US President Donald Trump speaks at an event with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on May 21, 2026 Donald Trump raised eyebrows this weekend after he yet again shared a series of provocative posts on his Truth Social platform, including one that appeared to depict Iran draped in the American flag.
The image showed a map of the Middle East labeled with countries Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
The country of Iran was filled in using the US flag.
It was simply titled, “The United States of the Middle East?”
See the post on Truth Social here.
The post came as reports swirled of a potential US deal with Iran to end Trump’s war, which he launched in February. The possible negotiation, however, has drawn criticism from members of Trump’s own Republican Party.
The president also shared an image of himself gazing over Greenland, the semi-autonomous Danish territory he has repeatedly suggested the US should somehow take control of (alongside Canada and Venezuela).
In another post, he shared an image of a bomb attached to an airplane with the caption: “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
A day earlier, he posted a photo showing an Iranian boat being blasted underneath the word, “Adios.”
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