Inside the White House shitposting machine

January 13, 2026 Tina Nguyen

Screens at the White House display AI-modified videos of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that were shared on social media by President Donald Trump. | Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

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Last week was a grim reminder that no matter what sort of horror is being perpetrated or how many people end up dead, the Trump administration's knee-jerk response is to shitpost through it. The White House's response on X to abducting the head of a sovereign nation? "FAFO". The response to an ICE agent shooting a woman in broad daylight? A Buzzfeed-style listicle of "57 Times Sick, Unhinged Democrat …

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