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BumRushDaShow

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Thu Apr 9, 2026, 05:52 AM Thursday

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