Iran and the United States have taken their latest clash online, using humour to taunt one another after repeated public boasts. The Iranian Embassy in Ghana posted a short video on X (formerly Twitter) that appeared to mock US President Donald Trump’s recent assertion that the United States had prevailed in the ongoing conflict. The embassy captioned the clip: “He must be dreaming that he defeated Iran. Leave him sleeping.”
In the video, one official suggests waking the president, and another replies that they cannot because he is imagining he has won Iran in his dreams. The brief clip, posted on April 27, 2026, quickly circulated and drew a wide range of reactions from X users.
Some commenters offered more substantive critiques, arguing that Trump is only a noisy element within a far larger US system and that symbolic gestures or satirical posts are unlikely to produce a decisive shift in policy. Other responses were short and mocking — calling him “poor Trump,” quipping that he isn’t sleeping but is instead busy firing staff, or joking that the moment belongs in a movie titled like a parody of the Lego film about a lying king. The exchange underscores how social media has become a new front in diplomatic and political sparring.
