"Just after midnight, he posted about the bombing campaign, including a threat to retaliate if Iran itself retaliated (“THEY BETTER NOT DO THAT”). But he soon had a lot more on his mind; mid-morning, he posted a video portraying Senator Mitch McConnell as the floppy, deceased Bernie from Weekend at Bernie's. He posted a Tiktok video praising his State of the Union a speech he had given five days prior then reposted that video, along with a screenshot of a post on the social media site X."
"Just after noon, he posted an update on the war (“we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively large and important”). Mid-afternoon, he posted a string of Trump-friendly news coverage, including a New York Post article from September 2024 about how Lady Gaga's father endorsed Trump in the presidential race. Shortly thereafter, in the span of five minutes, he posted 10 times, all of them lists of screenshots of praise from X users for his State of the Union address."
"He later posted a video update about the war in Iran, followed by a video marked as being from an Instagram user called @truthaboutfluoride, purporting to show San Francisco as a run-down city filled with poverty. During his first presidential campaign, Trump's constant stream of seemingly unvetted tweets was a sideshow that quickly became inescapable — the boasts, insults, and lies at times hijacked news cycles."
"Once he was elected, they presented a new frontier in American politics: a real-time view into a president's mind. Ten years, one Twitter ejection, one Twitter return, and a move to Truth Social later, Trump's posts still make news — like when he announces a war or tries to pick a fight with the pope — but for many have become the background noise of American"
On March 1, the day after U.S. forces bombed Iran and began a war lasting more than nine weeks, President Trump posted 30 times on Truth Social. Early posts included a threat to retaliate if Iran retaliated. He then shared a video portraying Senator Mitch McConnell as a deceased, floppy character, and posted and reposted a video praising his State of the Union speech. He followed with a war update claiming destruction and sinking of nine Iranian naval ships. He also posted links to Trump-friendly news coverage, including an endorsement story involving Lady Gaga’s father. He then posted multiple screenshots of praise for his State of the Union, followed by war videos and a video claiming to show San Francisco as run-down and impoverished. The pattern reflects how his constant, often unvetted posts have become a persistent feature of American politics.
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