Trump Posts Video on Truth Social in Ninth Message of the Day

Trump shares a Truth Social post containing one video, his ninth message of the day, without accompanying text.

First Published: August 4, 2026, 9:13 PM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump, the 47th president of the United States, published a video on his Truth Social account without any accompanying text, extending a run of media-only messaging that has defined much of his recent activity on the platform.

The post carried no caption, headline, or written commentary. It contained a single video file hosted on the platform’s servers, marking one of dozens of image and video posts the president has shared this month.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “truthsocial post containing one video.” on August 5, 2026 at 1:06 AM ET.

This is Trump’s ninth message released today, and the last post was 10 minutes ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 43 of his 467 posts over the last 30 days classified as image-only posts.

Media-only posts carry no verifiable text claim, which limits what readers can independently confirm. The video itself served as the entire message, leaving interpretation to the audience. Such posts still reach the president’s followers directly and can shape the day’s political conversation without a single written word.

Trump has leaned on truthsocial as his primary broadcast channel since founding the platform through Trump Media & Technology Group C orp., the company that operates the service. The platform functions as his main direct line to supporters, bypassing traditional press. Video and image posts allow him to amplify allies, campaign material, or news clips while avoiding the scrutiny that written statements invite.

The average US reader encounters these posts as they ripple across cable news and social feeds, where a single presidential video can dominate a news cycle. For most Americans, the immediate effect is indirect, felt through the coverage and commentary the post generates rather than any policy shift.

This has happened before, and often. Image-only and video posts have become a fixture of Trump’s output, accounting for roughly 9% of his messages over the past month. The pattern shows a consistent reliance on visual content over written argument.

No announcement identifies who reviews or responds to the post next, and no scheduled decision or follow-up is tied to it. Trump’s posting cadence suggests additional messages will follow the same day, though the platform sets no fixed timetable.

Media-driven presidential communication is not new, as leaders have long sought channels that reach the public without a filter. Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered 30 radio addresses known as fireside chats between 1933 and 1944, using the airwaves to speak past newspapers directly to households, according to britannica.com. John F. Kennedy became the first president to hold live televised news conferences in 1961, reaching audiences of millions in a single broadcast, according to britannica.com. Each shift toward a direct medium reshaped how presidents controlled their own message, a trajectory that Trump’s video posts continue in digital form.