Something happens to a news cycle when a 89-year-old physicist sits down on a podcast and says, in the same unhurried tone you’d use to describe the weather, that the U.S. government has recovered at least four distinct species of non-human life from crashed spacecraft.

President Donald Trump again posted AI-generated images, this time featuring aliens, warships and a futuristic command center. Trump, known for his repeated use of AI-generated imagery, previously drew significant backlash over an AI image that portrayed him as Jesus,