US Edition‘Thank You, Trump’: Video of Crying Venezuelans Thanking the US Is AI-Generated
The video, viewed over 5.6 million times, falsely shows July 2024 anti-Maduro protests as celebrations after his January 2026 capture, spreading misinformation via AI tools.
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‘Thank you, Trump’: video of crying Venezuelans thanking the US is AI-generated
A video showing emotional Venezuelans celebrating the capture of Nicolas Maduro - and thanking Donald Trump - was widely shared on social media, and even reposted by Elon Musk. The clip however, is AI generated. It joins several other false videos claiming to show joy and celebrations in Venezuela, either via dated or out of context clips. Vedika Bahl explains in Truth or Fake.
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, was captured by U.S. armed forces in a military operation inside Caracas. The action was confirmed by the U.S. government and international media itself, and represents an unprecedented fact in recent international politics, as it violates international law. The operation was executed in the early hours of January 3, 2026, when U.S. troops and agents entered Venezuelan territory, located Maduro and det…
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