Troll-in-chief Trump mocks Democrats over shutdown

From ambushing top Democrats with "Trump 2028" hats in the Oval Office to an AI-generated video of House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero, the social media onslaught has been extreme even.....

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President Donald Trump has adopted a "troller-in-chief" persona during a potential US government shutdown, using social media to mock Democrats with "racially tinged memes" and attributing blame to them.

On Tuesday, moments before a shutdown deadline, Trump posted pictures on Truth Social of a meeting with Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, featuring red "Trump 2028" hats on the Resolute Desk.
Trump also posted an "AI slop" video on Monday depicting Schumer using vulgar language and Jeffries in a sombrero, which Jeffries branded "racist and fake."
A Siena/New York Times poll of 1,075 people surveyed between September 22 and 27 indicated that 33 percent blamed both sides equally for the shutdown, with 26 percent blaming Trump and Republicans, and 19 percent blaming Democrats.

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