President Donald Trump has appointed himself troller-in-chief during a US government shutdown, mocking rival Democrats with sometimes racially tinged memes and hoping they take the blame.

From ambushing top Democrats with “Trump 2028” hats in the Oval Office to an AI-generated video of House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero, the social media onslaught has been extreme even by the Republican’s standards.

But there is a serious strategy behind the socials — don’t negotiate, threaten mass layoffs and hope the Democrats cave in.

As the clock ticked down to the deadline for a first shutdown in nearly seven years, Trump seemed more interested in trolling than dealmaking.

Hours before the deadline on Tuesday, Trump posted three pictures on his Truth Social network of his meeting

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