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Fact File: Trump Post on Fighting Canadian Wildfires with ‘Giant Faucet’ Is a Fake
Searches of Truth Social and archived posts found no record of the alleged July 18 message, fact-checkers said.
- A fake screenshot circulating on social media attributes a Truth Social post to President Donald Trump claiming he would turn a "GIANT FAUCET" 37 degrees to extinguish wildfires in Canada.
- Extensive searches of Truth Social archives, including the Wayback Machine and Trump's Truth, confirm no such post exists from July 18, echoing past false remarks Trump made about diverting water from the Pacific Ocean.
- On July 17, Trump actually lambasted Canada for poor forest management, accusing the country of "willful negligence" regarding wildfires and claiming this negligence costs the United States billions.
- The U.S. government announced on Monday plans to impose 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports in 30 days, with officials citing trade disputes rather than wildfire smoke as the trigger.
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stated on July 19 that the 2026 wildfire season is "one of the most intense wildfire seasons in Canadian history due to extreme heat waves and record-breaking dry conditions.
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·Toronto, Canada
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Winnipeg Free Press+8 Reposted by 8 other sources
Fact File: Trump post on fighting Canadian wildfires with 'giant faucet' is a fake
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Total News Sources15
Leaning Left8Leaning Right0Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution57% Left
Bias Distribution
- 57% of the sources lean Left
57% Left
L 57%
C 43%
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