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Donald Trump challenged the strength of NATO in one of his nearly 100 posts to Truth Social in the middle of the night.

The president made a total of 85 posts over the span of five hours, with many reposts of right-wing clips including posts featuring comment from Elon Musk and Pete Hegseth. Before his reposting spree, Trump lashed out at NATO, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and an advertisement for Melania Trump's upcoming documentary.

Trump also boasted of "saving TikTok" before his massive spree of reposts on Truth Social. He wrote, "I am so happy to have helped in saving TikTok! It will now be owned by a group of Great American Patriots and Investors, the Biggest in the World, and will be an important Voice.

"Along with other factors, it was responsible for my doing so well with the Youth Vote in the 2024 Presidential Election. I only hope that long into the future I will be remembered by those who use and love TikTok. Thank you to Vice President JD Vance, and all of the others within my Administration, who helped bring this Deal to a very dramatic, final, and beautiful conclusion.

"I would also like to thank President Xi, of China, for working with us and, ultimately, approving the Deal. He could have gone the other way, but didn’t, and is appreciated for his decision. PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP."

Another post from the president hit out at NATO, suggesting the peace treaty members should be brought to the border of America and Mexico.

Trump wrote, "Maybe we should have put NATO to the test: Invoked Article 5, and forced NATO to come here and protect our Southern Border from further Invasions of Illegal Immigrants, thus freeing up large numbers of Border Patrol Agents for other tasks."

The president also lashed out at Newsom, writing, "Gavin Newscum, as a “Lame Duck” Governor of a Failing State, should not be at Davos running around screaming for the attention of Foreign Leaders, and embarrassing our Country. He made a mockery of himself, and everybody, including his staff, knows it!

"He should get the permits so that people can build their homes destroyed by the fire that he could have prevented if he would have allowed water to flow from the Pacific Northwest. He should finish his monstrously 'overbudget and behind schedule' Railroad, from San Francisco to L.A., one of the Greatest Public Disasters in History, and focus on stopping Crime in the streets of California Cities — Then finish out his term, and GO HOME!

"With a record like he’s got, the ruination of one of the most beautiful places on Earth, where people are leaving in droves, it is unimaginable that he could run for President but, who knows, it’s a very strange World!"

Over 80 of the posts were reposts from Trump, with clips of Musk and Hegseth featured alongside screenshots of Newsmax magazine.

Donald Trump has lashed out at a NATO ally in a late night Truth Social post.

The president has already taken tariff action against several NATO nations in retaliation to their stance on Greenland. Trump and his administration has made it clear they want to take Greenland for national security reasons. NATO members have opposed this aim, saying it would undermine the intergovernmental organization should Trump take action against another member state.

Trump has since applied a 10% tariff to several countries, including Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Germany. In a post to Truth Social, the president raged at the UK for giving up an island with a US military base on it.

He wrote, "Shockingly, our 'brilliant' NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER."

"There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness. These are International Powers who only recognize STRENGTH, which is why the United States of America, under my leadership, is now, after only one year, respected like never before."

"The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired. Denmark and its European Allies have to DO THE RIGHT THING. Thank you for your attention to this matter. PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP."

Trump also shared text screenshots between himself and French President Emmanuel Macron. The French President wrote, "We are totally in line on Syria. We can do great things on Iran. I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland."

Another screenshot from Trump was posted just minutes after he called out the "great stupidity" of the UK. Trump wrote, "Thank you to Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO!" Attached was a screenshot of a text received from Rutte.

It reads, "Mr. President, dear Donald - what you accomplished in Syria today is incredible. I will use my media engagements in Davos to highlight your work there, in Gaza, and in Ukraine. I am committed to finding a way forward on Greenland. Can't wait to see you."

Donald Trump has gone on a late night Truth Social binge, posting nearly 100 times in the middle of the night.

The president uses the social media platform to announce administration updates and to take aim at his critics, but a flurry of reposts were made by Trump in the early hours of January 5. Many of the posts appeared to be reposts of his own Truth Social comments, which were screen recordings or screenshots of political commentary.

Posts made by the president touched on immigration in the US, Venezuela, and one denounced the "thieving government". The post reads, "Tell me again, why do we pay tax money to a broken, lying, thieving government?"

It marks one of 89 posts made by the president in the span of an hour. One post appeared to praise tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, with the video seemingly confirming the Tesla head will back the Republican Party in the midterms later this year.

The post reads, "Elon Musk is reportedly going all-in funding Republicans to help President Trump take back full control in the November midterms." Trump also made reposts on voter ID laws and repeated a debunked claim on Ilhan Omar.

Trump reposted a comment from Mila Joy, which reads, "Ilhan Omar - money laundering, racketeering, bribery, kickbacks, conspiracy, campaign finance abuse, defrauding investors and employees... (Not to mention immigration fraud for marrying her brother.) Lock her up then boot her out."

Rumors that Omar's ex-husband Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is secretly her brother, and married her to illegally gain residency in the United States, have circulated since 2016 during her run for Minnesota state legislature, when a right-wing website briefly posted, then deleted, what was purported to be an Instagram screenshot that showed Elmi with Omar's children by a previous marriage, and calling them "nieces."

There is no evidence for the claim other than this now-deleted, unsubstantiated screenshot. Trump also shared a TikTok clip which saw Venezuelans thank Trump for the capture of president Nicolás Maduro.

The president has since called Venezuela a "dead" country in need of investment. "Venezuela, right now, is a dead country," Trump said. "We have to bring it back. We're going to have to have big investments from the oil companies to rebuild the infrastructure."

"The oil companies are ready to go," Trump continued. "They're going to go in. They're going to build the infrastructure. We built it to start off with many years ago. They took it away. You can't do that."

Donald Trump's Truth Social post commenting on the death of film director Rob Reiner highlights the president's "thirst for political violence," an analyst claimed Tuesday.

Writing in The Bulwarks' Morning Shots newsletter, Mona Charen suggested Trump had a lust for political violence which had exposed itself in his Truth Social post. The president had reacted to the death of Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner after the pair were found dead at their home on Sunday.

Trump's first statement regarding Reiner's death read, "A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS."

"He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!"

Charen wrote, "So powerful is his thirst for political violence that he not only fails to recoil from it when it breaks out; he fantasizes that it’s taking place even when it isn’t."

"There’s zero reason to believe Reiner’s murder had anything to do with his political opposition to Trump. But the president says this is true for the same reason he says many false things are true: because he wants it to be true."

The political commentator would go on to suggest Trump's comment on the death of Reiner highlighted how he had a "breathtaking moral depravity" to him.

Charen added, "Has there ever been a simpler encapsulation of the Trump era? We suffer through daily reminders of the weakness of the president’s mind, but the United States has muddled along with other dim presidents. Where Trump occupies a category all his own is in his breathtaking moral depravity."

Donald Trump may be "spiraling out of control" after going on a Truth Social tirade, posting countless screenshots from X accounts.

The president spent hours posting and reposting to Truth Social, with many of his entries focusing on debunked conspiracy theories, preceding President Joe Biden, and far-right commentators. A post to X from Republicans Against Trump suggested the president is "spiraling" and his attacks on the likes of Barack Obama and Biden make it clear.

The account's post reads, "Trump spent hours last night blasting out hundreds of posts filled with 2020 lies, Jan 6 lies, and furious attacks on Biden, Obama, and many others. He is spiraling out of control." Attached was a near five-minute video showing what Trump had been posting to his Truth Social account.

One post from Trump saw the president share a video alleging Michelle Obama had used President Biden's autopen in the final days of his presidency. The wild claim, purported by Info Wars, was shared directly to Trump's Truth Social feed.

Trump had already added further fuel to the conspiracy shared by Info Wars, claiming he would terminate all Biden orders signed with an autopen.

The president shared, "Any document signed by Sleepy Joe Biden with the Autopen, which was approximately 92% of them, is hereby terminated, and of no further force or effect."

Trump has frequently alleged that the Biden administration forged the Democrat leader's signature using an autopen to sign off on broader actions he was not aware of. While there is no evidence to support this, it's a claim Trump has shared several times. His most recent claim of this occurring had him dubbed a "lunatic" by concerned members of the public.

Taking to Truth Social, the president shared a screenshot from far-right conspiracy site InfoWars. Alex Jones made an unfounded claim that Michelle Obama "may have used" Biden's autopen during his time in office.

The full claim reads, "Michelle Obama may have used Biden's autopen in the final days of his disastrous administration to pardon key individuals." While the claim from Patrick Byrne is absurd, it falls in line with the president's thoughts on Biden's autopen.

Donald Trump has issued a clear message to air traffic controllers currently unpaid amid the government shutdown — "get back to work".

In a post made to his Truth Social account, the president made it clear that those who were not returning to work immediately would have their pay "substantially docked." Those who had not stopped working during what Trump dubbed the "Democrat Shutdown Hoax" were told they could receive up to $10,000 for their "distinguished service".

Trump wrote, "All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!! Anyone who doesn’t will be substantially 'docked.' For those Air Traffic Controllers who were GREAT PATRIOTS, and didn’t take ANY TIME OFF for the 'Democrat Shutdown Hoax,' I will be recommending a BONUS of $10,000 per person for distinguished service to our Country.

"For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK that was only meant to hurt our Country. You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record. If you want to leave service in the near future, please do not hesitate to do so, with NO payment or severance of any kind!"

"Trump continued, "You will be quickly replaced by true Patriots, who will do a better job on the Brand New State of the Art Equipment, the best in the World, that we are in the process of ordering.

"The last 'Administration' wasted Billions of Dollars trying to fix antiquated 'junk.' They had no idea what they were doing! Again, to our great American Patriots, GOD BLESS YOU - I won’t be able to send your money fast enough! To all others, REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY. GOD BLESS AMERICA! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP."

The Senate will reconvene later today to end the longest government shutdown in history. A 60-40 majority was reached earlier today after the Republicans gained eight Democrat votes.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had previously warned the government shutdown could reduce flights "to a trickle". He told CNN yesterday, "You're going to see air travel be reduced to a trickle. Many of them are not going to be able to get on an airplane, because there are not going to be that many flights that fly if this thing doesn't open back up."