Fact check: Donald Trump said Iranians laughed at Obama and called him a 'stupid son of a bitch.'

Verdict: mixed — Trust Score 55/100

The quotes in this video reported by HuffPost, The Guardian, and the New York Times, confirming that Donald Trump made these statements at the G7 summit on June 17, 2026. However, the post is misleading because it incorrectly dates the event to 2020 and attributes a specific $220 billion market loss to the comments without evidence, ignoring broader economic factors like the Federal Reserve's interest rate signals that same day.

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instagram
Source author
tradeshipuniversity — see all fact-checks of this account
Original post
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZsux1WRb3x/?igsh=ZHRlZ2g5Z2htNW45
Verified on
June 18, 2026
Verification ID
x_jVpruEXTW8dB59Roz3YA

Original content reviewed

Platform: INSTAGRAM Author: @tradeshipuniversity --- Caption/Description --- Bro don’t care😭🥀 #Politics #Economy #Stocks #StockMarket #Trump #Economy #Republican #Democrat #XRP #Bitcoin #Ethereum #BTC #TradeshipUniversity #Sol #Trading #Military #War #Polymarket #Kalshi Published: 2026-06-17T19:35:36.000Z ---VERIFICATION_SUMMARY--- Platform: INSTAGRAM Author: @tradeshipuniversity --- Caption/Description --- Bro don’t care😭🥀 #Politics #Economy #Stocks #StockMarket #Trump #Economy #Republican #Democrat #XRP #Bitcoin #Ethereum #BTC #TradeshipUniversity #Sol #Trading #Military #War #Polymarket #Kalshi --- Audio Transcript --- Bro, listen. Iranians did. They laughed at Obama and they said he's a stupid son of a bitch. Okay. If I don't like it, if they don't behave, we'll go right back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of the air. Bro, at this point you just got to laugh, dude, cuz he has too much pull. Just off those three fucking sentences. $100 billion were wiped. That's with a B. Out of the market in 15 minutes, bro. This guy might have too much pull. --- On-Screen Text --- Trump Just Said WHAT?! 😭😭🥀🥀🥀🥀 BRO LISTEN IRANIANS DID THEY LAUGHED AT OBAMA AND THEY SAID HE'S A STUPID A BITCH EVIAN-LES-BAINS, FRANCE 2020 G7 G7 G7 G7 G7 G7 G7 RT PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKES QUESTIONS AT G7 FOX NEWS ALERT 10AM TODAY OKAY IF I DON'T IF THEY DON'T BEHAVE WE'LL GO RIGHT BACK TO DROPPING BOMBS RIGHT SMACK OF THE BRO AT THIS POINT $220,000,000,000 wiped out from US stock market in 15… Published: 2026-06-17T19:35:36.000Z

Claims analyzed (4)

  1. verified: Donald Trump said Iranians laughed at Obama and called him a 'stupid son of a bitch.'
    Multiple major news outlets reported that Trump made this exact statement during a press conference on the final day of the G7 summit in France on June 17, 2026.
  2. unverifiable: Trump threatened to 'go right back to dropping bombs' on Iran if they don't behave.
    Trump was widely quoted as saying, 'If I don't like it, if they don't behave, we'll go right back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head' (the post transcript says 'middle of the air'). No independent external source was found for this claim; the submitted post and social reposts are not counted as verification evidence.
  3. misleading: This event took place at the G7 in Evian-les-Bains, France, in 2020.
    The G7 summit is currently taking place in Evian-les-Bains, France, from June 15-17, 2026. The 2020 G7 summit was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The post's on-screen text contains a significant chronological error.
  4. misleading: $220,000,000,000 was wiped out from the US stock market in 15 minutes due to these comments.
    While the S&P 500 and Nasdaq did drop on June 17, 2026, financial reports attribute the decline primarily to a Federal Reserve meeting hinting at future rate hikes. There is no credible evidence of a $220 billion 'wipeout' occurring in a 15-minute window specifically triggered by Trump's comments. The $220 billion figure appears in unrelated news from the previous day regarding Nvidia.

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