Trump shares bizarre AI-generated video of Gaza

US President Donald Trump is facing a backlash after sharing an bizarre AI-created video in a controversial future imagining of the Palestinian territory Gaza devastated by Israel’s war.

The video shared on the Truth Social platform presented a computer-generated vision of Trump’s property development plan for Gaza,

Named the “Riviera of the Middle East” plan, the proposal has been criticised as a blueprint for ethnic cleansing under which he said he wants to “clean out” the population of about 2 million people.

The video shows Trump sipping cocktails with a Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza and bearded male belly dancers.

In the video, the war-torn territory is seen transformed into a Dubai-style resort with skyscrapers and luxury yachts, children playing on the beach as money rains down.

Trump, who says he wants the US to “own” Gaza, is presented as a revered icon in the footage. A boy walks along holding a golden balloon of the president’s head and a towering, dictator-style statue of Trump overlooks a city street.

Elon Musk, Trump’s billionaire backer, appears several times, eating flatbread and later dancing as dollar bills fall from the sky. Musk’s Tesla electric cars cruise through the glossy streets.

Trump faced backlash on social media after the shared the footage which includes the caption “Gaza 2025 … what’s next?” It was not immediately clear who had made the video, although it had been shared online previously by other accounts.