Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Delete Truth Social Post About Call with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Did President Trump delete his June 4, 2025, Truth Social post discussing his phone call Russian President Vladimir Putin? No, that's not true: The post was still visible on Trump's timeline as of 12 p.m. ET on June 5, 2025. Lead Stories confirmed this 22 hours after it was initially posted and 17 hours after the false claim was posted saying it had been deleted.

The claim appeared in a post (archived here) shared by the @DemocraticWins on X on June 4, 2025. It included a screenshot of the Trump post with the caption:

BREAKING: Donald Trump just deleted this post because he doesn't want you to see that he has completely capitulated to Vladimir Putin. Make sure everyone sees this.

This is what the post looked like at the time of writing:

(Source: screenshot of X.com by Lead Stories)

This is the orginal Trump Truth Social post (archived here):