{"id":961585,"date":"2026-07-27T02:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T02:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/961585\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T02:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T02:15:26","slug":"trump-continues-to-threaten-iran-with-ai-social-media-posts-despite-lull-in-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/961585\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump continues to threaten Iran with AI social media posts despite lull in fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

US President Donald Trump continued to threaten Iran on Sunday despite a lull in fighting between the two nations, posting AI-generated images of the Islamic Republic\u2019s ships and energy infrastructure being blown up and taken over by the US military.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s posts followed two days of calm in the Middle East after 13 days of intensifying airstrikes on Iran. The Pentagon suspended the bombing campaign late on Friday, with no US attacks reported on either Saturday or Sunday. Iran, which had been following each night of US attacks with its own strikes on neighboring countries that host US bases, has also held fire, saying it will continue to do so for as long as the US does.<\/p>\n

The break in fighting came after Trump\u2019s advisers reportedly warned him that they were running out of targets to strike and expressed worries about depleting the US arsenal.<\/p>\n

Trump rebuffed the reports, however,\u00a0telling the Wall Street Journal that the US has \u201cfar more munitions than anyone in the world, and far more than we need.\u201d<\/p>\n

US military officials in recent days have also cautioned that bombings over the past two weeks meant to deter Iranian threats to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 a narrow waterway that has become a key flashpoint in the war \u2014 had largely exhausted the pre-selected sets of targets, a US official said on Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

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This did not prevent Trump from continuing to issue threats relating to the strait, however.<\/p>\n

On Sunday night, the president posted a string of AI-generated images on his Truth Social platform relating to the destruction or capture of Iranian assets and infrastructure.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tDetail from an AI-generated image showing US forces attacking Kharg Island, where Iran processes almost all of its crude oil exports, posted by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform, July 26, 2026. (Truth Social)<\/p>\n

One such image shared by Trump showed warplanes bombing an oil facility with the caption \u201cSTRIKE ON KHARG,\u201d referring to Iran\u2019s Kharg Island, the main oil export hub for the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n

He then posted\u00a0several images in quick succession, all captioned \u201cIt\u2019s Our Oil Tanker now!\u201d<\/p>\n

Each one showed an AI-generated image of the US president holding an American flag on an apparently Iranian ship. One version of the post features US soldiers in it as well, and another features both soldiers and what appears to be a depiction of Iranian religious leaders.<\/p>\n

He followed up these posts with another captioned \u201cNO MORE ENGINES,\u201d featuring an Iranian ship being blown up.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tOne in a series of AI-generated images against Iran posted by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform, July 26, 2026. (Truth Social)<\/p>\n

Despite Trump\u2019s threats, global oil markets seemed to bounce back on Sunday and early Monday amid the pause in fighting.<\/p>\n

About half an hour into trading on Asian markets on Monday, the price of a barrel of international benchmark North Sea Brent crude was down 5.89 percent to $91.08, after briefly dipping below the $90 mark. US counterpart West Texas Intermediate slid 5.73 percent to $84.19.<\/p>\n

\u2018Divine victory\u2019<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued a written statement on Sunday pledging his country\u2019s ongoing support for the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo path remains except jihad and resistance,\u201d read the statement addressed to Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem, which was published on Khamenei\u2019s Instagram and carried in English by the dissident-aligned Iran International<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Praising Hezbollah\u2019s fight against Israel as an \u201cinspiring message,\u201d Khamenei vowed that the terror group\u2019s actions would bring about \u201cdivine victory\u201d over Israel, Iran International reported.<\/p>\n

He said that any fresh ceasefire with the US would require a \u201ccomplete and unconditional\u201d end to Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory.<\/p>\n

The US and Israel jointly launched a bombing campaign on Iran on February 28 in a bid to destabilize its regime and destroy its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.<\/p>\n

Iran responded with missile and drone strikes across the region and by blockading the Strait of Hormuz, which previously carried about a fifth of the world\u2019s commercial oil shipments.<\/p>\n

The fighting entered a truce on April 8, and the US and Iran last month reached a memorandum of understanding for peace talks. Israel was not a party to the agreement or the talks. The US has since attacked Iran in response to the Islamic Republic\u2019s continued attacks on Hormuz shipping.<\/p>\n


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