--- title: "Donald Trump Says He Doesn’t Know Anything About AI-Generated Taylor Swift Images He Posted" description: "Trump has denied any wrongdoing, claiming that he had nothing to do with the fake Taylor Swift pictures he posted on Truth Social." date: "2024-08-22" modified: "2024-08-22" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/donald-trump-ai-taylor-swift" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "donald trump" - "generative ai" - "taylor swift" - "the digest" --- # Donald Trump Says He Doesn’t Know Anything About AI-Generated Taylor Swift Images He Posted ![Trump has denied any wrongdoing, claiming that he had nothing to do with the fake Taylor Swift pictures he posted on Truth Social.]() *\Image: Adam Gray/Getty Images/Futurism\* ## Playing Dumb Last week, former president Donald Trump [shared AI-generated endorsements by Taylor Swift and her fans](), proudly announcing that he was delighted to accept their support. "I accept!" Trump [proclaimed in a post]() on Truth Social. One image he included was that of a fake Swift depicted as Uncle Sam, captioned "TAYLOR WANTS YOU TO VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP." Unsurprisingly, Trump has since denied any wrongdoing, claiming that he had nothing to do with the pictures he posted — which, at the time of writing, are still live on Truth Social. "I don't know anything about them other than somebody else generated them," he [told *Fox Business*](). "I didn't generate them." https://twitter.com/Grady_Trimble/status/1826401620433010989 ## Reality Distortion Field It's a pitiful response, especially considering he had [posted an AI-generated image]() of his presidential rival Kamala Harris leading a fake communist rally just hours before his Taylor Swift gaffe. The hypocrisy is unmistakable at this point. Just last week, Trump took to Truth Social to wrongly [accuse Harris of using AI]() to fake a picture of her in front of a big crowd. During his latest interview with *Fox*, Trump also claimed that the images were "all made up by other people," seemingly admitting to sharing fake, AI-generated images of Swift fans: "AI is always very dangerous in that way." It's a new low for a former president who has a decades-long record of lying and distorting the truth. At the same time, it's entirely possible Trump is as clueless as he makes himself out to be. For one, the septuagenarian reportedly doesn't use a computer and [used to have an aide]() who followed him around with a wireless printer to print out the news for him. Besides, he's [having trouble stringing words together]() to form a coherent sentence. In other words, there's a good chance the former president has absolutely no idea how generative AI works. Of course, Trump is now using AI as a way to play the victim, a [calling card]() of the former reality TV host. "We're seeing it all the time," Trump told *Fox* in a characteristically babbling and incoherent response. "It's happening with me, too. They're making, they're having me speak — I speak perfectly, I mean absolutely perfectly on AI and I'm, like, endorsing other products and things. It's a little bit dangerous out there." **More on Trump and AI:** *[Swifties Erupt in Fury After Donald Trump Uses AI to Fake Taylor Swift Endorsement]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()