Trump accused of using AI or an impersonator on Real Americas Voice
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An interview former President Donald Trump purportedly did Thursday is raising red flags — as viewers question whether the voice heard was actually him or a deep fake.
The 77-year-old spoke with an uncharacteristic lisp and at a higher pitch than usual throughout the choppy 17-minute long phone interview with Real America’s Voice hosts John Solomon and Amanda Head.
Suspicions were further raised when the Daily Beast published quotes attributed to Robert Sigg, president of Performance One Media, which owns the right-leaning network, saying he is investigating whether the call was a prank. The comments initially attributed to SIgg have since been retracted.
“A Daily Beast reporter had a conversation by text with a person who identified themselves as Sigg, on a number public records show was once associated with Sigg — but a spokesperson for Real America’s Voice said that it was not Sigg and is not his current number,” an editor’s note placed on the outlet’s story reads.
“Last night, President Trump was interviewed on Real America’s Voice, providing his customary insights and wisdom for our millions of viewers,” a spokesman for Real America’s Voice told The Post in a statement. “Then, early this morning, The Daily Beast claimed in a published story that it wasn’t really the 45th President on the air. More importantly, the far-left outlet published a direct quote from Real America’s Voice owner, Robert Sigg, with outlandish claims that the Trump interview was ‘Chat GOP,’ our show hosts are responsible for a ‘major oversight,’ our ‘news directors will need to go through additional training about journalism practice,’ and we are conducting an ‘internal investigation.’ These are all scurrilous lies in a fake quote that The Daily Beast never received from our network.”
“Ironically, in a story they wrote about RAV being duped, it was The Daily Beast in fact that may have been ‘punked’ into believing they had a qualified quote from us. We have subsequently demanded an immediate retraction from The Daily Beast, requested that they preserve all records related to their ‘reporting’ on this story, and informed them that our legal counsel will be in contact about our next steps in this matter. All options are on the table,” the spokesperson added.
Solomon insisted to the Daily Beast that it was the real Trump on the line.
“It’s not AI, it was President Trump,” Solomon told the outlet on Thursday.
“It was definitely President Trump without any doubt,” he added.
The Trump campaign did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
The former president also posted a clip of the interview on Truth Social.
Real America’s Voice posted the entire interview and several clips of it on X, formerly known as Twitter, which remain online as of late Thursday.
“I don’t know who did this interview, but it does not sound like Donald Trump,” Matt Wolking, the strategic communications director for the Never Back Down political action committee, tweeted after watching one clip.
“This just sounds bizarre,” Matt Whitlock, a former GOP Senate staffer, tweeted and offered three possible explanations.
“1) he’s very sick 2) this is AI 3) they had the staffer with the best impression handle this interview,” he speculated.
“Trump either has a head cold or someone else filled in for him,” conservative commentator Erick Erickson tweeted.
“Trump is having AI do interviews for him!” another accused.
“His cadence is off it sounds like AI,” a user on Rumble, which livestreamed the show, similarly remarked.
During the interview, Trump argued that Democrats are interfering in his 2024 White House bid by targeting him with indictments and lawsuits.
“If I was doing badly in the polls, I would have no litigation right now,” Trump said. “If I wasn’t running, I’d have no litigation right now.”
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