It’s the 4th of July – Independence Day – And throughout the country the American people are celebrating “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” It’s a day when partisan debates about politics are set aside in favor of embracing our fellow citizens and with appreciation for the principles that guide our nation.

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Unless, that is, you are Donald Trump and members of his MAGA cult who are predictably tainting this otherwise unifying holiday in order to malign their political foes and spread hatred for fellow citizens who dare to disagree with them. For his part, Trump and his minions have embarked on a new crusade to reanimate the “red scare” era of the 1950s by calling every democrat a communist.

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On July 4th Trump posted some comments to his failing Twitter ripoff, Truth Social, that he thinks are appropriate messages on this occasion. But as is often the case, Trump missed the target for his hostilities and may have inadvertently helped his Democratic enemies. Trump posted these…

Bringing the nation together on the 4th of July, Trump compares Democratic Senate candidates (James Talarico and Jon Ossoff) to two comedy icons (Peewee Herman and Alfred E. Neuman) who are beloved by the American people.

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2026-07-04T19:22:12.880Z

Trump’s intention was to mock Democratic Senate candidates James Talarico of Texas, and Jon Ossoff of Georgia. But he badly miscalculated. Peewee Herman and Alfred E. Neuman are both giants of American popular culture, and are treasured representatives of positive values, strong will, and good humor. Is there anything more American than that?

What’s more, Trump’s feeble attempt to make these associations negative fails pitifully because both Talarico and Ossoff are either beating or tied with their Republican opponents. So even if we were to concede that the comparisons are effective mockery, what does it say about the Republicans who are (or will be) losing to them? And what does it say about Trump, whose sad memes fail to make any point other than how pathetic he is? Such as this one…

DUMBOLD TRUMP posts a unifying message for America on the 4th of July… ?

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2026-07-04T16:56:14.452Z

REALLY? Like Trump and his perennially whiny cult are always so happy? It would be much harder to make similar comparisons to Trump, because there aren’t any lovable fictional characters that merge humor with nastiness, ignorance, and ego. Perhaps the Tasmanian Devil or a Nazi version of the Hulk.

The only thing that Trump is accomplishing with his childish memes is to remind everyone of how weak and frightened he is. He knows how badly he is losing in the electoral polls, and with his own approval ratings. Even though he tries to pretend otherwise. At least he has his Ministry of Propaganda, Fox News, to lean on for wild and desperate attacks on Democrats. For instance, this despicable smear aimed at Talarico…

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