Overview
- Reporters and researchers describe a flood of AI-made, Lego-style videos that mock President Trump and his team, with one tally placing views on X at more than a billion.
- Explosive Media, a Tehran-based studio behind many clips, portrays itself as independent, yet its spokesman conceded to outlets including the BBC and Al Jazeera that the Iranian regime is a customer.
- The content uses English lyrics, British rap, and video-game aesthetics to copy Western internet humor, targeting Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and themes like the Epstein files.
- YouTube blocked some channels, but the material keeps spreading on X and official Iranian accounts, while U.S. capacity to flag foreign influence waned after a State Department hub was shut down.
- Coverage notes the contest runs both ways, with the White House releasing AI-enhanced videos of U.S. strikes that Trump shared, raising concerns that slick memes can blur facts and harden public narratives.