Former President Donald Trump drew a big social media reaction Wednesday night by launching a parody of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ 2024 presidential announcement on Twitter.
Trump’s team put up what appeared to be an AI-generated deepfake video of the event that replicated DeSantis’ voice as well as that of Elon Musk, who spoke alongside the governor on Twitter.
Trump’s parody event included six other fake guests: billionaire Democratic donor George Soros, World Economic Forum Chair Klaus Schwab, former Vice President Dick Cheney, Adolph Hitler, the devil and the FBI.
The characters are heard talking over each other as well as DeSantis, whose parodied irate voice can be heard saying, “Will you please shut up already? I’m running for f—ing president, you guys.”
“[A] former president saying to [D]ick [C]heney that he’ll be joining [H]itler in hell very soon is um interesting,” commented Jezebel writer Kylie Cheung.
Podcaster Mandy Connell posed a question to her followers: “On the one hand this is funny as hell. On the other, is this what you want your President to be retweeting?”
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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