Aaron's activity on May 18 was dominated by Trump administration corruption and abuse of power. The clearest thread running through his reposts was Trump's self-directed DOJ settlement in his IRS lawsuit — a maneuver his own attorneys described as "self-executing" and requiring no judicial oversight. Multiple posts Aaron amplified called this out as historically unprecedented corruption, with one framing it as among the most brazenly corrupt acts in US presidential history. Aaron also reposted commentary noting that the same legal maneuver had previously been used to kill offshore wind projects, and that the press was framing the story within inappropriate "normal" frameworks rather than treating it as the aberration it represents. Related threads touched on Trump's $2 billion taxpayer-funded fund disclaimed of responsibility for crimes, the DOJ's pressure campaign against Yale Medical School over its diversity practices, and an EV fee provision tucked into a bipartisan transportation bill that adds costs for electric vehicles while exempting gas-powered cars.

Aaron also engaged with several other stories. He reposted breaking news of a shooting at a San Diego mosque that killed a security guard, and shared a post about a violent antisemitic attack in London's Golders Green neighborhood. On domestic immigration enforcement, he amplified an account of ICE agents during "Metro Surge" operations in the Twin Cities shooting through closed doors and into children's bedrooms. On Colorado politics, he reposted news that Senator Michael Bennet, if elected governor, would not appoint Jared Polis to his Senate seat, citing Polis's clemency for election denier Tina Peters as disqualifying. He also shared a piece pushing back on the conventional narrative around AI chatbots and suicide risk, arguing the discussion has been dangerously oversimplified.