Trump calls for Obama to be arrested as he posts AI video of former president being cuffed by FBI in the Oval Office
The bizarre clip shows Obama being dragged to his knees by the FBI and placed in handcuffs as a beaming Trump
watches
on.
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Donald Trump has shared a AI-generated video of Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office by the FBI
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The TikTok, which was later shared by the President onto his Truth Social account, shows Obama in an orange prison outfit standing behind bars
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Trump has shared dozens of interview clips, news articles and statements in recent days, reigniting a long-standing feud between himself and Obama
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The TikTok, which was later shared by the President onto his Truth Social account, then shows Obama in an orange prison outfit standing behind bars.
Trump's now iconic anthem, YMCA by the Village People, can be heard playing throughout the AI clip.
The video is captioned: "No one is above the
law
!"
The line directly references a clip which is shown at the very start of the video of a genuine Obama speech where he tells a crowd at a Biden/Harris rally: "No one, especially the President, is above the law."
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The clip also featured a series of Democratic politicians such as Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi making the same statement.
Trump has shared dozens of interview clips,
news
articles and statements in recent days, reigniting a long-standing feud between himself and Obama.
The latest controversy stems from an interview from spy chief Tulsi Gabbard where she claims Obama was behind a "years-long coup" against Trump.
Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, declassified hundreds of documents and emails on Friday over alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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One of the most damning allegations pointed towards Obama trying to subvert Trump's historic win through "manufactured and politicized intelligence".
Gabbard claims the 44th US President was likely trying to make it seem as if foreign bad actors influenced the result.
Trump ally calls for RELEASE of Epstein files but Don insists 'it's boring stuff' amid whirlwind of murder conspiracies
She said in a heated statement alongside the released documents: "Their egregious abuse of power and blatant rejection of our Constitution threatens the very foundation and integrity of our democratic republic.
"No matter how powerful, every person involved in this conspiracy must be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, to ensure nothing like this ever happens again."
Trump has posted at least 17 times about Gabbard's announcement over the weekend.
It follows years of speculation over potential
In 2021, it was even said that Vladimir Putin "authorized" and oversaw covert operations aimed at "denigrating Biden's candidacy", according to a
the Office
of the Director of National Intelligence.
The 114-page documents instead found there was "no indication of a Russian threat to directly manipulate the actual vote count through cyber means".
Putin has
Democrats have since claimed the report has only been released to deflect from the growing Jeffrey Epstein client list scandal.
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Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, declassified hundreds of documents and emails on Friday over alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election
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The 114-page documents instead found there was 'no indication of a Russian threat to directly manipulate the actual vote count through cyber means'
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Since Epstein's death by suicide in 2019, people have speculated that the convicted pedophile blackmailed prominent figures involved with his sick crimes.
The FBI has announced in recent weeks that any such "client list" showing who may have been implicated doesn't actually exist.
But this claim directly goes against what administration officials have previously said.
In an interview on Fox News back in February, close Trump aide Pam Bondi said the client list was "
review
."
She addressed the comment during a cabinet meeting recently and explained she meant the Epstein file as a whole rather than any list.
And despite further evidence - including video of Epstein's prison cell on the day of his death - being released, many are still calling for the entire case to be made public.
Many within Trump's own MAGA movement allege the files may have been withheld to protect big names.
Trump has been adamant that the documents don't need to be released as the relevant information is already clear.
He has called the files "made up" by his Democratic predecessors and reporters in the White House: "I don't understand why the
Jeffrey Epstein
case would be of interest to anybody.
"It's pretty boring stuff."
Trump has also unleashed a scathing rant on Truth Social, taking aim at those who he says are responsible for the ongoing issues.
The President hit out at "radical left democrats", who he claims peddled the theories about Epstein's death and the so-called client list.
He also fumed that his past MAGA supporters had "bought into this 'bulls***,' hook, line, and sinker".
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Democrats have claimed the report has only been released to deflect from the growing Jeffrey Epstein client list scandal
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