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BumRushDaShow

(170,155 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 05:52 AM 11 hrs ago

'Destroying your presidency!' MAGA civil war breaks out on Trump's own platform

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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'Destroying your presidency!' MAGA civil war breaks out on Trump's own platform (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago OP
What a bunch of whiny snowflakes. littlemissmartypants 11 hrs ago #1
with all due respect to them (NONE), they can all go FUCK THEMSELVES Skittles 11 hrs ago #2
doesn't trump get paid whether the post is adoring or inflammatory? rampartd 11 hrs ago #3
Yes INDEED, Skittles, Yes INDEED! ms liberty 8 hrs ago #11
dingx 1000 AllaN01Bear 2 hrs ago #30
Hang on, let me get some popcorn! AZ8theist 10 hrs ago #4
Groucho said it best Ray Bruns 9 hrs ago #5
FYI, the People magazine meme is fake. (n/t) thesquanderer 9 hrs ago #6
How did you find that out? Snopes? Bayard 5 hrs ago #20
Yes, Snopes Tasmanian Devil 4 hrs ago #21
Good to know. ShazzieB 3 hrs ago #28
googled the quote, lots of links about its fakeness... thesquanderer 4 hrs ago #22
K but that one isn't (and it's obvious he knows nothing any POTUS should know) Justice matters. 2 hrs ago #32
Understood. But does anybody believe he doesn't think like that? AZ8theist 47 min ago #36
"" AllaN01Bear 2 hrs ago #31
Do I hear the ghost of Ernst Rohm? Ponietz 9 hrs ago #7
Every one of them would vote for him again (and again and again) durablend 8 hrs ago #8
Because racism. CaptainTruth 5 hrs ago #18
*snort* tanyev 8 hrs ago #9
They're just now discovering the character of the person they worshipped? Martin Eden 8 hrs ago #10
Let them. Icanthinkformyself 7 hrs ago #12
In the words of Napolean Bonaparte: MarineCombatEngineer 7 hrs ago #13
And "The real art of war is to subdue your enemy without fighting." ananda 5 hrs ago #19
They are so poorly informed. travelingthrulife 7 hrs ago #14
LOL but he needs a Presidential Library Historic NY 6 hrs ago #15
Library is already in the works. I have an artist's rendition (OK, So I'm the artist, big deal) usonian 4 hrs ago #25
A shameful waste of a great start? peggysue2 5 hrs ago #16
Aren't they mostly Russian bots on Truth Social? FakeNoose 5 hrs ago #17
And on Xitter also. Initech 4 hrs ago #23
...Only The Best People.... Ford_Prefect 4 hrs ago #24
NYT archive usonian 3 hrs ago #26
Womp womp UpInArms 3 hrs ago #27
in other news: the orange pedo still doesn't care about them or what they say. nt Javaman 3 hrs ago #29
! LudwigPastorius 2 hrs ago #33
"A shameful waste of a great start"??? PatSeg 1 hr ago #34
Pass the popcorn, please blue-wave 1 hr ago #35
Crack open a beer and light a joint. Indyfan53 33 min ago #37

Skittles

(171,893 posts)
2. with all due respect to them (NONE), they can all go FUCK THEMSELVES
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 06:05 AM
11 hrs ago

YOU VOTED FOR THIS, YOU STUPID FUCKING ASSHOLES - OWN IT

rampartd

(4,691 posts)
3. doesn't trump get paid whether the post is adoring or inflammatory?
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 06:10 AM
11 hrs ago

he is just pumping up "shareholder value."

Tasmanian Devil

(171 posts)
21. Yes, Snopes
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 12:37 PM
4 hrs ago
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-republicans-dumbest-voters/
We found no evidence that Trump said Republicans are "the dumbest group of voters."
...
In 1998, People covered Trump mostly for his relationships with his first and second wives, Ivana Trump and Marla Maples. While there is evidence Trump was interested in politics during the late '90s, nothing we found proved he ever said anything about "dumb Republicans" to any reputable publication.


Archived copy of Snopes article: https://archive.is/hVMir

Justice matters.

(9,837 posts)
32. K but that one isn't (and it's obvious he knows nothing any POTUS should know)
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 02:46 PM
2 hrs ago

snip

Despite the US president attesting to the fact that he finished “top of his class” at Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania, his former college professor, William T. Kelley, had another view.

After Kelley’s death, Frank DiPrima, a close friend of Kelley, revealed that the professor felt the president was a fool.

“Professor Kelley told me 100 times over three decades that ‘Donald Trump was the dumbest goddam student I ever had,'” DiPrima wrote for the Daily Kos. “I remember his emphasis and inflection — it went like this — ‘Donald Trump was the dumbest goddam student I ever had.”


Source: https://studyinternational.com/news/trump-student-wharton/

War criminal Bone Spurs did not know the easy geopolitical fact that the king of England is Canada's head of state for example

There should be a complete review and standards set by Congress to verify and approve (or reject) all candidates running for the most powerful job on Earth, like serious "tests" about easy facts they HAVE to know.

AZ8theist

(7,423 posts)
36. Understood. But does anybody believe he doesn't think like that?
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 04:47 PM
47 min ago

After all, HE DID SAY He loves the uneducated.

Ponietz

(4,351 posts)
7. Do I hear the ghost of Ernst Rohm?
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 08:24 AM
9 hrs ago

Those ungrateful brown shirts have overstayed their use, eh Stanky?

durablend

(9,279 posts)
8. Every one of them would vote for him again (and again and again)
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 08:35 AM
8 hrs ago

Because "her laugh" or "her emails" or "that damn tan suit"

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,101 posts)
13. In the words of Napolean Bonaparte:
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:53 AM
7 hrs ago
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

travelingthrulife

(5,232 posts)
14. They are so poorly informed.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:05 AM
7 hrs ago

We must get Fox News and the rest of this crap off the air. We deserve the truth.

Historic NY

(40,053 posts)
15. LOL but he needs a Presidential Library
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:34 AM
6 hrs ago

for what a cell phone or transcripts from the dumbest fucker to ever occupy the WH. It plays his greatest best tweets

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usonian

(25,588 posts)
25. Library is already in the works. I have an artist's rendition (OK, So I'm the artist, big deal)
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 01:31 PM
4 hrs ago

peggysue2

(12,537 posts)
16. A shameful waste of a great start?
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:47 AM
5 hrs ago

Hummm. Was that the DOGE debacle when Agent Orange allowed no-nothings to take control of our major institutions and ransack the place? Or was the 'great start' Musk and his chainsaw? Or perhaps the Cabinet selection of loyalists vs experienced individuals to ensure the damage and gutting would continue. Or the ICE raids to terrorize Americans, immigrants and citizens alike. Or shrugging off our historical allies with threats and insults and never-ending bullying. Or economic ruin through tariffs?

Renee Goode's death followed by Alex Pretti followed by numerous detainees in ICE custody. Was that it, the prologue to greatness?

When looking back, one can easily understand the ill-planned, disastrous war in Iran because ETTD has always been in play.

There's been no greatness from Trump or his Administration, only cruelty and stupidity.

And endless lies making each and every silent Republican ripe candidates for The Hague.

FakeNoose

(41,771 posts)
17. Aren't they mostly Russian bots on Truth Social?
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:52 AM
5 hrs ago

I mean ... even the BOTS are revolting now?

Shocking!

Initech

(108,871 posts)
23. And on Xitter also.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 12:51 PM
4 hrs ago

My account got banned after nearly 14 years. It looks like they're coming for more liberal accounts.

Ford_Prefect

(8,628 posts)
24. ...Only The Best People....
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 01:05 PM
4 hrs ago

They were offered the hard Truth.

They chose the easy lies.

Long may it wave!!!

PatSeg

(53,217 posts)
34. "A shameful waste of a great start"???
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 04:20 PM
1 hr ago

What "great start" was that? I missed that.

What we're witnessing is more like what one would expect after such an ignominious start.

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