On Tuesday, Eric Trump revealed a video mock-up of President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library, but by Wednesday, critics couldn’t help but point out what appeared to be a glaring error.
The nearly two-minute video, which appears to have been made, at least in part, using generative artificial intelligence, shows interior and exterior shots of a tall skyscraper in Miami, Florida, with a large U.S. flag displayed on its facade. What drew critics’ attention, however, appeared within the first 15 seconds of the video.
“Trump’s new library mock-up has an American flag with 56 stars,” noted liberal influencer Brian Krassenstein, writing in a social media post on X on Wednesday to their nearly 1 million followers. “Is he just that stupid or does he really think he’s going to make 6 more states in the next 2 and a half years?”
Such errors are common in video generated using GenAI, though some suspected the error may have had a deeper meaning.
“It is speculated that it might have to do with the annexations that the president dreams of making,” wrote Venezuelan journalist Emmanuel Rincón Wednesday in a social media post on X to their more than 600,000 followers, according to X’s automatic translation service.
Andrew Kaczynski, CNN senior politics reporter, argued otherwise.
BREAKING: Trump’s new library mock-up has aN American flag with 56 stars.
Is he just that stupid or does he really think he’s going to make 6 more states in the next 2 and a half years? pic.twitter.com/2OIq4923TE
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) April 1, 2026