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Former president was widely mocked over weekend for his Bible sales pitch with SNL dedicating cold open to ridiculing him
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Donald Trump has been branded “feeble and confused” after he posted an angry Easter message lashing out at “PEOPLE I COMPLETELY & TOTALLY DESPISE”, including DOJ special counsel Jack Smith and Georgia attorney Fani Willis
It was a far cry from the message shared by President Joe Biden who wrote: “To all those gathering in churches and homes around the world today: Happy Easter. May God bless and keep you.”
The Biden campaign seized on Mr Trump’s message, branding him “feeble and confused” for “spewing an unhinged all-caps tirade attacking America and talking about himself”.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump continues to be mocked over his latest grift selling Bibles for $60.
SNL’s cold open poked fun at the venture and Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock also weighed in on CNN saying that “the bible does not need Donald Trump’s endorsement”.
It comes as Republicans are sounding off on Mr Biden after he issued a statement recognising Trans Visibility Day – as it happened to coincide with Easter Sunday this year.
The Trump 2024 campaign joined in the April Fool’s Day fun with a fundraising message saying the former president was suspending his White House run — before saying he would “never surrender”.
Donald Trump has been branded “feeble and confused” after he posted an angry Easter message lashing out at “PEOPLE I COMPLETELY & TOTALLY DESPISE”, including DOJ special counsel Jack Smith and Georgia attorney Fani Willis
The former president posted an unhinged all-caps rant on Truth Social: “HAPPY EASTER TO ALL… INCLUDING THOSE MANY PEOPLE I COMPLETELY & TOTALLY DESPISE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DESTROY AMERICA.”
The Biden campaign seized on Mr Trump’s message, branding him “feeble and confused” for “spewing an unhinged all-caps tirade attacking America and talking about himself”.
Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform, has posted new financial statements in a filing to the Securities & Exchange Commission today that give deep insight into the financial health of the company that went public last week.
In 2023, the firm generated just $4.1m in revenue, while racking up $58m in losses. In line with the “meme stock” craze the company’s dollar valuation at somewhere north of $6bn therefore defies logic.
As of 12.15pm the stock price was down 18 per cent on the opening at around $50/share. When it first listed last week, the company’s stock price peaked at $79/share.
On Monday, thousands of children and their families will gather on the White House South Lawn for the annual Egg Roll, an Easter tradition that dates back to the nineteenth century.
But this year’s celebrations have been marred as Republican politicians and commentators falsely accused President Joe Biden’s administration of banning religious themes and symbols from the celebration’s art contest — failing to note that the policy has been in place during every administration for almost 50 years.
Katie Hawkinson reports:
Religious themes and imagery have been banned from the White House’s annual Easter celebration since 1978
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden attend the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House
Despite continuing to post attacks against Joe Biden on social media, including a problematic picture of him hogtied at the back of a Maga truck, Donald Trump has remained largely silent on the Baltimore bridge collapse.
Since Tuesday night when a cargo ship slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six people, all immigrants, the former president has only posted one clip of Sean Hannity criticising President Joe Biden for making only a brief remark and “making it all about himself by mentioning his personal connection”.
Mr Trump, who is usually known for his consistent and repeated posts on social media on any topic in the national news, is being criticised for remaining largely silent.
Republican strategist Scott Reed said this silence from Mr Trump is “a little weird,” journalist Mike Sington shared on Twitter.
“It was a national tragedy, it’s going to cost $2 billion, it’s going to screw up a lot of people’s lives and impact goods travelling around the world,” Mr Reed said, according to Mr Sington’s post on X.
“At a minimum, express sympathy toward the poor six men that died that were doing their jobs on the midnight shift, keeping commerce flowing.”
Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign joined in the April Fool’s Day fun this morning in its latest fundraising email, which went out with the subject line “I’m suspending my campaign…”
The body of the email then read: “Just Kidding — Happy April Fools Day”, before rattling through a now familiar list of his current complaints and conspiracies about the Biden administration: “Open borders, skyrocketing crime, record inflation, targeted prosecutions, humiliation overseas.”
A further message asked: “Did you really think I’d suspend my campaign?”
“I will never stop fighting for the American people. I WILL NEVER SURRENDER! We can’t sit back and watch Crooked Joe Biden continue to destroy our GREAT country.”
The former president has been heavily criticised on social media after he shared a video of Maga-branded pickup trucks that included an image of president Joe Biden kidnapped and bound in the back.
Mr Trump posted the video with little added commentary on Truth Social. It shows two passing trucks decked out with flags and messages including “Trump 2024”.
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