President Donald Trump spent the holiday weekend posting a series of provocative messages on Truth Social that drew comparisons to fictional supervillain antics. Among the posts was an image of the lunar surface accompanied by a caption asserting American ownership of the moon, despite the 1967 international treaty designating the celestial body as universal property belonging to all nations.
The president’s posting spree included several other space-themed content, including images of proposed United States Space Force uniforms that observers noted resembled the aesthetic of the Galactic Empire from the Star Wars franchise. Trump also continued his pattern of proposing state and geographic renamings, suggesting New Mexico be called “New America” and referencing previous efforts to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America.
The weekend’s social media activity extended beyond space-related topics. During an ongoing trade conflict with Canada, Trump shared hockey-themed memes depicting himself against Canadian leadership. The White House countered with an artificial intelligence-generated image portraying the president as the superhero Green Lantern, though no official statements addressed rising diesel fuel prices exceeding five dollars per gallon nationwide.
The collection of posts, interspersed with AI-generated content and charts regarding military operations, prompted observers to question the president’s judgment and connection to substantive policy matters.
Originally reported by Rollingstone →
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