Trump Attacks Michael Moore and Mamdani, Vows More Election Losses for Left

Trump escalates his feud with filmmaker Michael Moore, mocks a rising left-wing figure and touts what he calls the best economic numbers ever in a Truth Social post.

First Published: August 5, 2026, 4:42 PM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump, the 47th president of the United States, attacked filmmaker Michael Moore and a rival he branded a “Communist Comrade,” pledging continued defeats for the political left.

Trump called Moore, the Oscar-winning documentary maker behind “Fahrenheit 9/11,” a “failed political pundit” and a “Loser.” He linked the filmmaker to a figure he named only as “Abdul.” The president framed the exchange as a fresh front in a long-running clash over election results.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Michael Moore, the failed political “pundit” who has been losing to me for years, was ranting that, “We lost in 2024, and just can’t take it anymore.” No Michael, just get used to more losing! You’ve been a Loser all your life, and nothing’s going to change. Abdul, your new Communist Comrade, will not be able to save you. He knows you are a failed LOWLIFE, and he wants to pick up where you have left. For thousands of years, the concept of Communist Policies have never worked, and they’re not going to work now, especially under the tremendous transformational SUCCESS that the Trump Administration has brought forth, for the entire World to see and follow — Best Economic Numbers, EVER, Best Trade Numbers, Best Export Numbers, Biggest Investment in our Country, and on, and on. This is the Golden Age of America, and a small group of misfits, like you, Abdul, and others, won’t be able to destroy it, and change the course of History in so doing. It’s too big, it’s too powerful, and it’s too good. See you on the Political Battlefield. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Trump” on August 5, 2026 at 8:28 PM ET.

This is Trump’s 15th message released today, and the last post was 42 minutes ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 100 of his 428 posts over the last 30 days classified as Elections posts.

Trump used the post to claim credit for what he called the “Golden Age of America.” He cited “Best Economic Numbers, EVER,” “Best Trade Numbers” and “Best Export Numbers.” The president offered no figures to support those superlatives, and the post did not specify a source. He tied the economic message to a warning that “Communist Policies have never worked.”

The post targets two audiences at once. Supporters gain a rallying message that recasts policy debates as a contest already won. Opponents named in the message face direct personal attacks meant to diminish their standing. The label “Abdul” aims at a rising left-wing figure, though the president did not give a full name, leaving the reference open to interpretation.

Attacks on Moore run through Trump’s public record for more than a decade. Moore backed Democratic campaigns against Trump in 2016 and 2020 and repeatedly predicted the president’s defeat, staging the one-man Broadway show “The Terms of My Surrender” in 2017. The filmmaker’s warnings about Trump’s strength in the industrial Midwest drew attention before the 2016 result.

This has happened before. Trump has used truthsocial to single out individual critics by name on many occasions, mixing personal insults with claims of policy success. The pattern repeats a strategy that defined his earlier posts on Twitter, where he attacked celebrities, journalists and rival politicians directly.

The next test of these competing claims will come at the ballot box. The 2026 midterm elections are scheduled for November 3, 2026, when voters decide control of Congress. No formal decision or ruling is tied to the post itself, and none has been announced.

The clash between a sitting president and a prominent entertainer echoes earlier feuds between American leaders and cultural figures. President Richard Nixon kept an enemies list that included actor Paul Newman and other public critics during the early 1970s. The list surfaced during the Watergate hearings in 1973, and Newman later said he considered his place on it a badge of honor. Nixon resigned in 1974, while the critics he targeted outlasted his presidency.