Claim: A video shows US President Donald Trump acknowledging Pakistan’s warning to Israel and the US and commenting on its role in the Iran-Israel conflict.
Fact: The video is a deepfake. The US President did not make any such comments.
X (formerly Twitter) user @_Haroon79 shared a video of US President Donald Trump on 15 June 2025, writing: “ایران کیبعد پاکستان کی باری پر ٹرمپ کی وضاحت
پاکستان تبدیل ہوچکا
پاکستان کی قیادت انتہائ مضبوط ہے
نیتن یاھو نے پاکستان کا نام غلطی سے لے لیا کہ ایران کے بعد پاکستان نمبر ہے
خطے میں امن کا خواہاں ہوں، خواہش اور کوشش ہے کہ ایران اور اسرائیل کی جنگ ختم ہو”
[Translation: Trump’s explanation of Pakistan’s turn after Iran
Pakistan has changed.
Pakistan’s leadership is extremely strong.
Netanyahu mistakenly named Pakistan, saying it was number one after Iran.
I want peace in the region, I want and strive for the war between Iran and Israel to end.]
In the video, Trump says, “Pakistan has also warned Israel and the US, because Israel mistakenly said Pakistan is number two after Iran. Pakistan is fully alert with its air, land and marine forces. Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said if Israel attacks Iran again, Pakistan will totally destroy Israel.
He further adds, “But Harry’s, would I say Pakistan should not do that? Pakistan has no problem with us, their army is already very high alert. In my opinion, Pakistan should not get involved. This is Israel and Iran’s war. We need peace in the region. We need to stop the fighting, not get in the middle. That’s the truth. That’s a smart move.”
Israel launches strikes in Iran
On 13 June, Israel launched strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities and ballistic missile sites. The strike targeted Iranian nuclear scientists and senior military leadership; among those reportedly killed were Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Revolutionary Guards Chief Hossein Salami, and IRGC Aerospace Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh, as well as six Iranian nuclear scientists.
Israel targeted key sites, including a major oil depot, a natural gas field, and residential areas, resulting in at least 78 people being killed and over 300 injured in Iran, as of 13 June. In response, Iran launched over 150 ballistic missiles and more than 100 drones at Israeli targets. On 24 June, the Associated Press (AP) quoted the Washington-based group Human Rights Activists as saying that up to 24 people had been killed and over 1,000 injured in Israel.
The conflict entered its second week with the US officially entering the war on 21 June. The US struck three main nuclear sites in Iran and US President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would face more devastating attacks if it did not agree to peace. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, calling it a historic move that would prevent a dangerous regime from acquiring nuclear weapons. On the other hand, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi condemned the attacks as a blatant violation of international law and the UN Charter, warning of serious consequences and asserting Iran’s right to self-defense.
Following the US strikes, Iran retaliated by launching a missile attack on the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, a key US military installation. Qatar’s air defenses intercepted the majority of the missiles, and no casualties were reported. This marked a significant escalation, as it was Iran’s first direct attack on US forces in the Gulf during the conflict.
To de-escalate tensions, Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, which was declared effective on 24 June. However, just before the ceasefire was to take effect, Iran launched a missile strike on the Israeli city of Beersheba, killing at least four civilians and injuring 20 others. Israel accused Iran of violating the ceasefire and responded with airstrikes targeting sites in Tehran.
Iran’s military denied launching missiles toward Israel, the AP reported, citing the Islamic republic’s state-run news agency. However, sirens blared across Israel on Monday, according to the Israeli military, while an official told the AP that two Iranian missiles were intercepted.
President Trump expressed strong disapproval of both nations for breaching the ceasefire. He used particularly strong language, warning Israel against further military actions which would violate the agreement.
Fact or Fiction?
First, a keyword search did not yield any credible reports on such a statement by Trump. Since the onset of the conflict between Iran and Israel, statements by global leaders have been widely publicised and televised. If the US President had made such a statement, it would have received similar coverage.
In fact, the video evidently contained several visual anomalies, including unnatural and distorted facial movements, suggesting that it is manipulated or possibly a deepfake.
Therefore, Soch Fact Check first analysed the video through DeepFake-O-Meter, developed by the University at Buffalo’s Media Forensics Lab (UB MDFL). From the available detectors, we used three, namely AVSRDD (2025), FTCN (2021), and LSDA (2024). They revealed that the probability of the video in question being AI-generated was 99.9%, 86.4%, and 81.9%, respectively. The results are available here, here, and here; however, only those who have signed up can view them.
Then, an audio analysis using Resemble Detect, a tool designed for real-time detection of deepfake audio across various media types, rated the audio as “fake.” Since Resemble Detect uses advanced tools to analyse the sound’s patterns and identify anything unusual, the analysis confirms that the US President’s audio is artificial.
Since deepfakes of popular personalities are based on existing content of them, Soch Fact Check reverse-searched keyframes from the video to trace the original footage of Trump that was likely manipulated. We found Trump’s Oval Office address from 30 May 2025, in which he appears in the same attire as in the viral clip. As the address predates the Iran-Israel conflict, which began on 13 June, there was no mention of the issue at all.
Virality
The video was shared here, here, here, here, here, and here on Facebook. Archived here, here, here, here, here, and here.
On X, it was shared here (archive) and here (archive).
It was also shared here, here, and here on TikTok. Archived here, here, and here.
Conclusion: The viral video is a deepfake; the US President did not make any comments regarding Pakistan’s role in the Iran-Israel conflict.
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Background image in cover photo: The Associated Press
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