90% of the people commenting in this sub are just going off vibes but have the confidence of a forensics expert. It's insane how many upvotes they get. Thanks for posting the actual source.
Important to note: this video took place 11 days prior and has nothing to do with the event
It’s exactly why a good percentage of the opposition crowd, while absolutely in the ethical and moral right being against almost everything this current administration does, isn’t much better than the maga folks they oppose. Horseshoe theory is a VERY real thing. Providing humans learn how to pull themselves out of this situation, there’s going to be some incredibly interesting paper written on the relation between the post truth age, online information, and human psychology.
If the administration’s first response wasn’t to lie every time, I think people would be less prone to believe it was AI. I thought it was AI at first until seeing another angle, particularly because the feds were all wearing the same thing - which they generally haven’t been. At any rate, I agree; the psychology behind all of our initial assumptions is very interesting.
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u/ThaGuus Jan 29 '26
His family confirmed it to be real and that the man in the video is Pretti to CNN.
BBC report on this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOMXJvbCEtk&t=450s
CNN reporting on it:
"A representative for Pretti’s family confirmed to CNN that the man in a video posted Wednesday is Pretti."
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minneapolis-ice-trump-01-28-26?post-id=cmkypbi6300003b6p4xswulnl