Trump mocked after sharing 'golden gift' for the White House: 'President hired Putin for his decorator'

[riversedge]

Source: independent.com


The president described the image as a ‘golden gift’ but the post, suspected to be AI-generated, has a number of glaring errors

Joe Sommerlad Tuesday 30 June 2026 12:38 BST


President Donald Trump has posted what appears to be an AI-generated image of a bald eagle cast in gold and bearing a stars-and-stripes crest fixed to a balcony of the White House.

“A Golden Gift to the White House for its 250th Birthday Year!” the president wrote as he posted the image on Truth Social late Monday.

However the crest features only 11 stars, instead of the 13 traditionally used to represent the original 13 colonies and CNN notes the image’s metadata suggests it was made using Google’s AI tools.

Freelance press photographer Andrew Leyden posted two photographs on X showing the front of the White House shortly after Trump’s post with no such crest in place.

The “gift” post was met with derision on social media, variously describing it as “tacky” and drawing comparisons with Russian iconography............................


Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-gold-eagle-white-house-b3005704.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=embed1

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Trump saw a picture of "golden" eagle and of course he puts it up onto the WH!! --and then posts it on his Truth account. damn

Trump mocked after sharing ‘golden gift’ for the White House: ‘President hired Putin for his decorator’

The president described the image as a ‘golden gift’ but the post, suspected to be AI-generated, has a number of glaring errors

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— (@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T19:04:32.365Z

[Torchlight]

1. The Bard can find the words I lack.

"To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, ... Is wasteful and ridiculous excess."

[Bayard]

2. At least its not his picture....

[dave99]

3. Known Liar, lying. What surprise?

[tanyev]

4. Why don't you get some actual eagles for the White House, Donald?

[electric_blue68]

10. Awwww....NOT! 😄

[Mr.Bee]

5. A Golden Grift

How Nice... nt
'All For Me, Nothing For You'.

[Goonch]

6. ;-{) THIS

[eShirl]

7. stop festooning our house with your tacky shite

[Karasu]

8. 100% AI. AI and fascists are the worst possible fucking combination imaginable.

[electric_blue68]

9. 🙄🙄🙄 While not real.... It's damn Ugly!

[sinkingfeeling]

11. Thank God it's AI.

[riversedge]

20. It probably gave Trump ideas though!!

[Aussie105]

12. Trump's message to the Great unwashed:

'Look peasants, you never had it so good!'

Peasants mutter discontent and wonder how they will balance the budget this month.

Common feature amongst fading dictators: 'Great Works' to remember them by.

But Trump will be more remembered for less worthy aspects of his reign.

[Martin68]

13. Uneducated, uncultured, clueless, dumbass. "Oh, look, it's shiny and golden!

[cab67]

14. more than a passing resemblance -

https://www.hitler-archive.com/photo.php?p=bbGF85d9

[usonian]

15. There was a similar gift to the U.S. A Great Seal from "Russian Schoolchildren"

"The Thing"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_%28listening_device%29

Look inside.



Thanks to Leon Theremin


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Theremin

[The Wizard]

16. Deutschland Uber Alles(NT)

[SunSeeker]

17. There needs to be a giant bonfire on January 21, 2029.

Americans like myself will gladly come with crowbars to peel all of Trump’s gold shit off and throw it in the bonfire.

[Old Crank]

18. I guess this is a better use of his time

Than a lot of other nasty stuff he fever dreams up.

[Ray Bruns]

19. Why doesn't Trump get it over with and hang a couple of Nazi banners next to the eagle?