On 31st August the US Defense Department denied that America had struck Iran's main oil export terminal. It was correcting the President of the United States, who had posted video of that strike the night before. President Trump published an AI generated clip captioned Kharg Island being blown to smithereens, posted it again without the caption, then added a second clip of missiles hitting a coastal oilfield. Reuters ran AI detection software over the footage and found it most likely synthetic. Kharg handled 90 percent of Iran's crude exports before the war and houses about 20,000 people, most of them oil workers. Hamid Bovard, who runs the National Iranian Oil Company, called the post laughable and said conditions were calm, with crews busy repairing earlier damage. The real operation happened 660 kilometres east. CENTCOM struck two rocket launchers on Larak Island, saying Revolutionary Guard minelaying forces posed an imminent threat to the strait. Iran answered before dawn with ballistic missiles at the King Hussein and Al Azraq air bases in Jordan. Jordan's armed forces say they destroyed eight before anything threatened people or property. The UAE denied Iran's claim on Al Minhad while confirming it engaged a drone over its waters. Iran's claims outran its results too, and the difference matters. The missiles and the drone were real. What is disputed is what they hit. The video showed destruction at a site the Pentagon says was never attacked. Brent rose about two percent in thin holiday trading, which tracks the launchers and the missiles rather than the footage. Every statement from this war now has to be split three ways. What was launched. What was hit. What was only shown. He can still order the strike. The post cannot confirm it.