Fresh off his first rally since leaving the White House, former President (FORMER, always love writing that, and in this case it’s pertinent) Donald Trump stepped further back into the political spotlight with a visit to the southern border on Wednesday, hammering the Biden administration for its immigration policies amid a decades-high spike in crossings.

And the entire time, Trump was acting like HE is indeed the president, and everyone around him, including the media, was in on the charade.

Trump was invited to South Texas by the state’s governor, Greg Abbott, and joined by a handful of House Republicans, who made the trip from Washington to stand by his side. Abbott, who is up for reelection next year and is considered a potential 2024 presidential candidate, has taken up Trump’s immigration mantle, vowing to continue building the southern border wall, which the Biden administration has suspended.

Trump was also joined by a handful of former members of his administration, including the ex-acting homeland security secretary, giving the event the feel of a journey back in time for Trump, who continues to wrongly insist he won the 2020 election. There is no evidence of the widespread fraud he claims.

Trump has hammered the issue in nearly every appearance he has made since leaving office in January under the cloud of a second impeachment and the insurrection at the Capitol by his supporters. And on Wednesday, he continued to slam the Biden administration for reversing the policies he’d enacted as he received a border security briefing in Weslaco before a tour.

This man is a private citizen, and yet, watch him yammer away like he’s still the president:

Fox News cut away from the Trump roundtable as pushed the big lie pic.twitter.com/tmE6sUOi56

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 30, 2021

People on Twitter were NOT having it:

Why is trump acting like he's still president. Congress needs to step in. He's in Texas acting like he is still president wtf? pic.twitter.com/h0oX6KV7Im

— government lies matter🖕RFK 2024 (@RRBL10) June 30, 2021

https://twitter.com/cursedspiriting/status/1410419970224369668

Trump is acting like he is still President and the media is complicit. #BananaRepublic https://t.co/nHnD6Ot8A5

— brigitte jay (@jaybrigitte) June 30, 2021

Why is Trump still acting like he’s president? Is there something that can be done to prevent this bs?

— John Pickett III (@jfpickett3) June 30, 2021

https://twitter.com/GoldenfireMJ57/status/1410297299230609408

Why is Trump still acting like he is the president? And why the hell are the media giving him so much attention? https://t.co/FxpCPDwSpp

— 🌻 DiNozzo's Probie 🇺🇦 (@MaryH319) June 30, 2021

Trump is ACTING like he is still President. He needs to be censored. #censortrump

— Kat Rav – Never trust the Republican Party Again. (@KatRav6) June 30, 2021

https://twitter.com/phillycap/status/1410332018718687234

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