The Toronto Blue Jays clinched their first American League East Division title since 2015 with a win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, however a screenshot shared on-line of a supposed Fact Social put up from Donald Trump urged the U.S. president wasn’t on board with the Jays’ playoff run.
The put up, written in all-capital letters, says the USA might be investigating the “un-American” Blue Jays as they try and “steal” the World Collection, and that the crew wouldn’t be invited to the White Home.
The truth is, the put up is a satirical pretend, the White Home confirmed to The Canadian Press, and doesn’t seem on Trump’s social media feed.
THE CLAIM
“WE WILL BE INVESTIGATING THE UN AMERICAN BLUE JAYS WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO STEAL OUR BELOVED WORLD SERIES,” reads a screenshot of what seems to be a put up by Trump on his Fact Social account. “THEY WILL DEFINITELY NOT BE INVITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE.”
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The screenshot has been shared on a number of social media platforms, together with Threads, Fb, Instagram and the X platform, previously Twitter, to hundreds of likes and feedback, lots of which appeared uncertain whether or not the put up was actual.
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THE FACTS
The White Home confirmed to The Canadian Press that Trump has not posted something concerning the Blue Jays.
Searches of Trump’s Fact Social account turned up no such put up on or earlier than Sept. 28, when it was first shared, and the same search of net archiving website archive.right this moment turned up no archive of the supposed put up.
The earliest put up sharing the picture that The Canadian Press may discover got here from a humour account, “Andy Bowers,” based mostly in Nova Scotia beneath the deal with @evilpez4.
The account posts memes and humorous anecdotes, and has beforehand posted edited screenshots with satirical messages. One put up featured a “Provincial Alert” about “MAGA Musician” Sean Feucht being attacked by a groundhog in Shubenacadie, in reference to that musician’s controversial deliberate efficiency in Nova Scotia earlier this yr.
Trump’s Fact Social posts are sometimes peppered with all-capital phrases. Whereas his posts are often deleted, many who have induced controversy are nonetheless up. In a single message, posted on April 28, Canada’s federal election day, he implied Canadians ought to vote to make Canada “the cherished 51st. State of the USA of America.”
Parodies of Trump’s Fact Social posts are frequent on social media. The Canadian Press beforehand truth checked a pretend picture showing to indicate the president complaining about Canada’s win in opposition to the USA this previous February on the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey event.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Oct. 1, 2025.
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