On April 1, 2025, Donald J. Trump, the former President of the United States, posted a series of messages on his Truth Social account, which were subsequently shared on his daily posts account. The messages cover topics ranging from continued defense of tariffs against fentanyl importation to criticism of public broadcasting networks.
In his first post of the day, Trump addressed an issue involving Senator Tim Kaine and national tariffs. He emphasized, "Senator Tim Kaine, who ran against me with Crooked Hillary in 2016, is trying to halt our critical Tariffs on deadly Fentanyl coming in from Canada. We are making progress to end this terrible Fentanyl Crisis, but Republicans in the Senate MUST vote to keep the National Emergency." The post was dated April 1, 2025, at 15:41:49 UTC.
Later the same day, Trump shared a concise post, "Donald Trump Truth Social 4/01/25 01:36 PM https://t.co/3IKDlET0Qv." This message was posted at 17:52:24 UTC on April 1, 2025, providing a link without further content.
In another post that day, Trump directed criticism at public broadcasting entities, stating, "REPUBLICANS MUST DEFUND AND TOTALLY DISASSOCIATE THEMSELVES FROM NPR & PBS, THE RADICAL LEFT “MONSTERS” THAT SO BADLY HURT OUR COUNTRY! Donald Trump Truth Social 4/01/25 04:17 PM." This message was timestamped at 20:45:30 UTC on April 1, 2025.
