{"id":77338,"date":"2026-04-22T02:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/77338\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T02:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:03:20","slug":"fact-check-fake-donald-trump-truth-social-post-claims-israel-is-a-far-more-important-ally-than-the-american-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/77338\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check: FAKE Donald Trump Truth Social Post Claims Israel Is &#8216;A Far More Important Ally Than The American People&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Did President Donald Trump say Israel is &#8220;a far more important ally than the American people&#8221;? No, that is not true: The supposed post does not appear on the president&#8217;s official Truth Social account, and there are no reliable reports that it ever did. While Trump did praise Israel as &#8220;a GREAT Ally of the United States of America&#8221; in April 2026, he did not say it was more important than the American people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The claim appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@warriorjoe78\/post\/DXVQUEHoEv_\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;a post&quot;}\" class=\"link \">a post<\/a> (archived <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260421150759\/https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@warriorjoe78\/post\/DXVQUEHoEv_\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>) by the warriorjoe78 account on Threads on Apr. 19, 2026. It read:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here you go, MAGAts. He&#8217;s telling you that you&#8217;re not the most important people to him. You&#8217;re not his main priority. That may not be what you voted for but it&#8217;s what you elected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is what the post looked like on Threads at the time of writing:<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Faux Trump.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"777\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/22bf2705b30fa7b8552204b21c65e986.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image source: post by warriorjoe78 on Threads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The text included in the fake screenshot read:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Israel is our top ally. In fact, they&#8217;re a far more important ally than the American people themselves. That is why I have taken out Iran to help them. And further, they are important because they are God&#8217;s chosen people, and as a newfound Christian who reads the Bible, I now realize that Israel is God&#8217;s sacred people, and they are going to heaven even though they haven&#8217;t accepted Jesus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lead Stories manually reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Trump&#039;s Truth Social account;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Trump&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Trump&#8217;s Truth Social account<\/a> for recent posts that contained the entire phrase &#8220;far more important ally than the American people,&#8221; and also searched <a href=\"https:\/\/trumpstruth.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Trump&#039;s Truth;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Trump&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Trump&#8217;s Truth<\/a>, a website that archives Trump&#8217;s Truth Social posts, for the same phrase from Apr. 18, 2026, to Apr. 20, 2026 (the fake post is dated Apr. 19, 2026). No <a href=\"https:\/\/trumpstruth.org\/search?query=%22far+more+important+ally+than+the+American+people%22&amp;start_date=2026-04-18&amp;end_date=2026-04-20&amp;sort=relevance&amp;removed=include&amp;per_page=25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:matching posts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;matching posts&quot;}\" class=\"link \">matching posts<\/a> were found (archived <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260421150236\/https:\/\/trumpstruth.org\/search?query=%22far+more+important+ally+than+the+American+people%22&amp;start_date=2026-04-18&amp;end_date=2026-04-20&amp;sort=relevance&amp;removed=include&amp;per_page=25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116428690626427742\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;a post&quot;}\" class=\"link \">a post<\/a> (archived<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260421151535\/https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116428690626427742\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> here<\/a>) on Truth Social on Apr. 18, 2026, Trump praised Israel as &#8220;a GREAT Ally of the United States of America,&#8221; but he did not say Israel is &#8220;a far more important ally than the American people.&#8221; This is what the post looked like at the time of writing:<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"chrome_tLimacsjV1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"591\" height=\"246\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e744a87aa2f6f344c7791befb2f5ace0.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image source: post by @realDonaldTrump on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lead Stories searched <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/search?q=Trump%20said%20Israel%20is%20%27a%20far%20more%20important%20ally%20than%20the%20American%20people.%27&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US%3Aen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Google News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Google News&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Google News<\/a> (archived <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260421152324\/https:\/\/news.google.com\/search?q=Trump%20said%20Israel%20is%20%27a%20far%20more%20important%20ally%20than%20the%20American%20people.%27&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US%3Aen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/news.search.yahoo.com\/search;_ylt=A2RRPuuPludpjAIAgrvQtDMD;_ylc=X1MDNTM3MjAyNzIEX3IDMgRmcgN1aDNfbmV3c193ZWIEZnIyA3NiLXRvcARncHJpZANFb19LbVZXOVRRV1dDUDJ0dDMyTU1BBG5fcnNsdAMwBG5fc3VnZwMwBG9yaWdpbgNuZXdzLnNlYXJjaC55YWhvby5jb20EcG9zAzAEcHFzdHIDBHBxc3RybAMwBHFzdHJsAzc0BHF1ZXJ5A1RydW1wJTIwc2FpZCUyMElzcmFlbCUyMGlzJTIwJ2ElMjBmYXIlMjBtb3JlJTIwaW1wb3J0YW50JTIwYWxseSUyMHRoYW4lMjB0aGUlMjBBbWVyaWNhbiUyMHBlb3BsZS4nBHRfc3RtcAMxNzc2Nzg1MDY5?p=Trump+said+Israel+is+%27a+far+more+important+ally+than+the+American+people.%27&amp;fr=uh3_news_web&amp;.tsrc=uh3_news_web&amp;fr2=sb-top\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yahoo! News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Yahoo! News&quot;}\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo! News<\/a> (archived <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260421152545\/https:\/\/news.search.yahoo.com\/search;_ylt=A2RRPuuPludpjAIAgrvQtDMD;_ylc=X1MDNTM3MjAyNzIEX3IDMgRmcgN1aDNfbmV3c193ZWIEZnIyA3NiLXRvcARncHJpZANFb19LbVZXOVRRV1dDUDJ0dDMyTU1BBG5fcnNsdAMwBG5fc3VnZwMwBG9yaWdpbgNuZXdzLnNlYXJjaC55YWhvby5jb20EcG9zAzAEcHFzdHIDBHBxc3RybAMwBHFzdHJsAzc0BHF1ZXJ5A1RydW1wJTIwc2FpZCUyMElzcmFlbCUyMGlzJTIwJ2ElMjBmYXIlMjBtb3JlJTIwaW1wb3J0YW50JTIwYWxseSUyMHRoYW4lMjB0aGUlMjBBbWVyaWNhbiUyMHBlb3BsZS4nBHRfc3RtcAMxNzc2Nzg1MDY5?p=Trump+said+Israel+is+%27a+far+more+important+ally+than+the+American+people.%27&amp;fr=uh3_news_web&amp;.tsrc=uh3_news_web&amp;fr2=sb-top\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>) and did not find any matching reports for &#8220;Trump said Israel is &#8216;a far more important ally than the American people.'&#8221; Had the president actually made such a post, major news outlets would have widely reported it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Did President Donald Trump say Israel is &#8220;a far more important ally than the American people&#8221;? No, that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[38,37,21762,1526],"class_list":{"0":"post-77338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-lead-stories","11":"tag-truth-social"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116445905138880155","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}