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Trump Trolled Over the Bearded Belly Dancers in His AI Gaza Video

It’s possible the president missed that bizarre detail amid all the golden statues of himself.

The surreal AI-generated video President Donald Trump shared showing what a “Trump Gaza” might look like had many strange nuggets, including one that the commander-in-chief seems to have overlooked: bearded belly dancers. The clip, which appeared online earlier this month but was shared without comment on Trump’s social media accounts late Tuesday, also depicts Elon Musk scarfing hummus, a giant gold statue built in Trump’s honor, and the U.S. president sipping a poolside cocktail next to a shirtless Benjamin Netanyahu. It’s not clear how closely Trump or his aides reviewed the video before blasting it out to his MAGA fanbase, with many social media users baffled about the inclusion of the hirsute dancers wearing bikini tops. “The belly dancers are bearded Palestinian men,” one wrote, while another suggested they were “bearded ladies.” “There are shots of bearded women belly-dancing in this video,” Mrs. Doubtfire screenwriter Randi Mayem Singer wrote on Blueky. “I think Trump’s been woke-punked, and if so, I’m here for it!”

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