Sexy internet celebrity MAGA supports Trump! The real face is actually an AI created by an Indian man, estimated to earn thousands of dollars a month

Indian medical students use AI to create sexy MAGA influencers, targeting conservative men in the United States, combining political and erotic content to harvest traffic and earn thousands of dollars a month. Experts worry that an influx of such virtual influencers could turn into tools of information warfare, triggering a crisis.

Sexy influencer MAGA supports Trump—behind it is AI

Sexy influencer Emily Hart often shares beautiful lifestyle photos on social media. She is a loyal MAGA supporter of Trump—opposing abortion, “woke culture,” and immigration—but her true identity turns out to be an AI created by a man.

Using the pseudonym Sam, a 22-year-old Indian medical student recently told the media outlet Wired that, to raise money for his medical licensing exam and the costs of immigrating to the United States, he used AI tools to create Emily Hart. With just 30 to 50 minutes a day managing the social media account, each short video can garner 3 million to 10 million views.

In just one month, Emily Hart’s account on Instagram accumulated more than 10,000 followers. Fans even pay to subscribe to her adult content on the competing platform Fanvue, or buy clothing bearing political slogans.

Sam estimates that this model can easily bring him several thousand dollars each month. But good times don’t last. In February of this year, Emily Hart’s IG account had already been banned, though her Facebook account is still active.

Image source: The Independent UK Sexy influencer Emily Hart (Emily Hart) supports Trump, but is actually AI

MAGA AI girls’ operating strategy

Emily Hart’s success is largely because Sam follows advice from AI tools, targeting older conservative American men with higher disposable income and a higher level of loyalty as the primary audience, and focusing on the agenda of “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) while also backing Trump.

These AI-generated girls have a specific operating template; they are usually set up as blonde white women, with jobs often as emergency responders such as nurses, police officers, or firefighters. They wear bikinis printed with the American flag, paired with posting extreme right-wing statements supporting gun rights, opposing abortion, or opposing immigration.

Sam revealed that because social media algorithms favor controversial content, these posts not only attract conservative supporters, but also draw liberals to comment in criticism—greatly boosting engagement.

This is an attention-harvesting strategy that combines patriotism and soft pornography. Creators use political fervor to draw attention, and ultimately funnel fans to paid platforms for monetization.

However, because the well-known adult platform OnlyFans strictly requires creators to be real humans, these AI creators typically steer fans toward the Fanvue platform, which accepts AI-generated content.

From traffic monetization to information warfare: a surge of virtual influencers raises concerns

Before Wired reported on Emily Hart, The Washington Post also covered Jessica Foster, an AI virtual female soldier who had taken photos with Trump and Russian President Putin, in March. Within 4 months, this account attracted more than 1 million followers.

Image source: Jessica Foster / AI virtual influencer Jessica Foster’s account attracted more than 1 million followers in 4 months

Although Jessica Foster’s IG account has been banned, these MAGA AI girls still raise concerns among experts.

Valerie Wirtschafter, a researcher at the Brookings Institution, said that many fans simply don’t care whether these influencers are real or not—they only care that the content matches their political identity; Joan Donovan, an assistant professor at Boston University, warned that these accounts are easy to set up and have clear profit incentives.

After all, the biggest risk of these AI accounts is that they could be turned into tools of information warfare—robotic armies that spread political propaganda and misinformation—which would also bring unprecedented trust crises and social problems to online communities.

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