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Donald Trump is facing a backlash on his Truth Social platform after sharing<\/a> an AI-created video of him sipping cocktails with a topless Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza, in a future imagining of the Palestinian territory devastated by Israel\u2019s war.<\/p>\n The video presented a computer-generated vision of Trump\u2019s property development plan for Gaza<\/a>, under which he said he wants to \u201cclean out\u201d the population of about 2 million people. Named the \u201cRiviera of the Middle East\u201d plan, the proposal has been criticised as a blueprint for ethnic cleansing.<\/p>\n Footage shows the strip transformed into a Dubai-style resort with skyscrapers and luxury yachts. Children play on the beach as money rains down and bearded bellydancers gyrate on the sand.<\/p>\n Trump, who says he wants the US to \u201cown\u201d Gaza<\/a>, is presented as a revered icon in the footage. A boy walks along holding a golden balloon of the president\u2019s head and a towering, dictator-style statue of Trump overlooks a city street.<\/p>\n Elon Musk, Trump\u2019s billionaire backer, appears several times, eating flatbread and later dancing as dollar bills fall from the sky. Musk\u2019s Tesla electric cars cruise through the glossy streets.<\/p>\n After the 78-year-old president shared the footage \u2013 which includes the caption \u201cGaza 2025 \u2026 what\u2019s next?\u201d \u2013 he faced a backlash on his social media platform.<\/p>\n One Truth Social user wrote: \u201cI could not be a bigger supporter of President Trump but this particular video is in very poor taste. Very poor taste, indeed!\u201d Another wrote: \u201cI hate this. I love our president, but this is horrible.\u201d<\/p>\n The video might have gone down particularly badly with Trump\u2019s Christian supporters, with several comments referencing the idolatry of the golden statue, and others lamenting a scene showing Trump in a nightclub alone with a woman dressed as a bellydancer as a crowd looks on.<\/p>\n \u201cOnly one deserves the glory and the honor, Mr President,\u201d wrote another user. \u201cThe statue is a symbol of the antichrist, please humble yourself to God. Jesus is king and only Him.\u201d Other users described the video as \u201csick\u201d and \u201cfilth\u201d.<\/p>\n One account, with the name Kainoa P, wrote: \u201cYou\u2019re doing great Mr President. But don\u2019t let it get to your head. God put you in that position for His glory, not yours.\u201d<\/p>\n It was not immediately clear who had made the video, although it had been shared online previously by other accounts unrelated to the White House. Trump shared it without comment.<\/p>\n What appeared to be AI-generated lyrics accompanied the images: \u201cDonald\u2019s coming to set you free, bringing the light for all to see, no more tunnels, no more fear: Trump Gaza\u2019s finally here.<\/p>\n \u201cTrump Gaza\u2019s shining bright, golden future, a brand new life. Feast and dance the deal is done, Trump Gaza number one.\u201d<\/p>\n Israel is fighting allegations of genocide in Gaza<\/a>, where it has killed nearly 50,000 people, mostly civilians, in the war that began with an attack by Hamas on 7 October 2023. The international criminal court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas\u2019s military leader, Mohammed Deif<\/a>, on allegations of war crimes. Netanyahu denies war crimes, while Deif may already be dead.<\/p>\n Previous economic plans for Gaza failed after they were stifled by Israel, which blockaded the strip for years<\/a>, and Hamas militants, who were widely accused of corruption.<\/p>\n Palestinian leaders were not consulted on Trump\u2019s latest plan, while influential Middle Eastern countries, including Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, have rejected it outright.<\/p>\n