Several prominent Democrat and RINO accounts on X shared an obviously fake video of Donald Trump Jr. purportedly supporting Russia.
The video was reportedly first shared by FactPostNews, a rapid response team created by the Democrat National Committee (DNC) to target the Trump administration. The clip was supposed to have come from Trump Jr.’s podcast, “Triggered,” and included him supposedly saying that the United States “should have been sending weapons to Russia” instead of Ukraine.
The audio begins with an unidentified person stating: “But they forget that Ukraine isn’t the kind of country you go all in on — this is ridiculous.”
The voice that is supposed to belong to Trump Jr. then responds: “I honestly can’t imagine anyone in their right mind picking Ukraine as an ally when Russia is the other option. I mean, just think about it: Massive nuclear power loaded with natural resources everyone needs, literally the biggest country on the planet. And ha ha, there’s Ukraine, which has Chernobyl, and some radiation-proof dogs. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is like, ‘Oh, yeah, this is definitely the ally we need. Let’s dump all our money into them.’ Honestly, if anything, the U.S. should have been sending weapons to Russia.”
🚨BREAKING: An official Democrat affiliated X account just posted a FAKE AI generated voice of Donald Trump Jr saying the US should “send weapons to Russia”.
The account “Fact Post News” is a former Kamala Harris campaign account.
This is a new low, even for Democrats. pic.twitter.com/X5vO3mSSdz
— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) February 26, 2025
FactPostNews has since deleted the post, but not before it was shared by several other prominent Democrat and RINO accounts, including “Republicans Against Trump” — a group of so-called Republicans that consistently agrees with almost every Democrat talking point and hoax. That group has since deleted the post as well, but it is still being circulated on social media.
Deleting might not quite be enough given the damage you’ve caused with this fake AI clip, @RpsAgainstTrump. pic.twitter.com/uqupW5uIqx
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) February 26, 2025
Another RINO, Joe Walsh, has since apologized for sharing the fake audio, though his entire comment section is filled with people calling him out for even believing the story in the first place, arguing that his “Trump Derangement Syndrome” allowed him to fall for another hoax.
Just found out the audio of Don Jr here is fake. It’s AI generated. It was actually quite believable that Jr would say this, but my apologies for putting it out there.👇 https://t.co/DZbFT7OBh0
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) February 26, 2025
Meanwhile, Andy Surabian, a representative for Trump Jr, has since accused the Democrats of being fully aware that the audio was fake.
“This is 100 percent fake AI generated audio, but I’m sure that won’t stop anti-Trump resistance accounts from continuing to dishonestly spread it,” he added.
