How Trump's AI-generated memes impact political authority and masculinity

Sociologists found that Donald Trump's AI-generated memes break from traditional presidential photography by detaching political imagery from physical reality. The images depict him as an invincible warrior, savior, and ruler unconstrained by age or physical limits. For researchers of politics and culture, this alters how political authority connects to gender performances and media.

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