New X Feature Shows Many Major Pro-Trump Social Media Accounts Are Based Outside the U.S.

X recently introduced a feature that reveals the country or region where an account is based, and it quickly went viral after users spotted that many major pro-Trump social media accounts appear to be operating from outside the United States.

X presents the update as a way to help users judge what is real and what isn't on the platform. As Mr. Bier put it, «This is an important first step to securing the integrity of the global town square,» adding that the platform was working on more ways for users to verify the authenticity of content on the platform.

«This is easily one of the greatest days on this platform. Seeing all of these MAGA accounts get exposed as foreign actors trying to destroy the United States is a complete vindication of Democrats, like myself and many on here, who have been warning about this.»

Not based in the United States

According to multiple outlets, including the New York Times and The Guardian, many prominent MAGA accounts are not based in the United States but instead operate from places like Eastern Europe, Nigeria, South Asia, Thailand and Russia, and X users are now accusing the platform of having allowed years of ongoing interference in American politics by foreign adversaries.

Anger among X users grew when the platform suddenly pulled the tool just hours after its implementation: users reported the location feature being taken down, and while some speculated it was because it exposed the foreign origins of far-right accounts, the platform has since reinstated it with tweaks, including warnings that locations may be inaccurate or affected by VPN use.

A long-suspected foreign influence networks

Liberal commentator Harry Sisson, who was recently targeted by an AI-generated Trump video depicting the president dumping excrement on him from a «King Trump» plane, captured the mood on X, saying «This is easily one of the greatest days on this platform. Seeing all of these MAGA accounts get exposed as foreign actors trying to destroy the United States is a complete vindication of Democrats, like myself and many on here, who have been warning about this.», a reaction that echoed growing concerns about long-suspected foreign influence networks operating in U.S. political discourse.

Among the foreign-based accounts flagged by the new X tool are pro-Trump pages that present themselves as all-American but appear to operate from abroad, including «Trump Is My President», listed as being based in Macedonia, and «ULTRAMAGA TRUMP2028», which claims Washington, D.C. but is shown as being in Africa.

Other high-profile examples documented by media outlets include MAGA NATION, with nearly 400,000 followers, operating out of Eastern Europe, Dark Maga from Thailand, MAGA Beacon from South Asia and MAGA Scope from Nigeria, underscoring how a chunk of the online MAGA ecosystem is being run from far beyond U.S. borders. «IvankaNews», a fan account dedicated to Ivanka Trump with around one million followers, is listed by X's new feature as being based in Nigeria.