President Donald Trump on Tuesday shared via his Truth Social outlet a fancifulAI-generated videoof an imagined postwar Gaza, envisioning the territory as a Dubai-like vacation resort with him and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lounging on the beach. The video drew ire from many in the comments section as weird, distasteful and bizarre.The origins of the video are unclear, though it might be from pro-Israel accounts that pump out AI-generated content, according to a report fromNBC News. The video seems to have surfaced on Feb. 7, days after Trump announced hisidea to take overthe Gaza Strip, temporarily clearing out its inhabitants and creating a new Riviera.The video consists of short animated segments of an imagined futuristic Gaza in the actual present a scene of devastation and displaced people following a year and a half of fighting that features golden buildings, golden statues of Trump, bearded belly dancers and Elon Musk chowing down on a bread bowl. The general vibe is glamour and an extravagant playground for the rich.These types of videos are referred to as AI slop, which is low quality, useless or misleading content AI-generated content meant to drive any sort of online engagement.Henry Ajder, an AI and deepfake cartographer and founder of Latent Space Advisory, said it doesn't help that this technology is so much easier and cheaper to access nowadays. "The political impact of deepfakes in synthetic media is less about deception and more about emboldening and kind of creating a message and a brand," he said.When contacted for comment, the White House declined to confirm or deny its involvement with the creation of the video and instead forwarded a statement it sent to other outlets."As President Trump has said, Gaza in its current state is unhabitable for any human being," White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a statement. "President Trump is a visionary, and his plan to have the United States involved in Gaza's rebuilding will allow for Palestinians to resettle in new, beautiful communities while improving conditions in the region for generations to come."The idea is logistically and politically complex, has been criticized by human rights groups, and has not gained support from any neighboring countries. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lounge on a Gaza beach in an AI video. Truth Social/CNETThis isn't the first time a politician has turned to deepfake technology to rally support.In 2018, the Belgian Socialist Party released adeepfake videoof Trump, during his first term in office, telling Belgians to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. Also that year, Gabon was thrown into apolitical crisiswhen President Ali Bongo, who had been out of the public eye due to a stroke, appeared in a deepfake video that led to an unsuccessful military coup. Ahead of the 2024 Indian elections, deepfake videos from multiple parties showcased rival politicians, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a comical fashion."It's actually very common in places like Southeast Asia, in places like India and Indonesia, for political parties or political figures to create this type of content, which is like very meme-focused," according to Alexandru Voica, head of corporate affairs and policy at British AI video company Synthesia. "So if you're from that part of the world, this is actually very common, but I guess now it's kind of made it into the United States."While Trump's Gaza video was the first time his new administration turned to AI-generated video to promote his ideas, he has used other provocative online content to rally support. In his first term as president, Trump uploaded an edited video of him as a wrestler beating up a CNN logo.According to researchers at the University of Chicago and Pennsylvania State University, deepfake contenthas successfully deceived 42% of Americans, based on the study's representative sample. While alarmingly high, this rate isn't higher than other forms of disinformation like text and audio.While Trump's Gaza video is very clearly fake, deepfake technology continues to improve and offer greater ease of access, which could lead to troubling outcomes in the future. And finding the original source of a deepfake piece of content is elusive, making accountability difficult."We're seven and a half, eight years into the kind of development of deep fakes and synthetic media," Ajder said. "That's a drop in the ocean compared to where things might be going."