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Background: As Vedika Bahl ^[Muckrack] host of the France 24 English 'Truth or Fake' programme, explains Explosive Media ^[Wikipedia] are seemingly, the Iranian digital media agency responsible for producing the AI-generated videos lampooning Donald Trump and his starting of the Iran–United States war.

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More: ^[see]

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More: https://newpractices.co.uk/PostTruth/

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Bibliography: Rose, S. (2026, January 29). 'The slopaganda era: 10 AI images posted by the White House – and what they teach us'. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/the-slopaganda-era-10-ai-images-posted-by-the-white-house-and-what-they-teach-us

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More: FRANCE 24 English (2026). Iran trolls Trump with AI-generated Lego propaganda video https://www.youtube.com/embed/-l_Iuh5Emq4

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Related: https://www.youtube.com/embed/jwyGlYHMSNs

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Further to this: a set of examples of AI-generated clips, which have presumably, been created to taunt members of Donald Trump's administration ^[see]

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More: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=reuters lego-style AI Iran propaganda

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Bibliography: McNeil, S., & Associated Press. (2026, April 9). 'Pro-Iran groups deploy AI to troll Trump, influence the war narrative'. PBS News. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/pro-iran-groups-deploy-ai-to-troll-trump-influence-the-war-narrative Breuninger, K. (2026, April). "Iran’s war propaganda homes in on Trump with Lego memes". CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/01/iran-war-social-media-meme-propaganda.html Sier, J. (2026, April 10). 'Iran AI propaganda videos of Donald Trump Lego memes go viral, popular in Iran and the US'. Australian Financial Review. https://www.afr.com/world/asia/slopaganda-iran-s-ai-lego-videos-a-new-front-in-the-war-20260410-p5zmsr Shea, M., & Kalus, L. (2026, April 11). 'Iran war: We spoke to the man making Lego-style AI videos that experts say are powerful propaganda'. BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd8jrd1vnyo

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More: Operation Infe Ktion ^[playlist] https://www.nytimes.com/video

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Concept: Warfare Active Measures ^[Wikipedia]

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Point: New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) ^[Wikipedia]

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Point: 'Blockade' Firstpost ^[Instagram]

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Context: https://www.youtube.com/embed/QgA41BCByiA

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Discussion: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/king-trump-i-versus-pope-leo-xiv

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More: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=AI Trump Jesus

Observation: The 'puppet master' metaphor used in this clip is problematic in that in this context it equally points to the antisemitic Hate Antisemitism Caricature Puppet Master trope e.g. http://trigg.gr/t/18114 AND the more general charge that 'someone else is pulling the strings' i.e. Marionette Puppet Puppeteer