(NewsNation) — Former President Donald Trump reposted, then deleted, a fake image claiming to show a young Kamala Harris posing with Sean “Diddy” Combs. It’s the latest of a handful of fake images that Trump has recently shared.
The picture claiming to be Diddy, flanked by Harris and another woman, is actually a picture from 2001. And the man in the middle of the real image is talk show host Montel Williams, whom Harris dated at that time. The other woman is Ashley Williams, Montel Williams’ daughter.
The picture showed up online shortly after Diddy was indicted on a long list of charges, including racketeering, conspiracy, sex trafficking by force and transportation to engage in prostitution.
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Trump posted the image Friday on his Truth Social site and wrote: “Kamala, doing the Diddy?” the text read. “Madam Vice President, have you ever been involved with or engaged in one of Puff Daddies freak offs?” Trump later deleted the post.
Both candidates have crossed paths with Diddy. In 2020 on her X account, Harris thanked him for hosting a town hall about the impact of COVID-19 on Black communities.
“Thank you, @Diddy, for hosting this town hall last night,” the post read. “There’s a lot at stake for our communities right now, and it’s critical we bring to the forefront how coronavirus is perpetuating racial inequality and health disparities.”
Trump and Diddy have interacted many times over the years, including Trump attending Diddy’s 29th birthday party in 1998.
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“Donald Trump is a friend of mine, and he works very hard,” Diddy told the Washington Post in 2015. In 2012, Diddy appeared with Trump on an episode of “The Celebrity Apprentice.”
“I love Diddy. You know he’s a good friend of mine, he’s a good guy,” Trump said.
Trump’s recent history of sharing fake or AI-generated images on Truth Social includes two posts in August involving Taylor Swift. One showed women wearing “Swifties for Trump” t-shirts. The other was a fabricated image of Swift that read “Taylor wants you to vote for Donald Trump.”
Trump also shared a fabricated image of Harris addressing what appeared to be a Soviet Union–era gathering, complete with hammer and sickle symbols.