'As an American, it's embarrassing': Michael McFaul reacts to Trump's 50-post Truth Social spree

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul reacted to President Donald Trump's posting spree on Saturday, during which he shared roughly 50 posts in a matter of hours. The Stanford political science professor scathed that as an American, he felt it was embarrassing and troubling, as a large part of the population had to become immune to such behavior. 

Trump flooded his Truth Social handle with a torrent of posts, which included AI-generated images, memes, political attacks, fan-made tributes to him, and more. The spree lasted roughly six hours within a window on a day when the only item listed on his schedule was "Executive Time," according to The Daily Beast. Sharing a post on X of political commentator Harry Sisson, who accounted all the posts, McFaul noted: "Wow. As an American, I find this embarrassing." He went on to say, "As an American, I also worry that other Americans find this kind of behavior by our President normal or not newsworthy." In the end, he claimed, "We've become numb."

The six-hour-long posting spree started at noon with Trump reposting a flurry of posts. One of the notable ones related to his political agenda was an AI-generated image of himself looming over Greenland with the words "Hello, Greenland!" While the Iran war seemingly took the President's attention away from taking over Greenland, he has repeatedly argued that having the Danish territory as a part of the U.S. is vital for national security, despite staunch opposition from both Greenlandic and Danish leaders and citizens.  

In another AI post, the image showed Trump dressed as a military commander as fighter jets flew across the sky behind him. "YOU'RE GETTING DISCOMBOBULATED," the caption read, seemingly reflecting the image that Trump has boasted as the commander in chief who launched two major military operations in a span of months.

Trump also took aim at former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden with similar AI-generated memes. In one of the posts, Trump shared a meme depicting the Obama Presidential Library as a giant trash can and another blaming Obama and Biden for the structural failure of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

One of the posts also included a barrage of images as graphics contrasting 'Biden's solution' to problems such as theft, shoplifting, squatting, fentanyl use, and illegal immigration against what supporters projected as Trump's tougher approach, which is arrests, deportation, or imprisonment. 

The President also took the opportunity to make a case for his $400 million White House Ballroom project. He shared an image of himself shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, writing, "See, they have a Ballroom—It's called The Great Hall of China! It's very large and beautiful. Why do people fight me for having something even better? The Democrats are CRAZY!"

The Ballroom in the East Wing of the White House has been labeled as a "vanity project" of Trump by Democrats, who have introduced several measures to block it. While they argue Trump needs Congressional approval to build the ballroom, construction has continued, as per USA Today.