President Donald Trump Monday night posted what appeared to be an AI-generated image of a big, golden eagle affixed to the Truman Balcony of the White House.
“A Golden Gift to the White House for its 250th Birthday Year!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, alongside the image of the bald eagle with its wings spanning the balcony and a stars and stripes defend.
The White House then shared Trump’s publish on its official account on X.
But the image doesn’t seem to be an actual {photograph}, primarily based on small variations between the railing of the balcony within the image and the real-life Truman Balcony. The defend additionally options 11 stars, as opposed to 13, which historically mirror the unique 13 colonies on the time of America’s founding.
The image additionally has content material credentials in its metadata that point out it was created with Google AI.
And Andrew Leyden, a contract photographer, posted images on X of the balcony he mentioned had been taken at 9:30 p.m. — after Trump posted the image — that didn’t present the eagle.
NCS has reached out to the White House for remark.
Since returning to workplace in 2025, Trump has added a string of private touches to the White House, affixing assorted gold accents all through the Oval Office and attaching giant, challenge-coin type medallions all through the West Wing and White House residence.
He’s additionally overseen huge development initiatives, together with a totally reworked White House Rose Garden, two giant flagpoles on the White House North and South Lawns, and the demolition of the East Wing, which the president has bulldozed to make manner for his controversial ballroom mission.