President Donald Trump said the media should be charged with treason, claiming news outlets are sharing misinformation through fabricated AI images of the Iran War.
Trump shared the message on Sunday night, as the conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate. The rhetoric signifies an increasingly aggressive rhetoric toward news organizations from the Trump administration.
“The story was knowingly FAKE and, in a certain way, you can say that those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they ‘win’ are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets.”
“The Radical Leftwing Press knows this full well, but continues to go forward with false stories and LIES. That’s why their Approval Rating is so low, and I can win a Presidential Election, IN A LANDSLIDE, getting only 5% positive Press — They have no credibility!” he added.
Alarmingly, he added that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Brendan Carr was investigating the licenses of media outlets across the country, calling them “corrupt” and “highly unpatriotic.”
“They get Billions of Dollars of FREE American Airwaves, and use it to perpetuate LIES, both in News and almost all of their Shows, including the Late Night Morons, who get gigantic Salaries for horrible Ratings, and never get, as I used to say in The Apprentice, ‘FIRED,'” he said in the rambling statement.
Trump’s post comes after a series of AI videos and images generated across the world have caused chaos on social media.
According to The New York Times, over 110 AI-generated images and videos have collectively been seen by millions on X, TikTok, and Facebook.
The fake videos range from building explosions to Israelis screaming in Tel Aviv, Iranians mourning deceased citizens, and American weaponry. Trump has seemingly blamed the Iranian government for the creation of the images and videos.
“Iran has long been known as a Master of Media Manipulation and Public Relations. They are militarily ineffective and weak, but are really good at “feeding” the very appreciative Fake News Media false information,” Trump said on his Truth Social post on Sunday.
“Now, A.I. has become another Disinformation weapon that Iran uses, quite well, considering they are being annihilated by the day. They showed phony “Kamikaze Boats,” shooting at various Ships at Sea, which looks wonderful, powerful, and vicious, but these Boats don’t exist — It’s all false information to show how “tough” their already defeated Military is!” the statement continued.
The president has previously called on those whom he opposes to be charged with treason.
Most notably, the president criticized six Democratic lawmakers who encouraged military members to disobey or ignore “illegal” orders from the Trump administration. He said the lawmakers should be “punishable by death” for encouraging service members to opt out of unlawful orders.
“It’s called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand — We won’t have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET,” he wrote on a Truth Social post in November.
“This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???” Trump wrote in another post.
“SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” he wrote in a third one. (AOL)
