Donald Trump's campaign has pressed the message that he is a "changed man" after the failed assassination attempt on Saturday. But after his Monday update on Truth Social, things seemed like they were back to the same again.
In particular, Trump went on an angry rant claiming that his espionage case in Florida a "witch hunt," alleging the Jan. 6 attack on Congress was a "hoax" and the New York fraud case is a "scam."
The internet quickly noted that the "changed man" hadn't actually changed all that much after all, returning to his standard rants and attacks about the cases against him.
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"So much for unity… calling J6 a hoax," posted Fank Marin on the social media site X.
Geoff Ninecow agreed, "Nothing has changed."
"Pretending he is not bad will not make him good," wrote lawyer George Conway on Monday after the update. "Pretending he is not depraved will not make him decent. Pretending he is not dangerous will not make him safe. Pretending he is not disordered will not make him sound."
National security expert Marcy Wheeler referenced an Axios report by Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, who quoted Tucker Carlson as saying that such an attack "changes a man." She called them "rubes."
"An utterly unchanged Trump embarrasses his perpetually hapless boosters Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen again," wrote lawyer and commentator Luppe B. Luppen on X.
"Again, for Trump, 'unifying America; is about him, not US! Nothing has changed," said Michael Steele, the former Republican Party chairman.
The official account for the hacker group Anonymous asked, "What really has changed?? Trump is STILL an insurrectionist, STILL had relations with Epstein, the rapey pedophile, STILL was convicted of sexual misconduct, STILL was convicted of 34 felonies - STILL has six bankruptcies to his name. Only idiots would vote for him."
"Trump 'calls for unity' by once again attacking Democrats and calling the woman he was found liable for sexually assaulting a liar. Again. But yeah, sure, he’s a changed man," said Danielle Campoamor, writer and formerly of the TODAY Show.
"Meanwhile, the media is reporting that he’s had a 'spiritual' response to being shot at and is rewriting his RNC speech to be all about unity, and he saved a bus full of puppies from a fire on the way home! He f--king went golfing yesterday," complained Tara Deenihan.
Cartoonist Steve Stegelin saw the status update and noted Trump is "starting off his new Unity Tour on the right foot."
"Biden campaign, time to put the ads back on and take off the gloves. The MAGA GOP is not doing the unity thing, never has & never will," Kurt Elftmann agreed.
President Joe Biden paused all of his campaign ads in the wake of the attack, and both Biden and his Vice President, Kamala Harris, have canceled Monday's events.
Meanwhile, international relations professor Nicholas Grossman accused the media of being "in an abusive relationship with Trump."
