Donald Trump Cat and Duck AI Images

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Part of a series on Haitian Immigrants Eating Pets and Geese Hoax. [View Related Entries]

About

Donald Trump Cat and Duck AI Images, also known as Donald Trump Cat Memes, Cats For Trump or Ducks For Trump, refers to a series of AI-generated images showing former United States President Donald Trump holding cats and ducks, often rescuing them or running away with the animals, that are then "supporting" him in the 2024 Presidential Election. The artificial intelligence images went viral in early September 2024 as part of a rumor about Haitian immigrants in Ohio purportedly eating pets, notably including a neighbor's cat and geese, which were then used by Trump supporters to joke about the recent influx of Haitians in the country. Despite local authorities refuting the claims of Haitian immigrants eating people's animals, the AI pictures depicting Trump rescuing them were widely spread on social media, particularly on X / Twitter.

Origin

On September 8th, 2024, multiple right-wing politicians, commentators and influencers began making posts spreading the Haitian immigrants eating pets and geese rumor as the story began garnering attention.

One of the earliest pieces of memetic content was posted by X^[1] user @TrumpsRare that same day, who shared an AI-generated video of Donald Trump kissing a duck captioned, "I love you. I would never let the Haitians eat you." The upload (shown below) received over 2.3 million views, 8,1700 reposts and 57,000 likes in one day.

Spread

Several AI images depicting Donald Trump saving cats and ducks from people (presumably intended to depict Haitian immigrants) started to appear across X, Reddit and TikTok in the following days after the rumor gained traction on social media in early September 2024.

For example, on September 9th, 2024, the X^[2] page @JudiciaryGOP posted an AI montage showing Trump hugging a kitty and a goose while he's in the water, captioning it with, "Protect our ducks and kittens in Ohio!" The tweet (seen below) amassed more than 67 million views, 7,900 reposts and 32,000 likes in a day.

Also on September 9th, Redditor^[3] Ok-Star-6787 posted an AI image of Trump holding two kittens while running away from two men, captioning the post, "For For Trump to save your neighborhood cats." The post (seen below) received roughly 275 upvotes and 38 comments in a day.

On the same day, TikTok^[4] user @teamwork200000 posted a video featuring cats wearing "cats for Trump" hats (seen below), which garnered over 10,000 plays and 1,600 likes in a day.

The Trump cat memes were also mentioned by Congressman Eric Swalwell on September 10th, 2024, which was later uploaded on X^[5] by the page @townhallcom (seen below). In the video, Swalwell calls out @JudiciaryGOP AI image featuring Trump holding a kitty and a goose, saying "You're tweeting this nonsense." The post amassed more than 196,000 views and 1,400 likes in a few hours.