Donald Trump’s latest post on Truth Social set off a firestorm this weekend, with critics blasting the former president for what many are calling unhinged rhetoric and reckless threats against a U.S. ally.
On Saturday, Trump targeted Nigeria, a key strategic partner, with an explosive warning: “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities,” Trump wrote. “I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!”
The online reaction was swift and merciless.
Ex-prosecutor Ron Filipkowski questioned Trump’s mental state, saying, “At some point we might have to consider the fact that he might be mentally unstable.”
Independent journalist Aaron Rupar called the post attention-seeking and alarming: “Trump posts crazy stuff like this at times where he feels like he’s not getting enough attention and wants people to start talking about him again.” He added, “It’s deranged, narcissistic behavior.”
Conservative analyst Jeff Timmer also criticized Trump, saying, “In the old days, when in moods like this, he’d just lurk in dressing rooms at Bergdorf’s or head over to Epstein’s place.” On social media, Timmer wrote: “U.S. Capitol, Greenland, Los Angeles, Iran, Canada, democracy, Washington DC, Portland, narco-boats, Chicago, pleasure fishing boats, the Constitution, Venezuela, the rule of law, Nigeria. All the same to the lawless, corrupt, chickens—, moron in the WH.”
Adding a sharp academic perspective, Professor Timothy Snyder observed, “Is it just me or do these proclamations sound more and more like the work of Dement AI?”
Trump’s post has alarmed observers and raised concerns about the consequences of using social media to make international threats. The prospect of unilaterally targeting a sovereign nation in such incendiary terms has few precedents in modern U.S. politics, and critics are calling it both reckless and dangerous.
