Did Attorney General Pam Bondi threaten to prosecute anyone calling President Trump "Clown Prince Trump" and was this reported on Fox News? No, that's not true: A viral image making that claim originated on a satirical Facebook page. It contained several hints that were hard to discern on a phone screen, such as a "Fox Mews" logo and a "Braking Mews" chyron.
The image first appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) published on May 20, 2025 by a Facebook page named "Mrs. Putin". It was accompanied by this text:
"IF YOU CALL HIM 'CLOWN PRINCE TRUMP' YOU WILL BE PROSECUTED" -AG BONDl
STOP calling me Clown Prince. I am just a patriot who wants to be President for 3-4 terms.
By the way, that quote is from Bondl, the last letter is a capital "I" as in pam bondl.
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Wed May 21 09:26:47 2025 UTC)
The Facebook page that published the story (archived here) had a bio that read:
A fictional character based on a selfish crook who inadvertently found wealth and power. ** This page publishes hateful and stupid messages it recieves.
Along with that the page also had a "Satire/parody" label.
The image itself also contained several hints it was not meant to be taken seriously, such as a "@Mrs.Putin" watermark, a logo misspelling the word "channel" that saif "Fox Mews" instead of "Fox News", a bug that said "Liver from Prussia" instead of "Live from Russia", an indicator this was "Braking Mews" instead of "Breaking News", misspelling "NASDAQ" as "NADSAQ" and an obviously made-up name for the "White House Correspondent":
(Image: collage made by Lead Stories)
On smaller screens however these hints were hard to see so many people took the image at face value.
