On Monday evening, former President Donald Trump spent five hours on, publishing over 160 posts between 7 p.m. and midnight in a flurry of social media activity. This extensive posting included content promoting far-right conspiracy theories, AI-generated videos, and criticisms directed at his political rivals.
Interspersed with featured advertisements urging individuals to “Defend the homeland” and “Join ICE today,” Trump’s numerous posts highlighted his recent and an instruction to invalidate all Executive Orders issued by President Joe Biden.
Other posts circulated conspiracy theories: Trump shared a clip of far-right commentator and Info Wars founder Alex Jones interviewing Bed Bath & Beyond founder Patrick Byrne, who falsely asserted that former first lady Michelle Obama “went in and used the autopen” for “four or five pardons.”
There was also a of a Fox News discussion featuring Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who alleged she possessed more than 100 documents providing evidence that former President Barack Obama instructed intelligence officials to generate a new assessment of the “Russiagate hoax.” A spokesperson for Obama has previously refuted these allegations.
Several of Trump’s posts were shared twice—once with and once without additional comments. Many of these posts targeted his, including California’s Gavin Newsom, considered a leading Democratic contender for the 2028 presidential election, and Senator Mark Kelly, who is currently under a Department of Defense investigation for “serious allegations of misconduct.” Another suggested the deportation of Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar.
The posts concentrating on immigration were wide-ranging. One featured a video clip of an individual characterizing foreign nationals who come to the U.S. and “demand you accept their culture as your culture” as “invaders.” This individual further claimed that these foreign nationals would prohibit people from eating certain foods and compel women to dress modestly.
A number of posts were directed at Somali immigrants, a community currently facing significant scrutiny from the White House and subject to an immigration crackdown. This intensified focus followed the identification of an Afghan asylee as the suspect in last week’s shooting of two National Guardsmen, despite Trump’s own acknowledgement that the Somali community had no connection to the recent incident.
One particular post appeared to be an AI-generated video of Elon Musk discussing the Somali community in Minnesota and various allegations of fraud.
Many of the President’s “re-truths” emphasized statements from his supporters who lauded his performance in the Oval Office thus far.
A tendency for frequent posting
This surge of posts was reminiscent of his first term, which was characterized by over 11,000 tweets throughout his four years in office. In more than half of those Twitter posts, the President attacked an individual or entity, frequently targeting Democrats, news organizations, or matters related to Russia and impeachment inquiries.
Monday night’s posting frenzy did not, in fact, constitute a new record for Trump’s daily post count as president. He had previously accumulated 200 tweets and retweets when he posted during nationwide demonstrations against police brutality. Prior to that, his earlier record was established during his Senate impeachment trial, where he posted 142 times.
Trump’s inclination for publicly expressing his views was evident even before he assumed the presidency. He a record 161 times in January 2015.
Despite his late-night digital session, Trump was up early on Tuesday morning. His initial at 5:48 a.m. declared: “TRUTH SOCIAL IS THE BEST! There is nothing even close!!!”
