President Trump’s AI Chat With Dead George Washington Sparks New Call for His Removal

President Donald Trump is facing renewed calls for his removal from office after sharing an AI-generated video in which he appears to converse with George Washington, who has been dead for 226 years.

The 80-year-old president posted the surreal clip to Truth Social on Sunday, August 16, showing himself walking through a still-unfinished White House ballroom alongside the nation’s first commander-in-chief, who died in 1799, a year before the White House was officially completed.

In the caption, Trump addressed Washington directly: “Thank you, George, for some of your brilliant ideas on this great Military Complex/Ballroom! President DJT.”

President Trump’s post appeared aimed at lending historical credibility to his $927 million ballroom project, which has drawn criticism over its price tag, according to a report the Daily Beast published the following day.

California Governor Gavin Newsom quickly seized on the post, calling for Trump to be removed from office. “He’s now claiming to talk to dead presidents. Get this man out of the White House and into the nursing home. 25th!” Newsom, 59, wrote on X.

The 25th Amendment provides a mechanism for removing a president deemed unable to carry out the powers and duties of the presidency.

It wasn’t the first time Newsom had invoked that part of the Constitution while attacking Trump. Following the president’s July address about election security and alleged interference, the California governor posted via X, “This is a 25th Amendment moment. I just watched the ramblings of a mad king and what else can I say — the only thing missing was tin foil. Donald Trump is trying to rig our elections and we have to stop him. Show up and VOTE this November.”

White House spokesman Davis Ingle dismissed the criticism, per the Daily Beast. “Gavin Newscum is the worst governor in America, and he also may be the dumbest,” Ingle said.

The moment carries a layer of irony, as reported by the outlet: Washington himself rejected proposals for a lavish presidential residence four times the size of the current White House, which was completed in 1800, one year after his death. Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom, by contrast, is nearly double the size of the Executive Residence and has been compared to his Mar-a-Lago estate, which Trump has said was modeled after the Palace of Versailles.

As the National Enquirer previously reported, the project hit a legal snag last week when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered construction halted, though the ruling was stayed for 14 days to allow the administration to appeal, the outlet reported.