From The Hill: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday shared an AI-generated video depicting President Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller in handcuffs.
The video shows the three sitting on a step outside, their hands behind their backs, as the text, “It’s cuffing season,” appears onscreen. It then transitions to the backseat of a car when Trump, Hegseth and Miller raise their cuffed hands to their faces and they start to cry.
Newsom’s video ends with the men appearing to approach the doors of a courthouse, where police, reporters and spectators are waiting, raising their phones to take pictures. Throughout the video, R&B singer SZA’s song “Big Boys” plays in the background.
The White House had released a similar video on Monday, showing real-life footage of illegal alien criminals being rounded up by ICE.
“WE HEARD IT’S CUFFING SZN. ⛓️ Bad news for criminal illegal aliens. Great news for America,” the White House wrote as a caption for their video.
Newsom then responded to the White House video with his AI-generated video showing Trump, Hegseth and Miller in handcuffs. The same song plays in the background, and the same caption, “It’s Cuffing Season,” flashes across the screen.
https://t.co/qXr5j6dc8E pic.twitter.com/s7BJ5npxFB
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) December 10, 2025
Multiple X users are reminding Newsom that he literally signed a law in California cracking down on AI-generated videos.
So……you violated the law you signed to protect yourself. Amazing. pic.twitter.com/PeMV27ZFze
— Alpha Liger ⬛ 🟨 (@AlphaLiger) December 11, 2025
Didn’t you literally try to pass a law that would prohibit exactly what you’re doing right now, you goddamn hypocrite?
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) December 10, 2025
Didn’t you pass a law in this state trying to prohibit people from doing this very thing? 🤔
— Cale Dunleavy 🇺🇲 (@51marine1) December 10, 2025
You literally signed a law against deepfakes lmao
— aaalex.hl (@aaalexhl) December 11, 2025
Another X user wrote, “This can never happen because Trump has lifetime immunity since the Supreme Court found him not guilty.”
This can never happen because Trump has lifetime immunity since the Supreme Court found him not guilty.
— Burt Macklin (@BurtMaclin_FBI) December 10, 2025
READ MORE fromhttps://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5643618-trump-handcuffs-newsom-ai-video/.
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