AI-generated Paul Harvey narration used in Trump 'God Made Trump' video

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A video titled "God Made Trump" that uses an AI-simulated version of radio broadcaster Paul Harvey's voice was created by a supporters group called the Dilley Meme Team and reposted to former president Donald Trump's Truth Social account on January 5, 2024. The clip opens, "And on June 14, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise, and said, 'I need a caretaker.' So God gave us Trump,'" and proceeds to narrate Trump fighting a "deep state," working 112 hours in one week, and other exaltations. Snopes verified the narration is an artificial-intelligence recreation of Harvey, who died in 2009, and that the video is at least partially inspired by Harvey's 1978 "So God Made a Farmer" speech. The post also appeared on an X account that mirrors Trump's Truth Social posts and was reshared on January 6 by U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and activist Laura Loomer. Snopes notes the video was not an official production of Trump's 2024 campaign. Major news outlets including CNN discussed the clip on television after it circulated online.

Philip Bump

@pbump.com

They made AI Paul Harvey turn his praise from farmers to a Queens-born billionaire.

2142h ago

¡Viva la Revolución!5

There’s so many things disturbing, but I’m confused on “fight the Marxists during the day and then sit down to dinner” with him sitting down to eat with Xi?

Leaving FilmStruck4

Omg, they use that humiliating moment when he muscled huis way ahead of European leaders. Jesus.

Jeff, formerly of MN and MA, still God of Cookies4

And that’s the rest of the story.

White Sands3

The fact that Christians eat this up has me convinced he’s the Antichrist.

Alexander Dent2

My god that is utterly nauseating, it's so grotesquely dishonest, it makes me ill.

Sherlock Ohms1

Pretty sure God didn’t say any of that. in fact, I’m really sure.

Roy G Biv

@plunkettprime.bsky.social

THEY RIPPED OFF PAUL HARVEY’S “SO GOD MADE A FARMER” ALMOST VERBATIM?! oh my God youtu.be/ZRDaPEaDJ7E?...

1944h ago

economymedicine.bsky.social60

They have done this several times it is an ad they keep recycling

Danny8

And even the original was cringe as hell.

Upside Downie7

I thought that sounded familiar!

Any Doubts5

Ah. Of course. They can't create original things. This is why they love AI so much.

Aleta4

Oh so, they plagiarised it. I am shocked. See my shocked face? 😐

lachesis-2.bsky.social3

Except this should have been "So God Made a Pedophile."

Quoting this

The Almighty Tallest3

Yep, credit to who spotted it first bsky.app/profile/plun...

Jack Jenkins

@jackjenkins.me

This appears to be a riff on "God made a farmer," a 1978 broadcast from Paul Harvey. DeSantis actually produced a similar ad for his own 2024 campaign titled "God made a fighter," drawing from the same origin. But this one kinda just…gets rid of subtext altogther?

413h ago

Matthew Sheffield7

It's an old video that they put out in 2024 as well www.businessinsider.com/trump-shares...

Christine Kooi1

"Then goes to church on Sunday," lol.

Mary Shelley’s Fluoxetine1

Trump had one for his own campaign in 2024 and it was pretty widely covered, if I recall:

Seth Cotlar

@sethcotlar.bsky.social

Even that 2024 video using Paul Harvey’s “God Made a Farmer” bit was a rip off of a 2022 ad for Ron DeSantis. youtu.be/U9oTBA-MvZk

453h ago

Seth Cotlar52

Raise your hand if you remember that phase in US political history (2023) when American conservatives were pushing DeSantis as a return to a more normal and serious GOP.

Paul Waldman

@paulwaldman.bsky.social

When the Trump cultists first put out this horror in early 2024 I did a deep dive on the original Paul Harvey "God made a farmer" speech and the ways it was being remade in the service of the most vulgar Christian nationalism: paulwaldman.substack.com/p/so-god-mad...

282h ago

Emily St. James

@emilystjams.bsky.social

Donald Trump, upon hearing Paul Harvey's famous "God made a farmer" broadcast:

tweet from "birdrightsactivist (@ProBirdRights)"
I am uncomfortable when we are not about me?

263h ago

Katie

@thesalukihusker.bsky.social

I didn’t have Trump ripping off Paul Harvey’s “So God Made a Farmer” on any of my bingo cards

153h ago

Anita Wos

@anitawos.bsky.social

The original text is "So God made a Farmer." by Paul Harvey. This Trump frankenstein version is particularly offensive since Trump has screwed our farmers out of their livelihoods with horrible trade policies and tariffs.

133h ago

passivelurker.bsky.social

@passivelurker.bsky.social

They ripped off the famous Paul Harvey radio play “So God Made a Farmer” www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRDa...

114h ago

montanawill1971.bsky.social

@montanawill1971.bsky.social

This was plagiarized from Paul Harvey!!!! The Harvey family should Sue tonight!!! Here's Paul Harvey's version, youtube.com/watch?v=ZRDa...

23h ago

Rudely Van Gelder

@rudelyvangelder.bsky.social

I've got 3 audio feeds up right now so I can't really tell - but is that a weak-sauce AI-generated Paul Harvey narration?

34h ago

Lee Ann Roberts

@entmisbehavin.bsky.social

This is like a really bizarre version of Paul Harvey's "So God Made a Farmer" speech. www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/pau...

54h ago

It's a Pip!

@nopipbutcpip.bsky.social

They are. This video has been making the rounds since then. www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...

43h ago

matt

@battmutler.bsky.social

I was gonna say, this sounds WAY too much like Paul Harvey to be a coincidence. Harvey was an old-school republican with some nasty views, but I suspect he would have hated this.

22h ago

Goose

@talk2megoose.bsky.social

For those unfamiliar with the original work, this is a disgusting perversion of Paul Harvey's speech "God Made a Farmer." Of course the voice is also a bad AI impersonation of Harvey. Another reminder that all they ever do is steal, fake, and defile.

44h ago

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