Weird AI videos and pictures depicting President Trump and Vice President JD Vance are being virally shared on Chinese social media as a response to the ongoing tariff trade war.
The videos, widely shared across platforms like TikTok, Douyin, and X, depict Trump as (ironically) a Communist dictator and Vance as “eyeliner man,” poking fun at their policies and public personas.
The meme campaign began in response to Trump’s aggressive tariff hikes on Chinese imports, which Vance defended on Fox News, controversially referring to “Chinese peasants.”
The CCP's propaganda is taking aim at the Trump administration.
— NFSC Red Leaf Canada (@hli953777191713) April 25, 2025
An AI-generated music video, inspired by the iconic 1960s revolutionary song "We March on the Great Road," features characters resembling Trump, Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Elon Musk, all holding… pic.twitter.com/U8DfB0Boxz
Chinese commentators using state-backed accounts have been producing odd content that reimagines Vance in drag with exaggerated makeup or as Chairman Mao, while portraying Trump in absurd scenarios, like applying mascara to Vance in a pink bedroom.
China continues to troll VP Vance and President Trump ? pic.twitter.com/mJcoO0vh3M
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One notable video, racking up hundreds of thousands of views, features a satirical “Song of MAGA” with Trump, Vance, secretary of state Marco Rubio and Elon Musk marching through the streets under red socialist banners, carrying Chairman Mao’s ‘Little Red Book’.
The lyrics of the song are changed to ‘Led by Chairman Trump, we shout “MAGA”,’ with the footage then depicting the four working in a factory wearing blue overalls, an attempt to mock Trump’s efforts to revive domestic manufacturing in the US.
The memes also contend that Vance’s “luscious lashes” will cost more due to tariffs, while some suggested halting eyeliner exports as “precision retaliation.”
???? They thought they could wage an info war on China.
— ??????? (@OopsGuess) April 21, 2025
Then AI entered the chat… and it wasn’t on their side.
Chinese netizens just digitally dismantled Trump’s ex-press secretary and Senator Vance – turning them into virus-themed memes that went viral for all the wrong… pic.twitter.com/ZEDM4h8l1J
Earlier this week, Trump appeared to suggested a potential de-escalation with regards to the tariffs on China, noting that the high tariffs on Chinese goods, currently at 145%, will “come down substantially, but it won’t be zero.”
He further emphasised that the tariffs “won’t be anywhere near that high” and expressed a desire to avoid playing “hardball” with China, indicating a willingness to negotiate a deal.
Trump also claimed that the U.S. and China are “actively” discussing tariff resolutions, though China’s Foreign Ministry contradicted this on Thursday, stating that no consultations or negotiations have occurred.
On Friday, reports emerged that China has exempted certain U.S. goods from its 125% retaliatory tariffs, focusing on semiconductors and integrated circuits. The Shenzhen HJET Supply Chain announced on Chinese social media that eight tariff codes related to these products were reduced to zero, a move confirmed by multiple businesses and reported by Reuters.
Additionally, some U.S. pharmaceutical products, medical gear, and aerospace equipment parts, such as engines and landing gear, have also been granted exemptions, as noted by the American Chamber of Commerce in China and French company Safran.
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Wow, is it just me or are they like in love with JD Vance and Trump and are just mad that they got rejected?? I swear, these Chinese are crushing HARD on the President and VP LOL
Mockery is the sincerest form of surrender.
I don’t support the Chinese communist government, but a bit of lampoonery like this is just having some fun. Throwing meme insults is better than throwing missiles. Can they do something for Starmer and his lame government please?
You laugh now, but wait till all the girls start wearing eyeliner that makes them look more Asian.
More proof that the Chinese peasants are too immature to have run a virus lab without a lab leak. At least the CCP found some temporary employment for a few AI memers. Now if they can just turn the ridicule onto their died-hair leaders who are the epitome of the universal “Mao joke.”
Vance hurt the Chinese feewings when he mentioned them as “peasants”. So the Chinese DO feel inferior to US.
AI is a scam. It’s all hype.
I found them hilarious.
Yes, but you’re an ugly 12 year-old girl, so your reaction is to be expected.
Silly, yes. Comedy making a comeback world wide!? Hopefully! If you can’t laugh at yourself once in a while, are you really living!? ? The saddest part is most everything in these is from their lives & what those citizens go through for little to no income but showing our President & VP working in fields, factories, cooking, making shoes, etc shows they are willing to work and the country this comes from, the gubmint, they sacrifice lives so they can remain in power. It’s a sad attempt at memefare, so ya just act like a duck and let roll off your back!