United States Donald Trump has subtly called for the arrest of former president Barack Obama after posting an AI-generated video showing the former president in handcuffs — shortly after Tulsi Gabbard accused the Obama administration of leading a “years-long coup” against him.

The video, shared on Trump’s Truth Social platform on Sunday, begins with Obama saying, “no one is above the law,” before he is handcuffed by law enforcement during an Oval Office meeting with Trump.

The clip, soundtracked by the Village People’s “YMCA,” ends with Obama wearing an orange jumpsuit in a federal prison. It was digitally altered from footage of their actual meeting in November 2016, when Trump was still a president-elect.

The post came hours after Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, told Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures: “Their goal was to subvert the will of the American people and enact what was essentially a years-long coup with the objective of trying to usurp the president from fulfilling the mandate bestowed upon him by the American people.”

She announced she had referred former Obama officials, including ex-FBI director James Comey and ex-DNI James Clapper, to the Justice Department, alleging they “manufactured” intelligence to support claims of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Trump reacted swiftly, posting: “Great job by young and talented Harrison Fields on FoxNews. The Panel was fantastic on prosecuting Obama and the ‘thugs’ who have just been unequivocally exposed on highest level Election Fraud. Congratulations to Tulsi Gabbard. Keep it coming!!!”

In addition to the AI video, Trump also posted doctored mugshots of Obama-era cabinet members and demanded the arrest of Senator Adam Schiff.

In another post, Trump said, “In the months leading up to the November 2016 election, the Intelligence Community agreed that there was no Intelligence that reflected that Russia was trying to hack the election…

“So it was very striking when we look back at the documents that I declassified and released that show there was a shift in early December…”

The flurry of posts comes amid criticism of Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. His administration recently claimed no Epstein “client list” exists and reiterated that the financier died by suicide — angering even some of Trump’s supporters.

Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, blasted Gabbard’s claims on X: “It is sadly not surprising that DNI Gabbard, who promised to depoliticise the intelligence community, is once again weaponising her position to amplify the president’s election conspiracy theories.”

He added: “It is appalling to hear DNI Gabbard accuse her own IC workforce of committing a ‘treasonous conspiracy’ when she was unwilling to label Edward Snowden a traitor.”