GREENWOOD, NEBRASKA - MAY 01: Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the I-80 Speedway on May 01, 2022 in Greenwood, Nebraska. Trump is supporting Charles Herbster in the Nebraska gubernatorial race. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Former President Donald Trump was kicked off Twitter following the January 6 Capitol attack but has stayed active on his social media platform, Truth Social. Over the weekend, he re-shared a Truth Social user’s commentary on a March 19 tweet from El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.
“The most powerful country in the world is falling so fast, that it makes you rethink what are the real reasons,” Bukele’s original tweet responding to a Bloomberg Opinion tweet on inflation read. “Something so big and powerful can’t be destroyed so quickly unless the enemy comes from within.”
The Truth Social user quoted the tweet and responded, “Civil War,” which Trump re-shared.
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