AI Deepfakes and Political Influence | Charleston News

Charleston West Virginia News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 2, 2026 · 1m

An AI-generated video featuring digital doppelgängers of Donald Trump, Whoopi Goldberg, and Robert De Niro is going viral, with Trump’s AI avatar promoting a bizarre “treatment plan” for “TDS” — involving prayer, Diet Coke, and turning off “fake news” — while AI Whoopi claims it worked for her. The video, amassing nearly a million views on X, stirs controversy as AI De Niro, known for his real-world criticism of Trump, appears to endorse the message — raising urgent questions about deepfakes, political manipulation, and the blurring line between reality and AI simulation in our digital age…