AI-generated deepfake videos falsely showing US President Trump criticizing former Kenyan Deputy President Gachagua circulated on Facebook, spreading misinformation about both political figures.
Multiple AI-generated deepfake videos circulated on Facebook appearing to show US President Donald Trump criticizing former Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. In the fake videos, Trump calls Gachagua 'an idiot' and 'a terrible guy' and 'a criminal' while condemning him for creating 'weird deep fake' videos. The deepfake appears to reference two earlier fake videos that circulated in Kenya after Trump's January 20, 2025 inauguration - one falsely showing Fox News reporting on Gachagua's attendance at the inauguration, and another falsely showing Trump acknowledging Gachagua's presence while condemning Kenyan President William Ruto. Africa Check identified the Trump video as fake by noting lip-sync issues, microphone movement artifacts, and conducting reverse image searches that traced the footage to Trump's actual inauguration speech where no mention of Gachagua occurred. The fake videos appear to exploit ongoing political tensions between Ruto and Gachagua, who was impeached in October 2024 on charges of corruption and inciting ethnic divisions.
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