"These accounts largely post about divisive issues, including immigration, gender, and Israel. In one instance, a verified account called MAGA NATION with almost 400,000 followers and the American flag in its screen name was revealed to be operated from a non-EU country in eastern Europe. Many of the accounts feature the names of members of the Trump family, including an Ivanka Trump news account with over 1 million followers that was based in Nigeria."
"On Saturday, Trump shared on Truth Social a screenshot of an X post from an account called "Fan Trump Army." The account has over 500,000 followers and features an image of Trump as its profile picture. The account operator, according to the new X location feature, is based in India. The account is followed by several people convicted for their parts in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, as well as disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn."
A new X location feature revealed that many prominent MAGA accounts claiming U.S. bases are actually run from countries including Chile, Nigeria, Russia, India, and parts of eastern Europe. The accounts often focus on divisive topics such as immigration, gender, and Israel and sometimes adopt Trump family names. A verified MAGA NATION account with nearly 400,000 followers was tied to a non-EU eastern European country, and an Ivanka Trump news account with over 1 million followers was operated from Nigeria and later suspended. President Trump has continued to share and boost several of these accounts on Truth Social.
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