Trump's AI Vision of Gaza: A Golden Idol in the Holy Land

Source: Redemptorists Oceania

US President Donald Trump has sparked outrage by publishing an AI-generated video that reimagines the Gaza Strip as a luxury tourist destination-complete with a golden idol of himself erected in the Holy Land.

The video, shared on Trump's Instagram and Truth Social, depicts a surreal, futuristic Gaza transformed into a high-end beachfront resort, where the devastation of war is erased and replaced with Trump-branded skyscrapers, lavish entertainment, and artificial prosperity.

The imagery is not just controversial-it carries deep symbolic weight. In the biblical tradition, the creation of a golden idol is a sign of false worship, of placing material power above moral truth. In his interview with Common Home TV, journalist Chris Hedges warns of the dangers of a society that abandons the sacred, reducing everything-land, people, and even suffering-to commodities for exploitation. Trump's AI-generated spectacle exemplifies this mindset. By portraying Gaza as a billionaire's paradise, complete with a giant gold idol of himself.

Hedges describes how capitalist societies create their own idols-money, power, and self-worship. The Trump video, with its gilded fantasy, is a striking visual representation of this idolatry. Gaza, a place of immense suffering, is not envisioned as a land needing healing and justice, but as a real estate opportunity-a "better Monaco"-where its current inhabitants are either erased or displaced. Experts warn that this vision echoes dangerous narratives of colonialism and ethnic cleansing, promoting the idea that Palestine is merely an empty desert awaiting redevelopment.

In a world mesmerised by what Hedges calls "electronic hallucinations," Trump's AI video manufactures a fantasy that detaches from reality, luring audiences into a version of history where conquest and profit overshadow humanity. The golden idol at the centre of this vision is more than just an AI-generated figure; it is a reflection of a worldview that places profit above people, illusion above truth, and self-glorification above justice.

If, as Hedges argues, a society that loses the capacity for the sacred is doomed to self-destruction, then Trump's AI-generated Gaza is a warning. It is an image of what happens when the Holy Land is stripped of its meaning, its people, and its history, only to be replaced with a monument to power and greed.

LINKS

Chris Hedges: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UuHniecNqs

Common Home TV, Trump's AI Vision of Gaza a Golden Idol in the Holy Land: www.commonhome.tv/2025/02/28/trumps-ai-vision-of-gaza-a-golden-idol-in-the-holy-land/

Redemptorists Oceania: www.cssr.org.au

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