President Donald Trump dragged George Washington into his AI-generate image posting spree as his posting volume reached new highs
President Donald Trump went on a 37-post spree on Truth Social, sharing a range of AI-generated images including fantastical depictions of himself alongside George Washington.
The 80-year-old president shared an AI-generated painting of himself on horseback beside Washington, who appeared to gaze up at Trump. The post came just over a week after Trump ranked himself the “greatest” American president in U.S. history.
In another image from the same posting spree, Trump depicted Washington sitting beside him in the Oval Office. “President Washington visits President Trump,” he wrote in the caption.
The posts were shared on Trump’s official Truth Social account.
A flood of fantastical images
Trump also superimposed his face onto Hulk Hogan‘s body, depicted himself commanding a dystopian robot army and placed himself at the controls of a spaceship. In other graphics, he labeled New Mexico as “New America” and claimed ownership of the moon.
Trump also used AI to portray himself in more familiar settings, including leaning out of a McDonald’s drive-through window and sitting behind the wheel of a large truck.
Another post showed what appeared to be an AI-generated design board for a new Space Force uniform, which drew comparisons to Galactic Empire uniforms in the Star Wars franchise.
Trump ended his hours-long posting spree with a tribute to his private club, writing, “The Mar-a-Lago Club is considered, by everyone, to be the Best in the World. It also serves as our unparalleled Southern White House, free of charge. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
Part of a long-running pattern
Asked about Trump’s posting habits, White House communications director Steven Cheung told Newsweek that Truth Social has never been more popular, attributing its popularity to Trump’s ability to offer his “unfiltered and direct thoughts to the American people” without what he described as biased media distortion. Cheung added that no other social media platform has been as effective for the president as Truth Social.
In mid-August, Trump shared additional AI-generated images of himself and Washington, including one showing the two men sitting together with quill pens over a map. He also shared a video showing himself giving Washington a tour of his planned White House ballroom.
The posts came as Trump’s administration sought to continue construction of his ballroom project. They prompted criticism online, with social media users calling the images “shameful” and questioning why the president was focused on fantasy imagery while, as one commenter put it, “there’s a war going on” with Iran.
Later in August, Trump again featured Washington, this time alongside Abraham Lincoln, in an AI-generated image showing the pair signing a map with quills. Forbes reported that the same posting spree included mock movie posters, attacks on Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota and renewed discussion of a potential 2028 presidential run despite the constitutional limits on presidential elections.
Trump also shared a chart on Truth Social ranking 34 U.S. presidents in tiers labeled “The Greatest,” “Great,” “Near Great,” “Average,” “Below Average” and “Failures.”
Trump labeled himself as “The Greatest,” while ranking Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Lincoln in the “Great” tier below him. Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter were placed among the “Failures.” Richard Nixon, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Harry S. Truman were omitted from the ranking.
Who’s behind the posts
Trump’s executive assistant Natalie Harp reportedly helps shape his Truth Social output by surfacing potential posts from across social media and conservative websites for the president to then share himself. Harp earns a taxpayer-funded salary of $150,000.
According to The Daily Beast, Trump’s posting volume reached a new high the previous month, when he shared more than 1,000 Truth Social posts, an average of 33 posts per day.