# Posts from Tuesday, August 25, 2026 32 posts on 2026-08-25. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2026-08-25/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-09-12T22:08:07.507Z (UTC): a model's reading of the day's posts, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ **Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America" a day after Canada trade talks collapse** A day after trade talks with Canada fell apart, Trump opened his morning by floating a plan to rename Lake Ontario "Lake America." He then sharply denied a claim that he wanted to stop Canadians speaking French, and by mid-morning he was declaring that Canada "will be entitled no longer." Between those posts he took a hard line abroad, calling Iran's crackdown a crisis that "must be stopped" and warning that any boat laying new mines in the Strait of Hormuz would be destroyed. Just before noon his account put out more than half the day's posts in about ten minutes, mostly friendly news links that look staff-assembled, five of them about a single South Carolina campaign stop where he told voters to "pretend I'm on the ballot." The afternoon closed with a warm tribute to Dolly Parton and a week of flags at half-staff, and a long overnight break before the morning posts points to a normal night's sleep. - Posts analyzed: 29 - Dominant state: grandiose - Narrative arc: mixed - Aggregate rage level: 0.2 - Max danger level: elevated - Claims: 75 (20 false) - Era: Second Term Washington is the likeliest location. The Monday-night Graham Nordone post describes an Oval Office meeting, and the afternoon's two images are a D.C. fountain and a "We are making DC SAFE & BEAUTIFUL" infographic. Bedminster, the other late-August possibility, is on the same clock. All times below are EDT (UTC−4). On that clock the UTC date's 32 posts start at 9:14 PM on Monday, August 24, with two endorsements a minute apart. Then nothing for 9 hours 43 minutes, until 6:58 AM Tuesday. The rest falls into three blocks: eight posts from 6:58 to 10:30 AM, nineteen from 11:37 to 11:47 AM, and three from 2:19 to 2:32 PM. Nothing follows before the UTC date closes at 8 PM. Take away the ten-minute block and the day is thirteen posts. He posted only in daytime hours after an ordinary overnight gap, and the one burst looks like a staff upload. The timeline gives no basis for reading sleep loss or hypomania into the day. ## Monday night: endorsements that are mostly about him The Mike Mazzei endorsement (ts_117153496831869958) runs about 600 words, roughly 25 of them about Mazzei. He enters his own endorsement by the second clause ("I was the ONLY President to win ALL 77 Counties in three straight Elections (Ronald Reagan was second!)"). The case against Drummond rests on a federal matter with no bearing on a governorship: Drummond's "no opinion" on the impeachment, answered with "All Republicans feel the opposite." That makes party identity a required feeling about a six-year-old personal injury, raised unprompted in a post about an Oklahoma runoff. The post then ties John Weaver's misconduct to Drummond through a $1,000 PAC donation from Drummond's spouse, and it hedges the worst of the charge with "supposedly, a 14-year-old boy." The language slips are mild and in line with recent weeks: the neologism "Mutilization," a factory that gets "dethroned," and a project called "all financed and done" in the same paragraph that concedes a suit is blocking it. A minute later the Graham Nordone post (ts_117153498897353817) says her candidacy began with his Oval Office request, made "for the Good of our Nation." Her qualifications are kinship ("The sister of the Late, Great Lindsey Graham!") and his backing. The post cites no record, and the prose reads as staff drafting from his dictation. Both posts assume that standing in the movement is his to give. Four days earlier the same assumption produced "LOSERS ALL" for Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie. ## Canada, from a renamed lake to "not a State" Five of the eight morning posts are about Canada. The post-level analyses place them the morning after trade talks collapsed, 50% tariffs were announced and Canada answered with tariffs of its own. The historian's event list does not include that collapse. The thread opens at 6:58 AM with the roughest sentence of the day: "The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don't expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer" (ts_117155789874645152). The hour, the broken grammar of "expect to doing" and the signature block all point to him writing it himself. It is his third renaming, after the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley. Each time a name he can change on his own replaces leverage that a stalled negotiation has not produced. The premise is wrong twice over: the province is named for the lake, and Ontario is the largest subnational US trading partner. At 7:36 AM the tone turns defensive (ts_117155941181023687): "I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French! In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing. This lie was made up by a weak and ineffective Prime Minister." The post never rebuts the charge. It answers with the accuser's weakness and supposed motive, and its close ("I love French Canadians!") splits Quebecers from their government. Tariffs and a renamed lake came with no defensiveness at all, yet a charge of petty cultural cruelty drew a first-person denial within forty minutes. That gap puts the injury in his picture of himself as Canada's benefactor. The trade policy itself he does not defend. The thread peaks at 9:40 AM (ts_117156429202842827), where the lake joke's mockery turns into contempt. "Canada has been 'Ripping Off' the U.S.A. for decades. They have been charging our Farmers 400% Tariffs" turns capped over-quota dairy tariffs into a blanket levy. "For 10 years they wouldn't certify Gulfstream Jets, until I got involved" drops a personal rescue into the middle of the argument. "They feel entitled" is projection, coming from a post that claims authority over another country's market and status, and the post closes with "they are not a State, and will be entitled no longer." Read with the lake post, the morning amounts to symbolic erasure of an allied country. That denial of Canada's sovereignty is the whole basis for the elevated rating, since the post has no violent imagery and calls on no one to act. Twenty minutes later the heat was gone. "Over the last 10 years, the United States lost, on average, 60 Billion Dollars a year with Canada. No more!" (ts_117156507875234061) is calm in tone. Its figure is about three times the real average and looks like one year's goods deficit passed off as a ten-year mean. The decade it blames includes his own first term. At 10:04 a finished graphic followed (ts_117156524147615725): "Lake America" in gold 3D letters with a small flag, over a map where "Lake Ontario" is struck out with a red X. A dawn remark turned into a plaque within about three hours suggests staff picked it up as a message. Across the four written Canada posts the intensity ran 0.38, 0.45, 0.72, 0.48. It rose, broke off by mid-morning and never carried into the afternoon, which is why the day is not scored as an escalation. ## Iran and Korea in a command voice Three posts about adversaries run through the same morning, all cool and commanding. At 7:09 AM (ts_117155835599867728): "The failing Islamic Republic of Iran is not paying large segments of their military, while at the same time killing protesters, even when they are not protesting, at levels not seen before. It is a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions, and must be stopped, NOW." This is the pattern rhetoric often follows before military escalation: an unprecedented atrocity, a moral duty, a deadline. "Must be stopped" never says who would stop it or how. Iranians appear as victims, so the post does not dehumanize them. The post-level analysis reads the humanitarian framing as repair work on the Iran policy Greene broke with him over. The post raises that policy's moral stakes without naming her. At 9:32 AM (ts_117156395248393739) he justifies scaling back joint exercises with South Korea "Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un," and then on cost ("These exercises are not only costly"). The two reasons have nothing to do with each other, and the second shields the first from hawkish criticism. The grandiosity is taken for granted: the post assumes North Korea's restraint depends on his time in office. Seoul's "No thanks!" appears as an anecdote with no counterattack. The elevated rating rests on the "Denuclearization" framing, which presents coercion as a program allies can join. At 10:30 AM (ts_117156624974445904): "I have just been informed by the United States Navy that all mines have been removed and/or detonated from within the International Waters of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed." The opening channels a Navy operation through him personally. "Through Space Force, we are watching every square inch" claims total sight of a sea no one fully controls, and "Zero Tolerance policy... in full force and effect" describes destroying ships in the language of an office memo. The historian's record shows that Oman and Iran separately agreed on a clearing plan, which the post leaves out. Its claim that the June 2025 strike targets were "already destroyed" conflicts with public damage assessments. The danger is escalation. A public pledge of automatic force from the person with command authority leaves fewer ways to back down, but the threat is aimed at a foreign state's vessels and tells no one at home to act. ## Nineteen posts in ten minutes From 11:37 to 11:47 AM the account put up sixteen analyzed items and three reposts, nearly all headline-and-link shares with no words added. Third-person headlines, identical formatting, business-hours timing and coverage several days old all point to staff clearing a queue. The calm of this block therefore belongs mostly to whoever pasted the links, and counting it as his self-control would skew any measure of his volatility. What it does show is his selection of material, and that selection follows a pattern. Five links (ts_117156889170604673, ts_117156890198063330, ts_117156892763263512, ts_117156893839755661, ts_117156895044774814) cover one August 21 South Carolina appearance, through the New York Post, Just the News, Newsmax, the Washington Times and RSBN. They went up on the day the post-level analyses give as runoff day. Two carry the same instruction: "Pretend I'm on the ballot." The line gets around his absence from the ballot by merging him with the candidate. The Post headline assigns blame in advance: if Graham loses, voters will "lose everything." The word "Pretend" marks it as make-believe, so he plainly knows he is not a candidate. Five outlets reporting one event make a single story look like broad agreement. The block contains two contradictions. Gavin Newsom is the obstacle in "Trump to the rescue for California drivers — despite Gavin Newsom" (ts_117156897871753782) and, a minute later, a credible witness in "Gavin Newsom hails Trump Accounts as 'best' thing the prez has ever done" (ts_117156900424278005). The Supreme Court is the betrayer in "Dissecting the Supreme Court's 'birthright' betrayal" (ts_117156886818136655) at 11:37. Five minutes later it delivers a win, in a screenshot about a Chief Justice order letting White House ballroom construction continue (ts_117156909312044740). In both cases the only constant is how useful the figure is to him at that moment. The Mike Davis op-ed is the block's only grievance item and the day's only elevated item aimed at domestic figures. It answers a defeat: the rejection of his birthright-citizenship order in Trump v. Barbara by a Court he reshaped. The op-ed calls one of his own appointees a "junior varsity justice." He adds nothing. "Betrayal," in someone else's headline, does the attacking, which keeps him at arm's length while still putting named justices in front of his audience during a period of documented threats against judges. The rest is coverage of his record. It includes a Pennsylvania manufacturing push, and "S&P Global: 'US Business Is Booming'" followed in the same minute by a Wayne Root repost: "US BUSINESS IS BOOMING... Trump economy is BOOMING. Yet no one knows it because commie medi[a]." There is also an op-ed on using AI to defend infrastructure, "America Is About to Make a Fortune in the Middle East and Gulf," Sean Duffy's "My job is to get my daughter into heaven, not Harvard," and a New York Post page headlined "THE BATTLE FOR IRAN / $QUEEZING." Finally, a clip of him talking about data centers was posted at 11:41 and reposted at 11:42. In it he breaks off mid-answer to claim credit ("I'm very proud of it, it was my idea") and turns federal policy into personal decree: data centers "are mandated by me that they build their own electricity." The last item, an image repost at 11:47, has no description and counts only as activity. ## Afternoon: two D.C. images and Dolly Parton After two and a half quiet hours, two images went up at 2:19 PM. One shows a formal cascading fountain resembling Meridian Hill Park (ts_117157526221675770). The other is a "We are making DC SAFE & BEAUTIFUL" infographic of statistics and photos, one labeled "Caesar Rodney Statue" (ts_117157526888786119). Thirteen minutes later came ts_117157578446470768: "Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away... There has never been anyone like her, and never will," along with flags at half-staff for a week. Both facts check out. The superlatives are the ones he usually uses about himself, here applied to her. The one self-referential line, "I am lowering the American flag throughout the United States," presents a routine presidential proclamation as a personal gift. The post also pulls into the presidential honors system a performer who twice turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom and stayed out of partisan politics. It stays within presidential convention and is the warmest thing he posted all day. ## Anger aimed abroad; the week's rupture left unnamed The grandiose register held from the Monday-night endorsements through the eulogy. It broke only twice, with the French denial and the Court op-ed, and neither break changed what came after. Anger showed up three times, each time aimed at a government or an institution: the Prime Minister ("weak and ineffective"), Canada ("will be entitled no longer") and, through a shared op-ed, the Court ("betrayal"). Compared with the week's "LOSERS ALL," his hostility was matched to specific targets and stayed on its topic. No post with readable content names Carlson, Greene or Massie. Several post-level analyses read the Iran humanitarian framing, the election-eve kingmaking and the link flood as repair after that break. The reading fits, but the day itself offers only the silence, and staff produced most of the flood. The elevated ratings rest on foreign-policy language backed by real command authority: the Hormuz destruction pledge, Iran "must be stopped, NOW," the Korea "Denuclearization" framing and the denial of Canada's statehood. The one exception is the amplified op-ed against the Court. That op-ed is the only elevated item aimed at domestic figures, and it contains no call to action. One shared column is not an incitement pattern. ## Contradictions, errors and his own language The contradictions are mostly about framing, not facts. Newsom is both obstacle and witness, and the Court both betrayer and benefactor. Iran's economic collapse is a humanitarian crisis at 7:09 AM and a "$QUEEZING" headline with "Money woes a 'rial' crusher" at 11:46. The Mazzei project is "all financed and done" next to the suit blocking it. Of roughly 20 checkable claims in his own words, four are false or disputed: the "not much business with Ontario" premise, the "400% Tariffs," the $60 billion average and the "already destroyed" account of the strikes. The language markers all appear in text he wrote himself: "expect to doing," "even when they are not protesting," "Mutilization," the dethroned factory, and the digression at the end of the Korea post, which he labels as one. His longer posts keep complex sentence structure, and the Hormuz post uses the obscure term "Pickaxe Mountain" correctly, so his language complexity looks stable. The repeats (the lake as text and then as a graphic, the data-center clip twice, "Booming" twice in one minute) look like staff batching, since a fixation reading would need the repetition to come from him. ### Narrative After a pair of Monday-night endorsements, the day came in three parts. A combative morning turned the breakdown with Canada into a renamed lake and a denial of Canada's standing, alongside hard warnings to Iran. A ten-minute midday flood of friendly headlines, probably pasted in by staff, repeated his "pretend I'm on the ballot" message and treated Gavin Newsom and the Supreme Court as enemies in one link and allies in the next. The afternoon settled into a tribute to Dolly Parton, and at no point did he name the allies he had broken with that week. ### Dominant themes - Canada after the trade breakdown: a renamed lake, a denial, and 'not a State' (1 post) - Kingmaking: runoff endorsements and 'Pretend I'm on the ballot' (1 post) - Favorable coverage of the economy, AI, data centers and D.C. (1 post) - Iran pressure and military command posture (1 post) - The Supreme Court as betrayer and as benefactor (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [ts_117156897871753782](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156897871753782): Trump to the rescue for California drivers — despite Gavin Newsom vs. [ts_117156900424278005](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156900424278005): Gavin Newsom hails Trump Accounts as 'best' thing the prez has ever done - [ts_117156886818136655](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156886818136655): Dissecting the Supreme Court's 'birthright' betrayal vs. [ts_117156909312044740](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156909312044740): Shared screenshot celebrating a Chief Justice order letting White House ballroom construction continue - [ts_117155835599867728](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117155835599867728): Iran's unpaid military and killings are 'a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions, and must be stopped, NOW' vs. [ts_117156925333799291](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156925333799291): Shared New York Post page 'THE BATTLE FOR IRAN / $QUEEZING' presenting Iran's currency collapse as a win - [ts_117153496831869958](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117153496831869958): Project described as 'all financed and done' vs. [ts_117153496831869958](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117153496831869958): Same paragraph acknowledges an active suit blocking the project ### Cognitive concerns - Agrammatism in his own dawn post: 'we don't expect to doing much business with Ontario' - Self-cancelling qualifier: 'killing protesters, even when they are not protesting' - Neologism 'Mutilization' and a factory that gets 'dethroned' in the Mazzei endorsement - Within-paragraph contradiction: a project 'all financed and done' beside an acknowledged blocking suit - Tangential closing digression in the Korea post, flagged by the author himself - Repeated content (Lake America as text then graphic; data-center clip posted then reposted; 'Booming' twice in one minute), most likely staff batching ## Posts ### [ts_117157578446470768](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117157578446470768) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T18:32:56.587Z (UTC) > Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away. This is a true loss for millions of people. There has never been anyone like her, and never will. In her honor, I am lowering the American flag throughout the United States for a one week period beginning tonight at 6:00PM. Rest in Peace, Dolly! The World loves you. President DONALD J. TRUMP 57,318 likes · 12,014 reposts · 4,896 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117157578446470768.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117157578446470768/analysis --- ### [ts_117157526888786119](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117157526888786119) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T18:19:49.881Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Image** (screenshot), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's: > An infographic-style political image with a dark blue header reading "We are making DC SAFE & BEAUTIFUL" in white and red text on a white background. Below is a bulleted list of statistics in black text with numbers highlighted in red, describing improvements to Washington, D.C. On the right side are four photos: a bronze equestrian statue labeled "Caesar Rodney Statue," a nighttime view of the Washington Monument and Reflecting Pool labeled "Reflecting Pool," a stone fountain in a park labeled "DuPont Circle," and a gold equestrian statue labeled "Art of War Statue." At the bottom left are three round agency/organization seal logos, including what appears to be a National Park Service arrowhead emblem and a "Freedom 250" circular logo. Text in the image: "We are making DC SAFE & BEAUTIFUL 2,300 lights fixed 1,460 benches rehabbed/installed 500+ instances of graffiti cleaned 250+ truckloads of debris hauled from the Carp Pond at Constitution Gardens 250+ tons of pothole repair material applied 162 homeless encampments removed 134 rat-resistant trash cans installed 83 statues, monuments, and memorials cleaned 22 fountains fixed 1+ mile of fencing repainted Caesar Rodney Statue Reflecting Pool DuPont Circle Art of War Statue" 16,420 likes · 3,886 reposts · 1,136 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117157526888786119/analysis --- ### [ts_117157526221675770](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117157526221675770) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T18:19:39.700Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Image** (photo), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's: > A photograph of a formal cascading water fountain/stairway feature, likely a public garden or memorial (resembling the Meridian Hill Park cascading fountain in Washington, D.C.). Water flows down a stepped stone cascade in the center, flanked by low balustrade walls, urns on pedestals, and manicured hedges. At the top of the cascade is an arched stone pavilion/loggia with a smaller fountain jet inside it, topped by a balustrade railing. Tall green trees frame both sides of the image against a clear blue sky. No people are clearly visible; there appears to be a small orange object (possibly a bucket or cone) on the steps to the right side, suggesting maintenance work. 14,973 likes · 2,931 reposts · 467 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117157526221675770/analysis --- ### [ts_117156926105160416](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156926105160416) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:47:02.651Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/117156925333799291 Reposted [ts_117156925333799291](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156925333799291) (2026-08-25T15:46:50.881Z (UTC)) - image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/117/156/924/800/591/227/original/9d5689c9c903ca1e.jpg - image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/117/156/924/800/802/174/original/7bb99cd6a368ee08.jpg 15,528 likes · 4,032 reposts · 1,140 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_117156925333799291](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156925333799291) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:46:50.881Z (UTC) · 2 media attachments **Image 1** (screenshot), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's: > A scanned New York Post newspaper page (dated Tuesday, August 25, 2026) with the headline "THE BATTLE FOR IRAN / $QUEEZING" across the top. The page has three columns: a left story "Money woes a 'rial' crusher" about Iran's currency collapse, a center story with a map graphic of the Persian Gulf/UAE/Iran region showing a red arrow pointing into Iran, headlined "That cut really hurts / UAE big Iran partner," and a right story "US will sanction nations that aid Tehran" by Josh Christenson and Ryan King about Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's "Operation Economic Outcast" campaign. A faint repeating watermark reading "COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION IS ..." overlays the page. Text in the image: "4 nypost.com New York Post, Tuesday, August 25, 2026 THE BATTLE FOR IRAN $QUEEZING Money woes a 'rial' crusher Iran's currency plummeted to new lows Monday, sending citizens rushing to exchange lines to save their cash. The rial dropped to 2.02 million to $1 when the currency markets opened, about half of what it was worth at the start of the year. The continued plunge during nearly six months of war has led Iranians to sprint for the exchange markets in hopes of getting US bills. "There is no hope for a deal or peace," Sadegh Mahmoudi, 73, said as he waited at an exchange line in Tehran. The rial has been in a free fall since November due to years of sanctions and persistently high inflation, factors that have only gotten worse during the war. While Iran's official Central Bank rate stands at 1.5 million rial to the dollar, the market rate is what Iranians pay. "President Trump decimated Iran's economy to a point where the rial has never been weaker and inflation has rarely been higher," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote Sunday in an opinion piece in the Financial Times. "The regime's final refuge now lies in the self-deception of fearful nations that still believe accommodating aggression can secure a durable peace." Bessent warned that the additional financial penalties announced Monday would effectively "collapse the regime," with Trump echoing the same threat on social media. "IRAN IS COMPLETELY COLLAPSING!!!" the president wrote on Truth Social. Tehran officials have threatened retaliation. "Any escalation of this situation will undoubtedly bring about consequences," a Foreign Ministry spokesperson told reporters on Monday. Ronny Reyes, With Wires ■ Dubai is Iran's biggest supplier of goods by far ■ One-third of Iran's imports come from the UAE, most flowing through Dubai ■ Nearly 15% of Iran's non-oil exports go to the UAE, sending $6.5B to the regime in the last 10 months ■ 70% of Iran's fuel oil exports went to UAE By RONNY REYES [Map showing IRAN, QATAR, Dubai (star), UAE, SAUDI ARABIA, OMAN, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, with a red arrow pointing from the Gulf region into Iran] That cut really hurts UAE big Iran partner A US ally in the Middle East has finally cut off Iran — and it could be one of the biggest threats to the regime yet. The United Arab Emirates, which serves as Tehran's largest supplier of goods, suspended all trade with the Iran over the weekend — nixing $6 billion in cash that went to the regime from exports, as well as access to vital supplies from the outside world. Dubai — the UAE's thriving commercial hub — is by far Iran's largest supplier of goods. The Emirati government finally felt fed up with Iran following repeated missile attacks that triggered evacuations for the first time during the war. The move not only threatens the $21.3 billion trade relations between the two nations, it also leaves Iran without its primary way to collect US dollars, Mark Kimmitt, a retired US general and former assistant secretary of state, told The Post. "If the Emirates cease trade and blocks dollar flows, it could have a crippling effect on the Iranian economy," Kimmitt said. Dubai essentially served as Iran's window to the world after years of being slapped by Western sanctions, with traders buying and re-exporting consumer goods, food and industrial equipment to Iran. The two nations strengthened their economic cooperation in 2024, with the UAE surpassing China as Iran's most vital trading partner. Iran imported about $14.8 billion worth of goods from the UAE during the first 10 months of the 2025 fiscal year, accounting for 30% of its total imports, according to the two countries' trade data. Meanwhile, Iran exported around $6.5 billion worth of goods to the UAE during the same fiscal period, nearly 15% of its non-oil exports. Most notably, Iran also depended on the UAE for 70% of its fuel oil exports, making the UAE its largest market for the product. Refined oil also came back in the opposite direction from Dubai — with gasoline and diesel imports from the UAE helping to offset Iran's supply deficit. The blow leaves Iran with fewer means to make money and import goods as its economy continues to plummet under the strain of US sanctions. US will sanction nations that aid Tehran By JOSH CHRISTENSON and RYAN KING WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Monday the start of the Operation Economic Outcast campaign against Iran to "tighten the noose" around its regime, and warned countries against doing business with Tehran. The Trump administration aims to choke off revenue streams to the Iran by pressuring countries to stop making oil, energy and business deals with Tehran. "The clock just started ticking," he warned at a news conference, while declining to give a precise timeline before secondary sanctions against uncooperating countries would take effect. Prez on the horn Bessent revealed that the President Trump has been burning the phone lines to other capitals with demands, and stressed that America "does not have infinite patience" with countries to comply. "The president is making phone calls to world leaders with specific requests to cease their interactions with the regime. We are already seeing results," Bessent said, without citing examples. He issued a final warning to world leaders "to make a decision between . . . America and Iran." Trump is preparing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next month. Beijing purchases" **Image 2** (screenshot), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's: > A New York Post newspaper page (page 5, dated "New York Post, Tuesday, August 25, 2026," nypost.com printed on the right margin) under the headline series "THE BATTLE FOR IRAN" / "POISON SNAKE." The main photo shows a gray-haired man in glasses and a navy suit speaking at a lectern bearing the seal of "THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY" (dated 1789), with an American flag behind him and two microphones in front. A smaller inset photo to the right shows stacks of foreign currency (banknotes and coins) spread out, apparently at a currency exchange. A caption box between the photos reads "TIGHTENING GRIP: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) announces Monday that the US will sanction countries that do business with Iran, sending Iranians scrambling to unload their currency at exchanges like this one in Tehran (above)." Below the images is a multi-column news article with a subheading "Evasion," discussing US sanctions on Iran, Treasury actions against banks (including Bank Melli), comments from Bessent and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and references to a six-month-old war with Iran and sanctions targeting entities in China and Iran tied to nuclear/missile technology. The image has a translucent circular watermark/stamp overlaid across it reading something like "...DISTRIBUTION IS ST... COMMERCIAL... PROHIBITED" (partially obscured). Text in the image: "THE BATTLE FOR IRAN POISON SNAKE TIGHTENING GRIP: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) announces Monday that the US will sanction countries that do business with Iran, sending Iranians scrambling to unload their currency at exchanges like this one in Tehran (above). THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 1789 New York Post, Tuesday, August 25, 2026 nypost.com 5 roughly 90% of Iran's oil. "We want to make clear here today that no one is above the reach of US sanctions," Bessent said when asked if China would be subject to them. The United Arab Emirates already had announced last week that it was stopping all trade and financial transactions with Iran. Asked Monday told a Post reporter those actions were "likely causal, and I would expect that we would see a broad array of countries taking similar action as we continue our engagement." "The UAE has been a very good partner," he said. "You will see a wave of sanctions when you leave this meeting today and you should expect that cadence to continue." Trump had called UAE leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed hours before the announcement. "And I would expect that you will see a major announcement of a financial institution being sanctioned by the end of this week," added Bessent. Bessent is authorized, "in consultation with the Department of State," to target countries or entities dealing with Tehran through digital assets, technology, gold, commercial aviation and shipping. That authority took effect Monday under an executive order Trump signed in January 2020. Evasion Treasury officials noted that the Iranian regime has been making use of cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions, stabilizing its rial currency with gold to hedge against inflation, using commercial planes or ships to transport weapons or their components, fighters, cash and gold. As the 6-month-old war with Iran has dragged on, the Trump administration has teased an "Economic D-Day" approach. As an example, Bessent said that countries have been told to shutter Bank Melli branches within their borders, referring to the largest government-owned commercial bank in Iran. That would include the bank's branches in the UK, France, Germany Russia and other countries. Bessent said the operation will "foreclose every other option available," calling it a "zero leakage approach" that will ensure the regime will have "no minimal breathing space" to rebuild. "Iran now faces a very clear choice, with only two paths before them: complete global isolation and a subsistence economy, or a path back to normalcy with an opportunity to rejoin the global economy," he said. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told reporters later Monday, "The only choice they have is to come to the table and actually talk about their nuclear program, which is what the president has demanded." In addition, the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control on Monday sanctioned more than 60 entities that enable Iran to obtain illicit nuclear and missile technology, conduct malicious cyberattacks and increase the regime's oil revenue through shadow fleets and other entities. Some of the now-sanctioned entities, located in China and Iran, helped move "proliferation-sensitive equipment" and other "highly sensitive dual-use technology" to Tehran's Malek Ashtar University of Technology." 11,329 likes · 2,398 reposts · 300 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156925333799291/analysis --- ### [ts_117156909312044740](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156909312044740) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:42:46.409Z (UTC) · 3 media attachments **Image 1** (screenshot), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's: > A screenshot of a thread of posts (formatted like X/Twitter) from an account "Eric W." (@EWess92), a verified account with a profile photo of a smiling man with a beard. The main post discusses a Chief Justice order allowing continued construction of a White House ballroom, quoting/showing an embedded court order document. Below it are two reply/follow-up posts from the same account: one linking to a Supreme Court docket, and another referencing legal commentator Leonard Leo and AG Barr's views on the case, with engagement metrics (likes, retweets, views) shown beneath each post. Text in the image: "Eric W. ✓ @EWess92 Can President Trump continue constructing the ballroom? Yes, per the Chief Justice. More to come soon. Huge win for President Trump, @TheJusticeDept and SG John Sauer, and for the continued national security at the White House. No noted dissents. g 21 2026 Order entered by The Chief Justice: Upon consideration of the application of counsel for the applicants, the response, and the reply filed thereto, it is ordered that the preliminary injunction entered on April 16, 2026, by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case No. 1:25-cv-4316, is hereby stayed pending further order of The Chief Justice or of the Court. 2:14 PM · Aug 21, 2026 · 95.3K Views Eric W. ✓ @EWess92 · Aug 21 Read the docket here: supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi... 💬 3 🔁 10 ♡ 45 📊 3.7K Eric W. ✓ @EWess92 · Aug 21 This isn't a surprise. Expert legal commentators thought this result is right. The DC Circuit's stay expired today, so I anticipate a longer order coming soon. For example, Leonard Leo: Eric W. ✓ @EWess92 · Aug 21 Important commentary from legal conservative thought leader Leonard Leo. He is skeptical of the expansive approach to standing that is needed to stop the 65% constructed White House ballroom. Joining AG Barr, seems to be a widely held view among legal conservatives x.com/KatiePavlich/s... 💬 1 🔁 6 ♡ 51 📊 3.7K 📊 4.7K" **Image 2** (screenshot), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's: > A screenshot of a Twitter/X thread by user "Eric W." (@EWess92), a verified account, showing two posts. The first post quotes/embeds a tweet containing a news article card titled "Construction Foremen" (an opinion piece byline William P. Barr, dated Aug. 21, 2026, 11:20 am ET) about a lawsuit over the White House Ballroom/East Wing construction project, alongside an aerial photo of the White House showing a construction crane and a demolished section where the East Wing stood. Engagement icons on the first post show 2 replies, 4 reposts, 40 likes, 3K views. The second post below is a follow-up referencing another account, @AGToddBlanche, with 2 replies, 4 reposts, 27 likes, 2.6K views. Text in the image: "Eric W. [check] @EWess92 · Aug 21 And Attorney General Barr: Eric W. [check] @EWess92 · Aug 21 "President Trump is right that the old East Wing was insufficient to meet the needs of the modern presidency." Yet a court now sits as construction foreman over the project. Former Attorney General Bill Barr weighs in and calls on the Supreme Court to let the building continue Construction Foremen The lawsuit over the White House Ballroom is based on a preposterous theory of who has standing to sue. By William P. Barr Aug. 21, 2026 11:20 am ET [article text continuation, right column:] presidency. The White House urgently needs security upgrades to defend against modern threats like drone attacks, missiles, high-powered weapons and cyberattacks. It also requires a more secure and capacious ballroom for official events. After months of careful planning, the old East Wing was taken down and construction of a new East Wing began on Oct. 20, 2025. Yet, on Aug. 7, in a suit brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the project required congressional approval, upheld an injunction halting construction, and installed a single district judge as arbiter of what further construction is "strictly necessary" for security. The administration has asked the Supreme Court to stay the injunction and let construction 2 4 40 3K Eric W. [check] @EWess92 · Aug 21 And Attorney General Blanche: Eric W. [check] @EWess92 · Aug 21 Replying to @EWess92 Attorney General Blanche weighs in: x.com/AGToddBlanche/... 2 4 27 2.6K" **Image 3** (screenshot), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's: > A screenshot of two stacked posts on X (Twitter) from a verified user "Eric W." (@EWess92), dated Aug 21. The first post links to a formal order and embeds an image of a Supreme Court order document. The document is captioned "Supreme Court of the United States, No. 26A203, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, ET AL., Applicants v. NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES, ORDER" stating that a preliminary injunction entered April 16, 2026 by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (case No. 1:25-cv-4316) is stayed pending further order, signed by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., dated August 21, 2026. The first post shows engagement stats (2 replies, 7 reposts, 30 likes, 4.2K views). Below it is a second post from the same account referencing legal commentary from "Ed Whelan" (@EdWhelanEPPC), whose embedded quoted post says "Interesting that Chief handled it solo" with a link, and a note "There's a new version of this post." The second post shows 1 reply, 2 reposts, 19 likes, 1.4K views. Text in the image: "Eric W. @EWess92 · Aug 21 The formal order is on the website now, not just on the docket. Link available here: supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor... Supreme Court of the United States No. 26A203 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, ET AL., Applicants v. NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES ORDER UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicants, the response, and the reply filed thereto, IT IS ORDERED that the preliminary injunction entered on April 16, 2026, by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case No. 1:25-cv-4316, is hereby stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court. /s/ John G. Roberts, Jr. Chief Justice of the United States Dated this 21st day of August, 2026. 2 17 7 30 4.2K Eric W. @EWess92 · Aug 21 Legal expert Ed Whelan weighs in (and notes downthread that one reason for no dissents is no formal referral to the full court): Ed Whelan @EdWhelanEPPC · Aug 21 Interesting that Chief handled it solo. x.com/ewess92/status... There's a new version of this post 1 17 2 19 1.4K" 10,190 likes · 2,496 reposts · 305 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156909312044740/analysis --- ### [ts_117156907064842543](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156907064842543) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:42:12.118Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/117156903407897572 Reposted [ts_117156903407897572](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156903407897572) (2026-08-25T15:41:16.316Z (UTC)) - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/117/156/903/218/228/544/original/493c0669ac8897a1.mp4 **Video transcript** (reposted clip, 0:51), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > >> Well, the data center subject to me is a pretty simple one. If you pick the right location, and it's got to be not every location is perfect for it, but you pick the right location, what it means for a community is jobs and lots of money and lower taxes. And the data centers now are mandated by me that they build their own electricity so they're not taking it for the grid. It's going to lower the electric costs because they're building electricity and the extra as an example, we talked about this one, I'm very proud of it, it was my idea. They're going to build their own electric producing facility and that electricity that they have left over is going to the grid. It's going to lower the cost of electricity. So if I were a community, I would want the data center. It means jobs, it means income and it means lower taxes. 12,217 likes · 3,256 reposts · 639 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_117156905235945389](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156905235945389) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:41:44.210Z (UTC) > EXCLUSIVE: America Is About to Make a Fortune in the Middle East and Gulf: https://x.com/MarioNawfal/article/2086538297384550491 10,762 likes · 2,722 reposts · 441 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156905235945389.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156905235945389/analysis --- ### [ts_117156903407897572](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156903407897572) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:41:16.316Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (0:51), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > >> Well, the data center subject to me is a pretty simple one. If you pick the right location, and it's got to be not every location is perfect for it, but you pick the right location, what it means for a community is jobs and lots of money and lower taxes. And the data centers now are mandated by me that they build their own electricity so they're not taking it for the grid. It's going to lower the electric costs because they're building electricity and the extra as an example, we talked about this one, I'm very proud of it, it was my idea. They're going to build their own electric producing facility and that electricity that they have left over is going to the grid. It's going to lower the cost of electricity. So if I were a community, I would want the data center. It means jobs, it means income and it means lower taxes. 9,143 likes · 2,133 reposts · 269 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156903407897572/analysis --- ### [ts_117156902282061140](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156902282061140) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:40:59.136Z (UTC) > S&P Global: ‘US Business Is Booming’: https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/08/21/biz-is-booming/ 9,399 likes · 2,266 reposts · 271 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156902282061140.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156902282061140/analysis --- ### [ts_117156901249242368](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156901249242368) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:40:43.380Z (UTC) · repost > RT @realwayneroot"US BUSINESS IS BOOMING." My great friend & financial advisor Kip Herriage of VRAinsider called this first. I took ball & ran with it. Trump economy is BOOMING. Yet no one knows it because commie media is gaslighting America. Yes prices still high, but that's 100% Biden's inflation. Inflation growth under Trump is lowest among recent presidents. Big stocks are booming to all time highs, profits all time highs, earnings all time highs- Trump economy is exploding to Reagan levels- while fake news media scams you into thinking it's bad. This is biggest scam in history (other than Obamacare, Covid vaccine & stolen 2020 election)- total fantasy media is promoting that economy is bad. All time record profits & earnings are bad? > https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/08/21/biz-is-booming/ Reposted from @realwayneroot (Sir Wayne Allyn Root), 2026-08-21T16:55:24.418Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@realwayneroot/117134545677078148) > "US BUSINESS IS BOOMING." My great friend & financial advisor Kip Herriage of VRAinsider called this first. I took ball & ran with it. Trump economy is BOOMING. Yet no one knows it because commie media is gaslighting America. Yes prices still high, but that's 100% Biden's inflation. Inflation growth under Trump is lowest among recent presidents. Big stocks are booming to all time highs, profits all time highs, earnings all time highs- Trump economy is exploding to Reagan levels- while fake news media scams you into thinking it's bad. This is biggest scam in history (other than Obamacare, Covid vaccine & stolen 2020 election)- total fantasy media is promoting that economy is bad. All time record profits & earnings are bad? > https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/08/21/biz-is-booming/ 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_117156900424278005](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156900424278005) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:40:30.790Z (UTC) > Gavin Newsom hails Trump Accounts as ‘best’ thing the prez has ever done in rare lovefest: https://nypost.com/2026/08/21/us-news/gavin-newsom-calls-trump-accounts-the-best-thing-hes-ever-done/ 8,545 likes · 2,124 reposts · 417 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156900424278005.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156900424278005/analysis --- ### [ts_117156899033164170](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156899033164170) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:40:09.563Z (UTC) > America must put AI to work defending our critical infrastructure: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/4671085/america-ai-work-defending-infrastructure/ 7,668 likes · 1,917 reposts · 186 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156899033164170.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156899033164170/analysis --- ### [ts_117156897871753782](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156897871753782) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:39:51.842Z (UTC) > Trump to the rescue for California drivers — despite Gavin Newsom: https://nypost.com/2026/08/21/opinion/trump-to-rescue-california-drivers-gavin-newsom-hardest-hit/ 8,161 likes · 2,136 reposts · 200 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156897871753782.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156897871753782/analysis --- ### [ts_117156895959885058](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156895959885058) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:39:22.669Z (UTC) > Secretary Sean Duffy: My job is to get my daughter into heaven, not Harvard: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sec-sean-duffy-job-get-daughter-heaven-not-harvard 8,834 likes · 2,265 reposts · 272 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156895959885058.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156895959885058/analysis --- ### [ts_117156895044774814](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156895044774814) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:39:08.705Z (UTC) > PRESIDENT TRUMP RALLIES SOUTH CAROLINA VOTERS BEHIND DARLINE GRAHAM AHEAD OF GOP SENATE RUNOFF: https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/president-trump-rallies-south-carolina-voters-behind-darline-graham-ahead-of-gop-senate-runoff/ 7,341 likes · 1,703 reposts · 182 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156895044774814.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156895044774814/analysis --- ### [ts_117156893839755661](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156893839755661) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:38:50.317Z (UTC) > Trump stumps for Darline Graham ahead of South Carolina runoff: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/21/trump-stumps-darline-graham-ahead-south-carolina-runoff/?srsltid=AfmBOop-rzsASfysNGXS509NP96RoIXvhRBtoKova99-CaOz-OPmbd9g 6,511 likes · 1,428 reposts · 103 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156893839755661.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156893839755661/analysis --- ### [ts_117156892763263512](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156892763263512) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:38:33.893Z (UTC) > Trump Rallies S.C. Voters for Darline Graham in GOP Runoff: https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-south-carolina-campaign-darline-graham-senate/2026/08/21/id/1266961/ 5,728 likes · 1,315 reposts · 102 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156892763263512.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156892763263512/analysis --- ### [ts_117156890198063330](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156890198063330) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:37:54.750Z (UTC) > Trump tells his supporters to pretend he's on the ballot in November and vote in the midterms: https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/trump-tells-his-supporters-pretend-hes-ballot-november-and-vote-midterms 6,179 likes · 1,629 reposts · 190 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156890198063330.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156890198063330/analysis --- ### [ts_117156889170604673](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156889170604673) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:37:39.072Z (UTC) > Trump warns SC voters they’ll ‘lose everything’ if Darline Graham doesn’t win Senate race: ‘Pretend I’m on the ballot’: https://nypost.com/2026/08/21/us-news/trump-warns-south-carolina-voters-theyll-lose-everything-if-darline-graham-doesnt-win-senate-race-pretend-im-on-the-ballot/ 5,328 likes · 1,376 reposts · 138 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156889170604673.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156889170604673/analysis --- ### [ts_117156888033437337](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156888033437337) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:37:21.721Z (UTC) > Reigniting the American dream: Donald Trump, Dave McCormick, and Jamie Dimon unveil a massive manufacturing push in Pennsylvania: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4652360/trump-dave-mccormick-jamie-dimon-manufacturing-push-pennsylvania/ 3,101 likes · 796 reposts · 50 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156888033437337.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156888033437337/analysis --- ### [ts_117156886818136655](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156886818136655) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T15:37:03.177Z (UTC) > MIKE DAVIS: Dissecting the Supreme Court's 'birthright' betrayal: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mike-davis-dissecting-supreme-courts-birthright-betrayal 2,898 likes · 932 reposts · 120 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156886818136655.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156886818136655/analysis --- ### [ts_117156624974445904](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156624974445904) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T14:30:27.759Z (UTC) > I have just been informed by the United States Navy that all mines have been removed and/or detonated from within the International Waters of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed. Through Space Force, we are watching every square inch of the Strait, as we are, also, with Pickaxe Mountain and the already destroyed three other Nuclear sites. There is a Zero Tolerance policy on mine placement in full force and effect. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP 22,223 likes · 5,010 reposts · 1,607 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156624974445904.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156624974445904/analysis --- ### [ts_117156524147615725](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156524147615725) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T14:04:49.265Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Image** (meme), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's: > A digitally edited satellite/topographic map showing the border region between Toronto, Canada and New York State, centered on Lake Ontario. A gold-bordered graphic (framed like a plaque) overlays the map. In large gold 3D text at the top is the title "Lake America" accompanied by a small American flag icon. Below that, the original label "Lake Ontario" is shown with a red "X" drawn over it in a marker/scribble style, indicating the name is being crossed out and replaced. City/region labels "Toronto" and "New York" are marked on the map, along with a purple/magenta international border line running through the lake and land. At the bottom center is a white rounded rectangle logo reading "TEAM TRUMP" in bold black text with a small star element. Text in the image: "Lake America Toronto Lake Ontario New York TEAM TRUMP" 6,501 likes · 1,770 reposts · 967 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156524147615725/analysis --- ### [ts_117156507875234061](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156507875234061) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T14:00:40.967Z (UTC) > Over the last 10 years, the United States lost, on average, 60 Billion Dollars a year with Canada. No more! President DJT 7,004 likes · 1,873 reposts · 557 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156507875234061.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156507875234061/analysis --- ### [ts_117156429202842827](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156429202842827) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T13:40:40.521Z (UTC) > Canada has been “Ripping Off” the U.S.A. for decades. They have been charging our Farmers 400% Tariffs, and more. They have driven many wonderful U.S. companies out of business. For 10 years they wouldn’t certify Gulfstream Jets, until I got involved. They wanted 100% of the market for Gulfstream’s Canadian competitor. I deal with many countries, and Canada is easily the most difficult and unreasonable. They feel entitled, but they are not a State, and will be entitled no longer! President DJT 8,312 likes · 2,217 reposts · 688 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156429202842827.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156429202842827/analysis --- ### [ts_117156395248393739](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156395248393739) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T13:32:02.418Z (UTC) > Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I was not happy with the fact that the United States had, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea. These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful. Therefore, and based on the fact that it was too late to cancel, I instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to substantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises! While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, “No thanks!” Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP 6,445 likes · 1,683 reposts · 534 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117156395248393739.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117156395248393739/analysis --- ### [ts_117155941181023687](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117155941181023687) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T11:36:33.899Z (UTC) > I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French! In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing. This lie was made up by a weak and ineffective Prime Minister in an attempt to gain political support, which he has totally lost, from the people of Quebec. I love French Canadians! President DONALD J. TRUMP 11,966 likes · 2,989 reposts · 1,165 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117155941181023687.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117155941181023687/analysis --- ### [ts_117155835599867728](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117155835599867728) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T11:09:42.859Z (UTC) > The failing Islamic Republic of Iran is not paying large segments of their military, while at the same time killing protesters, even when they are not protesting, at levels not seen before. It is a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions, and must be stopped, NOW. President DONALD J. TRUMP 20,495 likes · 5,009 reposts · 1,900 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117155835599867728.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117155835599867728/analysis --- ### [ts_117155789874645152](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117155789874645152) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T10:58:05.147Z (UTC) > The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP 12,093 likes · 3,003 reposts · 1,432 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117155789874645152.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117155789874645152/analysis --- ### [ts_117153498897353817](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117153498897353817) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T01:15:27.608Z (UTC) > It was my Honor to welcome now Senator Darline Graham Nordone (The sister of the Late, Great Lindsey Graham!), from the Wonderful State of South Carolina, into the Oval Office. We have known each other for a long time — She is a spectacular person, and a true American Patriot. Lindsey was one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known, and his sister shares his deep love of our Country, and the State of South Carolina. During her visit, I asked Darline, for the Good of our Nation, to run for the U.S. Senate in the Special Republican Primary on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. She accepted, as there is nobody better to honor the legacy of her beloved brother, Lindsey. Darline, who comes from an absolutely incredible family, has been a WINNER all of her life, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement in the Special Election for U.S. Senate in South Carolina. GET OUT AND VOTE FOR DARLINE — SHE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN! President DONALD J. TRUMP > > Find your Voting Location here: https://swampthevoteusa.com/south-carolina/ 11,028 likes · 2,521 reposts · 957 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117153498897353817.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117153498897353817/analysis --- ### [ts_117153496831869958](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117153496831869958) Truth Social · 2026-08-25T01:14:56.091Z (UTC) > MAGA Warrior Mike Mazzei is running for Governor in Oklahoma, where I was the ONLY President to win ALL 77 Counties in three straight Elections (Ronald Reagan was second!). Additionally, I won more votes than any Candidate in the State’s History! I LOVE Oklahoma, and Mike Mazzei has my COMPLETE and TOTAL Endorsement for Governor! > > Meanwhile, his Runoff Election Opponent, Gentner Drummond, is a FAKE Republican, who donated to SLEEPY Joe Biden, and the totally corrupt and anti-American “Lincoln Project,” which is now in shambles because of their views on Open Borders, Men playing in Women’s Sports, and Transgender Mutilization of your Children. In fact, the Lincoln Project’s top man and founder, John Weaver, sent unsolicited sexually provocative messages to 21 young men, and supposedly, a 14-year-old boy. Another one of their people, Steve Schmidt, a total loser who has gone down in flames, for lots of bad reasons, was one of the biggest proponents of the failed and highly disgraced Lincoln Project. This is what Drummond, and his equally Liberal wife, Wendy, supported at levels that are shameful and, frankly, that makes them both Radical Left Dumocrats. Additionally, he wants to dethrone a magnificent, Job producing, desperately needed, and brand new, Aluminum Plant that will be one of the best projects ever conceived or built, not only in the Great State of Oklahoma, but in the United States, itself. It will be one of the most successful Job creating Plants ever built in our Country. The group that’s doing it is extraordinarily wealthy and, if they don’t do it in Oklahoma, they have 20 other sites that would love to have them. Our Country needs Aluminum, and the beautiful Town of Inola, Oklahoma (which was very nice to me in all three Elections!), will be the primary beneficiary in terms of Jobs, Lower Taxes, and the funding of Schools. In addition, it helps our Country with regards to National Security — You can’t get Aluminum in the United States, and this Plant will go elsewhere if it’s not approved. Oklahoma can lead the way! Very simply, Mike Mazzei is for this desperately needed Job Producing Aluminum Plant. Drummond, for his own reasons, is not — He even SUED, unsuccessfully, to block it. It’s going to be the Biggest Aluminum Plant in the Country, and it’s all financed and done! It is a financial windfall for the State of Oklahoma, including what will be a major reduction in your Taxes! > > Gentner Drummond has also stated publicly he had "no opinion" on the BOGUS IMPEACHMENT of a young and very handsome gentleman, named, President Donald J. Trump (ME!). All Republicans feel the opposite on the Dumocrat inspired Impeachment Hoax. Drummond even SUED to BLOCK a religious based charter school strongly supported by my Administration — Very troubling for Educational Freedom, and an outright attack on Christianity! > > Drummond is not the right guy. He’s got a bad attitude, and he doesn’t stand for the Values of Oklahoma, which must VOTE FOR “MIKE MAZZEI FOR GOVERNOR,” on Tuesday, August 25th — MIKE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. 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