Trump releases video of Obama's fake arrest, why did he do it?

US President Donald Trump escalated his attack on Barack Obama by posting an artificial intelligence-generated video on his social network Truth showing the former president's arrest by three FBI agents in the Oval Office. The video begins with Obama stating: 'Above all, the president is above the law.

This is followed by several US politicians saying: 'No one is above the law'. The clip then switches to an artificial intelligence-generated video showing Obama being handcuffed by two FBI agents in the same office he once occupied as president. Trump is seated and smiling during the mock arrest. The fake video ends with Obama standing in a cell, wearing the orange prison jumpsuit.

Trump is no stranger to provocative and highly divisive videos. His attack, using methods of this nature, against Obama is drawing strong criticism.

Why did he publish it? Although it is not stated in the video, it is likely a reference to the allegations of voter fraud. Indeed, Trump in a previous post on Truth accused Barack 'Obama' and his 'thugs' of 'election fraud of the highest order'. In doing so, he relaunched Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard's interview on Fox about "manipulated and hidden" information about possible Russian interference in the vote by Obama administration officials. "The panel" of commentators did a "fantastic job in prosecuting Obama and the crooks who have just been unmasked unequivocally for election fraud of the highest order. Congratulations to Tulsi Gabbard," the president said.

Meanwhile, the White House is removing the Wall Street Journal from the group of newspapers that will cover President Trump's trip to Scotland over the weekend (25-29 July): White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told Politico. The decision follows the lawsuit filed by the president with the Wsj over the article alleging that Donald Trump sent a letter with an obscene drawing and a sexually allusive message to Jeffrey Epstein on his 50th birthday in 2003.