Kathrine Frich
The 80-year-old president ranted about the Republican Party’s “perceived loss” in the midterms.
Waking up to a phone full of notifications is never a calm way to start the morning.
Most people just scroll past the noise and reach for their coffee, yet an early outburst from the highest office in the land is much harder to ignore.
This week, a string of dawn messages set off a fresh political storm.
A dawn posting spree
President Donald Trump sparked online calls to invoke the 25th Amendment on Thursday after publishing eight Truth Social posts in six hours, according to The Daily Beast.
The 80-year-old president ranted about the Republican Party’s “perceived loss” in the midterms, Mexican immigrants, the war with Iran, and Nvidia boss Jensen Huang resigning over a cheating scandal.
Five of those messages targeted Democrats with unbacked claims of “MASSIVE BLUE STATE CORRUPTION.” At the same time, Trump suddenly pulled Vice President JD Vance off peace talks with Tehran.
“I have asked Vice President Vance to focus his complete and total attention on the Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States throughout the U.S.,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
He added: “We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed. We’ve got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we’ve got their Strait!”
Backlash and insults
That sudden U-turn on the Iran conflict led critics on X to bring up the 25th Amendment, the constitutional rule for removing an unfit president. “Every day from now on will be a deeper journey into 25th Amendment territory,” journalist Ray Locker wrote on X, as cited by The Daily Beast.
White House spokesperson Davis Ingle hit back hard when contacted by the outlet.
“Only the glue-sniffing degenerates at the failing Daily Beast would obsessively push baseless conspiracy theories about President Trump, and that’s because they suffer from a severe, crippling disease known as Trump Derangement Syndrome that has completely rotted their peanut-sized brains,” the 32-year-old said, insisting the president remains in “excellent health.”
The Daily Beast noted that Ingle holds two degrees from Southeastern University in Florida, where his father Kent Ingle serves as president.
Elsewhere in his morning spree, Trump scolded Republicans for not ending the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act, warned incoming Texas Governor Gina Hinojosa and border agencies of doubled tariffs on Mexico, and pitched a wild tech swap.
“NOW THAT Nvidia CEO JENSEN HUANG, who has done a fantastic job, has resigned, there is only one man to take his place – TIM COOK of Apple. A Legend replaces a Legend!” Trump posted.
