{"id":814828,"date":"2026-08-15T20:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T20:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/814828\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T20:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T20:40:10","slug":"trump-posts-ai-image-of-himself-seizing-iranian-flagged-tanker-as-tension-escalates-in-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/814828\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump posts AI image of himself seizing Iranian-flagged tanker \u2014 as tension escalates in Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump posted an AI image of himself helping seize an Iranian-flagged tanker in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/13\/world-news\/iran-demands-compensation-for-hormuz-oil-spill-it-allegedly-caused\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a> on Truth Social, in another online escalation as a US ally said Iran fired on another commercial vessel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s Our Oil Tanker Now!\u201d Trump posted Friday night, hours after declaring on Long Island that \u201cPretty soon, I will be <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/14\/us-news\/trump-says-hell-declare-strait-of-hormuz-a-us-territory-after-defeating-iran\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40355943\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/president-donald-trump-speaks-david-137432575.jpg\" alt=\"President Donald Trump speaking at the David Mack Center for Training and Intelligence.\" class=\"wp-image-40355943\"  \/>Donald Trump posted an AI image of himself seizing an Iranian oil tanker after claiming he would declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory. AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson<\/p>\n<p>The AI-generated image shows Trump holding the American flag while accompanying two heavily armed troops. An Iranian flag sits on the deck of the captured vessel, while a US aircraft carrier looms in the background.<\/p>\n<p>Trump issued the post during a period of escalating rhetoric about the strait. Iran says it has <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/04\/us-news\/iran-oman-near-deal-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-with-both-countries-collecting-service-fee-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reached an agreement with Oman<\/a> on control of the critical waterway, which the US is demanding remain free and open.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.53523238;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40355959\" width=\"906\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/truthsocial-com-realdonaldtrump-posts-137508397.jpg\" alt=\"Collage of Donald Trump and soldiers on a boat with an Iranian flag, an aircraft carrier, and a US flag, with text &quot;It's Our Oil Tanker Now!&quot;.\" class=\"wp-image-40355959\"  \/>Donald Trump\u2019s AI image that he posted on Truth Social. Truth Social\/realDonaldTrump<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis strait will only be opened and closed under Iran\u2019s command, and as long as you do not accept the reality of defeat and stop indulging in delusions, Iran will continue to enforce the blockade,\u201d Iran\u2019s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi posted on X Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The United Arab Emirates said Saturday that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/23\/world-news\/irans-strikes-on-us-troops-cia-facilities-expose-deadly-new-threat-with-russia-and-chinas-help-feared\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iran had attacked<\/a> another Abu Dhabi National Oil Company vessel transiting the strait, the third attack in a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Trump posted an AI image of himself helping seize an Iranian-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[182,181,507,12,801,111,210369,74,4637,194],"class_list":["post-814828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-politics","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-technology","tag-truth-social","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}