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Trump's Strange Iran Map and Separate 'THE MOON IS OURS' Declaration Spark Online Frenzy

Trump’s posts mixed AI-generated images, Iran criticism and economic claims, drawing sharp reaction as he claimed 18 million barrels a day flowed through the Strait of Hormuz.

  • President Donald Trump published three dozen bizarre online posts on Sunday, including AI-generated images with threatening messages and a claim that "THE MOON IS OURS" alongside an American flag.
  • Alongside the Moon claim, Trump targeted Iran with posts depicting Kharg Island's destruction and redrawing the country's borders to mirror his silhouette, labeling Iran a "failing nation."
  • Independent Journalist Aaron Rupar called the posts "absolutely bonkers" to his more than 1.1 million followers, while Trump claimed oil volumes through the Strait of Hormuz reached 18 million barrels per day and celebrated 162,000 August job gains.
  • The Atlantic writer Tom Nichols wrote, "Something is very wrong with the president," while political commentator John Jackson described the behavior as "watching a slow-motion train crash."
  • Social media reactions split sharply, with supporters dismissing the posts as trolling while critics questioned the president's judgment; the flurry of AI-generated images marked a shift in Trump's typical online communication strategy.
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Geopolitical tensions between the world’s leading powers are being transferred from Earth directly to the lunar space. In recent hours, US President Donald Trump has made a series of scandalous statements, while scientists and business leaders warn of large-scale threats arising from the rise of China. “The Moon is Ours”: The White House’s Space Ambitions US leader Donald Trump has officially declared that the Moon belongs to the United States. …

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U.S. President Donald Trump posted on social media a series of I.I. Colleges, one of which declared the Moon American. "Our Moon" is written in the upper part of the moon's image. The picture depicts the Moon in the background of the Earth with the American flag in the corner, transmitting RIA News. As the newspaper W.G.L.D. wrote, during a visit to the Space Center in Texas Trump, he proposed to name one of the objects on the surface of the Moo…

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Metrópoles broke the news on Sunday, September 6, 2026.
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