President Trump on Tuesday issued a post on Truth Social complaining about US media coverage of his war against Iran that was a word-for-word repeat of a post he made eight days ago.
Recent reporting from mainstream US media outlets citing unnamed US officials has revealed that US intelligence believes Iran maintains about 70% of its pre-war missile inventory and that the Iranian military is reconstituting itself much more quickly than expected, painting a drastically different picture than what the Trump administration has been claiming publicly.
Trump said in his post: “If Iran surrenders, admits their Navy is gone and resting at the bottom of the sea, and their Air Force is no longer with us, and if their entire Military walks out of Tehran, weapons dropped and hands held high, each shouting ‘I surrender, I surrender’ while wildly waving the representative White Flag, and if their entire remaining Leadership signs all necessary ‘Documents of Surrender,’ and admit their defeat to the great power and force of the magnificent U.S.A., The Failing New York Times, The China Street Journal (WSJ!), Corrupt and now Irrelevant CNN, and all other members of the Fake News Media, will headline that Iran had a Masterful and Brilliant Victory over The United States of America, it wasn’t even close.”
He concluded that the “Dumacrats and Media have totally lost their way. They have gone absolutely CRAZY!!!”
The president’s complaint comes as the full-scale US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran could resume at any time, as the US launched strikes on southern Iran on Monday, and Israel is escalating its war in Lebanon.
Pakistani-mediated negotiations between Washington and Tehran continue, and Trump appears frustrated that Iran hasn’t capitulated to US demands, though he has also complicated the negotiations by suggesting that an agreement should also include normalization between Israel and Muslim states, which is extremely unlikely.
