Trump posts AI image of himself seizing Iranian-flagged tanker — as tension escalates in Strait of Hormuz
President Trump posted an AI-generated image on Truth Social that depicts him, accompanied by two heavily armed troops, on the deck of an Iranian-flagged tanker with an American flag in his hand and a U.S. aircraft carrier in the background. The article describes the image as AI-generated and says he shared it Friday night amid escalating rhetoric about the Strait of Hormuz.
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President Trump posted an AI-generated image on Truth Social that depicts him, accompanied by two heavily armed troops, on the deck of an Iranian-flagged tanker with an American flag in his hand and a U.S. aircraft carrier in the background. The article describes the image as AI-generated and says he shared it Friday night amid escalating rhetoric about the Strait of Hormuz.