Donald Trump's Communist Rally Kamala Harris Post

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Kits @0x_kitsune As a hater and poster myself, it's extremely sad to see Trump's fall off on here. He used to be an all-time great, if not THE all time-great, poster and is now just lazily tossing up Al slop. You can tell the love of the game is gone. Sad! Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump • Aug 18 • 8:37 AM ⚫ Aug 18, 2024 2.7M Views 込 CHICAGO

cowboy kenna @mouseabolition not to sound dramatic but you should NOT legally be allowed to share ai generated images of your political opposition ••• like we already learned from 2016 facebook that certain parts of the population are in face that gullible Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump • Aug 18 • 11:13 AM ⚫ Aug 18, 2024 4.1M Views CHICAGO

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Donald Trump's Communist Rally Kamala Harris Post refers to memes and edits made in reference to an AI-generated image posted by former President Donald Trump in mid-August 2024 depicting Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris as the speaker at an ostentatiously communist rally, with a yellow hammer and sickle emblem displayed on a jumbotron while the words "CHICAGO" is displayed on another. The image was shared as part of Trump's 2024 election campaign in an attempt to paint Harris as a "far-left" communist candidate. The fake image inspired memes and parodies soon after it was posted.

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On August 17th, 2024, X^[1] user @TruthorConseq12 posted an image of a female leader (somewhat resembling Kamala Harris) looking at a sea of people bathed in a lurid red light, illuminated by a large red banner with a yellow hammer and sickle emblem on it. The AI-generated image of the ostentatiously communist rally was captioned, "Are you ready for the DNC?" gathering over 33,000 likes in two days (seen below).

On August 18th, 2024, Donald Trump reposted the AI-generated image to his Truth Social account and his X^[2] account @realDonaldTrump, where it gathered over 670,000 likes in a day (seen below).

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 7:50 AM • Aug 18, 2024 63.5M Views CHICAGO :

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On August 18th, 2024, X^[3] user @FidgetLit posted an edited version of the communist rally image, changing the colors from red to blue and adding the phrase "Culver's" to the jumbotron in reference to a popular midwestern fast-food chain. The post gathered over 32,000 likes in a day (seen below, left).

Also on August 18th, X^[4] user @PortaThottie added a still from the 2024 movie Trap to the image, gathering over 6,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

On August 18th, 2024, X^[5] user @iElijahManley posted an AI-generated image of Trump leading a Nazi rally, gathering over 66,000 likes in a day (seen below, right). Also on August 18th, X^[6] user @YIMBYLAND posted an edited version of the communist image to show a rally for the Bucc-ees convenience store instead of communism, gathering over 1,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

Some X users criticized Trump for posting AI-generated imagery, calling it unethical and misleading, while others criticized him for "falling off" and no longer making funny posts. X^[7] user @mouseabolition gathered over 200,000 likes on a post calling for AI-generated campaign imagery to be made illegal (seen below, left), while X^[8] user @0x_kitsune gathered over 81,000 likes on a post saying that Trump is no longer a great poster (seen below, right).