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Dennis Donovan

(27,400 posts)
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 07:59 AM 11 hrs ago

Fact Check: Did Barron Trump give up his first-class airplane seat for an elderly veteran?

meaww.com - Fact Check: Did Barron Trump give up his first-class airplane seat for an elderly veteran?

By Kunal Dey
Published on : 02:04 PST, Dec 25, 2024

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Fact Check: Did Barron Trump offer elderly veteran his first-class seat?
Earlier this month, a video surfaced claiming that Barron had given up his first-class airplane seat to an elderly veteran.

The clip racked up more than half a million views and was an instant hit among fans on social media. The comments section was flooded with admiration, with one fan gushing, "He was taught the right way how to honor veterans and to respect all."

But as inspiring as the story may sound, it turned out to be completely fabricated. Fact-checking site Snopes quickly put the rumor to rest, finding no credible evidence to support the claim. The video itself was traced back to Elite Stories, a YouTube channel notorious for publishing fictional content.



Even more telling, the veteran featured in the video appeared differently across various thumbnails — a red flag for AI-generated or altered content. YouTube even flagged the clip as “altered or synthetic content,” casting further doubt on its authenticity.

Finally, a disclaimer buried in its description read: "The stories presented on this channel are entirely fictional and crafted solely for entertainment. Any resemblance to real events, individuals, or situations is purely coincidental and unintentional. These narratives are not intended to depict, reference, or represent any actual occurrences, persons, or entities."

Snopes ultimately rated the claim as false.

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Fact Check: Did Barron Trump give up his first-class airplane seat for an elderly veteran? (Original Post) Dennis Donovan 11 hrs ago OP
what is wrong with these peop,le? rampartd 11 hrs ago #1
Like baron flies commercial mercuryblues 11 hrs ago #2
Exactly. tanyev 11 hrs ago #3
that's only because he knows if he doesn't mercuryblues 11 hrs ago #4
LOL, and the will rewritten. tanyev 11 hrs ago #7
You took the words right out of my mouth. GoCubsGo 10 hrs ago #10
And idiots that get their news from headlines and memes JI7 10 hrs ago #13
Unfortunately, MAGA laps this stuff up as gospel. Vinca 11 hrs ago #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music 10 hrs ago #14
That picture is clearly partly or completely AI slop. thebigidea 11 hrs ago #6
The blurred "US AX#%@???" on the hat above "VETERAN" is a mirror image .. most likely AI Bo Zarts 8 hrs ago #25
How is it that I can read the question in the headline and immediately know the answer is no, Wiz Imp 10 hrs ago #8
I'm shocked... SHOCKED I tell you! JohnnyRingo 10 hrs ago #9
It's so obviously false on the face of it nuxvomica 10 hrs ago #11
And AI-generated narrator voice DeeDeeNY 8 hrs ago #22
Only Republicans do shit like this. Grins 10 hrs ago #12
Everything about this family of vipers is fake!! InAbLuEsTaTe 10 hrs ago #15
Trump world. A land of total fabrication. paleotn 10 hrs ago #16
Without even looking, the answer is NO!!! Apart from Snopes debunking it, niyad 9 hrs ago #17
Why are MAGAs so gullible? mainer 9 hrs ago #18
More EVIL G.O.P. lies and propaganda for Christmas BoRaGard 9 hrs ago #19
He's a chip off the Trump block Joinfortmill 9 hrs ago #20
Nor did Eloon reward someone for fixing his tire, or reunite a lost girl and her mom, or test a restaurant Maeve 9 hrs ago #21
MAGAs will believe anything except the Truth Wiz Imp 7 hrs ago #28
Since reality is so unflattering to these people, they must fabricate their own. Borogove 8 hrs ago #23
Bad to the bone, complete and utter frauds one and all. Martin68 8 hrs ago #24
I am reminded of something that happened here in 2016... rzemanfl 8 hrs ago #26
Well duh Figarosmom 8 hrs ago #27
I doubt that brat has ever flown anything but a private plane nini 7 hrs ago #29
Nothing is real in the tRump fart bubble -- except the horrible stench Blue Owl 52 min ago #30

rampartd

(863 posts)
1. what is wrong with these peop,le?
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:04 AM
11 hrs ago

this boy was never "raised right" unless he had an exceptional immigrant nanny who will be deported as soon as trump is done with her.

tanyev

(44,733 posts)
3. Exactly.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:09 AM
11 hrs ago

The only “elderly veteran” Barron might give up a seat for is the one whose personal Vietnam was his years trying to avoid STDs at Studio 54.

GoCubsGo

(33,158 posts)
10. You took the words right out of my mouth.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 09:06 AM
10 hrs ago

This punk's father has them all believing that he's a successful business man and billionaire. And, his mother suckered them into thinking she's a brilliant model who speaks 5 languages, who loves her husband. It's not surprising the kid is con artist, too. The shit doesn't fall far from the asshole.

JI7

(90,877 posts)
13. And idiots that get their news from headlines and memes
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 09:24 AM
10 hrs ago

will get a similar false story but it will put some Democrat or relative of a Democrat in a bad light. So taking both of these fake stories they will vote Republican.

Response to Vinca (Reply #5)

thebigidea

(13,320 posts)
6. That picture is clearly partly or completely AI slop.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:14 AM
11 hrs ago

It's riffing off of the existing WWII Veteran designs that would be heavily weighed in the model due to all the hundreds of images of it on Google Image Search and the like - but the ribbon strip is wonky and the kerning on the lettering is FUCKED.

The resolution and textures are blurry as hell on the hat but suddenly pristine on his face.

God, I hate this shit so much.

Bo Zarts

(25,707 posts)
25. The blurred "US AX#%@???" on the hat above "VETERAN" is a mirror image .. most likely AI
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 10:48 AM
8 hrs ago

The blurred and mirror-imaged "US AX#%@???" on the hat above the crystal clear "VETERAN" .. most likely AI.

The rank insignia is a black oak leaf .. Lieutenant Colonel.

Below the rank insignia is what looks like a piece of black cardboard with a gold star and "VETERAN."

The focus and noise-free image of the jacket are not what you would get with a cell phone image taken on an airliner .. especially with "dimly flickering cabin lights."

As a veteran, this shit is an insult to my service (Vietnam), my dad's service (WWII - wounded), and to all other veterans .. past, present, and future.

Wiz Imp

(2,430 posts)
8. How is it that I can read the question in the headline and immediately know the answer is no,
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:50 AM
10 hrs ago

but these idiot MAGAs immediately believe it? That's right. I'm not a brainwashed cult member.

JohnnyRingo

(19,418 posts)
9. I'm shocked... SHOCKED I tell you!
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 09:00 AM
10 hrs ago

Pretty low to use family members to hoist his public perception.
I often wonder how that kid, who is obviously closer to his mother, thinks about the Old Man. He went to private school, did his peers tell him what a hero his dad is? I doubt it.

nuxvomica

(13,010 posts)
11. It's so obviously false on the face of it
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 09:19 AM
10 hrs ago

First of all, his name is misspelled as "Baron" in the captioning, he is described as thumbing through a hardcover book, and we know he would have caught hell from his father for honoring a veteran.

Grins

(7,940 posts)
12. Only Republicans do shit like this.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 09:23 AM
10 hrs ago

That said, pretty lame. As if that kid has EVER been on a commercial flight.

paleotn

(19,529 posts)
16. Trump world. A land of total fabrication.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 09:32 AM
10 hrs ago

Makes Disney look like a documentary.


But covered by the legal beagles in the fine print. What shysters. And what fools for actually believing a group that's been caught in an untold number of lies.

niyad

(120,662 posts)
17. Without even looking, the answer is NO!!! Apart from Snopes debunking it,
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 09:40 AM
9 hrs ago

and "elite stories" proudly saying they make stuff up. . .the veteran has been identified as a man who died in 2018. What is disturbing, as I read through the first 50 or so comments, was the ugliness, the stupidity, the hatred, from the magats to liberals, and their willingness to believe the opposite of truth.

mainer

(12,207 posts)
18. Why are MAGAs so gullible?
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 09:43 AM
9 hrs ago

The fawning comments on YouTube are astonishing. They truly believe the Trumps are benevolent gods.

Maeve

(43,036 posts)
21. Nor did Eloon reward someone for fixing his tire, or reunite a lost girl and her mom, or test a restaurant
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 10:02 AM
9 hrs ago

By dressing up as a homeless person, or....
These feel-good crap stories are created to make the uber-rich sound human when they AREN'T

rzemanfl

(30,306 posts)
26. I am reminded of something that happened here in 2016...
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 10:48 AM
8 hrs ago

when I suggested Barron deserved the same respect and consideration on DU his father would show for our daughters. I don't think DU rules have a Statute of Limitations, so that's all I will say.

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