The president shook his head by continuing his streak of Social Truth postings after the Republican Party suffered a major upset in Texas.
President Donald Trump, 79, made seven appointments in just three minutes on Sunday afternoon and resumed six endorsements he made over the past week after the Democratic candidate won a decisive victory in the 9th Texas State Senate District, which he carried by more than 17 points in 2024.
First-time candidate Taylor Rehmet, 33, became the first Democrat to retain the seat in decades after handing MAGA activist Leigh Wambsganss a landslide defeat, 57 percent to 43 percent.
Democrat Taylor Rehmet cruised to victory in a special Texas state legislative election on Saturday—a district Trump carried comfortably a year ago. / Screenshot/Instagram / Instagram
Trump played nonchalant after the stunning defeat in the solidly Republican district by touting the supposed success of his policies.
The president retweeted opinion pieces from the Des Moines Register and The Free Press founded by Bari Weiss titled, “Iowans are earning more, paying less after Trump’s return” and “How Trump won Davos.”
President Donald Trump has linked to opinion pieces that lighten him up. / Donald Trump on Social Truth
Trump also posted a screenshot of a Jan. 26 X post by Roma Daravi, vice president for public affairs at the newly MAGA-funded Kennedy Center, thanking him for “saving America’s cultural center.”
The president posted another screenshot, this time going back to December 3 of last year, of a post X by Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar praising Trump’s “tremendous leadership.” At the time, Trump pardoned Cuellar, who was indicted on a dozen counts, including bribery, conspiracy, and money laundering.
In another Truth Social post, Trump boasted that he received a letter dated February 23, 1989, from convicted felon George M. Steinbrenner III, the principal owner and managing partner of the New York Yankees for more than three decades.
“You were great! You tell it like it is,” Steinbrenner wrote. “It’s like I told Stephen, you should run for President one day and fix the whole damn thing.”
Trump posted this February 23, 1989 letter he got from George Steinbrenner III. / Donald Trump on Social Truth
In another post, the president daydreamed about a presentation of his planned “Arc de Trump”.
The president also posted endorsements he had made in races in New Hampshire and Indiana.
In the case of the 9th Texas State Senate District, however, Trump’s Social Truth endorsements did not carry Wambsganss to victory.
Trump endorsed Wambsganss in three posts that took place between early Friday morning and Saturday afternoon.
Failed candidate Leigh Wambsganss thanked the president for his endorsement. / Screenshot/X / X
“Today is the day!” Trump wrote on Saturday. “To all Voters in the 9th Texas State Senate District: GET OUT AND VOTE for a phenomenal Candidate, Leigh Wambsganss. She is a very successful Entrepreneur, and an incredible supporter of our Movement to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.”
After Wambsganss lost, Trump pretended that he was unaware of the joy of the election that he had made three posts about.
“I don’t know. I haven’t heard about it,” he told reporters at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday.
“I’m not involved in this. That’s a local Texas race. You mean I won by 17 [points]and this person lost?” he said before shrugging. “Things like this happen.”