A former Kamala Harris campaign account on X, now operating under the name “FactPost,” has posted an AI-generated voice clip of Donald Trump Jr. falsely claiming that the U.S. should “send weapons to Russia.”
The deepfake surfaced as debates over U.S. aid to Ukraine continue nearly three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion. The clip quickly went viral before being exposed as a fabrication, raising further concerns over the role of AI-generated content in political discourse.
🚨 DESPICABLE! Former Kamala Harris campaign account "Fact Post News" has posted an AI-GENERATED voice of @DonaldJTrumpJr saying the U.S. should "send weapons to Russia."
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 26, 2025
They're not sending their best and brightest. This was obviously fake.pic.twitter.com/zgoHae7nuF
As Mediaite’s Isaac Schorr and Diana Falzone report:
The video, which has been shared by a number of large-follower accounts on X, supposedly showed the president’s son interacting with an unknown interlocutor, who remarks “But they forget that Ukraine isn’t the kind of country you go all in on — this is ridiculous.”
“I honestly can’t imagine anyone in their right mind picking Ukraine as an ally when Russia is the other option,” Trump replies in the clip. “I mean, just think about it: Massive nuclear power loaded with natural resources everyone needs, literally the biggest country on the planet. And ha ha, there’s Ukraine, which has Chernobyl, and some radiation-proof dogs. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is like, ‘Oh, yeah, this is definitely the ally we need. Let’s dump all our money into them.’ Honestly, if anything, the U.S. should have been sending weapons to Russia.”
The alleged comments went viral on social media, and were promoted by a number of prominent accounts including FactPost, which is run by the Democratic National Committee.
But while the clip was circulated widely online, there was good reason to be suspicious. The clip purported to show Trump’s podcast, Triggered with Donald Trump Jr. playing on Spotify, yet that episode is not yet up on the app. Moreover, if you listen to the entirety of said episode on Rumble, Trump never says what he does in the clip online.
Growing Concerns Over Deepfakes
This latest example of AI-driven misinformation comes just two days after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) fell victim to a cybersecurity breach. Hackers used department screens to display a looping AI-generated video of President Donald Trump kissing and rubbing Elon Musk’s feet, accompanied by the caption “Long Live the Real King.” Federal employees were forced to manually shut down the monitors to stop the video.
The timing of the deepfake stunt has raised eyebrows, occurring just days after HUD announced significant layoffs, a decision tied to budget-slashing policies linked to DOGE. While the investigation remains ongoing, the breach underscores the growing vulnerability of public institutions to AI-generated disruptions.
Strategic Timing Before Zelensky’s U.S. Visit
Wednesday’s fake Trump Jr. clip surfaced less than 48 hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to visit Washington. During his trip, Zelensky is expected to finalize a critical minerals agreement with President Trump, granting the U.S. access to Ukraine’s substantial rare earth mineral reserves. These resources are vital to industries such as aerospace, defense and technology. In return, the U.S. aims to recoup a portion of the estimated $120 billion in aid provided to Ukraine throughout its conflict with Russia.
Legal and Ethical Questions Surrounding AI Voice Cloning
The incident has renewed calls for stricter regulations on AI-generated content. Voice-cloning technology, powered by tools like Parrot AI, has become increasingly sophisticated, making it easier than ever to create deceptive audio clips. Despite the growing threat of deepfake misinformation, the U.S. still lacks a comprehensive federal law regulating the technology. While the White House and federal agencies have engaged in discussions with tech companies and researchers, no major legislative action has taken shape as of 2025.
Deepfakes are synthetic media in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else's likeness. pic.twitter.com/mCrKN7O8XZ
— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) December 15, 2022
With the political and national security stakes higher than ever, deepfake technology continues to blur the lines between reality and deception.
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Something definitely needs to ne done about Kamala and her viciousness.
The woman is as evil as they come and just as STUPID – never actually known anyone or ANYTHING as stupid as that woman is ,
and the people ae RIGHT
I warned everyone here in my commentaries that AI in the hands of the government is very dangerous and will cost lives!
An old saying was “Don’t believe anything you read, and only half of watch you see” referring to politics. Now, you can’t even believe half of what you see.