Six months of the Iran war - as told through Trump’s social media posts
An analysis of Donald Trump's Truth Social posts over six months reveals a high frequency of messaging regarding the US-Iran conflict. The data suggests a blend of hardline rhetoric and transactional diplomacy, with the president frequently mentioning himself alongside geopolitical updates.
Why it matters
This analysis provides insight into how modern political leaders use social media to shape public perception and document the progression of international military conflicts.
Visualising how a war was announced, prosecuted, declared won, negotiated and then reopened, all in the president’s own words.
x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info [Screengrab / @realDonaldTrump/ Truth Social] By Mohammed Haddad Published On 27 Aug 2026 27 Aug 2026 This week marks six months since the United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran.
In that time, US President Donald Trump has published at least 319 posts mentioning Iran on Truth Social, his social media platform – roughly one every 14 hours.
Read in sequence, these posts, or “truths” as they are known on the platform, form a record of how a war was announced, prosecuted, declared won, negotiated and then reopened, all in the president’s own words.
Al Jazeera analysed these posts. Here is what we found.
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