “a contractor who was doing regular maintenance while the President was gone.”

    So, is it normal for a contractor to be throwing bags out the window at the White House, that the President believes is “600lbs, bulletproof, and can’t be opened”?

    Seems sus.

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      Well if anyone can get the window open, it’s probably that contractor, and if anyone would spend an hour cutting a window open to avoid going up and down some stairs a few times, it’s any contractor ever.

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        and if anyone would spend an hour cutting a window open to avoid going up and down some stairs a few times, it’s any contractor ever.

        I did laugh out loud to that. 😂

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    Is this the first time a major politician has claimed something to be AI in order to deflect criticism?