Eric Trump has strongly denied messaging former UFC star Daniel Cormier to ask if any of the UFC fights on the White House South Lawn on Sunday, celebrating the nation's 250th anniversary, were "rigged," saying screenshots claiming to show him doing so were AI-generated.

The president's second son hit out in a series of social media statements, after Cormier reportedly posted, then deleted screenshots of alleged direct messages between the pair on X. Newsweek has not seen the original posts.

According to USA Today, the screenshots of the purported messages from Trump included in Cormier's post showed Trump asking if any of the fights were “rigged.”

“I’m probably going to get a lot of flak for bringing this to light, however I refuse to stay silent,” Cormier is said to have written in a X post sharing the screenshots.

Trump shared several posts on Sunday night, claiming the screenshots had been AI-generated.

“We are aware of the fake, AI generated screenshots being circulated online. I have never spoken to Daniel. He has since deleted his post, which confirms it was clearly fabricated,” Trump wrote in one post on X, tagging the accounts of UFC and UFC CEO Dana White.

In an earlier post, Trump wrote: “This is completely fake! I have never reached out to Daniel. In fact, this is scary.”

He also thanked Cormier for his latest post on X, which said: “Are people really this dumb?”

This is a developing story and will be updated.