Donald Trump unleashed a lengthy, furious post on Truth Social targeting The New York Times after its «Sign of Fatigue» article, accusing «the Radical Left Lunatics in the soon to fold New York Times» and declaring that the paper is «truly an ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE».
Trump claimed in his post that «they write about me, including election results, ALL PURPOSELY NEGATIVE» and went after the woman who wrote the article, calling her a «third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out.»
A series of sweeping claims
Trump’s tirade began with a direct attack, as he blasted «The Creeps at the Failing New York Times are at it again,» before launching into a series of sweeping claims about his victory in the 2024 race, his «great» economy, and the 8 wars he says he settled: «I won the 2024 Presidential Election in a Landslide, winning all Seven Swing States, the Popular Vote, and the Electoral College by a lot,» Trump explained, and he further boasted that «I won our Nation’s Districts by 2750 to 550, a complete wipeout.»
The president then escalated weirdly, declaring that: «I settled 8 Wars, have 48 New Stock Market Highs, our Economy is Great, and our Country is RESPECTED AGAIN all over the World, respected like never before.»
«To do this requires a lot of Work and Energy, and I have never worked so hard in my life.»
Signs of fatigue
The New York Times article portrayed Trump’s days at work as president as «shorter» and marked by «signs of fatigue,» suggesting that his long-cultivated image of «stamina and energy» is rapidly fading in his second term. The piece describes a president who can «doze off» during official events at the White House, with the Times effectively accusing Trump of becoming what he once claimed Biden was when he was president, someone who «sleeps all the time.»
These claims from The New York Times left the president furious, prompting him to insist on Truth Social just how hard he works, writing:
«To do this requires a lot of Work and Energy, and I have never worked so hard in my life.»
Trump went so far as to label The New York Times as «This cheap “RAG” is truly an “ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.”» before personally turning on the journalist who wrote the article, saying: «The writer of the story, Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out.»
According to The New York Times, Trump now barely stands up in the Oval Office as he did before and can «doze on and off» in his presidential chair even in front of journalists.
The paper argues that the lack of clarity around his health and medical examinations only fuels public concern about the condition of the 79-year-old president, pointing in particular to the limited information released about a mysterious M.R.I. he underwent a few weeks earlier, which Trump himself brushed off by saying he had no idea what doctors had been looking at in these irregular tests.
On Truth Social, Trump brushed off the questions about his health and energy, insisting that he remains politically and physically strong: «Despite all of this, I have my highest Poll Numbers, ever, and with record setting investment being made in America, they should only go up. There will be a day when I run low on Energy, it happens to everyone, but with a PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE TEST (“That was aced”) JUST RECENTLY TAKEN, it certainly is not now!»
