Truth behind viral video of President Donald Trump being booed at NFL game
Don't believe everything you see online
No matter what you think of Donald Trump, the President of the United States has made it clear he has no intention of going anywhere anytime soon.
While his first term is largely remembered for his plans to build a wall across Mexico, that's nothing compared to what the POTUS has been trying to do this time he's gotten his feet under the Resolute Desk.
As well as signing hundreds of executive orders, he's outlined plans to build a Golden Dome of defense above the USA, made artificial intelligence deals worth billions, and clamped down on deportations by giving unprecedented powers to ICE.
In terms of some of his more out-there moves, Donald Trump has knocked down part of the White House to construct a ballroom in his honor, captured the president of Venezuela, and threatened to take Greenland by force.
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The ever-divisive POTUS is seemingly down in the polls, with the latest daya showing 56% of the voting public disapprove of him, 40% approve, and 5% simply don't care.
A negative majority was shown in a viral video where the president is seemingly booed at an NFL game.
Spreading across X, the clip appears to show President Trump struggling to make an announcement over the raucous boos, all as onlookers video the moment of awkwardness.
Facebook pages, including 'Really American', have shared it, while author and activist Amy Siskind reposted the video while saying that Trump was booed at a Washington Commanders versus Detroit Lions game on January 17. The problem is, there was no Commanders vs Lions game on that date.
In reality, this is a resurfaced clip from the end of last year.
While it's true that Trump was booed at an NFL game, the OG incident occurred in November 2025. As the first sitting president to attend a regular-season NFL game since 1978, it was something of a big deal as he stood in a suite with House Speaker Mike Johnson and was booed from the stands.
Although not always the most reliable outlet, Elon Musk's controversial Grok also suggests that the sounds of the boos have been manipulated to seem louder, while artificial intelligence might've been used to change the expression on Trump's face to one of disdain.
The AI chatbot reiterated: "The specific viral clip circulating in January 2026 (including the one in the linked X post) appears to be an AI-edited version of the original footage, with the boos amplified and Trump's expressions manipulated to make the negative reaction seem more intense and overwhelming."
Noting that Trump hasn't been to any NFL playoff games this season, it adds that "the original booing was audible but not to the extent portrayed in the edited video."
Still, at a time when Trump has said that he'd love to rename the New Commanders Stadium (on the site of the former Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium) after him, it's easy to see how clips like this can gain credibility.
Then again, we're also in an era when the POTUS himself is known for sharing AI videos of him dumpling effluence on crowds of protestors, so we should've learned not to trust everything we see online.