No, this footage does not show election day rally for Donald Trump

Context

A viral video circulating on TikTok claims to show several clips of crowds demonstrating support for President-elect Donald Trump on November 5. The video has reached almost one million views and 130,000 likes. 

However, we found that the claim is false, as the video is a compilation of drone footage from Tel Aviv, Israel; Tbilisi, Georgia; and Eldoret, Kenya. 

In fact

This video was posted on November 5 at 16:01 GMT, which is 11:01 Eastern Standard Time, the earliest time zone in the continental U.S. However, the first and second clips take place at night, yet the caption of the video claims the footage shows “Crowd for Trump Today” — presumably meaning November 5, the posting date.

Since night had not fallen anywhere in the U.S. when the video was posted, the footage would have had to be captured before sunrise. We found the origin of all three clips using reverse image searches. 

Clip one

A reverse image search of the first clip led us to the website Social News XYZ, which had republished footage of a demonstration in Tel Aviv originally posted by the Associated Press on its YouTube channel. The demonstration took place on September 1, after the bodies of six hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023, had been found. The protestors blamed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to reach a cease-fire in Gaza and bring the hostages home. 

When comparing original and viral video footage, the bridge and buildings are identical but have been rotated 180 degrees. (Source: TikTok, AP/Screenshot/Annotated by Logically Facts)

Clip two

Upon researching the second clip, a reverse image search led us to an X (formerly Twitter) post by Czech politician Pavel Ficher, who had posted screenshots of a demonstration from RadioFreeEurope/Radio Liberty (RFERL). While searching for a headline visible in the screenshot, we found the original article and video footage on its website. RFERL describes that the footage shows a demonstration outside the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi on May 1, 2024, against the “foreign agents” bill. The bill, which has since been implemented as law, requires organizations receiving more than 20 percent of funding from outside Georgia to register as foreign influence agents. The law has been criticized by the U.S., the EU, and the U.K., and the Georgian opposition has called it “The Russian law.”  

When comparing the original and viral video footage, the large lit building, the Georgian Parliament, is identical in both images but has been rotated 180 degrees. (Source: TikTok, RFERL/Screenshot/Annotated by Logically Facts)

Clip three

A reverse image search of the third clip led us to similar videos uploaded by the YouTube account Kenya Digital Media. Further research into this account revealed the original version of the viral clip, which shows a rally by then-Deputy President William Ruto in Eldoret, Kenya, on August 1, 2022. Ruto was elected president on August 9, 2022, and inaugurated on September 13 of the same year.  

The comparison of the original and viral footage shows they are identical. Notice the sign in the yellow box, the small house in red, and the identical formation of the cars in the crowd. However, the footage has been rotated 180 degrees. (Source: TikTok, YouTube/Screenshot/Annotated by Logically Facts)

Verdict

The viral video does not show crowds supporting Trump but crowds demonstrating in Israel, Georgia, and Kenya on issues unrelated to Trump or U.S. politics. We have, therefore, marked this claim as false.