A sleep-deprived Donald Trump used his return to the White House to embark on a late-night Truth Social posting bash.
Trump flew back from Switzerland on Thursday night, after visiting the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he rejected his plans to seize control of Greenland and was shunned by key allies as he launched a multibillion-dollar peace plan.
Once home, the jet-lagged president made more than 70 posts during a 50-minute period from 12:40 am to 1:30 am, with scores of pro-MAGA reposts clogging his feed. Most of the posts appeared in his feed twice in a row.
Trump’s posting follows a difficult trip to Davos for the World Economic Forum. / FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images
Trump, 79, began his tweet by claiming he had helped save TikTok by announcing that the Chinese social media company would now operate in the United States under a majority American joint venture.
Republican megadonator Larry Ellison’s Oracle company will have a 15 percent stake in TikTok US Ellison, a close friend of Trump, will also lead Oracle’s “retraining” of TikTok’s trademark algorithm.
“It will now be owned by a group of Great American Patriots and Investors, the Greatest in the World, and it will be an important Voice,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I just hope that in the long run in the future I will be remembered by those who use and love TikTok.”
Donald Trump posts about TikTok on Truth Social. / supplied
Ironically, Trump had tried to ban TikTok in 2020, citing national security fears, but used the Chinese-owned app to broaden its appeal to younger voters during his 2024 election campaign.
Trump’s post dump covered everything from a trailer for his wife Melania’s Amazon documentary to video reruns from Fox News and Joe Rogan’s podcast.
There was also footage of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a PDF printout of a NewsMax cover story on Trump from December was uploaded.
Donald Trump shares NewsMax magazine on Social Truth. / screen grab
The president also shared negative posts towards his political enemies, including Governor Gavin Newsom of California, Minnesota Republican Ilhan Omar, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
His feed was also filled with duplicate posts about the stolen 2020 election, videos from UFC boss Dana White, and claims that he’s being successful in his handling of the American economy—despite polls suggesting otherwise.
He also shared content from a fan account dedicated to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Unfortunately for Trump, one of the posts read “American is back!!!” instead of “America is back!!!”
Donald Trump shares MAGA posts on Truth Social. / screen shot
The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.
Trump’s post-midnight Truth social onslaught follows an earlier social media frenzy from Europe. He spent more than an hour firing off posts attacking his critics and sharing scathing posts after the embarrassment of world leaders shunning his “Peace Board” signing ceremony.
Between 10:38 am and 1:01 pm EST, Trump fired 51 posts, many of which were screenshots of people who agreed with videos he had posted seconds earlier.
He included more conspiracy theories about 2020 election fraud as well as questionable claims about allowing ICE to use force against Minnesota protesters.