Trump accidentally posted private message for all to see

The message, in which Trump pushes Bondi to seek legal action against his political rivals, re-entered the news cycle after multiple agencies, including NBC and the Wall Street Journal, reported that Trump had intended for the message to be private. The President was reportedly “surprised” when he found out the post was public hours later.

Trump’s post certainly displays his incompetence, but it also displays the strategies he’s used since being elected. Trump’s message was long and referenced multiple talking points that have populated GOP politics since 2016.

Trump mentions by name three people he views as political opponents, clamouring that ‘something must be done’ about them, “[it’s the] same old story as last time, all talk, no action. Nothing is being done. What about Comey, Adam “Shifty” Schiff, Leticia??? They’re all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done.”

Midway through the message, Trump mentions Erik Siebert (though not by name), claiming he had a ‘GREAT CASE’ to fire him.

“He even lied to the media and said he quit, and that we had no case. No, I fired him, and there is a GREAT CASE, and many lawyers, and legal pundits, say so.”

He finished the message by mentioning Lindsey Halligan, his newest nominee for U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Halligan has no experience in legal prosecution and acted as one of Trump’s personal attorneys in 2022. She was named a special assistant to the president and White House senior associate staff secretary in January 2025 and served in that role until her appointment in Virginia.

The message confirmed what many have feared: that Donald Trump’s cabinet is defined by incompetence, punctuated and perpetrated by juvenile and vindictive ideologies being projected by the President. According to the report from NBC, “Trump was surprised to learn he had actually posted the message to his Truth Social account, the president reacted by saying ‘Oh,’ and then tried to shrug it off.”

For those used to watching political fiction like ‘Veep’ and ‘The West Wing’, and ‘House of Cards’ this report shows us a fun house mirror of American politics; one where politicians in charge are no longer scrambling to manipulate their constituents, but instead feel so powerful that they can ‘shrug off’ a blunder that would be embarrassing to a high-schooler, much less the leader of the ‘free world’. The only difference between this and your favourite piece of fiction? This incompetence carries real-world consequences.

Once upon a time, the President was concerned about his image. Of course, that was when America was led by someone who understood how mirrors work. Now, the Trump administration seemingly thinks it can do no wrong; shamelessly lying to the press, lying on social media, and lying in its own reports. Additionally, the Trump administration is actively working to silence institutional media through discreditation, perpetuating a river of disinformation that American voters are wading through.

The result is an ecosystem where voters are left gasping for both air and information, being misled by a government that only seeks to benefit itself.