Texas Governor Tricked by Fake War Clip Amid Misinformation Surge

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott mistakenly shared video game footage on X believing it showed real U.S.–Iran combat, before deleting it. The clip, originally posted by another user and captioned as an Iranian plane being shot down, came from the WWII–style game War Thunder — not any actual military engagement, according to social platform context flags.

Abbott re…