Claim: US President Donald Trump criticised the Pakistani government over the injustices faced by Christians, and threatened to bring the community to the US if the issue was not addressed.
Fact: The claim is false. The video is a deepfake, and there is no evidence that Trump made such a statement advocating for Christians in Pakistan.
A video shared on Facebook (archive) shows the US president criticising the Pakistani government for the injustices faced by the Christian community in Pakistan.
In the video, Trump says, “I know that Christians in Pakistan are living very difficult lives. False blasphemy accusations are made against them. Christian girls are forcibly converted to Islam and are called derogatory names like easai [Jesus-worshipper] and chura [filthy]. If the Pakistani government does not put an end to these injustices, I will bring all Pakistani Christians to America.”
Trump’s hardline approach
Since the inauguration of his second term as the US President in January 2025 Donald Trump has quickly implemented several policies that affect US foreign relations. One of his first actions involved pausing all US foreign aid programmes for a comprehensive review. The order aims to reassess if foreign aid is aligned with American interests and values.
More recently, Trump announced a 10% universal import duty on all goods entering the US, accompanied by higher tariffs for 57 trading partners. The move was designed to counteract unfair trade practices and reduce the US trade deficit, the US President claimed. However, the implementation of these tariffs has led to significant volatility within the global market and sharp declines in stock indices worldwide. His aggressive tariff policies have also elicited widespread criticism from leaders worldwide, including UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
These decisions have not only affected international relations but also signalled a hardline approach from Trump towards other countries.
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check suspected the claim due to an absence of news reports or press releases on such a statement by President Trump. Nonetheless, we conducted a keyword search to ascertain if there was any credible reporting on the claim, but it did not yield any relevant results.
We then reverse-searched keyframes from the viral video and found that the video was shared by several American broadcasters, including Forbes and the New York Post, on 10 October 2024. The backdrop of the American flag and Trump’s attire is the same here as in the video being fact-checked.
Most importantly, this footage originally shows Trump discussing Hurricane Milton, which struck Florida in October 2024, and offering prayers. He did not mention the Pakistani government or Pakistani Christians at any point in the video.
Seeing that Trump’s statement in the video in the claim is entirely engineered, we suspected that it is likely a deepfake that uses existing footage from his October 2024 address. According to Webwise.ie, an Irish Internet Safety Awareness Centre, “deepfakes are artificially generated videos created using computer technology, where images or stills are combined to create new footage depicting events, statements, or actions that never actually occurred.” The results can often be highly convincing.
Shaur Azher, an audio engineer at our sister company Soch Videos, analysed the post and concluded that the video is a deepfake. Azher’s analysis confirmed that the footage is fabricated. “The frequency spectrum contains consistent synthetic elements, indicating AI-generated audio,” explained Azher. This means that the audio has traits often found in AI-generated speech, like an overly smooth or robotic tone that lacks the subtle imperfections of real human voices.
He added that, “A noticeable abrupt cut occurs at timestamp 00:00:02.129.” A review of this moment revealed that the audio sounds slightly off to the human ear as if two different clips were suddenly stitched together.
We also analysed the video using Deepware Scanner, a tool designed to detect suspicious content and identify potential synthetic manipulation. According to the Seferbekov model, the video contained 94% deepfake elements. Meanwhile, the Ensemble analysis, which combines results from multiple detection tools, rated the video as 65% suspicious. These findings suggest significant manipulation, particularly in Trump’s facial features and movements.
Based on the audio engineer’s analysis and a deepware scan, we conclude that the viral video is a deepfake. In addition, the absence of credible news reports or press releases confirm that the US president did not make any statements regarding Pakistani Christians nor did he criticise the Pakistani government over its failure to safeguard the Christian community.
Virality
The video was shared here, here, and here on Facebook. Archived here, here, and here.
It was shared here and here on Instagram.
On TikTok, it was shared here.
It was also shared here on YouTube.
Conclusion: The claim is false. Our analysis confirms that the video of President Trump is a deepfake. Furthermore, there is no credible evidence that he made a recent statement advocating for Christians in Pakistan.
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Background image in cover photo: Reuters: Chip Somodevilla
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