Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
Through a video posted on TikTok, it is alleged that the President of the United States of America (US), Donald Trump, said that "Serbia was ready to attack Kosovo, but I threatened it with war with the US."
This post was published yesterday (June 29) on TikTok by the account "dardaniatimes".
The truth?
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been proven that the claim made by the TikTok account is incorrect.
Hibrid.info has found a video containing Donald Trump's statement given on June 28 regarding Kosovo and Serbia, published on the television's official Facebook page. FOX NEWS.
What did Trump say?
“Serbia, as you know, was preparing to go to war with a group. I won’t mention it, because it didn’t happen. We managed to stop it. But I have a friend in Serbia, and they said to me: “We’re going to go to war again.” And I won’t mention that it was about Kosovo, but it was Kosovo. They were preparing for a big war, and we stopped it. And we stopped it through trade. They want to develop trade relations with the United States. I told them: We don’t trade with parties that are involved in war,” the American president declared.
So, at no point has Trump mentioned that he threatened Serbia with war, as claimed by the aforementioned TikTok post.
Analyze:
A video posted on TikTok by the account “dardaniatimes” claims that Donald Trump said he had threatened Serbia with war to prevent an attack on Kosovo. However, after verification by Hibrid.info, it turns out that this statement is incorrect.
Trump, in a statement made on June 28, spoke of efforts to stop a war between Serbia and Kosovo through the issue of trade, but did not mention any military threat against Serbia.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this claim as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
"Disinformation" is defined as information content that contains a "mix" of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful attributes, and that is created and/or distributed with the deliberate intention of causing harm. The motive behind the producers/distributors of disinformation content lies in achieving a political, financial, psychological or social goal.