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The claim: Posts claim Trump posted a video of himself beating Mark Carney with a hockey stick.

Altered mediaAI fakes, Politics
Where this comes from

Political tensions between countries can feel very real, and people naturally wonder what leaders might do or say about each other.

The bigger picture

AFP found that this video was artificially generated using AI—it was not posted by Trump and does not show a real event. The video was created rather than recorded.

Checked by AFP Fact Check (“AI-generated”), Snopes (“Mostly False”) and Lead Stories (“Only Pic”) · 2026

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