It was not real, his actual truth social post was:
Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP
The posted image doesnt exist at the date shown in the picture. Its effectively misinformation as its similar to but not actually a thing he posted
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It was real.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/05/middle-east-crisis-live-iran-israel-us-war-trump-strait-hormuz-missing-pilot-downed
It was not real, his actual truth social post was:
Archive link
The posted image doesnt exist at the date shown in the picture. Its effectively misinformation as its similar to but not actually a thing he posted
Someone posted this archive tool, this links to 100 items per page, you can scroll past the date in the photo and the post doesnt exist: https://www.trumpstruth.org/?per_page=100