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False Claim of the Week: A December 2025 Image Shows Donald Trump Using a Walker

NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week” highlights a false claim from NewsGuard’s False Claim Fingerprints proprietary database of provably false claims and their debunks. The claim that a December 2025 image shows Donald Trump using a walker is NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week” due to its widespread appearance across social media platforms and websites, its high engagement levels, and the high-profile nature of the sources promoting it. Those three factors, as well as both its significant subject matter and potential for harm, makes it our False Claim of the Week.

Debunk: Image of Trump Using a Walker Is an AI-Generated Fake

What happened: Liberal social media users are sharing a supposed image of President Donald Trump using a walker for assistance after signing an executive order, citing the photo as purported evidence of his frailty. In fact, the photo is an AI-generated fake.

Context: On Dec. 11, Trump signed an executive order aimed at limiting states’ ability to enforce their own AI regulations, centralizing oversight at the federal level.

• The order drew political backlash, particularly among Democrats and digital rights advocates,...

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