Overview
- Trump flooded Truth Social with images that outlets identified as AI-generated, including a picture of a U.S.-flagged warship using a laser to down an Iranian-marked plane with the caption “Lasers: Bing, Bing, GONE!!!”.
- He also promoted a planned UFC event tied to his 80th birthday at the White House, sharing a photo with UFC president Dana White and calling it the “biggest ever.”
- The president reshared a “Length of Wars” chart that listed the Iran conflict at six weeks, which conflicts with reporting that the operation began on February 28 and has stretched well beyond that.
- He boasted that the economy was at an “all time high” and said oil prices were lower than under Joe Biden, while independent reporting noted higher gas prices and rising inflation linked to the conflict.
- ITV News reported fresh hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz as U.S. forces said they disabled two Iranian oil tankers, even as Trump maintained that a fragile ceasefire remained in place.