Media /

Trump Shares Joke Definition Of 'Cheap Fake' After WH Press Sec. Plays Damage Control

‘Cheap Fake: Any unedited video of Joe Biden's cognitive decline that the Biden administration does not want the public to see'

Published: June 20, 2024
  |   By Chris Bertman
Trump Shares Joke Definition Of 'Cheap Fake' After WH Press Sec. Plays Damage Control

Former President Donald Trump shared a joke definition of a "cheap fake" after White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre attempted to define footage of President Joe Biden's seemingly odd behavior at several recent events.


The term is a play on the term "deep fake," which which refers to fake content manipulated by machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Trump shared the joke definition in a Thursday post to his Instagram.

The post defines "cheap fake" as "any unedited video of Joe Biden's cognitive decline that the Biden administration does not want the public to see." Accompanying the definition is an image of Biden falling during a June 2023 Air Force Academy graduation ceremony.


"Cheap fake" appears to have been coined by Jean-Pierre during a Monday press conference while fielding questions from reporters on Biden's seemingly odd behavior during last week's G7 flag ceremony and Sunday appearance at a Los Angeles fundraiser with former President Barack Obama.

During the G7 flag ceremony, Biden appeared to become distracted and stray away from fellow world leaders. Footage of the event shows Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arm-leading Biden back to the group. Biden also appeared to freeze in place before former President Barack Obama grabbed his arm and led him off stage during a Saturday fundraiser in Los Angeles.

Jean-Pierre noted Obama's senior advisor Eric Schultz claimed the fundraiser incident "did not happen," attempting to clarify Biden and Obama's interaction.

"Let's not forget, President Obama [and] President Biden have a relationship," Jean-Pierre said, noting the two were friends. "They're like family to each other, and I think that's what you saw. You saw the president put his hand on the back of President Biden, and they walked off the stage."

"It was a cheap fake. That was definitely a cheap fake. It was," Jean-Pierre said when pressed by a reporter about the G7 flag ceremony. "This was widely fact-checked ... including by conservative media on what occurred."

Jean-Pierre claimed President Biden walked over to give a thumbs up to skydivers who had landed in front of the group. "If you run that tape a little bit longer, you would see what was happening, what the president was actually doing," she said.

Another reporter referenced a recent incident during a Juneteenth celebration in which Biden appeared to freeze in place as the crowd danced to the music.


"Excuse me. I did not know not dancing was a mental ... health issue," Jean-Pierre shot back. "That is a weird thing to actually flag when if you look at the people who are around him, if you look at the expanded video of people who were around him ... there were some folks who were not dancing either."

The White House press secretary went on to criticize Republicans for acting in "bad faith" by criticizing Biden's seemingly odd behavior during events.

Several prominent political commentators have referred to "cheap fake" as a propagandistic term.

"The new roll out of the term ‘cheap fakes’ intended to convince people that the President’s obvious cognitive decline is all made up, seems to be too stupid to possibly work," wrote comedian and prominent libertarian Dave Smith.


Glenn Beck similarly referred to the term as "Democrat propaganda."


Saagar Enjeti, co-host of Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar, said the term was a "new level of lying."


"Just the White House term for 'video I don't like,' and the media is really running with it," he added.

*For corrections please email [email protected]*

Popular