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highplainsdem

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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 [View all]

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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