Supporters criticise Trump for sharing AI video of Gaza redeveloped as beach resort

Donald Trump is facing a backlash on his Truth Social platform after sharing an AI-created video of him sipping cocktails with a topless Ben- jamin Netanyahu in Gaza, in a future imagining of the Palestinian territory devastated by Israel's war.

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The video presented a computer- generated vision of Trump's property development plan for Gaza, where he said he wanted to "clean out" the population of about 2 million people.

The plan, named the Riviera of the Middle East, has been criticised as a blueprint for ethnic cleansing.

Footage shows the strip trans- formed into a Dubai-style resort with skyscrapers and luxury yachts. Chil- dren play on the beach as money rains down and bearded bellydancers per- form on the sand.

Trump, who says he wants the US to "own" Gaza, is presented as a revered icon in the footage. A boy walks along holding a golden balloon of the president's head and a tower- ing, dictator-style statue of the US president overlooks a city street.

Elon Musk, Trump's billionaire backer, appears several times, eat- ing flatbread and later dancing as dollar bills fall from the sky. Musk's Tesla electric cars cruise through the glossy streets.