Trump mocked after sharing 'golden gift' for the White House: 'President hired Putin for his decorator'
Source: independent.com
The president described the image as a ‘golden gift’ but the post, suspected to be AI-generated, has a number of glaring errors
Joe Sommerlad Tuesday 30 June 2026 12:38 BST
President Donald Trump has posted what appears to be an AI-generated image of a bald eagle cast in gold and bearing a stars-and-stripes crest fixed to a balcony of the White House.
“A Golden Gift to the White House for its 250th Birthday Year!” the president wrote as he posted the image on Truth Social late Monday.
However the crest features only 11 stars, instead of the 13 traditionally used to represent the original 13 colonies and CNN notes the image’s metadata suggests it was made using Google’s AI tools.
Freelance press photographer Andrew Leyden posted two photographs on X showing the front of the White House shortly after Trump’s post with no such crest in place.
The “gift” post was met with derision on social media, variously describing it as “tacky” and drawing comparisons with Russian iconography............................
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-gold-eagle-white-house-b3005704.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=embed1
Trump saw a picture of "golden" eagle and of course he puts it up onto the WH!! --and then posts it on his Truth account. damn
Trump mocked after sharing ‘golden gift’ for the White House: ‘President hired Putin for his decorator’
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The president described the image as a ‘golden gift’ but the post, suspected to be AI-generated, has a number of glaring errors
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