Trump’s AI Gaza Video Is the Tip of a Horrifying ‘Gaz-A-Lago’ Iceberg

On Monday night President Donald Trump posted a nightmarish AI-generated video that depicted a Gaza rebuilt in his own image. NBC News tracked down the source of the video, but it’s only the tip of the iceberg. The “Trump Gaza” video is one piece of art that’s part of a grotesque online meme movement depicting “Gaz-A-Lago,” a place rife with namecoins, NFTS, and imagined futures. Trump posted the AI-generated video—which shows bearded belly dancers gyrating next to Trump, Elon Musk eating a pita, and a golden statue in the middle of a city square—on February 25, 2025. According to NBC News, the video was originally posted on X on February 7, days after Trump pitched turning Gaza into a resort community. On February 4, Trump appeared with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pitched a bizarre and horrifying plan. “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it,” Trump said. “Everybody I have spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece ... Read full article.