Truth Social Crashes as Trump Live-Posts Iran Bombing
Truth Social Malfunctioned Saturday evening, in the middle of President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States had bombed Iran’s nuclear installations.
From 8 p.m. on Saturday, tries to load the social network, which belongs to Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), displayed of error messages. “The network has failed”, a message on social truth indicates. “Please try again.”
Trump’s initial social announcement that the United States had entered the War of Israel against Iran published at 7:46 p.m., declaring that the United States had led a “very successful attack on the three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan”. Trump’s account on the social media platform X published a screenshot of the bombing announcement at 7:53 p.m..
“All planes are now outside the Iranian airspace. A complete payload of bombs has been abandoned on the main site, Fordow,” said Trump. “All planes are safe on the way back. Congratulations to our great American warriors. There is not another army in the world that could have done so. It’s time for peace! Thank you for your attention to this case. “
Trump frequently shares publications on Truth Social on issues of national and international importance. The president seemed to publish several times after the news of the American bombing against Iran were announced for the first time. Trump’s participation in the mother company of Truth Social, TMTG, is currently worth more than $ 2 billion.
DowndeTector, a website that has Crowdsources service failures, has experienced an influx of social truth relationships which takes place around 8 p.m. The reason for the apparent failure was not immediately clear. Netblocks, which monitors internet accessibility, published on Bluesky just before 9 pm HE: “Truth Social knows international breakdowns for many users after US President Donald Trump announces strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran; incident not linked to disruption or internet filtering at the country level. ”
Truth Social did not immediately respond to requests for comments from Wired.
American and Iranian officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to the New York Times that the American forces had led air strikes on the facilities of Fordo and Natanz. The condition of the American targets has not yet been confirmed just before 9 p.m. HE.
Israel began to bomb objectives in Iran on June 13. The two countries have been targeted several times since.
On Wednesday, Truth Social would have sent an email to at least some users encouraging them to follow Trump’s account. The email has read in part: “If you do not follow President Donald J. Trump on Truth Social, you miss an essential resource to sail in global affairs today.”
Trump will hold a television address at 10 p.m. HE, according to the press secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt.
