--- title: "Ukraine-Run Pro-Trump Facebook Page Has Over 1.1 Million Followers" description: "A gigantic pro-Trump propaganda Facebook page called \"I Love America\" with 1.1 million fans is being managed by a small group of people based in Ukraine." date: "2019-09-23" modified: "2019-09-27" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/ukraine-run-pro-trump-facebook-page-1-million-followers" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "donald trump" - "propaganda" - "russian bots" - "the digest" - "ukraine" --- # Ukraine-Run Pro-Trump Facebook Page Has Over 1.1 Million Followers ![A gigantic pro-Trump propaganda Facebook page called "I Love America" with 1.1 million fans is being managed by a small group of people based in Ukraine.]() *\Image: White House/Victor Tangermann\* ## Ya Lyublyu Ameryku A gigantic pro-Trump Facebook page called "I Love America," with 1.1 million fans, is being managed by a small group of people based in Ukraine, [*Popular Information* reports](). The pages represent a massive endeavor to manipulate Americans with false and misleading claims — and they're a sign of how easy it is to do that at scale on social media. ## Troll Farm And that's just the beginning, according to *Popular Information*: countless other Facebook pages about similar topics are also managed by Ukrainians. "I Love America" is littered with pro-Trump memes, old and new. Some even originate from the Internet Research Agency, as *Popular Information* points out, the same troll farm that was [heavily involved]() with spreading Russian propaganda during the 2016 presidential election. ## Click Like According to a Facebook statement received by *Popular Information*, none of the pages violate the social platform's policies. There is a however a precedent of Facebook taking down pages just like "I Love America," including the IRA-operated page "Being Patriotic," which attracted some 200,000 followers before being shut down in 2017. But "I Love America" has ballooned into something far larger. According to social media data analyzed by Popular Information, the page saw over 20 million total interactions over the past 90 days — more than *USA Today* or even the *LA Times*. **READ MORE:** [Massive "I Love America" Facebook page, pushing pro-Trump propaganda, is run by Ukrainians]() \[*Popular Information*\] **More on propaganda online:** *[New AI Generates Horrifyingly Plausible Fake News]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()