Donald Trump declares war as he calls Republicans ‘nasty liddle guy’ and ‘sick wacko’
A judge in Maryland recently threw out a set of legal cases that Trump’s Department of Justice had brought years ago against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
These cases had lingered since Trump’s presidency, but the judge decided they had no legal standing to move forward. While this legal news was unfolding, Trump was not focused on the court outcome.
Instead, he was busy stirring up new political drama on Truth Social, the platform he uses to communicate directly with his supporters.
Around the same time, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene one of Trump’s loudest and most loyal allies for years announced she would be resigning from Congress in January. Greene had aligned herself closely with Trump on nearly every major issue, so her stepping down was already big news.
But it became even more dramatic because she and Trump had recently had a very public falling-out. After their disagreement, Trump attacked her online, and some of his most aggressive followers responded by sending her death threats. What had once been a strong political partnership fell apart quickly, and Greene’s exit left Trump without one of his most devoted backers.
With Greene out of the picture, Trump shifted his political anger toward someone else: Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. Trump mocked him by putting “Senator” in quotation marks, a way of belittling and questioning Paul’s importance or dignity. It signaled that Trump no longer sees Paul as deserving of respect, even though the two have at times supported each other in the past.
On Truth Social, Trump claimed that Rand Paul was never impressive to begin with, saying Paul “was never great” and that he “went really BAD.” Trump insisted that he was responsible for helping Paul win two elections in Kentucky, portraying himself as the reason Paul is even in office.
He complained that despite this supposed support, Paul doesn’t consistently vote the way Trump wants or believes a Republican senator should.
Trump then expanded his criticism, calling Paul a “nasty little guy” and dragging Rep. Thomas Massie into the attack as well. Massie, another Kentucky lawmaker, is known for his libertarian streak and his willingness to vote against his own party when he disagrees with them.
Trump called Massie “Rand Paul Jr.” as an insult, suggesting they are the same in his eyes. He went on to call Massie a “sick wacko,” claiming he refuses to support the Republican Party, the MAGA movement, or Trump’s “America First” ideology.
In the end, Trump wrapped up his post with the comment that the whole situation is “really weird,” a dramatic flourish meant to express his irritation, disappointment, and disbelief at the lawmakers he once considered allies turning away from him.
