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You can always trust Donald Trump to go on a Truth Social posting spree if he’s extra bored during the late night hours on a weekend. That seems to be what happened when he began posting photos on his account after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. And one of the photos, which is an AI-generated image of himself and some Cabinet members lounging in swimsuits in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, caught the intention of the rest of the internet.
It was likely because the image is clearly fake, but also because Trump was very forgiving with himself in a swimsuit. There’s also an unknown woman in a bikini in the pool, soaking up Trump’s sheer awesomeness. At least, that seems to be the general vibe. But it’s a photo from Trump’s Truth Social meltdown that has been shared and discussed elsewhere on social media, including TikTok.
The AI photo isn’t Trump’s only photo post from one night.
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On May 1, 2026, at around 11 p.m., Trump posted the picture in question on Truth Social. In the photo, Trump is wearing swim trunks and lounging in a gold float while giving a thumbs up. Behind him sits J.D. Vance, who is also topless and, presumably, wearing a bathing suit underneath the water.
Other members of the Trump Administration are in the photo. But the timing and the sheer randomness of such an image, posted with zero explanation, is what people are confused about. A couple of minutes later, Trump shared another Truth Social post, this time an actual picture. In it, Melania Trump smiles broadly at the camera from across the room during a press conference after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
A few minutes after that, Trump posted a photo of Minority Leader of the U.S House of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries. He wrote that the rep is “nothing but a thug” and that he has a “low IQ.” Let’s not throw stones in glass White Houses, alright? But the hits kept coming, including a Truth Social post from Trump of Mount Rushmore with his own face added to the mix.
After someone shared details of those posts on TikTok, a user commented, “It’s so strange that the social media standards are higher for me as a teacher than they are for the president.”
Another joked, “So they don’t take his phone away at bedtime.”
“Is he not the president?” Someone added. “Does he not have like…important stuff to do?”
It’s all about his plans for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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The photo that Trump posted on Truth Social of himself apparently enjoying the swimming pool at the Lincoln Memorial is likely in reference to his plans to renovate the landmark and paint the bottom of the fountain blue. That’s all well and good, but why did he need to add an AI-generated image of himself swimming in it, along with some of his close personal political besties?
“For someone who refuses to reflect, he sure seems obsessed with the reflecting pool,” a user joked on the TikTok post.
And, another added, “He treats Truth Social like it’s his own private thought journal.”
Trump is known for his off-the-wall Truth Social posts.
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Like someone else said, Trump seems to think Truth Social is his journal, or blog, that everyone expects him to update. From long-winded and rambling word salad posts to photo upon photo that speak to what Trump wants for the United States, he is no stranger to random social media posts. Most have come to expect it from him, even if they don’t want to see any of it.
Let’s not forget that Trump once posted an AI-generated photo of himself as a Jesus-like figure. He also openly criticized Pope Leo XIV, and posted a since-deleted fake rendering of Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. With Trump and Truth Social, there is always something to say.
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