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Did Trump Say the Queen 'Knighted Me in Private'?

Trump may be a frequent poster on Truth Social, his social media platform, but that doesn't mean every screenshot of a Truth Social post is real.

by Rae Deng, Sept. 12, 2022


In this photo collage, a blurred out image of Trump's Truth Social account is behind an image of Trump, a white man with blonde hair, checking his smartphone.

Image courtesy of Getty Images / Snopes Illustration


On Feb. 21, 2022, U.S. President Donald Trump launched the social media platform Truth Social following the decision by X, then called Twitter, to ban the commander-in-chief from its platform two days after the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection. (Twitter cited "risk of further incitement of violence" amid allegations Trump instigated the attack.) 

Since then, Trump has frequently shared his thoughts and policy proposals on Truth Social; among his many posts, he's announced a pause on tariffs, falsely claimed the United States gave $350 billion to Ukraine and sent a Christmas message that ended with the words, "MAY THEY ROT IN HELL." 

But Trump's social media habit has also led to numerous satirical Truth Social posts and otherwise fake screenshots to spread online — and Truth Social's spotty search engine sometimes makes it difficult to figure out if a post is fake. (To determine what Trump is saying on the platform, Snopes uses Trump's Truth, a website that makes it easier to find Trump's Truth Social posts — including deleted ones.) 

Here's a sampling of fake Truth Social posts falsely attributed to Trump. 

 


By Rae Deng

Rae Deng specializes in government/politics and is based in Tacoma, Wash.

Trump didn't say he would annex Alaska and Greenland on Truth Social

March 17, 2025

The president has, however, repeatedly said he would like to make Greenland a U.S. state.

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A white man wearing a blue suit sits at a desk with his right hand held over the left.

No, Trump did not call teachers 'ugly' in Truth Social post

Feb. 10, 2025

The purported post circulated only in the form of one screenshot with the same number of likes a ...

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Don't believe fake Trump post about George Soros paying protesters

April 7, 2025

According to the screenshot, people who protested Trump in cities nationwide April 5 were paid a ...

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Don't fall for fake Trump post mocking people 'crying about the stock market'

March 12, 2025

The artificial intelligence chatbot Grok caused confusion when it erroneously told X users the p ...

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Don't fall for fake Trump Truth Social post about ending dual citizenship in US

April 2, 2025

Given the president's isolationist agenda, the April Fools' Day post made people wonder what wou ...

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Trump post pledging Day 1 price cuts on eggs and gas is fake

Feb. 14, 2025

Fake Truth Social post notwithstanding, the U.S. president did promise during his campaign to "d ...

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No, Trump Didn't Brag on Social Media He Was 'Greatest President Ever on Military'

Aug. 28, 2024

“Soldiers and Veterans love me,” Trump allegedly wrote.

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Did Trump Wish DeSantis 'Happy Pride Month' in Post with Homophobic Slur?

June 6, 2023

The post allegedly came from the former president's social media platform Truth Social.

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Did Trump say Queen Elizabeth knighted him in private?

Did Trump Say the Queen 'Knighted Me in Private'?

Sept. 12, 2022

A spurious message allegedly posted on Trump's social media platform, Truth Social, set tongues ...

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