Trump rants about photo that makes him look fat as judge hits him with $355M in damages
February 16, 2024
Just minutes after news broke that New York Judge Arthur Engoron ruled he must pay $355 million in damages in his New York civil fraud case, Donald Trump took to Truth Social to complain about what he said were AI-generated images that depict him as being overweight.
He posted an image of himself playing golf with a bulging stomach, alongside other pictures of him playing which he said were taken Friday.
"The Fake News used Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) to create the picture on the top left," he said.
"These are despicable people, but everyone knows that. The other pictures are me hitting Golf balls today to show the difference. Sadly, in our Country, Fake News is all you get!" Trump wrote.
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Just moments before, Engoron released his ruling that found Trump and his associates liable of fraud, banned him from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York for 3 years and hit him with the massive amount of damages.
His adult sons were also hit with $4 million each in damages and banned them from doing business in the state for two years.
Engoron slammed Trump for refusing to admit any wrongdoing, saying, “Their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological."