Scavino Posts AI Party Video, Prompting Speculation and Criticism

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted a six-second AI-generated video depicting a fictional White House party on September 26, two days after a state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping. The clip, set to Pitbull’s “Don’t Stop the Party,” showed an AI-rendered Scavino riding a luggage cart with Eric Trump and two women as champagne was sprayed, before President Donald Trump appeared. Scavino described it as his post-state-dinner party. The video prompted criticism over its celebratory imagery, which some commentators said appeared out of touch amid concerns about living costs. Other responses defended it as humor or harmless fun. These reactions reflect differing views of the post and do not establish Scavino’s intent. The soundtrack also drew attention from some QAnon adherents because Kimberly Auer, identified in reporting as a QAnon supporter, had publicly asked Scavino shortly beforehand to post something with Pitbull music. Her request was tied to speculation among conspiracy theorists that Trump secretly operates a pro-Trump social media account called Papi Trumpo. The supplied reporting provides no evidence that Trump controls the account.