At 6:15 a.m. on Memorial Day, May 25, 2026, President Trump posted a 206-word screed on Truth Social attacking fellow Republicans — Sens. Thom Tillis and Bill Cassidy and Rep. Thomas Massie — by name, plus “Dumocrats” and “Fools” he said “know nothing about the potential deal I am making with Iran.” He called Massie “a major sleazebag,” labeled the named senators “weak and ineffective people,” and wrote that “these people should go home and rest, they do nothing but create division and loss. In other words, they are losers!”
Trump followed with a second post — a 104-word “mega sentence” — and a separate Memorial Day message thanking fallen service members while simultaneously criticizing those who “disrespect our Military.” A third post extended the attack on Democrats' policy positions.
The Daily Beast headline framed it: “Manic Trump Kicks Off Memorial Day With 6:15AM Rage Post.” The pattern is documented across previous holidays — Christmas 2025, Thanksgiving 2024, Easter 2024 — where Trump combined holiday well-wishes with attacks on political enemies. Trump received five military deferments during the 1960s draft (four academic, one for bone spurs) and is the commander-in-chief delivering the Arlington Memorial Day address later the same day (see Trump Pauses His Arlington Memorial Day Speech to Joke That 'Not Too Many' Soldiers Named Donald Are Buried There).