In a Truth social post, Trump posts language as his own that comes from an April DOJ brief that sounded like a Truth social post

The Friday night social media rant came as Solicitor General John Sauer is asking the Supreme Court to let Trump build his ballroom now.

Aug 15, 2026

In the midst of the Justice Department asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow President Donald Trump to build his ballroom on White House grounds without receiving congressional approval, Trump reused old material on Friday night, reigniting questions from earlier this year about an April DOJ filing.

On Friday night, Trump posted on Truth social in part:

Donald J. Trump 0 & @realDonald Trump These are the TREASONISTS that brought the suit against the Military Complex. They revealed Top Military Secrets! "The National Trust for Historic Preservation" is a beautiful name, but even their name is fake because when they add the words "in the United States" to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it makes it sound like a Governmental Agency, which it is not. In fact, the United States refused to continue funding it in 2005 because they strongly disagreed with their mission and objectives. They are very bad for our Country. They stop many projects that are worthy, and hurt many others. In this case, they are trying to stop one that is vital to our National Security, and the Safety of all Presidents of the United States, both current and future, their families, staff, and Cabinet members. They were asked by the United States Military not to bring this suit because of the Top Secret nature of the important facility being built. They were shown detailed plans and specifications of this knitted, unified, and cohesive structure by Top Officers and Leaders in both the Military and Secret Service. But this did not deter them because they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly referred to as TDS, as noted by Democrat Senator John Fetterman, of Pennsylvania. The lower section does not work without the upper section and, likewise, the upper section does not work without the lower. It is all one highly integrated unit.

The second paragraph is the same, word for word, as was filed by the Department of Justice on April 27, 2026 (although the brief added one additional unhinged clause about a lawyer on the case):

"The National Trust for Historic Preservation" is a beautiful name, but even their name is FAKE because when they add the words "in the United States" to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it makes it sound like a Governmental Agency, which it is not. In fact, the United States refused to continue funding it in 2005 because they strongly disagreed with their mission and objectives. They are very bad for our Country. They stop many projects that are worthy, and hurt many others. In this case, they are trying to stop one that is vital to our National Security, and the Safety of all Presidents of the United States, both current and future, their families, staff, and Cabinet members. They were asked by the United States Military not to bring this suit because of the Top Secret nature of the important facility being built. They were shown detailed plans and specifications of this knitted, unified, and cohesive structure by Top Officers and Leaders in both the Military and Secret Service. But this did not deter them because they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly referred to as TDS, as noted by Democrat Senator John Fetterman, of Pennsylvania, and are represented by the lawyer for Barack Hussein Obama, Gregory Craig. The lower section of the building does not work without the upper section and, likewise, the upper section of the building does not work without the lower. It is all one highly integrated unit!

Either Trump is now plagiarizing from DOJ briefs that had sounded like him in Friday night Truth social posts or Trump (or White House staffers) had written the language used in a DOJ brief and had it sitting around and chose to use it in Trump’s post on Friday night, perhaps forgetting that DOJ had used it in a court filing in April.

Solicitor General John Sauer did not use that language in his brief filed with the Supreme Court on Thursday, seeking, perhaps, to wipe that away in favor of trying to convince the justices with something that at least looks a little more like law.

This case involves an extraordinary and unlawful injunction that will halt the ongoing construction of the integrated military complex, including a totally secure ballroom space, at the East Wing of the White House, which is vitally required by national security. As Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton states: “The Project is critical for ensuring that the White House can serve as a secure location for the gathering of the President, gathering of senior government officials, and gatherings 2 that further the interests of the United States.” App., infra, 437a. He adds: “The Project * * * also will improve the level of protection and ability to manage and mitigate threats to the President and senior government officials and will enhance the handling, management, and utilization of IC information, including the conduct of IC-directed support to the Complex.” Ibid. If allowed to go into effect, the injunction would wrongfully install a single district judge as sole arbiter of what further construction is “strictly necessary” to protect the safety of the President, his family, staff members, and visitors to the White House, including foreign dignitaries, and presidents and prime ministers of other countries. Id. at 397a-399a.

While Sauer is trying to do that, however, Trump is calling the organization suing him — the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States — “TREASONISTS.“

As I noted at the time, the deranged April filing was submitted by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter, and Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward.

Respectfully submitted, TODD BLANCHE Acting Attorney General R. TRENT MCCOTTER Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General /s/ Stanley E. Woodward, Jr. STANLEY E. WOODWARD, JR. Associate Attorney General

Now those three people are the attorney general, acting deputy attorney general, and associate attorney general.

And on Friday night, nearly four months later, Trump reposted “their” words — which many, including yours truly, questioned at the time given that they sounded like or at least aimed to sound like Trump — as his own on Truth social.

In one sense, it’s just a full-circle moment, given that what happened on Friday night is exactly what I wrote the April filing was:

LAW DORK DOJ's leaders just filed what amounts to a Truth social post as a legal filing in the ballroom case Acting A.G. Todd Blanche, Associate A.G. Stanley Woodward, and Trent McCotter beclowned themselves in yet another dark, embarrassing moment for DOJ. Chris Geidner Apr 28, 2026

But, it should not go unnoted that this makes plain in an unusually transparent way how — as Pam Bondi wrote upon becoming attorney general last year — this Justice Department, this White House, this president view DOJ’s lawyers as “his lawyers.”

They are, quite literally, using the same words.

Montie Guthrie

It’s so very interesting when people who should know better levy the charge of treason when it does not apply. Trump does this quite a bit

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Brenda Anna

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The fact that he continually resorts to these social media trumpertantrums to get his way, instead of going through the legal process every other president has, sometimes accepting "no" for an answer, exemplifies the extent of his deranged mind. This person is not mentally fit to be the President of the United States. If he had "unfit" stamped on his forehead, it could not be more obvious.

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