Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain…

X, formerly known as Twitter, just rolled out a new feature that reveals more information about each account—including where the user is actually based. And with one simple update, a truth many of us have known for years has been made unmistakably clear: a significant number of the loudest pro-Trump accounts aren’t American at all. They’re posting from places like Russia, Nigeria, and other foreign hubs that have long been linked to disinformation campaigns.

We’ve been here before. Multiple investigations have already documented how armies of bots and troll farms—especially those connected to Russia—worked overtime during the 2016 election to boost Donald Trump and smear Hillary Clinton. The Internet Research Agency, a supposedly independent outfit in St. Petersburg but effectively an arm of the Kremlin, impersonated everyday Americans, spread fabricated stories, and flooded social media with divisive rhetoric masquerading as grassroots support.

But now, thanks to X’s transparency update, users don’t have to rely on government reports or investigative journalists to see the manipulation. The platform itself is exposing these accounts in real time. Fake “patriots” claiming to defend American values are tweeting from thousands of miles away.

The masks are off. And this time, the evidence is public, undeniable, and sitting right there on every profile.