The internet mocked President Donald Trump on Tuesday after he advocated for a surveillance tool and bill that he claimed he "was a victim of."
Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social platform, citing that the military was concerned over the legislation — Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA 702 — and its importance to American security.
He wrote the following:
"I am working very hard with our Great Speaker, Mike Johnson, along with Chairman Jim Jordan and Chairman Rick Crawford, to get a clean extension of FISA 702 through the House of Representatives this week. I am asking Republicans to UNIFY, and vote together on the test vote to bring a clean Bill to the floor. We need to stick together when this Bill comes before the House Rules Committee today to keep it CLEAN!"
Several political commentators on social media were quick to notice the president had changed his tune on the legislation.
"Trump and Congress must like be spied on, I'm thinking not only don't we need FISA we don't need DHS either, let's cut the size of Government," Chuck Northrup, social media political commentator, wrote on X.
"Trump -- who claimed (validly) that he was the victim of politically motivated spying -- is now demanding an extension of domestic spying powers under FISA 702 with no reforms: just as Obama, Biden, Pelosi and Mike Johnson demanded. Beautiful bipartisan Deep State service," author and columnist Glenn Greenwald wrote on X.
"#Trump is rooting for FISA 702 - a surveillance bill to pass again The same leader who calls surveillance laws a 'witch hunt' when targeted… now calls them 'vital for national security' when in power. Victim yesterday. Custodian today.Outrage then. Justification now. In India, we’ve seen this screenplay before.Every state loves surveillance… until it becomes the subject of it. Then suddenly, privacy becomes sacred, Constitution becomes poetry, and institutions become 'deep state.' But the real irony? A President admitting the system can be abused —and still asking for it to be strengthened without reform," political commentator, writer and filmmaker Anurag Punetha wrote on X.
"Trump wanting fisa 702 now? what a d--- joke," commentator Misty Ari wrote on X.
"Remember when they weaponized FISA against Trump?" Internet personality and political commentator Wolfie wrote on X.