President Donald Trump spent part of Sunday flooding Truth Social with digitally altered attacks targeting some of his favorite political enemies, including a bizarre fake image showing California Governor Gavin Newsom trapped inside what appeared to be a padded mental institution.
In the image, Newsom looked terrified while surrounded by repeated references to Trump’s name plastered across the walls. Trump has frequently mocked the California governor with the nickname “Newscum,” and the post was clearly meant to humiliate one of his most outspoken Democratic critics.
But Newsom wasn’t the only target of the president’s latest online meltdown.
Trump also shared a meme attacking Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson titled “Dumb and Dumber: The Illinois Government,” parodying the 1994 comedy film. The image showed Pritzker sweaty, red-faced, and sticking out his tongue beside Johnson as Trump once again lashed out at Democratic leaders over crime and immigration.
Both Illinois Democrats have repeatedly criticized Trump over his immigration crackdowns and inflammatory rhetoric. Pritzker previously compared aggressive ICE tactics to authoritarian abuses and recently argued that Trump has helped fuel the country’s increasingly dangerous political climate following another assassination scare involving the former president.
Trump then turned his attention to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, posting a racially charged caricature labeling him “Low IQ” while depicting the New York congressman wearing flashy jewelry and holding cash as chaos unfolded around him in an exaggerated, crime-ridden version of New York City.
The post came shortly after Trump publicly demanded Jeffries be removed from Congress after the Democrat criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down race-based gerrymandering protections tied to the Voting Rights Act.
Former President Barack Obama also found himself dragged into the barrage. Trump reposted a meme based on the viral Drake format that mocked Obama for criticizing Republican-drawn Southern district maps while supposedly celebrating Democratic maps in the North. The meme attempted to frame Democratic objections to the Supreme Court ruling as hypocritical after the court overturned a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana.
The posting spree adds to a growing pattern of Trump using social media less like a platform for presidential messaging and more like a nonstop meme war against political opponents. Instead of discussing policy, inflation, healthcare, or rising economic anxiety, the president spent the weekend amplifying fake images, insults, and culture-war bait aimed at Democrats he views as personal enemies.
For someone running the country during multiple international and domestic crises, Trump increasingly appears more focused on trolling critics online than governing.
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