RT uses deepfake video to taunt Trump with post-election job offer
Russian state-owned broadcaster RT published a deepfake video showing US President Donald Trump appearing to work for the outlet as a “special host” after losing the 2020 election. RT said the video was satire and invited Trump to take up an actual job. The article notes the video was an obvious fake, and that US intelligence believed Russia was attempting to interfere in the election in subtler ways.
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