AI-Generated Fake Images Of Trump (X) Few things define contemporary liberals as left-wing actor Mark Ruffalo’s attempt to elude criticism that he
Few things define contemporary liberals as left-wing actor Mark Ruffalo’s attempt to elude criticism that he had been played by an internet huckster.
He bought into a clear hoax on X and promoted it, and then when called out for the deception, Ruffalo directed the blame for his own gullibility to Elon Musk.
On Jan. 3, a far-left account on X shared photos of former President Donald Trump with a group of teenage and tweenaged girls. In the post, the user claimed, “Trump headed to Epstein Island. 2 different flights, 2 different groups of little girls. Not his daughters. Not his nieces. Not something Republicans even care about. He can rape, steal, try to overthrow the gov’t, this is their American dream.”
The next day, Ruffalo, known more for his climate change activism than his Hollywood career, gladly shared the post:
“Gross,” he wrote. “#MAGA wants to paint everyone on those flights as pedophiles except the one guy who smiles in a group of young girls all headed to Epstein’s ‘Fantasy Island’ with him.”
“My bet is there are some decent republicans left in America that may think this is going too far,” he added.
Turns out it was the photos that went too far — with a lie.
On X, a Community Note pointed out the photos were fake, having been AI-generated.
Ruffalo then appeared to accept blame for getting hoaxed, “Sorry Folks. Apparently these images are AI fakes,” he wrote.
But he didn’t stop there, “The fact Trump was on Epstein’s plane and what Epstein was up to is not,” he added.
He then blame-shifted, arguing, “Be careful. Elon’s X and his allowing so much disinformation here is driving the value of his app down by 55%.”
Read: The Epstein Files: Unveiling The Shocking Truth
Other users quickly noted that as Ruffalo pointed at Musk, he was shamelessly unwilling to admit that three of his fingers were pointing back at himself.
“How dare @elonmusk allow YOU to make the decision to post fake images that fooled and embarrassed you!” one X user replied. “Bro, I can’t take you seriously because you can’t even take your own independent decisions seriously.”
Another added, “Mark Ruffalo shared lies about Trump because in reality it was Democrats like Bill Clinton who were the ones with Epstein who took advantage of underage girls. Now Ruffalo is blaming his lies on Musk and 𝕏. Democrats never take responsibility for their own actions.”
Still a third posted, “Does it register at all, Mark, that YOU are the source of the disinformation you’re decrying? I dont (sic) even like these mofos, but man, it wasn’t Elon Musk that did this. It was YOU.”
One more commenter noted, along with several laughing emojis, “Blaming Elon for your TDS [Trump Derangement Syndrome]?”
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