Former President Donald Trump admitted he regrets some of his social media posts after sharing a vile sexual slur about Vice President Kamala Harris.
On Tuesday’s Lex Fridman podcast, the Republican candidate was asked directly if he is “being intentionally provocative” on his Truth Social platform and if there are “moments where he regrets some of the truths that he’s put out there.”
“Yes, I do,” Trump replied. “But not that often, honestly.”
She went on to admit that she sometimes “gets into trouble” with what she shares about others “because you find out that deep down they’re in some group that you’re not supposed to repost in.”
Trump added: “You don’t even know if these groups are good, bad or indifferent. But the reposts are what really get you in trouble.”
Former President Donald Trump admitted on a podcast Tuesday that he sometimes regrets his social media posts.
Trump continued: “When you say your own words, it’s a little bit easier.”
Still, he said, his platform “has worked pretty well for him.”
“I tell you that the truth is very powerful, the truths, and it is my platform and it has been powerful, very, very powerful. It reaches everywhere,” he explained.
“I call it my typewriter, you know? Actually, that’s my typewriter.”
The discussion comes amid backlash to a post he reshared on his platform showing Vice President Kamala Harris alongside former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
“Funny how blowjobs affected both of their careers differently,” wrote one user X on the post shared by Trump.
The interview came after Trump came under fire for re-sharing this post about his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, that shows her with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The comment on the post is a criticism of the relationship the vice president had in the 1990s with Willie Brown, who later became mayor of San Francisco. The two appear in the photo in 2005.
The comment is reportedly a mockery of the vice president’s 1990s relationship with Willie Brown, who later became mayor of San Francisco.
Right-wingers have since portrayed the relationship as a sexual quid pro quo that allowed Harris to become a deputy district attorney and ultimately the district attorney of Alameda County.
Harris has pushed back against these claims, arguing that she was qualified for every position she has held.
The post also appears to reference former President Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky.
When a screenshot showing Trump reposting the image was circulated on social media last week, many liberals attacked the former president.
“This should be headline news on every major media outlet,” Cyndi Borowski wrote in X. “The American people deserve to see this.”
“It’s funny how a convicted rapist like (Trump) has the nerve to post this, honestly,” Brett Goodkin added.
Many liberals attacked the former president after a screenshot showing Trump posting the image spread on social media last week.
Others also suggested the post, which came just over a week after Trump also shared a video parody of Alanis Morissette’s song “Ironic” mocking Harris, shows the former president is afraid of Harris’ push.
“This is Donald Trump’s strategy, especially when he’s on the defensive and feels like he’s not leading the conversation,” said Jessica Mackler, president of EMILY’s List, a left-wing organization that backs female candidates who support abortion rights.
“He uses these really rude, really sexist, often racist and sexual attacks,” she said. he explained to the Huffington Post.
‘He does two things: he pleases his base and infuriates them, and two, he seeks to create chaos around him and can move into any space he wants.
“So the more we see this movement in the Harris campaign, the more we see this enthusiasm, the more it’s pushed to those historic lows.”
The former president shared the post about Harris amid a series of other posts on Truth Social on Wednesday morning.
In fact, Harris’s post came amid a series of rehashes of Trump’s posts on Truth Social last Wednesday morning.
Other images he shared included a photo of the House committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021, which read: ‘Implicate the unselected J6 Committee (for) sedition.
“Tell the truth if you want to lock them up,” he said.
Another image showed Trump sitting next to former President Barack Obama.
“All roads lead to Obama,” the message said. “Repeat the truth if you want public courts.”
A fourth post showed President Joe Biden, his son Hunter, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates and Harris in prison uniforms, saying: “How to actually fix the system.”
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance defended the posts in an interview with CNN
Trump supporters have also said they see no problem with what he posted.
But both the Trump campaign and his ardent supporters have defended his posts.
In a Interview with CNN last weekVice presidential candidate JD Vance said his running mate is “a political candidate who is not boring, who likes to have fun and tell jokes.”
“I prefer a candidate who is willing to do all the interviews and tell some jokes,” he said. “I think that’s how you get people excited.”
Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt also criticized New York Times for its coverage about the former president who reposted the Harris and Clinton meme.
She said Trump “rightly questions his ability to be commander in chief.”
And in X, Trump supporters said they saw no problem with Trump reruns.
“What’s your problem?” wrote one X user in response to a Washington Post reporter who shared screenshots of Trump’s posts.
“It seems accurate, there are no lies told,” he said.
“It’s true,” added another. “And you idiots can’t stop it from being revealed.”
