Trump shares AI video praising resilience behind bars

Trump shares AI video praising resilience behind bars

Trump posts a video and screenshot from an X account named Stephan MAJ, highlighting a message about a strong man refusing to give up even when facing bullies.

Richard Miniter
First Published: October 22, 2026, 9:34 AM ET

— Donald J. Trump shared an AI-generated video and a screenshot from an X account named Stephan MAJ, praising the resilience of a strong man facing bullies behind bars.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “AIVIDEOS Stephan MAJ Stephan X.com Even Behind Bars, Bullies Can’t Break Never Underestimate Someone Who a Strong Man. Refuses to Give Up!

Video transcript Oh, man. I got business tonight. Watch the prisoner till morning. Hm. Listen up. The new guy put hands on the sergeant. Make the new guy’s night hell. Hurt the new guy, go home at sunrise. Charges dropped? The Hall camera sees everything. I’m shutting the camera off. You heard the deal, new guy? I heard it. Big man sitting in my spot. You deaf, new guy? Now get down on them knees for me. You put your hand on my face. Nobody gets to do that. So walk away and sit down. Or what, big man? Or you leave on a stretcher. I’ll count to three. One. Go on, count. Two. Now you sit down. Where’s the new guy? Don’t. Open this door! Camera’s off, officer. You can’t leave me in here!” on October 22, 2026 at 9:26 AM ET.

Donald J. Trump shared an AI-generated video at WASHINGTON D.C.
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Donald J. Trump shared an AI-generated video at WASHINGTON D.C.

Margo Martin / X (formerly Twitter)

This is Trump’s 24th message released today, and the last post was 0 minutes ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 17 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 50 of his 745 posts over the last 30 days classified as Personal Praise, Greetings & Tributes posts.

The post features a screenshot of a social media message from the platform X, which credits an account named Stephan MAJ. The graphic includes the text “AIVIDEOS,” indicating artificial intelligence generated the accompanying prison scene. Trump mentioned the source (see truthsocial) by linking to his own profile and previous statuses on the platform.

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