Days after President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated fake video showing former President Barack Obama's arrest on his social media platform, the current president pushed conspiracy theories about Obama in the Oval Office on Tuesday, accusing him of treason without providing evidence regarding the 2016 presidential election.

Colbert called it an “insane thing” to put on social media. “If you or I put up an AI video depicting the violent arrest of a former president, we would get a free ride in a windowless van to FBI headquarters, where they would put us to work redacting Trump’s name from the Epstein file,” Colbert said. And that may not even be the worst of it.

In July 2025, videos surfaced on social media sites like YouTube and TikTok alleging that Barron Trump, the son of U.S. President Donald Trump, announced his marriage to Sasha Obama, the daughter of former President Barack Obama, without providing evidence to corroborate the claim.