President Donald Trump posted an apparently AI-generated image of himself with Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday where everyone else appears to have been removed—except, perhaps, for Natalie Harp.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared an image of him stoically saluting, standing beside a freshly arrived Xi on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews. A military jet flies overhead.

But when compared to actual video footage of the event, there are some strange differences.
In one video, Trump and Xi appeared to be accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump and Chinese First Lady Peng Liyuan. In the photo, however, the men appear to be standing alone, with the women either completely obscured or removed entirely.
Despite the omission of the two first ladies, the image Trump posted appeared to include his ever-present assistant Natalie Harp lurking in the background with her hand over her heart.
It’s not clear whether Harp was actually in attendance at Xi’s arrival. In one video of the event, a blonde woman fitting Harp’s description can be seen walking behind the president along the red carpet.
Her ghostly presence in the background of the photo is a strange inclusion, especially given her evidently inappropriate devotion to the president. Knowing that Harp is responsible for posting AI slop to Trump’s Truth Social account makes the whole ordeal even sadder. Was she hoping to play First Lady by posting a picture of herself with two world leaders?
There are other notable details about the heavily edited image. In reality, Trump did not remain steely throughout the military flyover, but winced in pain at the loud noise from the B-1 heavy bomber overhead.
Trump also wore a winter coat and black gloves to receive Xi, despite the rather temperate weather in Washington, D.C. In the image, however, Trump appears to be wearing only one glove. Behind him, the military display appears to have been morphed into a row of strange, alien-like figures.

