President Donald Trump lashed out over his war in Iran in a series of Truth Social posts on Tuesday night.
The president targeted those who have been critical of his war or failed to show support for his choices, namely Pope Leo XIV and NATO.
In the first post, shared to Truth Social just before midnight, the 79-year-old took aim at the head of the Catholic Church and his repeated calls for peace in the Middle East.
“Will someone please tell Pope Leo that Iran has killed at least 42,000 innocent, completely unarmed, protesters in the last two months, and that for Iran to have a Nuclear Bomb is absolutely unacceptable,” Trump wrote before adding, “AMERICA IS BACK!!!”
It was not immediately clear where Trump sourced his figures from, with some activists claiming more than 7,000 protestors had been killed in Iran, while others estimated that the total could exceed 30,000.
Trump has been lashing out at the Chicago-born pontiff for several days, starting with a Sunday night meltdown in which he slammed the Catholic leader for being “weak on crime, and terrible for foreign policy” and accused him of supporting Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The pushback came after a 60 Minutes segment discussing the Pope’s stance on Trump’s war.
In the second post, published five minutes after the first, Trump hit out at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, writing, “NATO wasn’t there for us, and they won’t be there for us in the future!”
The president has repeatedly taken issue with the lack of support other NATO countries have shown for his war in Iran, publishing another Truth Social post on Thursday in which he lashed out at his allies.
“None of these people, including our own, very disappointing, NATO, understood anything unless they have pressure placed upon them!!!” Trump wrote.
Leaders of European nations like Spain have borne the brunt of Trump’s outrage, with the 79-year-old threatening to cut off all trade with Spain in response to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s refusal to cooperate with Trump’s war in Iran.
Trump’s relationship with NATO has also been rocky, particularly after his repeated threats to annex Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, a fellow NATO member.
The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.
Trump continued his posting spree with five additional posts linking to multiple articles published by Just the News on a range of topics, including his 2019 impeachment, his war in Iran, and the Democratic Party fundraising platform and PAC, ActBlue.
“The most corrupt group in Government!” the president said of ActBlue.
He took a break from his late-night frenzy to announce that he would be appearing on Fox Business for an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Wednesday morning.
After an hour-long pause, he resumed posting, sharing screenshots of X posts written by his supporters. Two of those posts were about his ongoing feud with the pope and the backlash he faced after sharing an AI-generated image of himself depicted as Jesus Christ.
One of those posts highlighted criticisms of the Trump administration that were sent from Pope Leo’s X account prior to his appointment as pope.
“It’s fascinating to see what social media reveals about a person before they become the Pope,” the post reads, before noting that Leo, who was born Robert Prevost, had been critical of Trump and his vice president JD Vance, promoted COVID-19 vaccines, and condemned racism.
“Not good!!!” Trump wrote in response to the post.
Another post he shared featured two magazine covers from Newsweek and The New Republic portraying former President Barack Obama as a saintlike figure, noting that there was “zero outrage from Democrats or the left” at the time.
The president, who eventually deleted the AI-generated image of himself as Christ, later claimed that he thought it was supposed to depict him as a doctor, not Christ.
Several prominent MAGA figures were quick to criticize what they viewed as an act of sacrilege on the president’s part. Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called the image “more than blasphemy,” adding, “It’s an Antichrist spirit,” while teenage MAGA influencer Brilyn Hollyhand slammed the image, writing on X, “Faith is not a prop.”
Trump is known to be a night owl, routinely staying up late to fire off Truth Social posts and subsequently struggling to stay awake during the day.
“Sometimes the president will call you at 12:30 or 2:00 in the morning, and then he’ll call you at 6:00 in the morning about a totally different topic,” JD Vance told Fox News in September. “It’s like, ‘Mr. President, did you go to sleep last night?’”
