From Minnesota to Greenland, Trump knows that he’s losing the propaganda war.
President Donald Trump has been posting to Truth Social incessantly on Tuesday morning in the lead-up to his flight to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. He’s sharing AI-generated images about conquering Greenland, he’s called for unnamed officials from the Biden era to be prosecuted for unspecified crimes, and he’s tried to tell the Department of Homeland Security how to post better to win the propaganda war in Minnesota. He’s even shared private Signal conversations he’s had with European leaders.
Every Trump post is a fascist threat that should be taken seriously. But sitting here on Jan. 20, 2026, a year since he was inaugurated for his second term, Trump’s steady stream of posting has never made him look more pathetic. Amid the chaos of his online presence, the desperation emanating from each tweet is perhaps reason to be optimistic that average Americans will prevail in the fight against Trumpism.Not a strong man
“The whole problem we are having with criminals in our Country was caused by Sleepy Joe Biden and the Radical Left Thugs that surrounded the Resolution [sic] Desk in the Oval Office – And, of course, the Illegal Use of the Auto Pen!!! They should be in jail!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
Pathetic. Whiny. Weak.
For starters, it’s called the Resolute Desk, not “Resolution Desk.” But if we put aside the president’s ignorance of basic facts for a moment, this is the rant of an increasingly desperate man. Step back and think about what things felt like during the pre-Trump era. Imagine any other president in U.S. history whining about the previous president in such a way—a year after he’s taken office, no less. And then think about what Trump is even asking for. Is it clear? Does he even know anymore?
Trump has tried to turn President Biden’s use of the auto-pen into some kind of scandal for a very long time now. He insists that the use of the autopen, a tool employed by multiple presidents (including Trump) to place a signature on various documents, invalidates all of the things signed. Take a close look at the post, though. Trump never specifies who should go to jail. He never articulates the supposed crime that was committed. He’s just shouting into the void known as Truth Social. He’s pitiful. A dangerous man, for sure, but each new post seems like an admission of inadequacy.ICE propaganda
Or take another post Trump sent out Tuesday about the media strategy currently being deployed by DHS and ICE to push out propaganda involving the federal occupation of Minnesota. Trump has sent thousands of secret police to the state to terrorize immigrant communities, and he wants DHS to “start talking about the murderers and other criminals that they are capturing.
