Following Donald Trump’s magnificent victory in the 2024 US Presidential Elections, a fabricated statement attributed to Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, has been circulated, claiming that in his congratulatory message to Donald Trump, he referred to Trump as a “Messiah.” However, D-Intent Data has found that the statement is entirely fabricated and self-invented. Muhammad Yunus did not use such words in his original statement.
Sharing the statement on X (Formerly Twitter), @salah_shoaib wrote. Just In: Friend of Clintons and Soros, Muhammad Yunus now sees “messiah” in Trump. In a message, Yunus termed @realDonaldTrump – the “President of the free world” and “messiah” he has been “waiting for”. Interestingly, when Trump in his Diwali message strongly condemned “barbaric violence against Hindus” in Bangladesh, press secretary of Bangladesh’s interim regime’s chief advisor rubbished it stating it might have been “influenced by lobbyists”. Later, he deleted the post.
Source: X
Republic TV also made it a piece of breaking news and said. Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to Bangladesh’s interim government, calls Donald Trump a ‘Messiah’ in congratulatory message. Later, they deleted the post.
Source: X
Several other users and Influencers have also shared the fake statement and made similar claims. Their posts can be seen here, @hindu8789, @RuparaniB
The truth about the viral statement of Muhammad Yunus, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the statement and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the statement and found that the statement was fabricated.
To verify the claims made by the users. We visited the official X (Formerly Twitter) account of the Chief Adviser of the interim Government of Bangladesh (@ChiefAdviserGoB) where we found the original statement. The original statement issued by Yunus contains only a formal congratulatory message acknowledging Trump’s election, with no mention of the term “Messiah” or any language suggesting such reverence
Therefore, it is evident from D-Intent Data‘s Fact Check that the statement was fabricated and falsely attributed to Muhammad Yunus.
Intent
Social media users, influencers and media outlets circulated a fake statement attributed to Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh to target him.
Conclusion
Claim– The Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government Muhammad Yunus called Donald Trump the “Messiah”.
Fact– The statement is fake and fabricated. Nothing to do with reality.
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