Social media users have been mocking US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance by creating AI-generated images.
Chinese people online have been having a fun with Trump and JD Vance lately
They’ve been using AI to create fake photos and videos, and honestly, some of them are wild.
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It all kicked off with Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcement
Earlier this month, when Trump rolled out a bunch of new tariffs, he called it ‘Liberation Day’.
“We’ve been waiting for a long time, April 2, 2025, will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn, the day America’s destiny was reclaimed, and the day that we began to ‘Make America Wealthy Again’,” he said.
Of course, China wasn’t going to just sit there
They fired back with their own tariffs — 125%. Meanwhile, the US slapped China with tariffs up to 245%. That’s when the trade fight started getting pretty heated.
AI-generated clips of Trump began spreading online
And right in the middle of all that, AI-generated videos of Trump started popping up online.
A Chinese creator made a satirical ‘Song of MAGA’
According to Daily Mail, one Chinese creator even made this parody called ‘Song of MAGA’.
Then TikTok clips started emerging showing exhausted workers with ‘make America great again’ slogans
Another TikTok clip showed these AI-generated factory workers, looking super tired and miserable. Chinese music was playing in the background while they’re doing manual labor.
JD Vance was mocked in multiple AI clips
JD Vance didn’t escape it either. In some of the AI videos, he’s got eyeliner on or full makeup. One clip literally calls him ‘eyeliner man’.
One creator clarified they were mocking the administration, not Americans
One of the creators even said that this isn’t about regular Americans, it’s about the Trump team.
A viral clip showed Trump, Vance, and Elon Musk making sneakers
Then there’s another video that went viral, showing Trump, Vance, and Elon Musk working on a sneaker assembly line. They’re all in matching blue jumpsuits, tying black laces on shoes.
Shoe manufacturing challenges in the US added to the debate
And this hit a nerve because, truth is, most of the shoes in the US come from China. It’s just how the supply chain works.
“Small businesses like mine have to pay these tariffs, and it’s not a small thing,” Devlin Carter, who runs SIA Collective, told NBC News. His shoes are mostly made in China.
“It’s a lot. So there’s no way to see this as something that’s good – for anybody. And it’s all unnecessary.”
Pepper Harward, CEO of Oka Brands told Footwear News: “The footwear ecosystem doesn’t really exist here.
“Everybody’s interested in US manufacturing, but very few people are fully committed to it or have solid justifications for making investments there.”
