In fall 2025, two videos circulated online purportedly showing authentic TV news reports about U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George issuing a statement on live television declaring President Donald Trump a direct threat to national security and calling for him to be immediately removed from office.
A Facebook page (archived) called Newsinforium posted one video (archived) on Sept. 26, which featured authentic yet unrelated clips. Another Facebook page named The Microphone Media hosted (archived) the second, more popular version of the alleged news report. The latter, from Sept. 27, appeared to feature a news anchor reading the report.
Other social media users shared the videos elsewhere on Facebook and on TikTok, while Snopes readers also contacted us asking whether George made such remarks.
Though the transcripts of the alleged reports varied slightly in their wording, both narrators made similar claims. For example, The Microphone Media's video transcript read as follows:
Trump may have finally crossed the point of no return. And this time, the hit didn't come from Congress or a political opponent. It came from within the U.S. military itself. In a move no one saw coming, Gen. Randy A. George, chief of staff of the Army, went live on national television and issued a statement that sent shockwaves across the country.
He declared that the president is not just a fading political figure, but an immediate and dangerous threat to America's national security and the stability of its core institutions.
According to the general, Trump funneled shady defense contracts to billionaire allies, drained critical resources away from the armed forces and left soldiers struggling without even the basics they need. Even more alarming, he accused him of breaking federal law, colluding with foreign governments and leaking highly classified military strategies.
And then came the words that shook Washington to its foundation. "This man must be removed from office immediately." To make matters even more serious, the general confirmed that all the evidence is already secured in the hands of the FBI. This is only the beginning of a story that could change the course of American history.
In short, the news reports were fake and displayed numerous signs of being generated using artificial-intelligence software, as outlined below.
By email, Army spokesperson Col. Marty Meiners confirmed to Snopes, "That is obviously a fake AI video."
Digging into the rumor
The Microphone Media's video displayed multiple standard signs of AI-generated content. For example, it featured fake images of George, showing him with a overly smooth skin. At the 0:22 mark, a horizontally-mirrored picture showed the general with a name badge reading, "U.6C," while at the 0:34 mark, the badge read, "CAICD."
Other telltale signs the images were AI-generated included the camera operators, some with warped faces, all facing different directions at 0:09, incomprehensible subtitles on a TV screen at 0:21 and a police car emblazoned with "Americca Police" at 1:01.
Both fake reports also included AI-generated narrator voices. For example, The Microphone Media's video used an AI voice named "Brian" from the ElevenLabs text-to-speech website. Newsinforium's video, meanwhile, contained a passage, from 0:48, that did not make sense: "George said even more alarming the general claimed there is evidence that Trump has broke, br, broken the law …"
Searches of Bing, DuckDuckGo, Google and Yahoo uncovered no examples of news media outlets reporting on the comments attributed to George. Had a U.S. military leader taken to national TV to speak out against Trump, outlets worldwide would have reported on the matter. In addition, neither of the supposed newscasts displayed any branding or network affiliation.
For further reading, Snopes previously fact-checked other AI-generated news report videos from the Newsinforium Facebook page, in which it was claimed that criminals were using syringes to inject HIV-infected blood into toilet paper rolls at supermarkets and public restrooms.