Who desires to guess what President Trump meant by this submit?

President Donald Trump sparked widespread hypothesis on social media after reposting a grainy black-and-white photograph of himself standing on the White House roof with nothing however the single phrase “Soon.”

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Shared early Sunday on his Truth Social account with no rationalization or context, the simplicity of the picture set off a flurry of conjecture on-line, starting from mockery to alarmed theories about future political or navy strikes.

Interpretations in all places: Trump’s “soon” submit ignites theories

Trump’s repost didn’t embody any caption past the unique poster’s “Soon.”

Theories ranged from an upcoming coverage announcement to dramatic geopolitical actions. One trending interpretation urged it’d even be signaling a shift in international coverage. This included hypothesis about Iran, Cuba, and Greenland, given current overtures of Trump desirous to “take over” the latter nation.

Shortly after he posted the ominous screenshot, Trump additionally wrote about Cuba on Truth Social.

He wrote, “Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela. In return, Cuba provided ‘Security Services’ for the last two Venezuelan dictators, BUT NOT ANYMORE! […] THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO! I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.”

Prior to that, he had posted a sequence of screenshots of individuals speaking about America taking on Cuba within the wake of the United States capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his spouse, Cilia Flores. He additionally reposted an edited picture of himself smoking a Cuban cigar, and extra.

This submit got here across the time that Trump requested that the Joint Special Operations Command draw up plans to invade Greenland (in an unlawful transfer), in response to a report by the Daily Mail.

“Some European officials suspect this is the real aim of the hardline MAGA faction around Trump. Since Congress would not allow Trump to exit Nato, occupying Greenland could force the Europeans to abandon Nato. If Trump wants to end Nato, this might be the most convenient way to do it.”

The Pentagon Pizza Report, which some say reveals potential main world occasions, has reported elevated exercise at pizzerias across the Pentagon.

Critics argued that the submit supplied no readability on intent and that ambiguity from this explicit sitting president was irresponsible and alarming.

On Reddit, commenters speculated wildly, with one joking that Trump was “demonically possessed.” Still others pointed to the picture itself: a stark, faceless silhouette set towards an vague backdrop, which many discovered unnerving.

u/Darthalicious wrote, “I can’t help but wonder if Trump indulges in the occasional shitpost for the same reason that Nixon gave a random guy the finger from his motorcade, then turned to the people riding with him with a chuckle and said ‘one day that guy will be telling his grandkids about the time he got flipped off by the president’.”

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