‘His brain has deteriorated’: Trump ridiculed for undercutting own claim in panicked plea

President Donald Trump drew widespread mockery Saturday after seemingly contradicting his own claim that Iran’s military had been “destroyed 100%,” yet warning in the same breath that it could still threaten shipping in the region.

“His postmodernism has completely spiraled out of control as his brain has deteriorated,” wrote progressive political commentator and podcast host Kyle Kulinski Saturday in a social media post on X.

Trump took to Truth Social Saturday to insist that his administration had completely "destroyed" Iran’s military capabilities. In the same sentence, however, he also noted that Iran’s military was still capable of sending “a drone or two,” deploying mines and launching “close range missiles” to keep closed the Strait of Hormuz, a major shipping route through which a fifth of the world’s oil trade travels.

“In a single unhinged post Trump is saying that the Iranian military is COMPLETELY DESTROYED BUT they are STILL CAPABLE OF ATTACKING ships in the Strait of Hormuz?” wrote X user “Robin,” a frequent political commentator and Trump critic, to their nearly 20,000 followers. “Even the stupid, ignorant MAGA have to see how insane that is? Why are they so willing to be LIED to?”

Iran has vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed in response to the U.S.-Israeli attacks on the Middle East nation, reportedly sparking panic within the Trump administration as oil prices skyrocket by levels not seen since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Trump has attempted to dismiss panic around surging gas prices, insisting last week that higher prices at the pump would be temporary, and were a “very small price to pay” to topple Iran’s government.

Trump also expressed hope that several other countries would join in the U.S. effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a plea that one critic ridiculed as the president “begging for help.”

“Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated,” Trump wrote.

“In the meantime, the United States will be bombing the hell out of the shoreline, and continually shooting Iranian Boats and Ships out of the water. One way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE!”