viral video shared on TikTok President-elect Donald Trump reportedly said, “You should never hurt your mother.”
@trumpmotivation Never hurt your mother. #motivation #inspirational #Trump #speech #viral #for you ♬ Original song – 🇺🇲President’s thoughts
Verdict: False
A content detection scan using the website TrueMedia.org found that the video contained audio generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Furthermore, there is no evidence to suggest that Trump made this comment. Media forensics and AI experts denied the validity of this claim in an email to Check Your Fact.
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The TikTok video, which has received more than 400,000 likes at the time of writing, is said to have President Trump saying, “You should never hurt your mother.”
“Never hurt your mother. Never despise her, even in anger. Never abandon her. That she is the only one who loved you before you took your first breath. Remember that she carried you for months, felt your every move, endured pain just to bring you into this world. Can you do that?'' Trump seemed to say in part.
The video begins with a clip of President Trump's speech, then cuts to multiple stock images of nature and urban scenes.
That claim is false. a Content detection scan The website TrueMedia.org indicates that the video contains AI-generated audio. Similarly, President Trump has not publicly addressed his claims. Official websitehis TRUTH Social Accountor his Verified socializing media account.
Additionally, we found “Check the facts” There are no reliable reports Trump suggested. In fact, the opposite is true. December 18th, snoop I debunked that claim. The newspaper said the same quote was also attached to “video footage of other celebrities on TikTok” including Prince Harry, Steve Harvey and Sylvester Stallone. (Related: Video of Biden talking about drones was generated by AI)
of TikTok account The company that posted the video also featured the same clip of President Trump in other videos it shared, Snopes reported.
Additionally, Dr. Walter Shirer, a media forensics and AI expert at the University of Notre Dame, denied the validity of this claim in an email to Check Your Fact.
“This video is the product of a generative AI system. The video clip has a cartoon-like appearance and is not photo-realistic. This audio track is likely synthesized and sounds exactly like President Trump's recent singing voice. “That doesn't sound like a match. The TikTok account 'Trump Motivation' is not an official source of authentic Trump content and is prolific in producing this style of AI-generated video,” Shirer said. said.
Check Your Fact has also reached out to President Trump's spokesperson for comment.
