New York Times accused of 'sanewashing' Trump post with report on dumping 'brown liquid'

Donald Trump posted an AI video in which "King Trump" can be seen dumping feces from a fighter jet onto protesters, but the New York Times is catching flak for its coverage of the post.

The president shocked political analysts and experts with an AI video he posted this weekend. Trump late Saturday night dropped a new Artificial Intelligence video in which "King Trump" is shown flying a jet in a crown and dumping feces on "No Kings" protesters, leading some to call into question his sanity.

Now, the Times is being criticized for its portrayal of the video.

In an article called, "Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters," the Times argued, "President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators."

That description didn't sit well with many, including Democratic Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois, who chimed in, "We leave it to you, the reader to speculate on what that brown liquid might have been. Perhaps mole sauce, as a belated recognition of Hispanic Heritage month? Perhaps something even more presidential? Just impossible to say."

National security journalist Marcy "emptywheel" Wheeler also weighed in, writing, "NYT sanewashing extends, apparently, to sparing NYT readers from a description of Trump's literal s---."

That led conservative attorney George Conway to chime in with, "Look, the Times was obviously unable to confirm at time of publication what the brown liquid that looked like diarrhea and that appeared to have been dumped from an AI-generated jet fighter by the president of the United States was intended to represent in his mind."

"A Times reporter called the White House for comment and was told that the brown liquid represented his mother, but the newspaper was also unable to verify that claim at press time," Conway added on Sunday.