White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino has come under fire from critics after posting an AI-generated video to social media depicting a fictional after-party following the recent state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The video appeared to show Scavino spraying champagne while riding a gold luggage cart through the White House with his wife, Erin Scavino, and Eric and Lara Trump, before being greeted by President Donald Trump.

“This is not an intended for the Dems heads to explode—Being some of the post State Dinner party has gotten out, I felt inclined to share mine as well, in complete transparency, with the American People. GOD BLESS THE USA!!!” Scavino wrote in an Instagram post containing the video.

Newsweek reached out to the White House via email for comment.

Critics React To AI White House Party

While Scavino continued to share the videos across social media, critics called the posts “tone deaf” at a time when many Americans remain concerned about the cost of living.

Food prices were 2.7 percent higher in August than a year earlier, while grocery prices remained 2.2 percent higher year-over-year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Similarly, as of June gasoline prices had risen 26.7 percent and electricity prices were 4 percent higher than a year earlier, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

The official X account for The Lincoln Project shared the video and wrote: “You’re struggling. They’re partying.”

Even previously conservative voices, like former Miss California and long-time Trump supporter Carrie Prejean Boller, slammed the video. On X, Boller wrote: “You really have no shame, do you? Many Americans can’t afford groceries, gas or their mortgage payment, and you post a tone deaf AI video of you and your buddies partying at the People’s House. MAGA is dead.”

Sarah Longwell, an anti-Trump Republican who founded the Bulwark, wrote on X that it was “Real fall of Rome s***.”

Reactions come as Trump’s approval rating dropped to 37 percent, the lowest recorded for any president heading into a midterm election in Wall Street Journal polls dating to 1990.

Within the same poll, nearly two-thirds of respondents, 65 percent, rated the U.S. economy negatively, while 60 percent said Trump’s economic policies had made the economy worse.

More AI Partying

Scavino’s video was not the only example of an AI after-party at the White House. On September 25, another video dubbed the “lost Xi camera roll” featured Elon Musk finding a camera loaded with pictures of a raging party with the president, first lady, Xi Jinping and the first lady of China, among others.

From riding boats on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to sitting on the knee of the Lincoln statue, riding a horse through the White House halls and Trump doing a keg-stand, the imagined after-party to the state dinner has been viewed more than 10 million times.

Reacting to the video on X, Elon Musk wrote: “I kinda wish it was real tbh.”

Why Does The Government Host State Dinners?

While they can be associated with glamour and pageantry, state dinners are a significant part of strengthening diplomatic relationships.

These ceremonial events have taken place since the 19th century and give presidents the opportunity to honor visiting heads of state.

From hosting England’s King George VI to former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev, the formal diplomatic traditions have long marked key moments in relations between the U.S. and the rest of the world.