Trump Fires Off 15 Memorial Day Posts as Iran Deal Criticism Fuels Truth Social Barrage
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Updated · The Daily Beast · May 25
Trump Fires Off 15 Memorial Day Posts as Iran Deal Criticism Fuels Truth Social Barrage
2 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · May 25
Fifteen Truth Social posts from Trump before his Arlington National Cemetery visit dominated his Memorial Day morning, mixing attacks on Democrats and Republicans with praise for allies and an expletive-laced Iran meme.
A 6:10 a.m. post set the tone, with the 79-year-old president lashing out at critics of a potential Iran deal that he said had not even been negotiated yet, naming Thom Tillis, Bill Cassidy and Thomas Massie.
By 6:18 a.m. and 6:26 a.m., Trump had folded the same rhetoric into Memorial Day messages, writing "Happy Memorial Day" while again deriding "Dumocrats" and mocking their policy and candidates.
The posting spree also included reposts from pro-Trump accounts, attacks on Barack Obama and Joe Biden over Iran, and copies of a Todd Blanche legal filing tied to the White House ballroom project.
The burst fits a broader pattern under scrutiny: a Daily Beast analysis found Trump posted 189 times between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. in April, with at least one nighttime post on 83% of days.
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