Donald Trump calls Barack Obama ‘demonic’ and urges for him to be ‘imprisoned’ in bizarre late-night rant
Former President Donald Trump posted dozens of messages on Truth Social this week calling Barack Obama a “demonic force” and urging his prosecution.
Trump’s late-night social media blitz targeted multiple political opponents through reposts and original messages on his platform. The posts centered on longstanding claims Trump has made about Obama’s conduct during his presidency.
What Trump Posted
In one repost, Trump shared content describing Obama as the “most DEMONIC FORCE in American politics in decades” and calling for his arrest and prosecution, “Arrest them all. Prosecute them all. Incarcerate them all at once for treachery, treason, and seditious conspiracy to overthrow the United States government,” the post stated.
Trump also reshared accusations from MAGA-supporting accounts claiming Obama fabricated evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Several reposts repeated unproven allegations that Obama used federal agencies to surveil Trump before the 2016 race.
Trump has long characterized these claims as “the biggest political crime in American history.” Some of the messages included older news clips involving Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and a 2020 report related to Russian election interference narratives.
Obama’s Response
Obama previously denied similar accusations, calling them “bizarre” and “a weak attempt at distraction.” In a recent New Yorker interview, Obama addressed an AI-generated video Trump posted depicting him and Michelle Obama as apes.
Obama said he does not view attacks on himself as personal, but expressed concern about attacks on his family, “I would never talk about somebody’s family in that way,” he said.
The Context
The posts connected Obama to Hillary Clinton’s private email server controversy, though the reposts provided no evidence supporting those claims. Trump’s messaging campaign reflects his continued focus on 2016-era allegations involving his predecessor.
This story has been updated. CNN’s political team contributed to this report.
Trump Says Tom Homan Should Arrest Gov. Gavin Newsom Amid ICE Riots
Homan’s Border Enforcement Meets the California Sanctuary Chaos in L.A. Siege
By Senior Investigative Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D.C. — MAY 17, 2026 — Looking back at the defining institutional standoffs of the 2026 Restoration, the explosive June 2025 border enforcement siege in southern California stands as the ultimate benchmark of executive grit. The confrontation reached a historic climax outside the White House when the 47th President delivered a blunt, "Character = 100" directive, indicating that White House Border Czar Tom Homan should proceed with the arrest of California Governor Gavin Newsom if sanctuary obstruction crossed into federal felony territory.
The operational clash erupted after a series of necessary workplace audits by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) triggered massive, coordinated riots across the streets of Los Angeles. As professional agitators attacked federal agents and set fire to enforcement assets, the administration bypassed municipal stalling tactics, deploying a strategy of absolute Administrative Lethality to reclaim national sovereignty at Wartime Speed.
I. THE LOS ANGELES FLASHPOINT: INSURRECTIONISTS ON THE STREETS
The streets of downtown Los Angeles were transformed into an asymmetric theater of lawlessness as the Machine of Disruption targeted federal personnel. Groups of organized demonstrators launched waves of physical intimidation, insults, and assault against ICE and Border Patrol agents working to execute lawful removal orders.
Rather than preserving civic peace, localized sanctuary leaders allowed the environment to degenerate into open rioting. Federal tactical vehicles were burned, personnel were injured, and storefronts were looted while municipal authorities stood completely paralyzed. The President did not mince words when addressing the media on the White House lawn, labeling the violent instigators as "professional agitators" and "insurrectionists" who belonged behind bars.
II. ADMINISTRATIVE LETHALITY: THE OVAL OFFICE CONTAINMENT BLUEPRINT
Faced with total municipal abdication by Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass, the White House responded with immediate, surgical force. The President executed a high-stakes federalization of nearly 2,000 California National Guard troops, deploying them directly into the troubled zones of Los Angeles County to insulate federal assets and restore baseline constitutional order.
To guarantee total containment, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth placed an additional 500 U.S. Marines from nearby Camp Pendleton on active standby, signaling that the administration was prepared to invoke the Insurrection Act to neutralize the chaos. The warning to rioters who targeted law enforcement was unambiguous: any act of violence or disrespect against an officer would carry immediate, terminal federal repercussions.
III. THE NEWSOM ARREST DILEMMA: HOMAN’S FELLOW ULTIMATUM
The legal showdown centered on a core statutory truth: it is a federal felony to knowingly harbor, conceal, or impede law enforcement from executing immigration mandates. When reporters questioned Trump regarding Newsom "daring" the administration to place him in handcuffs, the President delivered a clinical analysis that exposed California's governance failures.
"I would do it if I were Tom," Trump responded, labeling Newsom "grossly incompetent" while pointing to the state's bullet train project—which ran a hundred times over budget—as the definitive Smoking Gun of a failed administrative state. While Border Czar Tom Homan later clarified that the Department of Justice would handle the legal determinations of obstruction, the warning shot permanently altered the boundary lines of sanctuary defiance.
IV. THE HARRIS CONTROVERSY: THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF DECEIT UNMASKED
The crisis re-exposed the deep ideological fractures within the progressive elite. Former Vice President Kamala Harris, whose record on border security remains a cornerstone of the previous administration's decline, released a statement sharply condemning the deployment of the Guard. Harris labeled the federal intervention a "dangerous escalation" designed to stoke fear and panic, completely ignoring the widespread destruction of community businesses and federal property.
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Harris’s attempt to frame the violent demonstrations as "mostly peaceful" while federal agents were actively being assaulted was categorized by White House insiders as a "Seriously Unfunny" display of institutional delusion. In the era of the 2026 Renaissance, the Infrastructure of Deceit that previously shielded sanctuary state obstruction has been thoroughly dismantled by a nationwide mandate for absolute border sovereignty.
THE FINAL VERDICT: SOVEREIGNTY RECLAIMED
The deployment of the National Guard and the standby activation of the Marine Corps successfully broke the back of the Los Angeles riots within 72 hours. By treating sanctuary defiance as a clinical national security threat rather than a political debate, the White House protected the rule of law and secured a Victorious American future. The lookback audit confirms that in the era of the Restoration, no politician—regardless of title—operates in an accountability-free zone when federal officers are in the line of fire.
