WASHINGTON—President Trump has unleashed a flurry of nearly 90 Truth Social posts about the war in Iran, narrating its fast-moving developments and telegraphing his thoughts about war planning in real time.
Twenty days into the war, the commander in chief has used his favorite platform to cajole allies, berate adversaries, reassure embattled Gulf states and conduct his own unique form of online diplomacy.
Never before has a U.S. president, the world's most powerful figure, broadcast his decision-making and communicating his views in real time.
Trump has posted on Truth Social nearly 90 times about Iran, Israel and other war-related topics since the start of the war on Feb. 28, a body of work that includes videos, reposts of other people's comments and his own views, some running longer than 200 words.
The topic has consumed roughly a quarter of the president's feed since the war began, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal.
Some senior aides have occasionally encouraged him against making impulsive posts to his account, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Trump's social-media dispatches have narrated the war's fast-moving developments, which have at times surprised and frustrated the president and his advisers, according to people familiar with the matter.
The military operation is unsettling some of Trump's political allies, who worry that a sustained war could cause long-term economic disruptions and hurt Republicans in this year's midterm elections.
