The Daily Fuckup

Donald Trump used Memorial Day 2024 for two very different Truth Social posts. The first was a conventional holiday message. The second, posted the same day, was an attack aimed at people he sees as enemies and included the phrase “human scum.” Among the figures tied to that post were judges Lewis Kaplan and Juan Merchan.

The date matters. Memorial Day in 2024 fell on May 27, so any account of the posts should be anchored to that day, not the edition date attached to this file. The sequence also matters: Trump did not make one mixed message. He posted a remembrance note and then, separately, a blast of contempt.

That second post was the one that stood out. It shifted quickly from the holiday’s public register to Trump’s familiar habit of turning social media into a venue for personal retaliation. Instead of leaving the day with a single nod to remembrance, he returned to the same legal and political grievances that have dominated much of his online messaging.

The result was a familiar Trump pattern in a fresh setting: a national holiday, a ceremonial message, and then a separate post that pulled the focus back to his disputes, his targets and his anger. The contrast is the point. One post fit the day. The other showed what still drives him when the moment opens up.