Overview
- He shared on X an image of a crowded platform with the ironic caption “Circulación normalizada en Metro de Madrid.”
- Users quickly identified the photo as from the Paris subway, reportedly taken in 2023 and originally posted by the account @rubencio70.
- After being alerted to the error, he removed the post, but screenshots continued to circulate across social media and news sites.
- Madrid’s regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso and Metro de Madrid CEO Ignacio Vázquez Casavilla publicly reproached him, with Vázquez suggesting he cite images of national rail disruptions instead.
- The episode was widely framed as another example of his combative online style and as a proxy fight over regional versus national responsibility for transport services.