The Lincoln Project, the renegade GOP group that’s made Donald Trump’s life a living hell, just unleashed a blistering new volley of parody ads that’s hitting the president like a sledgehammer and sending the internet into a tailspin. Dropped at 8 p.m. PST today across YouTube, X, and cable TV, the three-spot campaign—titled “Trump: The Sequel Sucks”—mocks his second term with savage glee, and the fallout’s already epic.
“Donald Trump—back in office, worse than ever!” booms a gravelly narrator in the first ad, “The Grift Goes On,” as cartoon Trump juggles tax cuts for billionaires while torching Social Security checks. “He’s not draining the swamp—he’s drowning you in it!” Cut to Trump cackling on a golden throne, captioned: “Day 32: Still a Loser.” The second, “Melania’s Escape,” shows a Melania lookalike fleeing Mar-a-Lago in a convertible, tossing “Be Best” pins out the window, with text: “Even she’s done—why aren’t you?” The third, “Tantrum King,” remixes Trump’s Truth Social rants into a tantrum montage, ending with him sobbing, “They’re all against me!”
X lit up as the ads hit. “Lincoln Project just gutted Trump—these are FIRE!” one user posted, with Grift racking up 3 million views in an hour. “Melania fleeing? Tantrum King? I’m dead—pure gold!” another wrote. #TrumpParody trended, with memes of cartoon Trump sobbing captioned, “Sequel’s a flop!”
The Lincoln Project crowed on X at 8:15 p.m.: “Trump’s reboot’s a bust—we’re here to remind you. Enjoy the show!” Co-founder Rick Wilson told us, “He’s been in 32 days—already it’s tax scams, whining, chaos. We’re not pulling punches—this is war.” The ads, slick and brutal, lean into Trump’s latest moves—Ukraine flip-flops, Musk bromance, Melania’s absence—turning them into laugh-or-cry satire.
Trump lost it, blasting Truth Social at 8:45 p.m.: “Lincoln Losers—FAKE NEWS ADS! SAD! I’m the BEST President—SUE THEM ALL!” Sources say he’s “apoplectic,” smashing a remote in the White House, yelling, “They’re dead—I’m the star!” MAGA fans swarmed X: “Lincoln clowns—Trump’s a winner!” one raged. But liberals cheered: “These ads are chef’s kiss—Trump’s a joke!”
The timing’s no fluke—Trump’s second term’s hit turbulence, with X buzzing over Melania’s Mar-a-Lago retreat and policy flops. “We saw weakness and pounced,” a Lincoln insider leaked. “He’s a parody of himself—our job’s easy.” Clips are viral—Tantrum King remixes flood TikTok, and Melania’s Escape has women’s groups chanting, “Run, queen!”
Fox News decried “leftist propaganda,” but even some GOP X users smirked: “Okay, ‘Grift Goes On’ is funny—damn it.” With Trump fuming, the Lincoln Project’s bombshell ads—sharp, merciless, and everywhere—have the internet hooked. “Sequel sucks” is the rallying cry, and this parody war’s just begun!