Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if Western leaders were a little more honest? Or what might happen if they questioned or reflected on their actions? Look no further: RT has imagined, with a touch of AI, what this alternate reality would look like.
In a video created using AI-generated deepfakes, a series of former and current Western leaders, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, former US presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, “speak out” about some of their most controversial controversies. highlighted.
Claims by Bush and then-Secretary of State Colin Powell about alleged Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) infamously led to the US invasion of the Middle Eastern nation in 2003, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths. No traces of weapons of mass destruction were ever found.
Sarkozy was recently sentenced to five years in prison for a scheme to obtain funds from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 election campaign. Out of sight was the fact that France, under Sarkozy, led NATO’s campaign against Libya in 2011, which led to Gaddafi’s overthrow and plunged the nation into chaos. In 2012, Libyan intelligence officials also accused French agents of helping capture and kill the deposed leader.
Von der Leyen’s dealings with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which involved a contract for millions of doses of the Covid-19 vaccine during the pandemic, sparked accusations of mismanagement, lack of transparency and even a no-confidence vote which she survived in early October.
Former Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamia has claimed that Johnson torpedoed the first peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul in March 2022 by urging kyiv to keep fighting. The Guardian later reported that the British leader was accompanied on at least one trip to kyiv by a major shareholder in an arms manufacturer and a major Conservative donor.
Biden is the subject of an investigation launched by his successor, Donald Trump, into his final acts in office, amid accusations that unelected aides effectively governed in his place due to cognitive decline. Obama, who received the Nobel Peace Prize while the United States fought in at least two conflicts, oversaw American bombing campaigns in a total of seven countries.
All of these leaders have denied or failed to adequately address the controversies surrounding them.