Trump Shares Unhinged Conspiracy Theory That Biden Is a Robot Clone

[pnwmom]

Source: Daily Beast

With one repost from President Donald Trump, former president Joe Biden has joined a storied pantheon: public figures believed to have died and been replaced by clones.

Not content with only spreading conspiracy theories on Friday night, late on Saturday night, Trump shared a post by a supporter to his Truth Social page that claimed Biden was killed in 2020. The post reads, “There is no #JoeBiden - executed in 2020. #Biden clones doubles & robotic engineered soulless mindless entities are what you see. Democrats dont know the difference.”

With this bizarre accusation, Biden joins celebrities like The Beatles’ Paul McCartney, who has been dodging rumors about his death since 1969, and Avril Lavigne, who has been plagued by a conspiracy theory involving her death and subsequent replacement by a clone since the 2000s.

Trump’s own wife Melania has also been the subject of similar conspiracy theories, with the idea that Melania had been replaced by a body double gaining steam during Trump’s first term, prompting the White House to issue a statement dismissing the theories as a “non-story.”

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-shares-bonkers-conspiracy-theory-about-joe-biden-being-replaced-by-clones/

[Karasu]

1. Invoke the fucking 25th already.

[riversedge]

2. If Trump responds at all--he will just say he was joking!! But sane folks it is Trump who IS the JOKE!!

[usonian]

3. But he's a chatbot projecting/hallucinating, himself!

Died in PA. Programmed robot.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220357421

See also
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/29/the-hallucinating-chatgpt-presidency/
The Hallucinating ChatGPT Presidency

Every accusation is a confession.

[LearnedHand]

4. Dang usonian you always post the best articles

ChatGPT presidency indeed. It's the perfect metaphor! From the TechDirt article:

The hallmarks of AI generation are all here:

- Confident assertions without factual backing
- Meandering diversions that maintain loose semantic connection to the topic
- Pattern-matching to previous responses (“ripped off,” “billions of dollars”)
- Optimization for what sounds good rather than what’s true

Just as an LLM will confidently generate plausible-sounding text without any real understanding, Trump generates responses that sound like answers while avoiding any engagement with the actual substance of the questions.

He doesn’t answer the actual questions. He doesn’t address the actual points. He doesn’t understand what’s actually going on, so he crafts a rambling nonsensical answer based loosely on the question, while following the system prompt’s instructions to make sure the answer makes himself look good.

[usonian]

9. I get a lot of really interesting links by cruising Hacker News, a tiny bit less lately.

One of my posts, not an OP, got some 38 points and was flagged into oblivion, for "starting a flame war".

But most get a point or two. It's a heavily techie forum, but (surprise) some of these issues like tariffs, which could destroy businesses (unless the tribute is paid to the emperor to remove or lessen them) make their way there.

[LearnedHand]

12. Oh thats right! We've celebrated HN before

I'm an avid HN and TechDirt reader as well except for the last couple of weeks when I've had personal stuff to handle. Missing that excellent article is what I get! Have you ever seen Tildes? It's slightly similar to HN except not tech-oriented. However, it is that excellent crowd-sourcing of interests.

https://tildes.net/

[usonian]

14. Thanks, will check.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Sorry I missed this the first time around. Thanks for sharing it again. ❤️👍

[sheshe2]

5. Funny that he is always describing himself.

robotic engineered soulless mindless entities are what you see.

[slightlv]

6. Wow! Who'd have thought robots could have the dementia Maga claims Biden has!! nt

[COL Mustard]

7. Soulless and mindless

Describes Trump and MAGA to a tee.

[mdbl]

10. This coming from a pumpkin clone

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. 'Clone': Trump shares conspiracy theory about Joe Biden being 'executed in 2020'

trump is truly nuts and it is time for the 25th Amendment

Donald Trump Saturday evening reposted an online message from someone claiming that former President Joe Biden was "executed in 2020" and replaced by a clone.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2025-06-01T02:45:54.245Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-shares-biden-executed-conspiracy/

Donald Trump Saturday evening reposted an online message from someone claiming that former President Joe Biden was "executed in 2020" and replaced by a clone.

The president took to his own social media site, Truth Social, over the weekend, first to withdraw his own nominee to head NASA and then to repost the anonymous comment.

Trump reposted a statement by a user identified as @llijh, with a bio that reads, "Christian JesusChrist is Lord & Savior WETHEPEOPLE."

"There is no #JoeBiden - executed in 2020," the post states. "#Biden clones doubles & robotic engineered soulless mindless entities are what you see."

The user then added, "#Democrats dont know the difference."

[LearnedHand]

13. The movie "Dave" was a better story