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highplainsdem

(60,875 posts)
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 03:10 PM Oct 2025

Johnson labels Trump 'most effective to ever use social media' over AI video where president drops poop bombs on America

Source: Independent

House Speaker Mike Johnson defended President Donald Trump’s posting of a sophomoric AI video of himself dumping what looks like piles of feces on protesters from a fighter jet at a “No Kings” rally over the weekend.

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The Independent asked the Speaker of the House about Trump’s weekend post at his daily press conference keyed to the shutdown on Monday.

“The president uses social media to make a point,” Johnson responded. “You can argue he's probably the most effective person who's ever used social media for that. He is using satire to make a point.”

The speaker did not say what point the president was making.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mike-johnson-video-poop-b2848647.html

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Johnson labels Trump 'most effective to ever use social media' over AI video where president drops poop bombs on America (Original Post) highplainsdem Oct 2025 OP
"he's probably the most effective person who's ever used " speak easy Oct 2025 #1
Mikey needs to STFU vapor2 Oct 2025 #2
What was the point he was making? That he likes shitting on American citizens while wearing a crown? Ocelot II Oct 2025 #3
The Shittiest President Ever! FSogol Oct 2025 #4
Ha................ Lovie777 Oct 2025 #5
Oh man, the kompromat on Johnson must be epic NCDem47 Oct 2025 #6
Sick people! FloridaBlues Oct 2025 #7
Satire my ass! 3catwoman3 Oct 2025 #8
The Lowest yet jimmydwight01 Oct 2025 #9

Ocelot II

(129,762 posts)
3. What was the point he was making? That he likes shitting on American citizens while wearing a crown?
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 03:27 PM
Oct 2025

Doesn't seem like a very persuasive point to me.

Lovie777

(22,309 posts)
5. Ha................
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 03:36 PM
Oct 2025

"There are knowns. There are things we know that are know. There are know unknowns. That is to say, there are things that know we don't know. But there are also unknow unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.

Donald Rumsfeld, 5/31/2016

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