Donald Trump's presidential reelection bid would likely nosedive if moderate voters discovered the dark messages he shares on Truth Social, a senior campaign official told Rolling Stone Wednesday.
The anonymous insider said Trump's team is "consistently relieved, for the sake of their 2024 campaign" that the public hasn't caught on to the QAnon conspiracy theories and authoritarian threats the Republican nominee posts on his social media platform, Rolling Stone reported.
"It limits the public reach and media attention that these kinds of posts receive, as Trump is trying to appeal to moderate and swing voters in the final months of the election," Rolling Stone reports.
"If Trump were still using X, formerly Twitter, as his primary social vehicle, this official asserts, the more 'unhelpful' posting and re-posting sprees would get more public traction and drive more news cycles."
The Trumpworld insider shared their relief the same day Trump shared rapid-fire posts that included QAnon messaging, a false 2020 election claim, a sexist and vulgar attack on Vice President Kamala Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and a veiled threat to imprison his political foes.
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The progressive watchdog Media Matters told Rolling Stone the former president promoted QAnon — which theorizes that Trump is waging war against Satan-worshipping pedophiles in powerful positions — at least 15 times on Wednesday morning.
Trump also shared an image of Clinton and Harris with the message, “Funny how blowjobs impacted both of their careers differently.”
The former president has been repeatedly urged by Republican allies to limit his Harris attacks to policy issues.
These posts arrive as Trump faces a new criminal indictment from special counsel Jack Smith — who appears with red eyes and black horns in a post shared by the former president — and backlash over a possibly illegal photo-op at Arlington National Cemetery.
Rolling Stone drew a connection between the campaign concerns and the posts.
"Wednesday’s posting frenzy is one of several public meltdowns Trump has had in the last several weeks since his campaign was thrown off balance by Biden’s exit from the race, and Harris’ ascendance into the nomination," Rolling Stone reports.
"It’s clear at this point that those around Trump are regularly doing damage control to keep him happy."
