Fact Check: Image Showing Donald Trump ‘Dancing With 13-Yr-Old Girl’ Is Likely AI-Generated
An image of US President Donald Trump supposedly posing with a minor has gone viral. Accompanying text reads, ‘Trump was in his 50's (sic) when this was taken what kind of man does that?’
The Verdict: Fake
- Discrepancies within the image and online detection tools have shown that it is likely AI-generated.
What is the claim?
An image of US President Donald Trump supposedly posing with a girl has gone viral on social media.
The text on the image reads, “Photo of Donald Trump at Epstein’s private island Dancing with a 13 year old girl. Trump was in his 50's when this was taken what kind of man does that?"
A user on Threads shared the image (archived here) with the caption, "No words necessary." At the time of writing this story, the post had garnered more than 500 likes and was reposted 100 times.
Archives of similar posts are here, here, and here.
However, the image is fake. The viral photo was likely created using artificial intelligence tools.
What are the facts?
A reverse image search did not lead us to any reliable results that would indicate that the picture had been published before.
Upon reviewing the viral image carefully, we saw multiple discrepancies. Donald Trump’s eyes appear misshapen, misaligned, and darkish brown, as opposed to his actual blue eyes.
Additionally, the area around his ear appears blurred, which is also a sign that the image was created using artificial intelligence and is not real.
We ran the image through the AI detection tool Hive Moderation, which stated that the image was 99.2 percent likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content.
Multiple claims have surfaced in the past linking Donald Trump to the late Jeffery Epstein. Trump had called Epstein a “fantastic guy” in 2002, but after the Epstein sex trafficking charges emerged, Trump distanced himself in 2019.
Logically Facts has previously debunked two AI images that show Epstein and Trump together. You can read our article on the Epstein documents and the misinformation surrounding them here.
The verdict
The viral image is fake and likely AI-generated.
This report first appeared on logicallyfacts.com, and has been republished on ABP Live as part of a special arrangement. Apart from the headline, no changes have been made in the report by ABP Live.
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