Trump posts bizarre AI video of Iran’s Kharg Island ‘being blown to smithereens’

Ryan Prosser | Freelance News Reporter Published August 31, 2026 11:02am Updated August 31, 2026 11:03am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Donald Trump has shared another AI-generated clip – this time of Iran’s Kharg Island being blown up. There were no signs of any real attack on the oil hub hours after the dramatic video was shared on the president’s Truth Social platform, with Iran describing the post as ‘laughable’. The clip depicting fake explosions was accompanied by the message: ‘Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!!’ It was published just hours after hostilities between the US and Iran resumed for the first time since July. Hamid Bovard, chief executive of government-run National Iranian Oil Co, insis