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BumRushDaShow

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Thu Apr 9, 2026, 05:52 AM 16 hrs ago

'Destroying your presidency!' MAGA civil war breaks out on Trump's own platform [View all]

Source: Raw Story

April 8, 2026 5:59PM ET


President Donald Trump's social media site, normally nothing more than a platform for himself to rant and his most avid fans to admire him, is plunging into warfare, as MAGA fans turn on each other over Trump's moves in the Iran conflict.

According to The New York Times, "Thousands of users on the social media platform, which Mr. Trump created in 2022, have responded to the president’s drumbeat of posts with a mix of frustration, disbelief and outrage. They have written that they feel betrayed by the expanding war in Iran and ashamed when Mr. Trump used an expletive on Easter to make demands of the Iranian government. Some were so perplexed by his military interventions that one declared they 'make zero sense.'"

Trump established Truth Social in response to his removal from other social media platforms following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. These platforms ultimately allowed him back on a few years later, but he has mostly continued to rely on Truth Social as his platform for communicating with the public.

He often uses it to go after whatever random person is annoying him at any given moment, like rock star Bruce Springsteen. One "committed anti-leftist" account called @Ultra_MAGA_King said, "You’re utterly destroying your presidency with this nonsense. It’s probably too late to course correct at this point. A shameful waste of a great start."

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/truth-social-2676682392/



Link to NYT article - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/us/politics/trump-truth-social-iran.html
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What a bunch of whiny snowflakes. littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago #1
with all due respect to them (NONE), they can all go FUCK THEMSELVES Skittles 16 hrs ago #2
doesn't trump get paid whether the post is adoring or inflammatory? rampartd 16 hrs ago #3
Yes INDEED, Skittles, Yes INDEED! ms liberty 12 hrs ago #11
dingx 1000 AllaN01Bear 7 hrs ago #30
Hang on, let me get some popcorn! AZ8theist 15 hrs ago #4
Groucho said it best Ray Bruns 14 hrs ago #5
FYI, the People magazine meme is fake. (n/t) thesquanderer 14 hrs ago #6
How did you find that out? Snopes? Bayard 10 hrs ago #20
Yes, Snopes Tasmanian Devil 9 hrs ago #21
Good to know. ShazzieB 8 hrs ago #28
googled the quote, lots of links about its fakeness... thesquanderer 9 hrs ago #22
K but that one isn't (and it's obvious he knows nothing any POTUS should know) Justice matters. 7 hrs ago #32
Understood. But does anybody believe he doesn't think like that? AZ8theist 5 hrs ago #36
"" AllaN01Bear 7 hrs ago #31
Do I hear the ghost of Ernst Rohm? Ponietz 14 hrs ago #7
Every one of them would vote for him again (and again and again) durablend 13 hrs ago #8
Because racism. CaptainTruth 10 hrs ago #18
*snort* tanyev 13 hrs ago #9
They're just now discovering the character of the person they worshipped? Martin Eden 13 hrs ago #10
Let them. Icanthinkformyself 12 hrs ago #12
In the words of Napolean Bonaparte: MarineCombatEngineer 12 hrs ago #13
And "The real art of war is to subdue your enemy without fighting." ananda 10 hrs ago #19
They are so poorly informed. travelingthrulife 12 hrs ago #14
LOL but he needs a Presidential Library Historic NY 11 hrs ago #15
Library is already in the works. I have an artist's rendition (OK, So I'm the artist, big deal) usonian 8 hrs ago #25
A shameful waste of a great start? peggysue2 10 hrs ago #16
Aren't they mostly Russian bots on Truth Social? FakeNoose 10 hrs ago #17
And on Xitter also. Initech 9 hrs ago #23
...Only The Best People.... Ford_Prefect 9 hrs ago #24
NYT archive usonian 8 hrs ago #26
Womp womp UpInArms 8 hrs ago #27
in other news: the orange pedo still doesn't care about them or what they say. nt Javaman 7 hrs ago #29
! LudwigPastorius 7 hrs ago #33
"A shameful waste of a great start"??? PatSeg 6 hrs ago #34
Pass the popcorn, please blue-wave 5 hrs ago #35
Crack open a beer and light a joint. Indyfan53 5 hrs ago #37
I would have thought him having sex with underage girls mgardener 3 hrs ago #38
If the MAGAts are having buyers' regret, that is a good thing surely? Aussie105 3 hrs ago #39
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