Fact Check: Did Kai Trump remove boos from Knicks game video with Donald Trump?

WASHINGTON, DC: Donald Trump arrived at Madison Square Garden on June 8, poised to make history as the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game.

But instead of the applause he may have anticipated, the president was met with a chorus of boos from fans during the New York Knicks' showdown with the San Antonio Spurs.

His eldest granddaughter, Kai Trump, joined him for the historic game. The rising golf sensation posted a video of the moment to her Instagram account, thanking an app called 15SOF for capturing it. 

However, viewers quickly pointed out what they believed was a glaring omission, accusing her of editing out a loud chorus of boos that reportedly erupted when her grandfather appeared on the Jumbotron.

So, did Kai really remove the crowd's boos from her video with Trump? Let’s fact-check the claim.

Claim: Kai Trump removed boos from NBA Finals video with Donald Trump

The 19-year-old joined the president at Madison Square Garden Monday night to watch Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

After the game, Kai took to social media to post a clip of herself and her grandfather during the anthem, with the caption, “Thank you to 15SOF for capturing this special moment with my Grandpa.”

However, while the post collected over 11,000 likes, it didn’t garner the comments Kai expected. A wave of critics immediately accused Kai of fixing the audio, alleging that she had swapped the boos from the crowd for cheers.

“Girl, your face says it all lmao!! Grandpa & u were BOOED,” said one, as another wrote, “She replaced the audio.”

Others with over a thousand likes read, “LMFAOOOO the swapped audio,” and “That’s embarrassing, changing the audio .”

“Booed more than the Spurs. He also inconvenienced a lot of fans and businesses with his security presence. Stick to golf,” one more wrote.

Fact Check: False, changes were made by company behind video

Although the audio in the clip appears to have been modified, it was not Kai who made the changes. Reports have suggested that the edit was done by a company Kai referred to as 15SOF, short for 15 Seconds of Fame. 

It uses AI software to identify when users are on the Jumbotron or other screens in stadiums and arenas and sends them clips.

A spokesperson for the company told Page Six that they make the edits before sending, so the eldest daughter of Donald Trump Jr and Vanessa Trump had nothing to do with the audio changes. 

“The video shared by Kai Trump on Instagram was exactly the clip delivered by 15SOF to her account on our app and at no time did she request that any audio be altered, enhanced, replaced, or otherwise manipulated,” a company spokesperson told Page Six.

“Due to various broadcast, licensing, and contractual restrictions, 15SOF frequently cannot distribute original event audio and instead utilizes automated alternate contextual audio tracks as part of our content-delivery process. The audio selection process is entirely automated and is not directed by individual users,” they added.