Did President Donald Trump publish a post on Truth Social saying that he would "turn the giant faucet" located in California toward Canada as that country's wildfires burn? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that such a post was ever made on Trump's official Truth Social account. The fabricated post seems to reference previous statements made by Trump about turning on a "large faucet" in Canada to help extinguish wildfires in California.
The claim appeared in a post made on Facebook on July 19, 2026 (archived here). It included an image of the fake post, with a caption that read:
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The text in the image read:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrumpI am going to California to turn the GIANT FAUCET exactly 37 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT and aim the beautiful water directly at Canada, under the strong leadership of Prime Minister Mark Carney, where it will extinguish the wildfires almost immediately.
Nobody else thought of this -- not Newsom, not Prime Minister Carney, not even the so-called experts. They have been staring at the faucet for YEARS and never turned it. I will turn it, Canada will stop burning, and America will have clean air again. Sometimes the simplest solutions require a very stable genius!4.17k ReTruths 12.9k Likes Jul 18, 2026, 3:00 A
This is what the image looked like:
(Image source: post by Michael J. Fekete on Facebook.)
No Truth Social Post
There is no evidence that Trump ever posted about a "giant faucet" in California aimed toward Canada. The image includes many of the same features of the Truth Social interface, suggesting the image was designed to mimic the Truth Social interface. It also features the date July 18, 2026, in the bottom-right corner of the image. On Trump's official, live Truth Social account (archived here), there is no post matching the image made on July 18, 2026. Additionally, the image of the fake "giant faucet" post does not show a premium badge (archived here) on Trump's account, which is symbolized by a plus sign near the red check by Trump's name.
A search on Trump's Truth, a website that archives all posts published by Trump on his official Truth Social account, for "giant faucet" (archived here) did not generate any results.
'Large Faucet'
A search on Google News for the terms "giant faucet AND Trump AND Canada" (archived here) did not generate results corroborating the claim. However, it did show news results for previous statements Trump made as a presidential candidate in 2024. Trump claimed that there is a "large faucet" in Canada (archived here) that could send water to California, which struggles with water supply during wildfires and droughts.
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