"Everything that he's doing is getting criticized in the media, and he says that he's helping, but he's not. He's making us look bad. He's making me look bad (…) But he's not even an American. He is from South Africa."

Original review summary

DW reports that forensic and audio-analysis evidence indicated the recording was likely inauthentic. Experts noted suspicious audio quality and speech patterns inconsistent with Vance; detection tools produced mixed results, though several assessed it as likely fake.[S1]