Bullying & Heckling
2016
2016-07-06 Trump posted a picture on social media of Hillary Clinton in front of a background full of cash and a Star of David with the words “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever”.
2018
2018-02-16 (context) After Lebron James and Kevin Durant publicly expressed their views about the state of the U.S. under Trump’s leadership Laura Ingraham of Fox News personally attacked Lebron James, telling him he had no business in the political arena and that he should “shut up and dribble”.
2018-02-18 Trump sent out a hate post about Oprah Winfrey.
2018-10-06 Trump heckled ABC reporters.
2018-11-07 Trump heckled ABC reporters.
2019
2019-02-01 Republicans launched a smear campaign against Pete Buttigieg as an anti-gay campaign.
https://kfoxtv.com/news/nation-world/student-says-trump-backers-recruited-him-for-buttigieg-smear
2019-11-12 Republicans launched a smear campaign against Elizabeth Warren.
https://theintercept.com/2019/11/12/elizabeth-warren-pregnancy-fired-america-rising/
2020
2020-03-20 Trump heckled NBC reporters.
2020-03-29 Trump heckled PBS reporters.
2020-04-22 Trump heckled CNN reporters.
2022
2022-08-13 During his podcast “Unfiltered with Dan Bongino” Bongino made unfounded claims about the FBI, called liberals dip wads, brought up the Hunter Biden laptop, accused Comey of FBI entrapment and corruption, denounced the Mar-a-Lago classified document investigation as the “final straw” and spewed general vitriol.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwd2qrn1e2o
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6310851062112
2024 January
2024-01-08 In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote “In @NikkiHaley’s situation, reports indicate that her parents were not U.S. citizens at the time of her birth in 1972…” and asserted that she was disqualified from candidacy.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111721484609384209
2024-01-19 During a Concord, New Hampshire rally Trump accused Nikki Haley of not being the right “timber” for the presidency.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-defends-promoting-false-birther-claim-haley/story?id=106565639
2024 August
2024-08-22 During the DNC, Tim Walz’s 17-year-old son went viral for his tearful sentiment over his father. The next day, several conservative commentators received backlash for their posts mocking Gus Walz who suffers from several diagnosed mental illnesses.
2024-08-23 Trump posted various AI generated memes on social media of Kamala Harris as a Communist along with messages that she will take us into a nuclear war and will never be respected.
https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1827784751312142496
2025 February
2025-02-28 The Trump administration heckled Vladimir Zelenskyy during a visit to the White House, descending into childish taunting over what Zelenskyy was wearing and asking him “Have you said thank you once”. Vance continued to torture Zelenskyy, accusing him of “campaigning for the opposition” in October which didn’t happen. An article with MSNBC pointed out that Zelenskyy did say thank you, numerous times including both during a joint meeting of Congress in 2022 and online, citing at least 6 very large, very heartfelt public thank you letters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/us/politics/zelensky-speech-transcript.html#
DEC 21 2022https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1605718645576826880
MAY 29 2023https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1663222034019631109
JULY 9 2024https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1810837593094758850
JULY 4 2024https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1808810549053902899
NOV 23 2023https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1727704514063429670
FEB 7 2023https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1623193040604069890
2025 April
2025-04-17 Trump posted on social media calling Jerome Powell “too late” on lowering interest rates and that his “termination cannot come fast enough”.
https://econclubchi.org/event/hon-jerome-h-powell/
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114352766082542122
2025 May
2025-05-16 Trump bullied Taylor Swift on social media for endorsing Kamala Harris.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114517718765768352
2025-05-16 Trump attacked Bruce Springsteen via Truth Social for speaking out against tyranny.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/16/donald-trump-attacks-bruce-springsteen
2025-05-21 Trump continued the feud with Bruce Springsteen, sending out an AI-altered picture of himself hitting The Boss with a golf ball .
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/trump-springsteen-golf-ball-video-rcna208242
2025 June
2025-06-25 Trump sent out several trolling tweets attacking the media and Democrats to reinforce his MAGA base and keep them riled.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114764221948518343
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114761132349818150
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114745592965123786
2025-06-25 Nancy Mace sent out a post on X insinuating that Mamdani was somehow tied to September 11th. She wrote, “After 9/11 we said ‘Never Forget’. I think we sadly have forgotten”.
https://x.com/NancyMace/status/1937864426410869062
2025-06-25 Andy Ogles posted on social media, “Zohran ‘little muhammad’ Mamdani is an antisemitic, socialist, communist who will destroy the great City of New York” and called for him to be deported
https://www.instagram.com/p/DLYzVItOW72/?hl=en&img_index=2
2025-06-25 After Mamdani’s win for Democratic primary in New York, Marjorie Taylor Greene posted a picture of the Statue of Liberty covered in a burqa with the caption “This Hits Hard”.
https://x.com/mtgreenee/status/1937851484567195954
2025 July
2025-07-22 During a White House press conference, Trump accused Obama of treason, claiming “they tried to rig the election, and they got caught” and “…whether it’s right or wrong, it’s time to go after people. Obama’s been caught directly”.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/politics/trump-obama-treason-accusation-analysis
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-accuses-obama-treason-oval-office/story?id=123963917
2025-07-27 Trump called Kamala Harris “dumb as a rock” on Truth Social.
2025 September
2025-09-03 Ted Cruz called the Chicago mayor a disgusting, racist bigot and poked fun of his weight during an interview on Newsmax.
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/ted-cruz-unleashes-racist-bigot-212544909.html
2025-09-06 Trump released an AI image on social media of himself with the caption “Chipocalypse now” to troll the Chicago mayor with civil war.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115158096026629509
https://x.com/GovPritzker/status/1964367057052701152
2025-09-08 Trump sent out a hateful message on Truth Social about woke and Tom Hanks.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115168758828419703
2025-09-19 Trump heckled David Letterman via Truth Social, “He looks like hell, but at least he knew when to quit. LOSER!!!”.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115233841743981161
2025-09-24 Trump sent out another message via Truth Social that Kamala Harris is “dumb as a rock”.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115261110149678466
2025-09-29 Trump posted an AI video of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero, adding AI-generated vocal slop over Chuck Schumer. The video was set to Mariachi music in the background.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115290424560405640
2025 October
2025-10-10 In response to the government shutdown, Mike Johnson canceled house votes, including the swearing in of Adelita Grijalva. Her vote would be the one to get the Epstein files released. Meanwhile, Republican leaders decided not to show up to work.
2025-10-29 Katie Miller had a meltdown on the Piers Morgan show, made several meritless accusations of antisemitism, and threatened to take away citizenship from her critics. She also attacked Piers Morgan, claimed if Mamdani wins then New York will fall, and inadvertently brought up 9/11 (for context, 9/11 and terrorism is frequently brought up on X posts to troll Mamdani and his supporters).
2025 November
2025-11-27 Trump included “…the seriously retarded governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing…” in his Thanksgiving message on Truth Social.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625429081411360
2025 December
2025-12-04 Tim Walz reported that people were driving past his home shouting the “R” word. For context, there have been two widely reported incidents concerning the Walz family. Back in August 2024 several conservative commentators posted about and harassed his disabled son Gus Walz for tearing up at the DNC over his father’s nomination. In November 2025 Trump included “…the seriously retarded governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing…” in his Thanksgiving message on Truth Social.
https://dailymontanan.com/2025/12/06/the-unfortunate-resurrection-of-the-r-word/
2025-12-17 Trump had the White House install a partisan “Presidential Walk of Fame” featuring cynical, harassing, condemning, insulting and cringey plaques calling President Biden “Sleepy Joe” and President Obama divisive, among other things.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/politics/presidential-walk-of-fame-plaques-trump
2026 March
2026-03-17 Trump said Newsom shouldn’t be president because he has dyslexia. He stated in the Oval Office, “…with a low IQ person, you know, ‘cuz Gavin New-Scum has admitted that he has a – that he has learning disabilities. Honestly, I’m all for people with learning disabilities but not for my President, um, I want…I think a President should not have a learning disability, okay? And, I know it’s highly controversial to say such a horrible thing. The President of the United States, Gavin New-Scum admitted that he has learning disabilities, dyslexia….”
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/politics/trump-newsom-learning-disability-dyslexia
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T3zJsOPpjKA
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gjnwmm984o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ8L62T-C-w
2026 April
2026-04-01 Trump appeared as a “silent observer” for the Supreme Court hearing on his Executive Order to end birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment.
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/ce8l27p3jr8o
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/01/politics/live-news/supreme-court-birthright-trump
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/01/trump-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-hearing
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-makes-historic-scotus-appearance-birthright-citizenship-case
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/01/trump-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship/