AI-generated voice clone of Trump falsely proposes renaming District of Columbia
An AI-generated voice clone impersonating President Trump proposing to rename the District of Columbia to the District of America spread widely on social media platforms in March 2025. Digital forensics experts confirmed the audio was synthetic, and the TikTok account that originated it was deleted.
What happened
A voice clone audio recording purporting to be President Donald Trump proposing to rename the District of Columbia to the District of America was widely shared on social media platforms including TikTok, Facebook, X, and Bluesky starting in mid-March 2025. The audio depicted a voice resembling Trump stating: 'No more Washington, D.C. I hate it. It makes no sense. They call it the District of Columbia. It's got nothing to do with Colombia. It's nowhere near Colombia. From now on, it will be Washington, D.A., District of America. No more of this Colombian nonsense.'
The TikTok account @whmole, apparently standing for 'White House mole,' first published the audio and later created other fake audio clips of Trump on different topics, including clips depicting Trump advocating for elimination of daylight saving time and renaming St. Patrick's Day to St. Donald's Day.
Reported impact
The audio spread across social media with significant engagement, particularly among liberal users critical of the purported name change, though some conservative users also shared and praised the supposed move. Posts discussing the audio garnered hundreds of thousands of views and tens of thousands of likes within days.
Index analysis
According to digital forensics experts, the audio clip is AI-generated. University of Michigan-Dearborn computer engineering professor Hafiz Malik stated it is 'definitely an AI-generated (deepfake) audio of President Donald Trump' based on Speaker-Specific Model analysis, generic deepfake detection tools, and forensics analysis.
Governance controls
The TikTok account @whmole that first published the audio was later deleted.
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Sources and evidence
This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.