Trump has spent years screaming about foreign disinformation and media manipulation—while his own Pentagon secretly operates fake news sites pushing pro-U.S. propaganda about Iran and Gaza to Middle Eastern audiences. Al-Fassel and Pishtaz News pretend to be legitimate outlets but actually serve Pentagon interests, manufacturing consent for military actions through state-sponsored lies. This is the deep state psychological warfare Trump promised to expose, not expand.

Source: https://theintercept.com/2026/04/20/pentagon-middle-eastern-news-propaganda-iran/