This video is fake. It's part of Deep Reckonings — a series of explicitly-marked deepfake videos that imagine morally courageous versions of Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, and other public figures. Here, an imaginary Donald Trump concedes his lies about the 2020 election.
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CREDITS
Brought to you by |
Infinite Lunchbox |
Generous support |
Firehouse Fund |
Direction |
Stephanie Lepp |
Script |
Stephanie Lepp & Drew Westen |
Video production |
Alethea AI |
Voice acting |
Phillip Wilburn |
Music |
Rob Voigt |
Special thanks |
Ryan Nakade, Layman Pascal, & Mitch Lewis |
TRANSCRIPT
Thank you. This may be the most important speech I've never made.
From a young age, my dad taught me there are two kinds of people: winners and losers.
I've always been a winner.
I graduated top of my class from Wharton. My name is on casinos and luxury hotels all over the world, I've been on the cover of Time magazine more times than I can count. I even started my own university!
And after a lot of wins in business….and a lot of wins in show business….people started asking me to run for president. I had a very nice life, believe me, I didn't need to run for president — but people just kept begging.
The elites said I'd never win, they said I didn't have a chance. Remember that beautiful victory, four years ago? What a beautiful victory, right?
Don't ever tease a winner, because I'd rather destroy the game than lose. I'd rather destroy the entire game.
Do you know how hard I work to be a winner? Do you know what it took to get Forbes to put me on their 400 list? Do you know what it took to convince the failing New York Times that I graduated top of my class at Wharton?
It takes a lot of work to convince the world I'm a winner! Sometimes it's even hard to convince myself — I can’t sleep, I get migraines, I couldn’t build my beautiful wall, and the China virus hurt my campaign! Hurt it very badly.
And maybe it's not just about me, okay? So hundreds of children were separated from their parents! So the virus has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans! And now I'm talking about "suitcases full of fraudulent ballots, and dead people voting, and the radical Democrats stealing the election!" And maybe people believe it, maybe they don't. But it sure feels good to chant “Stop the Steal! Stop the Steal!” Right? It feels as good for them as it does for me.
I don't even know what I'm winning for.
But I need to win...even if it means tearing the country apart.
But I'm not doing it on my own! The fake news media is in on the act! They call themselves The Resistance, but they can't resist me. We made a deal: they gave me free airtime, and I made them rich! I mean, these four years — it’s been tremendous to watch!
But you know what would be the most dramatic plot twist? You know what would be even more dramatic than an Air Force One escape from the South Lawn? If I just acknowledged: I lost. If I did the real version of this fake-news video. If I gave the most beautiful, tremendous, perfect concession speech, in the history of our country, the likes of which no one has ever seen.
From a young age, my dad taught me there are two kinds of people: winners and losers.
I've always been a winner.
I graduated top of my class from Wharton. My name is on casinos and luxury hotels all over the world, I've been on the cover of Time magazine more times than I can count. I even started my own university!
And after a lot of wins in business….and a lot of wins in show business….people started asking me to run for president. I had a very nice life, believe me, I didn't need to run for president — but people just kept begging.
The elites said I'd never win, they said I didn't have a chance. Remember that beautiful victory, four years ago? What a beautiful victory, right?
Don't ever tease a winner, because I'd rather destroy the game than lose. I'd rather destroy the entire game.
Do you know how hard I work to be a winner? Do you know what it took to get Forbes to put me on their 400 list? Do you know what it took to convince the failing New York Times that I graduated top of my class at Wharton?
It takes a lot of work to convince the world I'm a winner! Sometimes it's even hard to convince myself — I can’t sleep, I get migraines, I couldn’t build my beautiful wall, and the China virus hurt my campaign! Hurt it very badly.
And maybe it's not just about me, okay? So hundreds of children were separated from their parents! So the virus has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans! And now I'm talking about "suitcases full of fraudulent ballots, and dead people voting, and the radical Democrats stealing the election!" And maybe people believe it, maybe they don't. But it sure feels good to chant “Stop the Steal! Stop the Steal!” Right? It feels as good for them as it does for me.
I don't even know what I'm winning for.
But I need to win...even if it means tearing the country apart.
But I'm not doing it on my own! The fake news media is in on the act! They call themselves The Resistance, but they can't resist me. We made a deal: they gave me free airtime, and I made them rich! I mean, these four years — it’s been tremendous to watch!
But you know what would be the most dramatic plot twist? You know what would be even more dramatic than an Air Force One escape from the South Lawn? If I just acknowledged: I lost. If I did the real version of this fake-news video. If I gave the most beautiful, tremendous, perfect concession speech, in the history of our country, the likes of which no one has ever seen.
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