Former US president Donald Trump said in an interview released Sunday that he will not run again in four years if he is not successful in his current bid for the White House.  “I think that will be —…
  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
    841·
    17 days ago

    I can 100% imagine him running for as long as he has a pulse. And even then, it wouldn’t entirely surprise me if he didn’t have a pulse and republicans used a deep fake to keep him campaigning. He’s basically all they have at this point.

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
        17·
        17 days ago

        I was thinking like Herman Cain, when they used his likeness and account to promote party messaging after his death, but this works too.

        • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          15·
          17 days ago

          God, I hadn’t even thought about how many Trump deepfakes are going to be swindling conspiracy theorists out of their money for years after he dies.

          • mPony@lemmy.world
            41·
            16 days ago

            During the Iraq War, there was a brief moment where a camera crew just happened to be in the right place at the right time to show the world a live broadcast of a perfectly healthy Saddam Hussein out in the wild, being greeted by his troops as a hero. Except the guy really didn’t look much like Saddam Hussein at all. It was the kind of cheap fake that you would think people could never fall for.

            Since then, we’ve seen time and time again what people will fall for.

            So, yes. Not only are you correct, you are probably more correct than people would want to admit.