The most infamous example of his experimentation with AI-generated videos came ahead of the No Kings protests earlier this month. In the clip, the president is decked out in full Top Gun gear, piloting a fighter jet bearing "KING TRUMP" on its side. Instead of a traditional pilot's helmet, however, the president is wearing a literal crown, just in case the rest of the visuals were too subtle.
It's likely that all anyone will remember is the poop-jet video. But there was much more to it. Rather than picking a single counterargument and sticking to it, Team Trump went with an "all of the above" approach. Over the weekend, responses from White House officials and Trump himself ranged from shrugging off the protests to sharing a barrage of AI-generated pro-American king memes to insisting that the president is no monarch to threatening new power grabs.