President Donald Trump capped his birthday weekend with a late-night attack on Democrats. He took to Truth Social early Monday to criticize the party’s stance on surveillance law. This came before another attack on his opposition over the Iran deal terms.
Donald Trump’s late night includes Democrats criticism
Trump posted his rant shortly before 4 a.m. Monday, just hours after wrapping up his 80th birthday celebrations. He attacked what he called “Dumocrats” over their backing of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
“The Dumocrats want FISA because that’s what they used to go after me for three years during my First Term!” he wrote. “I’m against FISA if it doesn’t come with The Save America Act (Full version!) firmly attached to it. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Trump explained that his proposed Save America Act would mandate photo identification for all voters and scrap mail-in ballots except in limited cases. He added that the legislation would also ban “MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS” and “TRANSGENDER MUTILIZATION SURGERY FOR OUR CHILDREN.”
FISA allows US intelligence agencies to gather communications from hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals. Officials have said more than 60% of the president’s daily intelligence briefing depends on information gathered under this authority.
The post comes after the House last week rejected a three-week extension of FISA’s Section 702. That vote followed Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte, who has shown a readiness to use government powers against the president’s critics, as acting director of national intelligence. Trump’s birthday weekend itself drew attention for its scale, featuring a UFC fight staged on the White House South Lawn and broadcast live on Paramount+ (via Huff Post).
The Truth Social outburst was not Donald Trump’s only swipe at Democrats this week. On Monday, he also disputed reports that Iran would receive $300 billion in reconstruction funding under a peace agreement with the United States. “Iran has agreed to never have a Nuclear Weapon! Also, the story that the U.S. is paying Iran 300 million Dollars is Fake News, put out by the Dumocrats!!!,” he wrote.
