Donald Trump appeared to be sharing everything on his mind all at once on Wednesday as he posted more than 30 Truth Social posts in less than two hours.
The posts, of which there were 33 between 4.17pm and 6.40pm ET, came a day after Democrats won in a series of elections across the United States in New York, California, Virginia, and New Jersey.
Trump’s posts ranged in subject matter. In a handful of missives, Trump made recommendations to his followers to buy books written by former FBI special agent Nicole Parker, Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell, Georgia congressman Barry Loudermilk, senior counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro, and his own former lawyer, Christina Bobb. Most notably, Trump penned the foreword for Bobb’s book.
Other posts included videos of Trump appearing to read nearly verbatim from his own previously posted Truth Social text posts. They appeared to be artificially generated, but the Guardian could not independently confirm. Users on social media platform X asked Grok about their authenticity and Grok noted they were indeed AI.
Upon asking the White House for more information, the Guardian received an automated response that read in part: “Due to staff shortages resulting from the Democrat Shutdown, the typical 24/7 monitoring of this press inbox may experience delays.”
The videos feature Trump standing in front of a podium in an unknown room and covered topics such as his recent meeting with the prime minister of Japan, his G2 meeting with China’s president Xi Jinping, Walmart allegedly lowering its prices, and more.
“Walmart just announced that Prices for a Thanksgiving Dinner is now down 25% since under Sleepy/Crooked Joe Biden, in 2024. AFFORDABILITY is a Republican Stronghold. Hopefully, Republicans will use this irrefutable fact!” Trump posted.
In two impassioned posts, Trump reiterated verbally threats he made over the weekend to Nigeria and said “if the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the USA will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria.”
Another video has Trump criticizing Obamacare for being “really bad healthcare” and a “disaster”. Six minutes later, he pivoted to a video going after Democrats and calling them “crazed lunatics”. For more than three minutes, Trump rails against Democrats, telling Republicans to take the “nuclear option” and end the filibuster.
Yet again Trump pivots, and minutes later he started posting about the anniversary of his re-election.
One image of Trump and vice-president JD Vance, which reads “1 year since elected”, shows the two men with waxen skin as fireworks erupt in the background. Trump’s teeth are also unnaturally white.
The bizarre series of posts could raise further questions on Trump’s mental acuity. Additionally, they come just one day after Democrats swept statewide contests in Virginia, New Jersey, California and Pennsylvania.
Additionally, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won the mayor’s race in New York in a hugely successful campaign widely known for posting punchy social media videos of himself speaking directly to his followers. In his victory speech, Mamdani challenged Trump directly, saying that knew Trump was watching and that he should: “Turn the volume up.”
Trump responded to the Democrats’ wins on Tuesday night, posting in all caps on Truth Social: “Trump wasn’t on the ballot, and shutdown, were the two reasons that Republicans lost elections tonight,’ according to Pollsters.”
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