In a Christmas message to his followers Monday, former President Donald Trump said he hopes supporters of “Electric Car Lunacy” would “ROT IN HELL.”

Trump’s Monday afternoon Truth Social post continued a theme he had been developing with several other posts since Christmas Eve, attacking Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is prosecuting two criminal cases against him.

The frontrunner of the 2024 presidential race for the Republican Party nomination added a missive against “THUGS,” which he said were more “evil” and “sick” than all world leaders. In the grammatically confusing post, Trump also appeared to attack Israel, which Trump lumped in with Iran, as well as both Russia and Ukraine.

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      I’m pretty sure he doesn’t care about electric vehicles one way or the other. But he knows his followers will love it if he says these thing, so he does. And it helps to create a stronger feeling of us vs them. Easy pickings.

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        Dude doesn’t care about anything but himself. Everyone should know that already, by now, but it’s still a good reminder when he says something, anything: it’s just words and he doesn’t care about that.

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      His followers will love it, most run gas guzzling trucks and hate electric cars and their owners with a passion.

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        I saw a Prius on the road the other day that had a decal on the back with big block letters proclaiming, “NOT A LIBERAL”. I wouldn’t’ve noticed a random Prius driving down the road, but they just had to call attention to themselves to let everyone know their political leanings. I figure it’s more to let their conservative friends know that they’re still an asshole even if they got a more eco-friendly vehicle.

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        In spite of not effecting their lives in any way whatsoever.

        It’s funny really cause if it weren’t for this Musk would probably be a huge Trump fan.

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      His whole schtik is raging at stuff and people reacting to it, just hard to believe it’s still working like this and how seriously people take his ramblings.