Trump renames places and poses as superhero in bizarre social media blitz

What happened

According to The Guardian’s source item, Trump renames places and poses as superhero in bizarre social media blitz, Trump passed the long weekend posting a torrent of memes and musings on his Truth Social platform The long weekend may have proved too long for Donald Trump, who passed the time by musing about annexing other countries, unilaterally renaming places he’s not allowed to rename and turning himself into a superhero. Amid the torrent of memes and posts by the president on his Truth Social platform over the Labor Day holiday weekend was a bizarre AI-generated video depicting Trump as the Green Lantern DC superhero, wielding a glowing green power ring to erect his border wall, illuminate an “American manufacturing” scene, and command a fleet of warplanes and warships behind him. Continue reading…

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Source

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