You Believe What You Want to Believe

Commenter Eric Blair took me to task the other day for being too old to realize that fake videos can fool people. Here’s a story that demonstrates age isn’t the determining factor for gullibility.

MAGA Men Humiliated After Being Duped by AI Foot Fetish Model

The account, “jessicaa.foster,” has amassed 1 million followers on Instagram, funneling massive engagement from fake photos with President Donald Trump and MAGA-friendly captions to an OnlyFans account selling photos of feet, Fast Company and Marca have discovered.

While the Instagram photos appear hyper-realistic, aside from incorrect American flags and bizarre U.S. Army casual wear, there are several telltale signs that Jessica is very much not real.

The supposed everyday soldier, whose account began posting in November, has “met” Trump at least six times this year. She may even be brokering peace in Eastern Europe, snapping “selfies” with Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, as well as with Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky.

Jessica has also invaded Greenland with her fellow U.S. Army troops, another post suggests, and she has even met soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi this year. She also claims to have attended the Super Bowl in “California,” despite the AI-generated background showing the Kansas City Chiefs, who did not even reach the playoffs last season, as a participant.