The Trump-trolling AI meme creator that’s taken social media by storm

Minutes after President Donald Trump announced that he would not wipe out “a whole civilization” …, a team of self-described young Iranian activists jumped into action.

Members of the group known as Explosive Media were putting the finishing touches on their latest AI-generated, Lego-inspired Trump video. The video features a Trump mini-figure colluding with leaders from Gulf states, Iranian officials pressing a big red button labeled “back to the stone age,” and Trump throwing a chair at US generals.

This was the latest of more than a dozen videos the pro-Iran group has released since the beginning of the war in February, many of which have racked up millions of views on mainstream platforms. 

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… As the video concludes, a Lego Trump sits next to the document, sobbing while holding a white flag and eating a taco—a knowing reference to the acronym for “Trump always chickens out.”

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While the Trump administration has been posting memes that intercut war footage with movie clips that appeal to a narrow audience of loyal followers, Explosive Media’s Lego videos have reached a much broader audience in the US ….

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