Two days after US President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on Indian imports and an additional ‘penalty’, a screenshot of a post by him, allegedly shared on the platform TruthSocial, seeking a response from the Indian Prime Minister, is being widely circulated.
In the post, of which there’s only a screenshot, the US President reportedly says: “So hard to believe that Prime Minister Modi STILL hasn’t responded to my tweets, statements, or tariff concerns. We gave India so much —great deals, defense support, big crowds and yet, TOTAL SILENCE. Not even a thank you!…. I’ve always liked Modi, but this kind of disrespect will NOT be forgotten. Bad for business. Bad for friendship…”
On July 30, Trump posted on TruthSocial that the US would impose 25% tariffs on Indian imports. He also threatened to impose an additional ‘penalty’ on Indian goods owing to the country’s large-scale purchases of Russian crude and defence equipment. In his post, he added that India had very high tariffs and the most “strenuous obnoxious non-monetary” trade barriers.
The viral screenshot of Trump’s second post, claiming that PM Modi had not responded to his tariff concerns or thanked him despite his contributions, including brokering the ceasefire with Pakistan, was shared by several users on X; some said he was behaving like a “jilted lover”. (Archives 1, 2)
Journalist and author Saba Naqvi also shared the viral screenshot on X with the caption, “He is relentless”, but later deleted the post.
Several other X users also shared the same screenshot with sarcastic remarks. (Archives- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Click to view slideshow.Alt News also received many requests on its WhatsApp helpline (+91 76000 11160) to verify whether whether viral screenshot was something Trump actually posted.
Fact Check
We found no such post by Trump on his TruthSocial or X accounts.
However, noticed that most posts of the viral screenshot had a watermark that read ‘Satire’ and ‘WOKEFLIX’.
Wokeflix (@wokeflix_) is a social media influencer who often amplifies pro-Right content and has been flagged several times by Alt News for spreading misinformation. On going through this profile, we found that @wokeflix_ had shared the same screenshot at 10:17 am IST, August 1, which is the earliest instance of the screenshot being shared that we could find.
Disgruntled lover https://t.co/0zuDNMImn1 pic.twitter.com/QgSQE3Ji95
— Wokeflix (@wokeflix_) August 1, 2025
We also found several similar screenshots of ‘Trump’s posts’ shared by the account with the same watermark and text. (Here and here)
Click to view slideshow.These points raised doubts that the screenshot was digitally altered.
We also noticed that most users who shared the screenshot had the same statistics as @wokeflix_’s post. This implies that either every screenshot was taken exactly 24 minutes after it was posted and when it had precisely 1.54 thousand likes, 481 reposts and 204 comments or that the screengrab came from a single source but was amplified by many.
It’s highly unlikely that so many people took screenshots at the same moment, making the latter the more likely case here.
Moreover, if Trump made such a post, it would have received media attention, both nationally and internationally. However, this was not the case.
Thus, we were certain that the purported screengrab of Trump’s post mentioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi is doctored and created by an influencer, whose watermark is visible in the viral screenshot.
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This content originally appeared on Alt News and was authored by Shinjinee Majumder.