“The video shows US President Donald Trump mocking Pakistan after India suspended the Indus Water Treaty following the Pahalgam terror attack.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 May 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video is from a February 2016 campaign rally where Donald Trump mocked his 2016 rival Marco Rubio for awkwardly drinking water during his 2013 response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. It has no connection to the Pahalgam terror attack or the Indus Water Treaty, or Pakistan.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 May 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 May 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/2123916251364112
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