In a dramatic late-night display that has reignited questions about his fitness for office, 79-year-old U.S. President Donald Trump flooded his Truth Social platform with more than 50 posts over three hours just after midnight Monday, pushing unsubstantiated conspiracy theories and vitriolic content targeting political opponents as he prepares for a high-stakes diplomatic trip to China and manages a tense economic standoff with Iran.
Nearly all of the overnight posts were reshared content from allied supporter accounts, including a number of AI-generated crude memes attacking political rivals. Two of the posts, one labeling former Democratic President Barack Obama a “traitor” and another calling him a “DEMONIC FORCE”, joined a slate of other posts openly demanding the arrest of Obama and other prominent critics of the sitting president.
Multiple posts calling for accelerated legal action against Trump’s opponents directly tagged Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal criminal defense attorney who was recently appointed acting U.S. Attorney General. Reports have already linked Blanche to plans to speed up prosecutions of figures who have publicly opposed Trump, a move that has raised alarm across political circles over the independence of the Department of Justice.
The outburst also centered on one of Trump’s long-debunked falsehoods: his repeated insistence that the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen from him. He amplified baseless claims that voting machine manufacturers intentionally switched votes from him to Joe Biden, the election’s actual winner, and repeated an unproven assertion that the Central Intelligence Agency concealed knowledge of the alleged manipulation to influence the election’s outcome. “The CIA knew what these machines were capable of and brushed it under the rug to control election outcomes,” one reshared post on his account read.
Along with reshared content, Trump shared two original posts attributed to “President DJT”. One offered a cryptic teaser that the U.S. “was going to talk” with Cuba, offering no additional context for the potential diplomatic shift. The second, a 400-plus word entry, served as a defense of the pricey taxpayer-funded renovation project he spearheaded for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a project that has drawn criticism for its ballooning costs.
The overnight social media spree comes as public doubts over Trump’s physical and mental fitness for the presidency continue to climb. A recent joint poll conducted by the Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos found that 59% of surveyed Americans believe Trump lacks the mental capacity to effectively lead the nation, while 55% said he is not physically fit to hold the country’s highest office. As the oldest person ever elected to the U.S. presidency, Trump has repeatedly pushed back on these concerns, insisting he remains in peak condition. “I feel the same as I did 50 years ago. It’s crazy,” he claimed in a public statement Monday.
In an announcement released Monday, the White House confirmed that Trump will undergo a full medical and dental examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, located just outside Washington D.C., on May 26. The examination will mark his third routine full check-up since he returned to the White House 18 months ago following his 2024 election win.