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The 1721 Deitz Nuützen Painting Hoax refers to a viral X / Twitter post falsely claiming that a fake painting by a fictional artist named Deitz Nuützen predicted the photograph of Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Don Jr. and RFK Jr. eating McDonald's on a private jet that went viral in mid-November 2024. The painting, which shows five men around a dinner table in nearly identical positions as Trump, Musk, Don Jr. and RFK Jr., was AI-generated and the artist's name, Deitz Nuütze, is meant as a reference to the "deez nuts" meme. The post was made by X user @boneGPT in mid-November 2024 and was reposted several times by users believing the painting to be real.

Origin

On November 17th, 2024, X^[1] user @margomartin, Donald Trump's former press assistant and his deputy communications chief, posted a photograph of Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Don Jr. and RFK Jr. aboard a private jet eating McDonald's. The post reads, "POV: walking by the cool kids table," and garnered over 167,000 likes and 14,000 reposts in a day.

On November 18th, X^[2] user @boneGPT reposted the photograph next to an AI-generated image that he alleges to be a 1721 painting by artist Deitz Nuützen depicting men around a dinner table in nearly identical positions as Trump, Musk, Don Jr. and RFK Jr., writing, "This 1721 painting by Deitz Nuützen predicted the Trump-Elon-RFK McDonalds dinner," garnering over 68,000 likes and 10,000 reposts in a day. However, Deitz Nuützen is not a real artist.

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Over the next day, the supposed painting was shared by several accounts who touted it as a real 18th-century piece of art. For example, on November 18th, 2024, X^[3] user @HustleBitch_ reposted it, writing, "How the hell did this 1721 painting by Deitz Nuützen predict the Trump-Elon-RFK McDonald's in-flight dinner???" garnering over 77,000 likes and 11,000 reposts in a day.

Later that day, X^[4] user @clif_high quote-reposted the post, insisting that the painting is real but simply a coincidence and pointing out several small differences in both the AI painting and the photo of Trump and RFK Jr., garnering over 1,500 likes in a day.

Also on November 18th, X^[5] user @Oracle_Of_Qz made a post linking the alleged painting to QAnon drops, writing that they are aware of the "deez nuts" connection and that the painting is staged, but that "it is ALL STAGED to point to Q drops. The Most Influential People on the PLANET are directing us to THE Q DROPS," garnering over 2,200 likes in a day.

On November 19th, Newsweek^[6] published an editorial debunking the painting. Several hours later, X^[7] user @boneGPT, the original user to share the painting, posted a screenshot of the Newsweek article, writing, "they really dug around looking for Deitz Nuützen," garnering over 360 likes in under a day. The original post was also shared to 4chan's^[8] /pol/ board that day, garnering around 65 responses in under a day.

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