Did President Donald Trump actually post on Truth Social attacking media personality JD Delay? No, that's not true: A screenshot claiming that Trump called out Delay is fake. No such post exists on Trump's Truth Social profile, and Trump has not mentioned Delay on other social media profiles.
The claim appeared in a post by the Delay's account @JdDelay5150, on April 20, 2026 (archived here). The post was captioned "IDGAF! RELEASE THE FILES. EXECUTE ALL PEDOPHILES." The alleged screenshot, which was undated and appeared to be from Trump's Truth Social account, read:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump 1:47 PMThis low IQ so called "podcaster" Jd Delay, who constantly demands that we release the entire, un-redacted Epstein files, is NOT MAGA. He's NOT a patriot! He cares more about a few dozen raped little girls than he does about our greatest ally, Israel, and the BOOMING economy I have created. Some would say the greatest economy of all time. Just look at the DOW. Jd Delay has been nothing but a cut rate critic of our heroic FBI director, Kash Patel. Whose girlfriend is a country music sensation, definitely NOT an Israeli honeypot. Kash has done great work redacting the names of Epstein's rich and powerful co-defendants, and burying the other half of the Democrat hoax files. No true patriot cares about little American girls. They care about Israel and the DOW. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT
This is what the image featured in the X post looked like at the time of writing:
(Image source: post by @JdDelay5150 on X.)
There is no evidence that Trump made this post on Truth Social, or that he had recently posted about Delay. Trump's Truth Social account did not mention of JD Delay, as Google searches with quotes around Delay's name (archived here) and without quotes (archived here) indicated. The searchable archive Trump's Truth, which archives Trump's Truth Social posts, does not show that he has mentioned JD Delay, either (archived here).
Trump has not mentioned Delay in other public social media posts available online. Trump's presidential X account, @POTUS, and his Facebook account, Donald J. Trump, do not have any results about Delay. These are the results from his X account (archived here) and the search results from his Facebook account (archived here).
Delay, who has been outspoken about Jeffrey Epstein (archived here), is listed as a client of the marketing and talent agency Leviathan Tribe. He is described as follows by the agency (archived here):
JD Delay was a career criminal who turned his life around and is now the world's most famous Recovery Coach! He helps people who are struggling with addiction, world wide.
His past has now become an asset, giving him unique insights into addiction and criminology, which he uses in his content, as he explores the world of true crime.
Other Lead Stories fact checks have debunked fake Truth Social posts that social media pages have claimed are from Trump. Those can be found here.
