Trump’s ‘make peace or die’ message to Putin is deepfake. Yet it fooled Russians

On January 27, Andrey Isay’s, a member of the Russian Duma State (Donji Parliament House), accused US President Donald Trump of trying to “force” Russian President Vladimir Putin to start peace negotiations with Ukraine.

Speaking in the Primetime show 60 minutes At Rossia-1, the most watched state-owned TV channel in the country, Isayev said Trump reminded Putin at the fate of Big-Dictator Libya Moammar Gaddafi, who Linchac a mob after the 2011 rebellion.

Instead of threatening Putin, Trump should remember the fate of US President John F. Kennedy, Isayev said, adding that the current US president had already faced several assassination attempts.

“Trump threatened our president quite rude, he must say, pressing to start negotiations and reminding Gaddafi’s fate.”

The claim is false.

Quote, Isay’s attached to President Trump, comes from a video of Deepfake created by Ukrainian bloggers and divided into a telegram Messaging platform.

On January 2, the Ukrainian telegram database, CE hʼyuston (base, this is Houston) posted a video of Trump that addresses Putin. The video was marked by the logo and banners of the Rossia-1 State Television Channel, which allegedly aired it with Russian torn.

In the video Trump appears:

“I think Putin is a powerful leader and I respect that, but he plays bad games. And it always ends badly. We all remember the stories of Sadam, Ceausescu and, of course, Gaddafi … a terrible death. And I tell you, but that’s how it ends.

The video became viral until January 24, pouring on other social media platforms and even news.

Then, the base, SMM SMM specialists, Hi Hʼyuston Telegram Channel, announced in the comment to the original post that the video was generated by the video generated by the use of artificial intelligence.

The aim of the campaign was to “demoralize” “the most active Russians” and “we did well,” the canal comment said.

The channel description confirms their claims because it includes a connection that leads to the website with the main side stating: “Let’s make a cool deepfakes”.

Later, two Ukrainian news, A new voice and Antibodas well as the Georgian output to check the facts Bribery detectorHe also reported that Trump’s video address Putin was Deepfake.

January 22, US President Trump invited Russia to end his complete invasion of Ukraine, a warning of high tariffs, taxes and sanctions if he did not soon reach the peace agreement. In the social place of truth, he urged Putin to “settle” and stop the war, emphasizing that “he would only get worse.”

Trump stated that although he had always had a good relationship with Putin and admired the Russian people, he would not have had another choice but to pronounce economic penalties to Russian exports to the United States and the Allied States if the war continued.

He insisted that the war would not start under his leadership and emphasized the urgency of the negotiations. Trump framed his warning as a “service” to Russia, persuading Putin to choose a “easy way” by concluding a contract to prevent further loss of life.