US president Donald Trump did not say he would grant Biafra independence from Nigeria – ignore AI-generated video
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- Video Reportedly Created with AI Appears to Show Trump Backing Biafra Secession
event | 27 Apr 2025 | 78%
In February 2025, a video circulated on Facebook that appeared to show U.S. President Donald Trump expressing support for Biafran independence and calling for the release of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu. However, fact-checkers reportedly traced the visuals to a 2021 BBC video unrelated to Biafra; they noted signs of AI manipulation. The altered clip reportedly used tools such as ElonTalks to generate synthetic audio and video from a user-submitted sc…