Starting at midnight on Wednesday, April 23, 2026, Donald Trump — 79 years old and roughly two weeks into the public collapse of his presidential authority following the Iran civilization threat — posted seven messages on Truth Social within an hour. The posts attacked multiple targets and amplified an anonymous conspiracy theorist's unfounded claim about Chief Justice John Roberts.
The target of Trump's most personal attack: Norm Eisen, who served as the Obama White House ethics czar and as U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic. Trump wrote: “Norm Eisen is a major Sleazebag. You don't get much lower than him!!!”
The conspiracy theory Trump amplified came from “Liz Churchill,” a self-described conspiracy theorist running a Canada-based X account. Churchill claimed without evidence that Norm Eisen secretly influences Chief Justice John Roberts, citing the fact that Roberts had stayed at Eisen's residence during Eisen's diplomatic posting in Prague. The New York Times had previously reported on apparent leaks from inside the Supreme Court, but the Times offered no evidence implicating Eisen. Churchill's account took the leak story and grafted on a conspiratorial frame.
The posts came less than 12 hours after the iNews report on Larry Johnson's (separately unverified) claim that Trump had asked Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine for nuclear codes. They came days after the Wall Street Journal documented Trump being kept out of the Situation Room during an Iran pilot rescue because aides believed his “impatience wouldn't be helpful.” And they came in the same news cycle as Megyn Kelly publicly calling Trump “not a moral man” and “extremely petty and thin-skinned” on her podcast.
Norm Eisen, who co-founded watchdog organizations including CREW, responded by noting Trump appeared “rattled” by his work. Pattern: when reporting on Trump intensifies, he amplifies conspiracy content from anonymous accounts in the early hours of the morning. The behavior is the issue. The accusations are the symptom.