Iran mocks Donald Trump as ‘Minion’ and presses big red button in AI propaganda

Iran mocks Trump and Starmer as AI ‘Minions’ before pressing big red buttonAn Iranian embassy has mocked Donald Trump in an AI-generated video, portraying him as a Minion desperate to open the Strait of Hormuz - this is a breaking storyCommentsNewsEliana Nunes News Reporter15:12, 16 Apr 2026Updated 15:29, 16 Apr 2026View ImageDonald Trump has been mocked in an AI-generated video(Image: X)Donald Trump has been depicted as a Minion struggling to open the Strait of Hormuz in an AI-generated video published by the Iranian embassy in Russia.‌The caption of the X post is presented as a statement from the US president, in which he claims the Iranian navy has been "completely wiped out" and warns that any remaining "fast attack boats" approaching the US blockade would be immediately targeted.‌The video depicts the US president alongside his allies, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain.‌Content cannot be displayed without consentThe caption, translated from Arabic into English, reads: "Trump: The Iranian navy is lying at the bottom of the sea, completely wiped out - 158 ships.‌"What we didn’t strike is their small number of so-called “fast attack boats,” because we did not consider them a major threat. Warning: if any of these boats approach our blockade, they will be immediately destroyed."It is not the first time that Trump has been mocked by Iranian embassies this month. When the US president vowed to bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran if the nation's leaders refused to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in an expletive-laden Easter Sunday post, Iranian embassies hit back at him.Posting a screenshot of Trump's Truth Social post on X, the Iranian embassy in the UK included a quote from famed American writer Mark Twain insulting the US president's intelligence. The quote read: "It is better to keep your...