US President Donald Trump has shared another artificial intelligence (AI) video, this time featuring an army of gun-toting “Donald Ducks”. The clip, posted on his Truth Social platform, shows Canada Geese with his trademark blond hair in a 34-second sequence set to the Hawaii Five-O theme.
The AI-generated video depicts muscular geese, altered with human arms, marching along a waterfront clutching assault rifles. The birds fire their automatic weapons into the air as fireworks explode over a skyline resembling Toronto. The clip ends with the message: “Lake America - Protected by Donald Ducks.”
Direct jab at Canada
The video is a direct response to Trump's executive order telling US federal agencies to refer to Lake Ontario as “Lake America” in official records. Canadian tabloid the Toronto Sun described the spat as a “trade tiff” of “words and memes” but noted this is the first time the economic standoff has been shown as a shooting war, even if only in animation.
Trump reposted the AI ducks on Saturday (August 29), and “by early afternoon, it already had more than a thousand ‘re-truths’ and nearly six thousand likes”, the Toronto Sun reported. Hours later, he shared a second AI clip showing him knocking over a “Welcome to Lake Ontario” sign, replacing it with “Welcome to Lake America”, then dancing to the Village People hit YMCA.
Doug Ford hits back
Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded by installing a permanent “Lake Ontario” sign along the border and insisting it is “Lake Ontario, now and forever”.
This comes after reports that Trump could go to war with the UK over the Falklands. The US could oppose Britain’s claim to the Falklands if Andy Burnham does not increase his defence budget, the Daily Star previously reported. The UK is being pushed towards Nato’s 5% spending pledge on defence, with Washington officials heaping pressure on the Prime Minister and his chancellor John Healey.
Healey was reportedly branded a “sell-out” and accused of valuing “welfare over warfare” by one official, as talks between the two nations on defence continue. The White House insider refused to rule out whether Trump may “review” his position on Britain's sovereignty of the Falklands.
