Monday, September 7, 2026

Trump's Truth spree finds a way to anger everyone

Most Americans tried to spend their Labor Day holiday off their phones to grill out, go shopping or spend time with friends and family.

President Donald Trump is not like most Americans. Throughout the weekend, Trump made a flurry of outlandish posts on his proprietary Truth Social platform.

There was his post showcasing the new Space Force uniforms, which were inspired by the movie Starship Troopers, a 1997 space epic about a future Earth governed by a fascist regime that wages war against giant alien bugs.

But some found them to bear striking similarity to uniforms from the Empire in Star Wars.

Then, continuing his streak of attempting to rename as many bodies of land and water as possible, he posted a map renaming New Mexico "New America," which drew the ire of its elected officials.

Then, on the eve of Canada's new retaliatory tariffs coming into effect, Trump chose to inflame tensions even more by posting a map of the U.S. flag all over North America and Greenland.

The ultimate irony of all of this is this week is supposed to be all about Trump and the Republican Party touting their legislative accomplishments and agenda. Last week, Trump got a positive jobs report showing the economy added 162,000 jobs in August.

It's an oft-repeated adage that voters do not pay attention to elections until after Labor Day. And this week, Republicans will descend on Dallas for the midterm convention, a brainchild of the president.

But instead, Trump has flooded the zone with his own posts that divert attention from his own messaging.

One can imagine House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who is skipping the convention, none too pleased about the president's ravings.

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By Eric Garcia

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