‘What’s Going On Here’: X Users Ask If Trump’s Video After Charlie Kirk Shooting Is AI-Made | World News

Last Updated:September 11, 2025, 10:57 is

As the claims of AI-generated content surfaced, AI-focused WhatsApp groups lit up with debate.

Users have flagged portions of this video as AI-generated.

Is Donald Trump’s video, posted by the White House after Charlie Kirk’s shooting, AI-generated? Several social media users are sharing clipped portions of the footage, claiming “it looks very much like an AI avatar of Trump delivering an official message.”

An X user, who goes by the name @MattBinder, wrote: “His body and hands barely move for the entire video. Also…they missed this weird glitch… what’s going on here”.

As the claims of AI-generated content surfaced, AI-focused WhatsApp groups lit up with debate. Some users argued the clip was AI-generated, while others believed it was a genuine speech that had simply been altered with a morph transition, a common video-editing technique used to seamlessly merge disjointed segments.

While some said it can be real, another X user wrote, “The Trump video was at least partially AI. Has anyone seen him since Charlie Kirk’s shooting? The suspect is still at large. How deep does this go?”

How X Users Reacted:

The video posted by the White House on Thursday morning has received over 3.4 million views.

Right-wing youth leader and prominent Trump ally Charlie Kirk was shot dead in what officials described as a “political assassination,” an act that has stoked fears of escalating political violence in an already polarised United States.

President Donald Trump condemned the killing in a video address from the Oval Office. “This is a dark moment for America,” he said in a message posted on Truth Social, hailing Kirk as a “martyr for truth.”

Trump also lashed out at his opponents, blaming “the radical left” for fuelling hostility toward conservatives. “For years, they have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world’s worst mass murderers and criminals,” he said, vowing a crackdown in the wake of the assassination.

At just 31, Kirk had established himself as a powerful voice in conservative politics, co-founding Turning Point USA and building a national following among young Republicans. His death has left both his movement and the political establishment reeling, with heightened concerns over further violence.

(With inputs from agencies)

Abhro Banerjee

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