Is he lying, mad, or delusional?
Donald Trump’s Iran claims face direct rejection from Tehran, fuelling questions over his judgement and the reliability of White House war messaging.
What you need to know
🔹 Trump says there is a deal with Iran.
🔹 Iran says Trump’s claims are false.
🔹 The Strait of Hormuz dispute remains unresolved.
🔹 B. Jay Cooper questions Trump’s judgement and honesty.
I t’s finally happened, to the Nth degree.
President Trump says we have a deal with Iran. Iran says we don’t.
And, I honestly have no clue whether to believe the President of the United States or the leadership of one of our biggest enemies.
Do you?
Trump “Truth-ed” seven times in an hour claims about where we are in talks with Iran, about ending the war and their efforts to develop a nuclear bomb.
Iran said all seven claims were false.
Iran “completely opened” the Strait of Hormuz and then said no it didn’t.
Has President Trump finally worn out any sense that he can be honest at least about the state of war – about our women and men being in harm’s way? Does he consult with advisors at all before he punches the buttons on his phone?
Or is he – and I’m just being serious here – truly out of his mind, senile, or riddled with false understandings of his power?
Does he really believe that meme he published of himself as Jesus Christ was a selfie? Or that he was a doctor tending to the sick?
That one, that lie about that meme, led me to think he just thinks “we” are that stupid. A couple of days later, with his claims of Iran accepting all of our conditions to end the war, I wonder if – and I’m being serious here again – if he truly has lost his mind.
Next thing he’ll claims that ending the war with Iran is the 11th time he ended another war and he still can’t get a Nobel.
Yes, he may say he settled the war he started.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
GOING FURTHER
Trump claims US has total control over Strait of Hormuz after Iran seizes two container ships | The Guardian
What has Trump said ahead of possible US-Iran talks and what could it mean? | Al Jazeera
As a Strait of Hormuz standoff grows, will Trump’s fragile Iran ceasefire hold? | Council on Foreign Relations
Trump and Iran claim the Strait of Hormuz is “completely open.” Here’s what that means | ABC News
US-Iran ceasefire on brink of collapse as talks stall and Strait of Hormuz crisis deepens | Euronews
Trump says US is not withdrawing “quite yet” from Strait of Hormuz efforts | CBS News
Donald Trump says US and Iran “want deal” as Tehran disputes claim | ABC News Australia
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▪ This piece was first published in The Screaming Moderate and re-published in Europeans TODAY on 23 April 2026 under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence. | The author writes in a personal capacity.
▪ Cover: Flickr/The White House. (Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.)
