A viral video purportedly showing a news bulletin of US President Donald Trump claiming India lost seven jets in its military clash with Pakistan and requested US mediation for a ceasefire, is a deepfake.
BOOM found the original press conference video and was able to confirm that Trump did not make the statements he is heard making in the manipulated clip.
In the 2-minute-4-second viral video, Trump appears to say that India first reached out to the US during its conflict with Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack. The US president is also heard claiming that India ignored his advice, acted recklessly against Pakistan, and lost around seven jets, including three Rafale jets. The video further makes it seem as though Trump blamed India for starting the conflict and later asking Pakistan to agree to a ceasefire.
The Claim
Several X users posted the video with the caption, "Bombshell dropped by Trump. Trump confirms 7 Indian Jet Losses including 3 Rafales during Indo-Pak May standoff. He also disclosed how he mediated for ceasefire on request of Indian Government. This is HUGE!!"
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What We Found: The Video Has Been Digitally Altered
1. Original Trump Press Conference: We reviewed footage from the White House’s official YouTube channel, streamed live on August 26, 2025. At the 2:52:38 mark, Trump makes the same hand gestures seen at 23 seconds as seen in the viral clip, while speaking about the Russia-Ukraine conflict. However, he does not make the statements heard in the viral video.
Around 2:53:10, Trump does speak about the India-Pakistan conflict, warning of a possible nuclear war if he hadn’t intervened. He also mentions the shooting down of ‘seven jets or more’ without giving specific details and credits his tariff threats for ending the clash within five hours.
2. Results from AI Detector Tool: To verify further, we ran the portion of the viral video where Trump appears to comment on the India-Pakistan conflict through the DeepFake-O-Meter, an AI detector developed by the University at Buffalo’s Media Forensics Lab. The tool analysed the footage with different models, including lip-synced deepfake detection and synthesised video/image detection, and show high probability scores that the video has been doctored using AI.
