OPINION: Trump is UNO’s biggest loser as he posts confusing AI image holding ‘all’ the UNO cards.

Donald Trump and his media team have long proven their penchant for immature, borderline offensive AI content. From videos of Trump dumping feces on New York, to insane meme videos à-la MLG Gamer, Trump’s social media team are about as mature as a group of 12-year-old boys. While the videos are almost always tone-deaf, and many of the AI photos of Trump exist simply to boost his ego, every now and then, something so ridiculous is posted that it makes headlines.

On May 2, Donald Trump posted a photo on Truth Social. The AI photo shows Trump proudly splaying a handful of UNO cards, all of which say ‘WILD’.

The problem here is not the AI photo (even if it should be); the problem was the caption. Underneath Trump’s impressive handful of cards were the words ‘I HAVE ALL THE CARDS’. Now, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out what’s wrong here. In case you’re unfamiliar, the goal of UNO is to have no cards. By boasting that he has ‘All the cards’, Trump is proudly bellowing from the rooftops that he is UNO’s biggest loser.

There are a few possibilities explaining how this gaffe happened. According to Trump, he posts all of his messages himself, but this has been debated by multiple sources working closely with the President. In the now-infamous ‘junkyard dogs’ article about Trump’s Chief of Staff, Suzie Wiles, and a podcast from The Daily Beast, it was revealed that his executive assistant, Natalie Harp, acts as a ‘human printer’, taking Trump’s spewing of information and translating it to Truth Social posts. Trump reportedly dictates all of his posts to Harp, who then posts them for the President after reading them back to him. What’s unclear is who creates and posts his poorly done AI videos. Judging by the poor quality, it’s clear that whoever is giving the prompts to AI has never been trained in prompt-writing and does not go through a quality-assurance process.

Concerning spree of posts

While it’s not uncommon for the President of the United States to post half a dozen nonsensical, insulting, and violent posts (sorry, I should confirm it’s not uncommon for this President), Trump went on a tirade of nonsense after the meaningless UNO post. Soon after, Trump posted a photo of himself with King Charles, who was in the United States less than a week prior. The post had no context and no caption; perhaps Trump just liked being photographed next to someone who looks even older and more decrepit than he. Afterwards, he posted a photo from the Federal National Mortgage Association (or Fannie Mae), where a large black-and-white poster can be seen that pictures Trump leaning over a desk with the words ‘No Games!’.

Of course, no Donald Trump tirade would be complete without some unpresidential comments about his coworkers. Trump posted a message criticizing BOTH Gavin Newsom and Bill Maher. Maher, a longtime Trump supporter and struggler with critical thinking, recently interviewed Gavin Newsom. The interview did not go Maher’s way, with the host bungling facts and seeming unprepared in front of Newsom, who is one of the Democratic Party’s most vocal voices. Trump claimed that Maher was “eaten up” by Newsom, but neither escaped criticism. Trump called Newsom’s claims a lie and claimed that Maher bent the knee and did not challenge the Democrats.

Hakeem Jeffries also caught some digital flak from Trump. The minority house leader recently called the Supreme Court ‘illegitimate’, citing how the Republican caucus will bow to Trump’s wishes. Trump called Jeffries a ‘low IQ individual’ (not the first time he’s said that), and claimed that he should be impeached. According to the President, if Trump himself could be impeached after a ‘perfect phone call’, then Jeffries should be impeached for these comments. He finished the statement by pleading to his loyal Republican minions to come to his rescue.

Why so unpresidential

While we are mostly accustomed to Donald Trump’s immature online persona, it doesn’t make it more acceptable. Approval ratings also reflect Trump’s behaviour. Trump is currently boasting an impressive -19 approval rating. During Trump’s first term in office, more than 15 per cent of Americans called Trump ‘unpresidential’. While the same poll hasn’t been conducted during his second term, it’s a safe bet that the number hasn’t gone down.

A similar poll in 2017 showed that a whopping 70 per cent of Americans viewed Trump as unpresidential.