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When was the questioned Truth Social message posted by Donald Trump (date and time)?
Executive summary
Available archives and contemporary reporting show multiple tools and repositories that log Donald J. Trump’s Truth Social posts but the provided results do not identify a single “questioned” Truth Social message with a clear, cited date-and-time stamp. Archives such as Roll Call’s Factba.se (an archive of @realDonaldTrump posts) and the Trump Truth archive index Truth Social posts [1] [2], while useful, are the only direct archives cited in the search results; specific reporting that mentions a particular questioned post’s timestamp is not found in the supplied sources [1] [2].
1. What the archives cover — and their limits
Roll Call’s Factba.se is described as “the complete archive of all posts on X / Twitter / Truth Social — including thousands of deleted posts — from @realDonaldTrump with screenshots,” which indicates it’s a primary place to look for original timestamps and screenshots of disputed posts [1]. Likewise, the independent site Trump’s Truth says it “archives all of Donald Trump’s TRUTH Social posts, providing a searchable index,” suggesting it can be searched for exact post dates and times [2]. But the current search results do not include a direct citation of a specific questioned post or its date/time from either archive [1] [2].
2. News coverage that mentions Truth Social activity but not the specific questioned post
Reporting from The Guardian and The Daily Beast documents bursts of activity and notable posts (for example, more than 30 posts in under three hours and an evening posting of a menacing video), which help establish that Trump has posted many items on Truth Social at clustered times — but these pieces do not, in the provided snippets, identify the one “questioned” message with an exact timestamp [3] [4]. The Guardian piece highlights an intensive posting window (less than three hours) that could complicate pinning a single time without archival lookup [3].
3. Fact-checking and authenticity cues you should consider
Snopes examined an alleged Trump Truth Social screenshot and flagged UI inconsistencies — absence of Truth Social’s “ReTruths” label and avatar mismatches — and explicitly notes that in that instance the alleged screenshot did not display a date or time the way real Truth Social posts typically do [5]. That demonstrates two things: screenshots circulated online can be inauthentic, and a missing or incorrect timestamp on a screenshot is a red flag; however, the Snopes result in the search set does not identify your “questioned” post or its timestamp [5].
4. Official-sounding sources that can provide timestamps (and where to check)
The American Presidency Project posts Truth Social posts for official record-keeping (e.g., a page for June 8, 2025), indicating that government and archival sites sometimes republish Truth Social content with dates [6]. Truth Social’s own post URLs and pages (e.g., specific post URL snippets shown in the results) would typically carry a timestamp in the platform’s interface; the search results include a Truth Social post URL for @realDonaldTrump but the snippet does not display the precise date/time [7] [8].
5. How to establish the exact date and time for the questioned message (actionable steps)
Given the sources above, the best way to get a verifiable date/time for a specific questioned Truth Social message is: (a) search the Factba.se archive for that post ID or matching text/screenshot [1]; (b) query Trump’s Truth archive for the exact post text or media [2]; (c) check American Presidency Project pages if the post is official enough to have been republished there [6]; and (d) open the direct Truth Social post URL if you have it — the platform page normally shows posting metadata [7] [8]. The provided search results show these repositories exist but do not themselves contain the specific timestamp in their snippets [1] [2] [6] [7].
6. Competing interpretations and caveats reporters use
Journalists treat platform screenshots with skepticism: Snopes’ analysis shows UI mismatches can indicate fabrication, and high-volume posting (as reported by The Guardian) can make single-post timelines harder to contextualize without archival confirmation [5] [3]. Meanwhile, archives like Factba.se and the American Presidency Project aim to be authoritative records but require precise search terms or post identifiers to extract a single timestamp [1] [6].
Conclusion — what’s provable from the supplied sources
The supplied search results point to credible archives and contemporary reporting that can supply a Truth Social post’s date and time, but none of the provided snippets or pages in the set explicitly state the date and time of the specific “questioned” Truth Social message you mention. To confirm that exact timestamp, consult the Factba.se archive entry or the Trump’s Truth archive for the exact post text or image, or load the direct Truth Social post URL; the current results do not display that single timestamp [1] [2] [7] [6].