Trump, 79, Falls for Foreign Trolls Posing as MAGA Influencers in Embarrassing Self-Own

The president appears to rely on accounts operating outside the U.S. to help boost his political messaging.

President Donald Trump appears to have leaned on foreign accounts masquerading as MAGA influencers to fuel a Truth Social tirade this week.

He blasted out more than 160 posts in under four hours during an unhinged late-night Truth Social rant, often boosting X tweets from MAGA supporters.

MeidasNews highlighted that some of the MAGA-supporting X accounts that Trump reposted are operating outside the United States. Several appeared to present themselves as MAGA proponents despite displaying locations in South and East Asia, Europe, Eastern Europe, and India.

X only began displaying the information on Friday, when the Elon Musk-owned platform launched its new “About This Account” tool. The feature lets users see where an account is registered, when it was created, how often it has switched usernames, and how the app was downloaded.

The rollout immediately exposed that scores of high-profile MAGA and right-wing personalities on X were posting from overseas. Screengrabs captured by the Daily Beast confirm that some of the users Trump amplified Monday night were not U.S.-based.

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