President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran is attempting to manipulate public perception of the ongoing conflict by spreading disinformation through artificial intelligence and media channels, even as the Islamic Republic continues to suffer heavy military setbacks.

In a lengthy message posted on his Truth Social platform, Trump accused Tehran of orchestrating propaganda campaigns designed to exaggerate its military capabilities and mislead the public about developments in the war.

“Iran has long been known as a Master of Media Manipulation and Public Relations. They are Militarily ineffective and weak, but are really good at ‘feeding’ the very appreciative Fake News Media false information,” Trump wrote.

He also claimed that Iran has begun using artificial intelligence to fabricate imagery and stories about the conflict.

“Now, A.I. has become another Disinformation weapon that Iran uses, quite well, considering they are being annihilated by the day. They showed phony ‘Kamikaze Boats,’ shooting at various Ships at Sea, which looks wonderful, powerful, and vicious, but these Boats don’t exist – It’s all false information to show how ‘tough” their already defeated Military is!” contiuned Trump.

Trump further criticized media coverage that reported damage to American military assets, saying those reports were false and generated through manipulated imagery.

“The five U.S. Refueling Planes that were supposedly struck down and badly damaged, according to The Wall Street Journal’s false reporting, and others, are all in service, with the exception of one, which will soon be flying the skies. Buildings and Ships that are shown to be on fire are not – It’s FAKE NEWS, generated by A.I. For instance, Iran, working in close coordination with the Fake News Media, shows our great USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier, one of the largest and most prestigious Ships in the World, burning uncontrollably in the Ocean. Not only was it not burning, it was not even shot at – Iran knows better than to do that! The story was knowingly FAKE and, in a certain way, you can say that those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information!”

He argued that Iran’s only victories have come through fabricated narratives circulated online and in the press.

“The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they ‘win’ are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets. The Radical Leftwing Press knows this full well, but continues to go forward with false stories and LIES. That’s why their Approval Rating is so low, and I can win a Presidential Election, IN A LANDSLIDE, getting only 5% positive Press – They have no credibility!”

Trump also praised Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr for reviewing the broadcast licenses of certain media organizations.

“I am so thrilled to see Brendan Carr, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), looking at the licenses of some of these Corrupt and Highly Unpatriotic ‘News’ Organizations. They get Billions of Dollars of FREE American Airwaves, and use it to perpetuate LIES, both in News and almost all of their Shows, including the Late Night Morons, who get gigantic Salaries for horrible Ratings, and never get, as I used to say in The Apprentice, ‘FIRED.’”

During a separate interview with NBC News on Saturday, Trump said U.S. strikes had inflicted heavy damage on Kharg Island, Iran’s primary oil export terminal, and suggested further attacks could follow.

“We totally demolished Kharg Island. We may hit it a few more times just for fun,” Trump told NBC News.

Trump said Iran has expressed interest in negotiating a ceasefire but indicated that he is not ready to accept a deal under the current conditions.

“Iran wants to make a deal, and I don’t want to make it because the terms aren’t good enough yet,” he explained, adding that any agreement would need to include “very solid” terms.

Speaking Friday with Fox News Radio, Trump said he was not setting a firm timeline for the end of the conflict, explaining that the war would conclude when he personally believes the time is right.

He said the conflict would end when he feels it “in my bones.”

Trump added that he does not expect the war to last long but emphasized that he alone will decide when it ends.

He also expressed confidence in the strength of U.S. military capabilities and dismissed concerns about running short of weapons or ammunition.

“Nobody has the technology or the weapons that we have,” he told Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade in the interview. “We’re way ahead of schedule. Way ahead.”

Trump later added that the United States has more than enough resources to sustain the campaign if necessary.

“We have virtually unlimited ammunition. We’re using it, we’re using it. We can go forever.”

{Matzav.com}