Trump sending message to Iran with AI Kharg Island video, says Vance

Vice President Vance told reporters on Monday that President Trump was sending a message to Iran by posting what appears to be an AI-generated video of Iran’s Kharg Island being blown up.  “[Trump] would be the first to say he doesn’t make announcements about military actions on social media, but I think that he’s send

Video depicting Kharg Island being attacked is later followed by more warnings from President Trump.

US Vice President JD Vance stated Donald Trump's social media post conveyed a message to Iran. American military officials confirmed no strikes occurred on Kharg Island overnight. An Iranian official dismissed Trump's post as laughable and not credible. US forces did attack two Iranian launchers on Larak Island rece

Vice President JD Vance reacted to President Trump's Sunday night social media post of an AI rendering of a Kharg Island bombing, calling it a "message to the Iranians." CBS News' Eleanor Watson has the latest.

Aug 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump was sending a message to Iran with his social media post about Iran's energy hub of Kharg Island being blown to smithereens, Vice President JD Vance said on Monday. "The president likes to switch it up on social media a little bit. He would be the first to say he doesn't m

Trump was sending message to Iran with Kharg Island post, says Vance  Reuters

Vance says Trump Kharg post was 'message' to Iran US Vice President JD Vance has said that President Donald Trump was sending a message to Iran when he posted an AI-generated video that appeared to show the US military blowing up oil facilities on Iran's Kharg Island earlier on Monday.  "The president likes to sw

Aug 31 - U.S. President Donald Trump was sending a message to Iran with his social media post about Iran's energy hub of Kharg Island being blown to smithereens, Vice President JD Vance said on Monday.

Trump shared AI footage of what he claims is Iran’s Kharg Island ‘being blown to smithereens’

Donald Trump posted an AI video showing Iran's Kharg Island destroyed, hours after real US airstrikes hit rocket launchers on Larak Island.

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. The

On Sunday afternoon, the United States launched strikes against Iran on Laruck Island. On Sunday night, President Donald Trump posted a video to his Truth Social account with the caption “Kharg Island being blown to smithereens.”  The video is AI-generated. It features the back of the head of a pilot of a United States

The U.S. and Iran traded the first known strikes since late July over the weekend.

Trump Posts Bizarre AI Videos Claiming Attack On Kharg Island After U.S. Resumes Iran Strikes  Forbes

US President Donald Trump has shared an AI-generated video depicting Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub being detonated

US President Donald Trump's video post comes hours after a US strike on two Iranian launchers on Larak island on Sunday in the first known US strikes on Iran since late July

Global oil markets have been turbulent since the war began and an attack on Kharg Island - the primary terminal for around 90% of the country's oil exports - would to leave markets in disarray

Trump's post came after the US forces hit two rocket launchers on another island in the first known American strikes against Iran since late July.

Trump posts AI-generated video, says Iran's Kharg Island being 'blown to smithereens'  Dawn