Trump doubles down on fake AI story, Harris campaign trolls him

Former President Donald Trump sparked controversy with a clearly unfounded claim that Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign was using artificial intelligence to increase the size of crowds in photos of their rallies.

Trump falsely claims Harris crowd was faked https://t.co/V9Q8ZUzZSr

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 12, 2024

Trump seems perturbed by the dynamism of his rival Kamala Harris, reacting to images that show huge crowds at his political rallies.

He now makes the unfounded claim that the people in these photos are generated by artificial intelligence!

Trump specifically targeted Kamala Harris’s rally in Romulus, Michigan, on August 7, where organizers had to change the venue due to high registration numbers.

The space originally planned was no longer sufficient to accommodate all the participants, so Kamala Harris’s campaign team had to hold the rally inside a crowded airplane hangar, with a crowd that stretched all the way to the tarmac.

Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz gathered around 27,000 people, according to Reuters, at the rally, an influx that visibly surprised Trump.

Trump said on Truth Social, that the images of Harris greeting supporters at the Michigan airport after getting off Air Force Two were faked.

In response, the Kamala Harris campaign posted a video on its platform showing Harris and Walz facing throngs of enthusiastic supporters at their rally, accompanied by the caption: “While Trump sits at Mar-a-Lago…”.

While Trump sits at Mar-a-Lago… pic.twitter.com/jJgXdI0qeZ

— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 11, 2024

The Democratic campaign seems to be having fun at the expense of Trump and his obsession with crowd size, especially now that Kamala Harris has given them a new boost.