In mid-November 2025, a photograph allegedly showing U.S. President Donald Trump kissing a young girl circulated on social media. The image spread online after U.S. House Democrats released thousands of pages of documents related to the late, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
One X post (archived) shared the image with a caption reading, "Don't forget, the president is a pedophile."
(X user @jtab1641)
For months, the photo spread on various social media platforms, including X, 9GAG, Threads and Facebook, with many commenters appearing to believe it was real.
But we found the image contained numerous signs it was generated using artificial intelligence (AI).
The most obvious red flag was the distorted hands in the scene: One hand showed unnaturally long fingers, while another seemed to appear from an impossible angle, as if popping out of nowhere.
(X user @jtab1641)
Additionally, the girl seemed to have a third leg, and the background showed further inconsistencies, including distorted-looking people.
The image appeared to be inspired by — or even directly derived from — another fabricated image we previously debunked that depicted a similar scene involving Trump and Epstein. In that earlier image, Trump had only one leg and Epstein seemed to be dissolving into the couch.
(TheGoodRussian Quora profile, X user @jtab1641)
Because the photograph was generated using AI software, we have rated it as fake.
Observador, a Portuguese outlet, and Verificador La República in Peru, also debunked this image.