Trump Floods Truth Social With Photos of Swifties and Communists
Donald Trump is very angry, and he’s not keeping it to himself.
Just a day before the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris was making waves in a crucial battleground state, where she recently gained a lead in the polls over Trump. In response, Trump took to Truth Social and went on a posting spree.
On Sunday, the former president inundated his Truth Social account with over 25 posts and reposts of his own content. His followers’ feeds were flooded with wild rants, false claims, and AI-generated images of Taylor Swift fans purportedly supporting his campaign.
“I accept!” he wrote above the screenshots of the fake Swift supporters, seemingly acknowledging their fictitious backing.
The images first appeared on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday and Saturday, shared by two popular right-wing accounts. One account blended these AI-generated images with genuine photos of a blonde woman wearing a “Swifties for Trump” shirt at a rally. Although the phrase “Swifties for Trump” briefly trended on the platform Friday night, there is no substantial evidence of a larger movement.
Additionally, he shared an image—created by the same X account earlier in the weekend—of a New York Post edition showing Vice President Harris speaking in front of a communist symbol.
On X, where he recently resumed posting after a long hiatus, he also shared an AI-generated image of Harris speaking before a crowd of communists at the Democratic convention, which isn’t set to begin until Monday. The source of the image remains unclear.
When reached for comment by CNN regarding the second altered image, a Trump campaign spokesperson responded with a single word from the first headline: “Kamunism.”
Trump continued his online activity throughout the afternoon and into the evening. One post focused on one of his recurring themes: rally crowd sizes.
“We had to turn away lots of people yesterday in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, but Comrade Kamala Harris’ Social Media Operation showed empty seats, long before the Rally started, early in the afternoon when, in actuality, we had to turn away 11,500 people!” he wrote. “She’s a Crooked Radical Left Politician, and always will be!”
Ammar Moussa, Harris’ director of rapid response, countered on X with real photos showing the low turnout at Trump’s Pennsylvania rally.
“Donald Trump really does not want anyone knowing that he spoke to an empty arena yesterday,” Moussa tweeted. “Do not say that. Seriously. Don’t.”
Jeff Timmer, the former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party and current senior adviser to the Lincoln Project, also commented on Trump’s actions.
“Looks like someone woke up on the gibbering barking panicked side of the bed today,” he tweeted.
Trump also took time to criticize Van Jones, expressing anger that the CNN commentator had praised Harris’ economic platform earlier in the week.
“Thank goodness we’re finally hearing from a Democrat aggressively addressing price gouging,” Jones remarked during a Friday appearance on The Situation Room, according to The Hill. He also commended Harris for her “strength” and “politics of joy.”
“I got it done, with Conservative help, and this lowlife, Jones, never once called to thank me, or the others who helped, for what we had accomplished,” Trump complained.
Trump continued by reminding his followers that he had done more for Black Americans while in office than any other president—with one possible exception.
“Along with Opportunity Zones, the long-term funding of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and much more, I’ve done more for our Black population than anyone other than, perhaps, Abraham Lincoln! Sorry, but that’s the way it is!” he declared.
The claim is a familiar refrain from him, one he’s reiterated countless times on social media, at campaign events, and, most recently, at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago.
Experts informed The Washington Post in 2020 that presidents who have contributed more to Black civil rights than Trump include Lyndon B. Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Harry Truman, and Barack Obama.
On Monday, Jones noted that Trump seemed to be struggling due to the decrease in media coverage since President Joe Biden announced he would not seek re-election, paving the way for Harris’ candidacy and renewing Democratic optimism.
“He’s failing and flailing. Listen, they’re saying that these are the worst three weeks of his campaign,” the CNN contributor told Anderson Cooper. “That’s what the press is saying.
“This is the year in which he got indicted, convicted, and shot at—and actually hit—by a bullet, and none of that is as bad to him as possibly not getting as much attention as Kamala.”
Surveys published by The New York Times and Siena College last weekend revealed that Harris had gained a four-point lead over Trump in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania; a five-point lead in Arizona; and a two-point lead in North Carolina. (Trump retained a one-point lead in Nevada and a four-point lead in Georgia.)
Harris also, for the first time, surpassed Trump on a national scale, with a Sunday poll from ABC News, The Washington Post, and Ipsos showing Harris leading by three points among registered voters in a race that includes third-party candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In a direct contest between Trump and Harris, she extends her lead to 49 percent to his 45 percent.