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Published 16:29 17 Jun 2026 GMT
In yet another bizarre Truth Social posting spree, US President Donald Trump revealed the childish nickname he has created for the potential 2028 presidential candidate.
After Trump’s endorsed candidate in the Georgia Senate race, Representative Mike Collins, defeated Derek Dooley in this week’s Republican Senate runoff, the president labelled his new competition, Democrat Senator Jon Ossoff, “Os(jerk!)off”.
In his derogatory post, Trump wrote, “So happy for highly respected Congressman Mike Collins. He will win his Senate Race in Georgia against a pathetic, failed Dumocrat Senator, Os(j---!)off, who is a joke in D.C. Nobody even knows who he is!!!”
However, the Democrat politician and former investigative journalist is no stranger to a nickname, as he has been dubbed “the next Obama” for his charisma and public speaking skills.
In the run-up to November’s midterm elections, Georgia’s seat will be a tight battle. Republicans hope to flip the seat in a state Trump won, while Democrats rely on their charismatic incumbent to beat a scandal-plagued MAGA challenger.
Collins is a controversial figure in the state, as during his Senate campaign, he fired his chief of staff, Brandon Phillips, after his campaign’s official X account made a horrific comment about a woman who accused former NBC News anchor Matt Lauer of rape and attempted to end her own life.
Just last month, a GOP strategist working on Dooley’s campaign, who also happened to be the husband of the woman who accused Lauer, Luke Thompson, posted poll results on social media that Collins’ team was not happy about.
The X poll results posted by Thompson showed “Dooley beats Ossoff. Collins can’t.”
In response, Collins’ X account wrote: “Matt Laurer’s [sic] sloppy seconds chiming in to take an L.”
Phillips was swiftly fired by Collins and apologized for the “offensive” post.
In another ongoing scandal, Collins and Phillips are under investigation over accusations that Phillips hired his girlfriend as an intern and paid her over $10,000 for effectively not working.
In a statement, Ossoff blasted Collins as a “notorious bigot, antisemite, and extremist currently under federal investigation for the illegal misuse of tax dollars.
“Collins, who is only a congressman because his daddy was a congressman, voted to double health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians, for the Iran war, and for the Trump tariffs.”
Despite the public blasting from his opposition, Collins cannot deny the nepo-baby claims, as they are true. His father, Mac Collins, served in the House from 1993 to 2005, undeniably helping his son’s position as favorite for the role even before the president chimed in with his last-minute endorsement.
