At 10.15pm, do you know where Donald Trump is? | US news
Gas prices are increasing rapidly due to blockages in the Strait of Hormuz as part of the unauthorized war in Iran. There’s a pretty important meeting with the Chinese President about this week’s books. The FDA director just resigned over a dispute over fruit-flavored e-cigarettes. Southern states are redrawing maps at a dizzying pace to alienate Black voters from their voter voices.
You know what that means: it’s time for conspiracy-laden, high-speed Truth Social posts.
Donald Trump went on a spree on his own social media site again this week, posting more than 50 times in less than three hours after 10pm ET. He continued to send messages Monday morning.
This was one of the biggest blows from the president’s enemies. He has gone after Barack Obama with false or unsubstantiated accusations on multiple occasions, claiming the former president was plotting a coup against Trump and calling Obama “the most DIVILICIOUS FORCE” in American politics. He shared modified images of Obama, Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi in the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial with the caption: “Dumacrats love sewers.”
He called on the New York Times to report on the plan to renovate the reflecting pool, saying the paper was “one of the worst newspapers anywhere in the world and is losing subscribers by the hour.” Reflecting pool renovations are “an extremely complex job of smart and beautiful construction,” he said.
He posted about putting himself on a $100 bill. He shared about Hillary Clinton’s emails. Multiple claims of stolen elections — Dominion voting machines, Georgia ballots, video from attorney Sidney Powell, a proponent of the “Stop the Steal” movement to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss.
Intense after-hours Truth Social sessions have become a feature of Trump’s second term in the White House and are providing new, tidy evidence for those who believe he should be removed from office under the 25th amendment, which provides a way for the vice president and the cabinet to remove a president if he is deemed “unable to discharge the powers and duties” of the presidency.
The Iran war has created more opportunities for Trump to step into the fray as he loses his grip on the Make America Great Again movement and watches his approval numbers plummet as costs for Americans rise.
On Easter, he directed his anger at Iran, telling them “Praise be to God” and saying, “Open the throat, you crazy bastards, or you will live in hell.” In early April, he threatened, “Tonight an entire civilization will die and never be brought back.” He reposted a photo depicting himself as Jesus and later claimed he believed he was a doctor in the doctored image. He posted several times as part of a feud with the pope, whom he specifically described as “weak on crime” due to Pope Leo’s opposition to the war. This disrespect has led some Maga aides to suggest that Trump may actually be the anti-Christ.
On Tuesday, he explained how he views Americans’ finances during efforts to end the Iran war: “Not even a little bit.”
“I don’t think about the financial situation of Americans,” he said in response to a reporter’s question. “I’m not thinking about anyone. I’m thinking about only one thing; we can’t let Iran have nuclear weapons. That’s all.”
Trump can still manage a news cycle with distraction, diverting attention away from the problems that are weighing on his second term: an unwanted war, the economic crisis, the Epstein files, the race to unseat Democratic power, revenge against his enemies, incompetent cabinet members.
Usually when a 79-year-old starts posting incessant conspiracy theories, rants, and AI images online, you debate whether it’s time to change his passwords and take away his car keys.
But when this man becomes president, this behavior makes some news, including some expert commentary from psychologists. on HuffPost About what this can tell us about the man’s brain. (“In the beginning it was colorful and creative,” one professor told HuffPost. “Now it’s a little scary and [includes] threatens a civilization.”) However, it is no longer highly rated due to its frequency.
Conspiratorial late-night social media frenzy? Well, it’s just Monday.
