BREAKING: iPhone Dictation Flashes “Trump” When You Say “Racist”

Busted!

Apple’s iPhone voice-to-text feature has been caught red-handed.

They’re briefly writing out the word “Trump” when someone says “racist” before correcting itself.

Clearly trying to subliminal link those two words to those that aren’t paying attention.

This glitch has led to debates about subliminal messaging.

Apple has acknowledged the issue.

They say it’s just a ‘phonetic overlap in their speech recognition model’.

Oh, okay. Try to gaslight us harder, Apple.

If you have an iPhone, test it out yourself, though not all iPhones are using the same update. Also, Apple are working at hiding it now.

JUST IN – Apple says it is "addressing the issue" as iPhone's voice-to-text feature periodically shows "Trump" when user says "racist" — Fox pic.twitter.com/xwiRVpBMSQ

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 25, 2025

Fox News reports:

Apple’s iPhone voice-to-text feature is sparking controversy after a viral TikTok video showed a user speaking the word “racist,” which at first showed up as “Trump” before switching back to “racist.”

Fox News Digital was able to replicate the issue multiple times. The voice-to-text dictation feature was observed briefly flashing “Trump” when a user said “racist” before it quickly changed back to “racist” – just like in the viral TikTok video.

However, “Trump” did not appear every time a user said “racist.”

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The voice-to-text feature also wrote words like “reinhold” and “you” when a user said “racist.” Most of the time, the feature accurately wrote “racist.”

An Apple spokesperson said Tuesday that the company is addressing the issue.

“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers Dictation, and we are rolling out a fix as soon as possible,” the spokesperson said.

Apple says that the speech recognition models that power dictation may temporarily display words with some phonetic overlap, before landing on the correct word. The bug affects other words with an “r” consonant when dictated, Apple says.

Other words are affected, huh?

Not buying it. This was deliberately done.

Major Scandal Breaking! Apple iPhones now replace the word racist with Trump! pic.twitter.com/buaqR3AxY1

— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) February 25, 2025

Many are testing it out and showing it’s true:

💥 iPhone Glitch💥
I’m Canadian, and I was skeptical about the iPhone glitch, but it’s true—if you say “racist,” it will show “Trump” for a second.

I can confirm that this issue isn’t just happening in the U.S.; it’s happening here in Canada too. pic.twitter.com/OEWt4FYM8R

— Alexandra Lavoie (@ThevoiceAlexa) February 25, 2025

CRAZY: If you say the word “racist” into iPhone’s voice-to-text feature, it will sometimes flash “Trump” before switching to the correct word.

WATCH: pic.twitter.com/3dYsxXahjz

— Alana Mastrangelo (@ARmastrangelo) February 25, 2025

Someone tested this out using 2 different iPhones.

Looks like it’s affecting iOS 18.3 …

It works! I have two iPhones.

The iPhone with iOS 18.3 replaced the word racist with Trump.

The iPhone with iOS 17.6.1 worked as it should.

— Info Battle Maiden (@info_maiden) February 25, 2025

Also, iPhone is still set up to suggest Joe Biden as president:

My iPhone refuses to let Joe Biden go… pic.twitter.com/V7VwofNONA

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) February 25, 2025