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Jun 13, 2026 Trump posted a series of disinformation-laden social media images, including a false depiction of the Obama Presidential Center and AI-generated propaganda imagery Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
The president used social media to spread disinformation and demean a predecessor's institution, illustrating continued use of official channels for propaganda.
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- Trump posted images of gilded horse statues being regilded — On June 13, 2026, Trump posted images on social media of horse statues behind the Lincoln Memorial being freshly gilded. Trump wrote that the "Arts of War sculptures, located between The Lincoln Memorial and site of The Triumphal Arch" would be "fully regilded by July 3" and that "The Gilders' Studio has flown in Gilders from around the Country to perform this work."
- Trump posts series of images on social media ahead of 80th birthday — On the eve of his 80th birthday, Trump posted multiple images to his social media account, including a photograph of the Obama Presidential Center depicted as a garbage can surrounded by a homeless encampment; an image from his 2024 Manhattan criminal trial showing him leaving court after a jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts; a 2018 photograph with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un; a 2020 campaign photograph at Air Force One; an AI-generated image of himself as "Commander in Chief" on a ship with military vessels and fighter jets; a December 1986 Fortune magazine cover featuring himself; and a black-and-white photograph of himself from the 1980s with a caption claiming credit for fixing the Wollman Skating Rink and Washington, D.C. crime.
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Week 74 – 2026-06-13–2026-06-19
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