Donald Trump launched a late-night social media tirade on Monday, posting more than 50 times in three hours on his Truth Social platform. The posts targeted political opponents including Barack Obama, the New York Times, and the Supreme Court, with false accusations and calls for prosecution of Democratic rivals.
The outburst came hours before Trump's planned trip to China for talks with Xi Jinping, amid rising economic pressure from the US and Israel's war with Iran. Trump has repeatedly extended the conflict's timeline, describing a ceasefire deal as 'on life support'.
Trump promoted posts falsely accusing Obama of plotting a coup, calling him a 'traitor' and 'the most demonic force in American politics'. He shared altered images of Obama, Joe Biden, and Nancy Pelosi in the Lincoln Memorial's reflecting pool, which appeared filled with sewage under the caption 'Dumacrats love sewage'.
The president also attacked the New York Times over a report about a $6.9m contract to restore the reflecting pool, which was awarded to a company that renovated a pool at his Virginia golf course. Trump defended the project as 'deeply complicated work of smart and beautiful construction'.
Other targets included Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Hillary Clinton. Trump repeated false claims about the 2020 election and criticised conservative justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett for voting against his tariff agenda, calling their decisions 'so bad, and hurtful to our Country'.
