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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1377/
- Published: 2026-01-06T17:30:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-06T17:30:19.000Z
- Description: Margo Martin, a 30-year-old who gets as close to the president as his Secret Service detail, is the quiet engine of a social media operation that has transformed presidential communications.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> Over the past two years, a little-known aide to United States President Donald Trump has become one of the GOP’s most influential content creators, filming him dancing on a tarmac in Malaysia, serving French fries at McDonald’s on the campaign trail and greeting small children in the Oval Office.  
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> Margo Martin, a 30-year-old who gets as close to the president as his Secret Service detail, is the quiet engine of a social media operation that has transformed presidential communications.  
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> Armed with an iPhone camera, she gives what feels like a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the president and the most potent element that spurs online engagement: a sense of authenticity.  
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> Martin’s raw material is then processed by a sprawling network of better-known right-wing influencers who use that content for memes, podcast clips and shows that go viral, reinforcing Trump’s bond with his most ardent supporters and maintaining his status as a ubiquitous pop culture figure for everyone else.  
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> During Trump’s trip to Asia last year, vertical videos and photos captured by Martin were viewed nearly 50 million times on her X account and more than 222 million times on the @TeamTrump Instagram and TikTok, not to mention the millions of views on reposts from Trump supporters who cribbed the content and shared it themselves.  
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> It’s curated, of course. You won’t see images of Trump dozing off in a Cabinet meeting or the bruise on his hand that are often promoted bythe left. But even Democrats who view Martin’s efforts as propaganda concede their effectiveness.  
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> “The more you see something, the more you think it’s true,” said Sammy Kanter, a Democratic content creator and new media consultant.  
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> NZ Herald

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