Trump posts AI-edited photo to brag about White House restoration work

<figure> <img alt="A before and after photo of a White House column that appears to be edited with AI" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: President Donald Trump / Truth Social" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/27a4ed6e86bbf2cf-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">President Donald Trump posted <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117443144788808814">a series of photos</a> on Truth Social showing off renovations to the White House - but <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117443148049952515">one of them appears</a> to be modified with AI. The picture, which compares an old White House column to a "restored" one, has several discrepancies and was flagged by Google's AI detector as "made or edited with OpenAI."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">As <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/isthisAI/comments/1x6iyee/is_trumps_white_house_restoration_after_photo/?rdt=33225">pointed out by users on Reddit</a>, the picture of the "restored" column has an uneven number of steps on both sides of the structure. The number of steps also doesn't match up with the ones in the "before" photo. Additionally, the before and after photos appear nearly identical in angle and detail; the reflection i …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/1012445/donald-trump-ai-photo-white-house-rennovation-column">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>