It's the Brian Lair Show on WNYC. I'm Bridget Bergen, filling in for Brian today.

On Saturday, protesters in over 2,500 cities across the United States participated in the No Kings movement,

a network of progressive organizations that are fighting against the Trump administration's

policies. The movement accuses President Trump of acting more like a monarch than an elected

official. In response, President Trump characteristically took to social media, but this time

it was a little different. The president hosted an AI-generated video depicting himself as a crown-wearing

fighter pilot flying over American cities and dropping excrement on the No King's protesters.

The video is just the latest example of a shift by the president

who was using more and more fake imagery to misrepresent his achievements in office

and attack his perceived opponents, sometimes with degrading images and audio.

Our next guest argues the era of AI propaganda is here, and President Trump is an enthusiastic participant.

Joining us now is Stuart A. Thompson, reporter at the New York Times covering online influence, Stuart.

Welcome to WNYC.

Thanks for having me.

And listeners, for those of you who are out there who have seen these AI generated images and videos coming from the Trump administration, we want to hear some of your reactions.

As we'll discuss, some of the imagery can come across as pretty realistic. Maybe you know friends or family members who are scratching their heads thinking, wait, is this thing real?

Do you know anyone who is supportive of this kind of political messaging?

What do they tell you?

Or anything you'd like to ask our guests about misinformation online and what he calls AI propaganda?

You can give us a call now at 212-433 WNYC. That's 212-433-9692. You can also text at that number.

Stewart, the messaging we saw from the president over the weekend that AI-generated video of him in a crown dumping excrement on protesters from a fighter jet.

You note that it's actually nothing new.

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