Trump uses breaks between Zelensky, Israel and Graham’s funeral to flood Truth Social with manic posts

The Independent World Tuesday 28 July 2026, 18:01 UTC By Josh Marcus 1 min read

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Trump uses breaks between Zelensky, Israel and Graham’s funeral to flood Truth Social with manic posts The Truth Social storm included jabs at Elizabeth Warren, boasts about Trump’s numbers on TikTok and familiar, baseless claims about the ‘rigged’ 2020 election - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments President Trump has never let negotiating world affairs get in the way of one of his other main tasks in office: posting on Truth Social. On an unusually busy day in Washington — White House visits from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a memorial ceremony for the late senator Lindsey Graham — the president was unusually busy on social media, firing off more than 20 posts around these marquee events on the schedule. At times, the messages, which ran the gamut from commentary on AI to false claims about the 2020 election being “rigged,” came just a single minute apart. This is a breaking news story and will be updated with new information. Join our commenting forum Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Comments

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