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Botany

(77,169 posts)
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 10:31 AM 5 hrs ago

From the Department of putting the toothpaste back into the tube. Cyber clean up on aisle 47.

“They” are now claiming that Trump never posted this on his Truth Social site and it was really posted by
somebody else. No doubt that I put the stew back into pid but this looks like something Trump would have posted. Right now Stephen Miller and Grandpa Lover Karoline Leavitt are trying to replace Donny’s
phone with a fake one because he is nutz.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump • 54m This war was started by BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA and JOE BIDEN and we've been fighting it for over 47 years now! I'm putting an end to it because I am the Peace President! This week I will be creating the Hormuz Peace Board where our so called coward NATO allies are not welcome, many real allies have already expressed desire to join this once in a lifetime opportunity to secure the Hormuz for peace! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President Donald J. Trump

Clean up operation?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-president-trump-did-042434684.html


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highplainsdem

(61,753 posts)
3. It's FAKE. Why are you posting it here when you already have an article explaining it's fake? That fake
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:23 PM
3 hrs ago

Truth Social post started circulating on social media yesterday. There would be dozens of real news stories about it now if it was a real Truth Social post from Trump.

highplainsdem

(61,753 posts)
4. And btw, no one is claiming that post wasn't from Trump but was "really posted by somebody else" because
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:40 PM
3 hrs ago

there was no such post on Truth Social at all.

Media outlets watch his Truth Social account.

highplainsdem

(61,753 posts)
6. It's very likely that some people seeing your post will copy just the text of the fake post elsewhere and
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:51 PM
3 hrs ago

will say it's true and they got it from Democratic Underground.

The OP as now written suggests that the post isn't fake but an official denial/cleanup is a lie.

Someone who posted this hoax on Reddit soon deleted it. I hope you will, too.

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