On May 18, Donald Trump posted a lengthy attack on American media coverage of the Iran war. On May 26, he posted the exact same attack again, word for word, without edits and without acknowledging that it had already appeared on his feed eight days earlier.
The duplicate arrived just hours after his fourth medical visit in thirteen months.
The post itself followed Trump’s usual formula. He imagined Iran surrendering completely, its navy destroyed, its air force wiped out and its military marching out of Tehran with hands raised, only for American media outlets to somehow still call it an Iranian victory.
He again referred to the New York Times, CNN and the Wall Street Journal using his preferred nicknames before concluding: “The Dumacrats and Media have totally lost their way. They have gone absolutely CRAZY.”
The Dumacrats and Media have totally LOST THEIR WAY. pic.twitter.com/UkpT7ejYXS
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 26, 2026
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The rest of the morning only added to the unusual tone surrounding the duplicate post.
Before 6 a.m., Trump’s feed included AI-generated memes of Joe Biden sleeping at his desk, affirmations describing Trump as “the dealmaker in chief” and a stream of content that observers compared to the sort of material normally buried deep inside algorithm-heavy corners of social media.
At the same time, administration officials were reportedly warning internally that Trump’s Truth Social activity had complicated ongoing negotiations, with some insiders describing the posts as obstacles rather than useful messaging tools. Iran’s foreign ministry also confirmed that a delegation had traveled to Qatar for talks that same day, while cautioning reporters that any final agreement remained far off.
That left Trump publicly insisting negotiations were moving smoothly even as U.S. forces carried out strikes on Iranian missile sites and minelaying boats over the weekend. Iran described the strikes as ceasefire violations, while Trump continued describing the deal as nearly complete, placing both developments inside the same forty-eight-hour stretch as the duplicate post.
The replies under the second post turned almost entirely to the fact that people had already seen it before.
He posted this already…like the same thing verbatim last week
— camLee (@JessicaL58537) May 26, 2026
Has anyone checked on Cheeto Jesus lately? He did this word-for-word tweet last week.
— Warren (@swd2) May 26, 2026
This tweet was just as stupid when you posted it 8 days ago.
— KevinlyFather 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇲🇼🇸🇿 (@KevinlyFather) May 26, 2026
Second time you posted this. Think dementia must be setting in faster than he expected.
— Ermie (@etalerico2010) May 27, 2026
Trump already posted this same gibberish on May 18th.
Does he not remember?
— @realPAIDtriot (@realpaidtriot) May 27, 2026
So far, the White House has not explained why the president published an identical statement eight days apart.
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