In the early hours of January 5, Donald Trump ran a midnight marathon on Truth Social, unleashing nearly 100 posts filled with self-reposts, unverified attacks, and bizarre geopolitical commentary.
Trump’s latest Truth Social rampage reads like a fever dream in bullet points. He recycled his own posts, shared screen recordings, and reposted political commentary — including wildly unverified attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar. Trump amplified a post from Mila Joy claiming Omar engaged in “money laundering, racketeering, bribery, kickbacks, conspiracy, campaign finance abuse, defrauding investors and employees… (Not to mention immigration fraud for marrying her brother.) Lock her up then boot her out.”
For clarity: the claim about Omar’s ex-husband being her brother has zero evidence and stems from a long-debunked, deleted Instagram screenshot. But Trump didn’t hesitate to weaponize it.
The barrage wasn’t just domestic nonsense. Trump shared a TikTok clip portraying Venezuelans thanking him for the capture of Nicolás Maduro — a bizarre mix of fantasy and propaganda. He then called Venezuela a “dead country” needing “big investments from the oil companies” to rebuild infrastructure. Translation: more corporate exploitation disguised as foreign policy expertise.
He even found time to praise Elon Musk, claiming the Tesla CEO is “reportedly going all-in funding Republicans to help President Trump take back full control in the November midterms.” That is an alarming signal that Trump’s election strategy is entwined with the whims of billionaires — a perfect reflection of his administration’s past approach to governance.
Trump’s obsession with self-promotion and grievance-based attacks is no longer contained to press conferences or rallies. Truth Social has become his private echo chamber, allowing him to flood followers with misinformation, exaggerations, and recycled narratives.
The broader danger isn’t the posts themselves, it’s the infrastructure of amplification. Nearly 100 posts in an hour isn’t just frenetic, it’s a deliberate strategy to dominate attention, drown out fact-checks, and normalize unverified claims.
