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highplainsdem

(58,795 posts)
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 04:10 PM Oct 20

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 20 OP
"he's probably the most effective person who's ever used " speak easy Oct 20 #1
Mikey needs to STFU vapor2 Oct 20 #2
What was the point he was making? That he likes shitting on American citizens while wearing a crown? Ocelot II Oct 20 #3
The Shittiest President Ever! FSogol Oct 20 #4
Ha................ Lovie777 Oct 20 #5
Oh man, the kompromat on Johnson must be epic NCDem47 Oct 20 #6
Sick people! FloridaBlues Oct 20 #7
Satire my ass! 3catwoman3 Oct 20 #8
The Lowest yet jimmydwight01 Oct 20 #9

Ocelot II

(127,988 posts)
3. What was the point he was making? That he likes shitting on American citizens while wearing a crown?
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 04:27 PM
Oct 20

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

Lovie777

(20,863 posts)
5. Ha................
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 04:36 PM
Oct 20

"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

NCDem47

(3,175 posts)
6. Oh man, the kompromat on Johnson must be epic
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 04:43 PM
Oct 20

no level low enough that he won’t debase himself for Trump.

3catwoman3

(28,014 posts)
8. Satire my ass!
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 10:23 PM
Oct 20

Johnson doesn't know the meaning of satire anymore than TACO Donnie knows the meaning of sarcasm.

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