Trump says video showing items thrown from White House is AI after his team indicates it's real

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a video circulating online that showed items being tossed out of an upstairs window of the White House was created with artificial intelligence, despite his press team seeming to confirm the veracity of it hours earlier.

Donald Trump, who has boasted of being an expert in building design as he takes on remodeling projects at the White Houseand beyond, told reporters that the video has “got to be fake” because the windows, he said, are heavy and sealed shut.

The video, which circulated Monday, appears to show a small black bag and a long white item being tossed out of a window on the building's east side.

Trump blamed the video on AI, saying the creation of fake videos was one of the downsides of the technology, but then said, "If something happens that’s really bad, maybe I’ll have to just blame AI.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-video-showing-items-220312099.html

Probably his soiled Depends.

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1. Trump, AI and the mysterious case of the open White House window

Trump’s team said a video showing someone throwing things out a White House window was real but anodyne. The president preferred to falsely blame AI.

On the video of someone throwing things out a White House video, Trump’s line reminded me of a quote often attributed to Hannah Arendt:

“This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.” www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-09-03T14:51:43.814Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-ai-mysterious-case-open-white-house-window-rcna228748

If you spent some time on social media over the Labor Day weekend, you probably saw an odd video related to the White House — but unlike most odd videos related to the White House, this one didn’t appear to have anything to do with Donald Trump.

Something press pool could ask about

— Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) 2025-09-01T13:27:13.933Z

......It was against this backdrop that The Associated Press reported:

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a video circulating online that showed items being tossed out of an upstairs window of the White House was created with artificial intelligence, despite his press team seeming to confirm the veracity of it hours earlier. Trump ... told reporters that the video has ‘got to be fake’ because the windows, he said, are heavy and sealed shut

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Right off the bat, when Trump contradicts his own team, it’s going to generate some interest. Hours before the Q&A in the Oval Office, the White House press office has confirmed the video is real and said it showed a “contractor who was doing regular maintenance” while Trump was away. If the president had said the same thing or even just referred questions to the White House staff, most of the political world likely would’ve shrugged and moved on.....

And then he went just a bit further. The New York Times reported:

President Trump on Tuesday revealed a new strategy he could employ for dealing with unwelcome or unflattering information: blame artificial intelligence. With fake videos generated by A.I. swirling around the internet, it’s become increasingly difficult for many users of social media to separate truth from fiction — a point Mr. Trump both lamented and said he could potentially use to his advantage.

“If something happens, really bad, just blame AI,” the Republican said, apparently in jest.

Trump: "If something happens that's really bad, maybe I'll have to just blame AI."

— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) 2025-09-02T19:46:32.151Z

....His latest comment on the subject appeared designed to plant a seed in the minds of his followers: If you see something that paints the Republican administration in an unflattering light, it’s probably best to assume it was created by a computer.

The response to the mysterious case of the open White House window, in other words, is part a pattern, and there’s every reason to believe the problem will get worse before it gets better.

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2. He says each window weighs 600 pounds?

That sounds like a hell of a lot.