Former US Presidents son, Donald Trump Jr.s social media account on X (formerly known as Twitter) was hacked early Wednesday, resulting in a series of offensive tweets and a false announcement of his fathers demise. Since then, it has sparked shockwaves on social media, drawing widespread reactions.Donald Trump Jr.s X account hacked claims ex-president deadThis all started with a hacked tweet at 08:25 am from Donald Trump Jr.s account that falsely claimed, “Im sad to announce, my father Donald Trump has passed away. I will be running for president in 2024.” The shocking message was quickly followed by a series of hacked posts on X.One of the most controversial tweets stated, “North Korea is about to get smoked,” while another pretended to show Don Jr. discussing “interesting messages with Jeffrey Epstein,” despite Epsteins death in 2019.As the announcement of the ex-presidents demise surfaced all over the internet, it promoted disbelief and left the users in dilemma as to whether Trump was alive or not. After this, Twitter users began trending the term “Hacked” to discuss the situation.Ex-President Donald Trump steps into this matterHowever, to refute all the false claims over the demise of ex-president Donald Trump, he himself stepped into this matter on his social media platform, Truth Social, at 08:46 am, over 30 minutes after the fake death announcement.At first, the National Pulses Raheem Kasam reported the hack, which was later confirmed by Donald Trump Jr.s team. The false news of the former presidents death was debunked as entirely untrue.In the series of hacked tweets, the hacker also slammed X owner Elon Musk with derogatory comments and used offensive language directed at President Joe Biden. The use of racist language in one tweet could potentially violate Xs terms of service and result in actions against the hacked account.
