Ro Khanna taunts Trump over AI rant on son’s wedding day

Washington: US President Donald Trump spent the morning of his eldest son’s wedding posting a bizarre AI-generated attack on Democratic Representative Ro Khanna, prompting a sharp response from the California lawmaker.

Trump, 79, shared an image depicting Khanna in a sheep costume with exaggerated vampire teeth alongside the words, “Sleazebag Ro Khanna lies, lies, lies.”

“A Dumocrat!” Trump wrote. “Don’t allow this lying sleazebag on Fox News!” Congressman Khanna, 49, responded on Saturday by congratulating Donald Trump Jr on his wedding while mocking the president for spending time posting online. “Congratulations on your wedding @DonaldJTrumpJr,” Khanna posted. 

“Sorry for distracting your dad with this important work.” Earlier this month, Trump had similarly targeted Khanna over a television appearance.

“You could listen to Fox News all day long, absolutely devour it, but then, when you hear sleazebags like Congressman Ro Khanna, ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing,’ lie, lie, lie, and lie again,” the president posted on Truth Social. Khanna responded at the time by taking a swipe at Trump’s trade policies.

“The man building a ballroom with foreign steel probably shouldn’t call himself the champion of American steel,” Khanna wrote. “But as you learned from the Epstein files, I’m open to working across the aisle. So how about signing my steel bill to actually rebuild the American steel industry?” he said.