Trump mocked for posting 'tacky' AI golden eagle on White House balcony

As America prepares for its 250th anniversary, President Trump shared an AI-generated image of a giant golden eagle perched on the White House's Truman Balcony. Google's SynthID technology flagged the image as artificially created—a diagnosis confirmed when photographers found no eagle actually installed. The image was reposted by official White House accounts, but drew widespread ridicule online, with critics calling it tacky and cheap, according to France 24.

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