Six months of the Iran war – as told through Trump’s social media posts

What the report says

Al Jazeera says six months have passed since the United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran, and it uses President Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts as a timeline of the conflict. The outlet reports that Trump posted at least 319 messages mentioning Iran between Feb. 28 and Aug. 25, describing the war in stages: the opening strikes, claims of success, negotiations, ceasefire pressure, and later renewed tensions. The article is based on an analysis of those posts rather than a separate official chronology.

According to the report, Trump’s early messages mixed threats with calls for Tehran to negotiate, including repeated demands that Iran “make a deal.” After CENTCOM announced the start of Operation Epic Fury, Trump publicly framed the campaign as “major combat operations” and later said Iran’s military capability had been destroyed. Over the following weeks, he continued to issue deadlines and threats, with the Strait of Hormuz becoming a central point in his messaging.

Al Jazeera also highlights Trump’s repeated focus on a naval blockade, which he later called “A WALL OF STEEL,” and says this became the main tool he did not trade away. The article notes that Israel appears only occasionally in the posts, despite the joint nature of the campaign. It then describes how the conflict shifted into public negotiation, involving ceasefire requests and discussions with regional leaders, before breaking down again after new allegations of drone and missile activity. The piece shows how social media was used to signal policy, pressure opponents, and manage the public narrative of war.