Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Post 'Tuesday I Will Be Vaporizing An Entire Nation Of ANIMALS'

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  • by: Alan Duke
Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Post 'Tuesday I Will Be Vaporizing An Entire Nation Of ANIMALS' Fake Post

Did Donald Trump post on Truth Social that he would be "vaporizing an entire nation of ANIMALS" on Tuesday? No, that's not true: There is no evidence such a post was published on Trump's account. The account's profile description stated its posts were for amusement, suggesting it is a satire account.

The claim appeared in a post (archived here) shared by the @RudyHavenstein account on X on April 6, 2026. The fake Truth Social screenshot read:

Allahu Akbar, America!! Tuesday I will be vaporizing an entire nation of ANIMALS - Persians Who have NO SENSE of history will feel my wrath. IT'S Simple. Open the Strait or DIE, you crazy bastards. There is NO STOP SIGN or SPEED LIMIT that will slow me down. God told me to skin you alive, and I will. YOLO! President DONALD J. TRUMP

This is what the post looked like at the time of writing:

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(Image source: post by @RudyHavenstein on X.)

While Trump did post real messages about attacking Iran on Easter Sunday (archived here), a search (archived here) for the word "vaporizing" on his verified Truth Social account found no instances of it appearing in a post.

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(Image source: Truth Social.)

A Google search (archived here) for the phrase "vaporizing an entire nation of ANIMALS" also found no instances of the phrase being used by Trump.

The profile description of the @RudyHavenstein account (archived here) said that its posts were for amusement.

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(Image source: @RudyHavenstein account on X.)

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  Alan Duke

Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.

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