# Posts from Tuesday, May 12, 2015

25 posts on 2015-05-12.

## Day analysis

Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2015-05-12/analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T09:24:45.258Z (UTC): a model's reading of the day's posts, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

**Pre-Campaign Runway: Late-Night Poll Celebration, Lone Media Attack, and a Day of Brand-Building in the Shadow of Unmentioned Tragedies**

On May 12, 2015 — five weeks before his formal presidential announcement — Donald Trump produced 25 posts across a 17.5-hour UTC window (1:10 AM to 6:40 PM Eastern). The day was overwhelmingly grandiose (23 of 25 posts) with only one genuine rage episode: a 1:44 AM attack on Washington Post journalist Chris Cillizza that spiked to 0.70 rage intensity but did not escalate into a spiral. The dominant psychological function was narcissistic supply-seeking, with Trump retweeting poll numbers, supporter endorsements, and flattering media coverage at a pace consistent with pre-candidacy momentum-building. The single rage post appears triggered by Cillizza's coverage of Trump's rising poll numbers — paradoxically, the very data Trump was celebrating in adjacent posts — suggesting the injury was not about the polls themselves but about perceived disrespect in the framing.

The day's most notable structural feature is a late-night posting cluster from 1:10 AM to 2:15 AM EDT (7 posts in 65 minutes), followed by approximately 6 hours and 45 minutes of silence presumably for sleep, before resuming at 9:00 AM. The afternoon saw a dense burst of 13 posts between 2:09 PM and 4:35 PM EDT, many with very low authorship scores (0.10–0.30), indicating heavy staff involvement in scheduling entrepreneurial platitudes, brand promotions, and campaign-positioning content. Two posts appear to be exact duplicates re-posted later in the evening (the Reagan comparison and the entrepreneur "big picture" post), suggesting either a scheduling tool error or intentional repetition for reach.

Strikingly absent from the day's output is any mention of two major events occurring on this date: the catastrophic Amtrak 188 derailment in Philadelphia (killing 8 people in a city 90 miles from Trump Tower) and a devastating 7.3 magnitude aftershock in Nepal (killing over 150). For someone positioning himself as a national leader, the complete omission of both tragedies — while finding time for three posts of generic entrepreneurial advice and multiple Tom Brady defenses — is psychologically consistent with a narcissistic framework in which external suffering holds no utility unless it can be instrumentalized for self-aggrandizement.

- Posts analyzed: 25
- Dominant state: grandiose
- Narrative arc: stable
- Aggregate rage level: 0.07
- Max danger level: none
- Claims: 13 (4 false)
- Era: 2016 Campaign

# Daily Psychological Digest: May 12, 2015

## Location & Timezone Context

Trump was based at Trump Tower, New York City in May 2015 — five weeks before his June 16 presidential candidacy announcement. All analysis below uses **Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC-4)**.

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## I. Posting Timeline (EDT)

| Time (EDT) | Post ID | Type | Intensity | Authorship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:10 AM | x_597992288535650304 | RT - China/Africa geopolitics | 0.15 | 0.80 |
| 1:12 AM | x_597992721802993664 | RT - Supporter endorsement | 0.10 | 0.90 |
| 1:17 AM | x_597993941594693632 | RT - Brady/White House fantasy | 0.15 | 0.90 |
| **1:44 AM** | **x_598000667953930240** | **Original - Cillizza attack** | **0.65** | **0.97** |
| 2:02 AM | x_598005390954102784 | RT - Bloomberg poll | 0.20 | 0.90 |
| 2:10 AM | x_598007240847728640 | RT - Byron York NH/IA piece | 0.20 | 0.85 |
| 2:15 AM | x_598008549801877504 | RT - Supporter endorsement | 0.10 | 0.90 |
| *~6h 45m gap — presumed sleep* | | | | |
| 9:00 AM | x_598110553186422784 | Original - Verizon/AOL critique | 0.40 | 0.85 |
| 11:01 AM | x_598140917787262977 | Original - Brady vlog | 0.15 | 0.60 |
| *~3h gap* | | | | |
| 2:09 PM | x_598188263954866176 | Staff - Reagan comparison | 0.30 | 0.25 |
| 2:24–2:41 PM | (5 posts) | Mixed RT/staff content | 0.10–0.20 | 0.40–0.75 |
| 2:38–3:00 PM | (3 posts) | Staff - Entrepreneur advice | 0.05–0.10 | 0.10–0.25 |
| 3:48–3:52 PM | (2 posts) | Staff - Breitbart, PRNewswire | 0.05–0.25 | 0.10–0.30 |
| 4:12–4:35 PM | (3 posts) | Mixed - TPP, Boston Herald | 0.15–0.20 | 0.20–0.40 |
| 6:09 PM | x_598188263954866200 | **Duplicate** - Reagan comparison | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| 6:40 PM | x_598196023907983400 | **Duplicate** - Entrepreneur post | 0.10 | 0.30 |

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## II. Psychological State Tracking

### Dominant State: **Grandiose** (23/25 posts)

The day is overwhelmingly characterized by grandiose self-presentation. Trump positions himself as a rising political force (poll amplification), a superior business mind (Verizon/AOL critique, TPP commentary), a loyal friend to the powerful (Brady defense), and a Reaganesque figure destined for greatness. Only two posts register as "mixed," and both involve some form of narcissistic injury or populist positioning.

### State Transition

The single meaningful state transition occurs in the late-night cluster:

**1:10–1:17 AM: Grandiose baseline** — Three rapid retweets of supporter endorsements and geopolitical content. Trump is in supply-gathering mode, curating flattering content.

**1:44 AM: Mixed/rage spike (x_598000667953930240)** — The Cillizza attack represents the day's only rage event. Notably, this is the post with the highest authorship score of the day (0.97), meaning this is unambiguously Trump himself, typing with personal conviction. The trigger is paradoxical: Cillizza was covering the very poll numbers Trump was celebrating, but Trump perceived the *framing* as dismissive. The attack deploys his characteristic layered insult structure: categorical ("one of the dumber"), social-hierarchical ("least respected"), and visceral ("moron").

**2:02 AM: Immediate recovery to grandiose** — Within 18 minutes, Trump pivots to retweeting Byron York's favorable poll coverage. This rapid self-regulation through narcissistic supply is a textbook compensatory mechanism. The injury did not fester; it was cauterized by more flattering data.

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## III. Escalation Detection

**No escalation detected.** The Cillizza rage post (0.70 rage intensity) is an isolated spike. It does not build from prior posts, does not trigger follow-up attacks, and is immediately followed by supply-seeking behavior. This is a **single-shot discharge** rather than a rage spiral. The 18-minute recovery time is notably fast, suggesting either the injury was superficial or the available supply (favorable poll data) was sufficiently potent to neutralize it.

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## IV. Theme Analysis

### Primary Themes

1. **Pre-campaign positioning (44% of posts):** The dominant thread of the day. Trump systematically amplifies poll numbers, supporter endorsements, media coverage of his rising profile, and the Reagan comparison. This is not spontaneous — it reads as a coordinated narrative strategy preparing the ground for his June 16 announcement. The Reagan comparison (x_598188263954866176) is particularly significant: it represents Trump's attempt to claim ideological lineage from the most revered modern Republican president.

2. **Entrepreneurial advice (20%):** A cluster of five posts between 2:38 PM and 3:00 PM EDT consisting of generic motivational platitudes ("Be passionate," "Keep the big picture in mind," "Look at the solution, not the problem") and a Thomas Edison quote. Authorship scores for these posts range from 0.10 to 0.25, strongly suggesting pre-scheduled staff content rather than genuine Trump output. These serve the brand but reveal nothing psychologically.

3. **Tom Brady / Deflategate (16%):** Four posts defend Brady across the day, from the late-night fantasy retweet about Brady visiting "Trump in the White House" to the afternoon "Sue them Tom!" vlog and the "only the Patriots do this" defense. The Brady defense serves dual functions: loyalty signaling to a high-status ally and implicit self-identification with a winner being persecuted by the establishment.

4. **Business commentary (12%):** The Verizon/AOL critique (x_598110553186422784) and TPP celebration (x_598219168001949697) position Trump as a dealmaker whose judgment supersedes corporate boards and Senate negotiators.

5. **Media attack (4%):** A single post — but psychologically the most revealing of the day.

### Theme Obsession Assessment

No single-topic obsession is present. Themes are distributed across multiple domains in a manner consistent with deliberate brand management rather than fixation. The pre-campaign positioning theme is dominant but expected given the temporal context (5 weeks pre-announcement).

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## V. Contradiction Detection

### Minor Contradictions

**Populist vs. Elite Self-Positioning:** In x_598213252636631040, Trump amplifies a Breitbart headline claiming "rich people don't like me" and that "poor, middle-income people like me best." This populist framing sits in tension with the grandiose business-elite persona projected in x_598110553186422784, where he dismisses a $4.4 billion corporate acquisition as "STUPID" from the authority of a billionaire dealmaker. This is less a logical contradiction than a deliberate dual-coding strategy — signaling populist sympathy while maintaining elite credentials — but it reveals the inherent instability of the "billionaire man of the people" construction.

### Operational Anomalies

Two posts appear to be duplicates re-posted approximately 4 hours after their initial publication:
- The Reagan comparison: x_598188263954866176 (2:09 PM) → x_598188263954866200 (6:09 PM)
- The entrepreneur "big picture" post: x_598196023907983360 (2:40 PM) → x_598196023907983400 (6:40 PM)

These are likely scheduling tool errors rather than intentional repetition, given that both original posts have low authorship scores suggesting staff management.

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## VI. Hypomanic Indicators

| Metric | Value | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Total posts | 25 | Moderately elevated |
| Likely Trump-authored (>0.50) | ~11 | Within normal range |
| Earliest post (EDT) | 1:10 AM | Late but consistent with known patterns |
| Latest post (EDT) | 6:40 PM | Normal |
| Longest gap | 6h 45m (2:15 AM – 9:00 AM) | Adequate sleep window |
| Shortest gap | 2 minutes (multiple) | Rapid-fire RT clusters |
| Post clusters | 2 (late-night: 7 posts/65 min; afternoon: 13 posts/2.5 hrs) | Normal for mixed personal/staff account |

**Sleep deprivation assessment:** The 1:10–2:15 AM posting cluster is late but not extreme for Trump's known patterns. The 6 hour 45 minute gap provides a plausible sleep window of approximately 6 hours (accounting for time to fall asleep and wake before posting). This is on the short end of healthy sleep but does not meet clinical thresholds for deprivation.

**Hypomanic episode assessment:** **No.** While the raw post count of 25 is elevated, approximately 14 posts have authorship scores below 0.50, indicating staff involvement. The likely Trump-authored count of ~11 is within normal range. There is no pressured speech, flight of ideas, or goal-directed hyperactivity evident in the content. The late-night cluster is characterized by brief retweets rather than expansive original content.

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## VII. Event Correlation

### Events Referenced

1. **TPP Senate Procedural Vote (x_598219168001949697):** Senate Democrats blocked fast-track trade authority on May 12. Trump's response was **amplifying** — celebrating the failure as validation of his trade skepticism. "We need SMART TRADE!" is a proto-campaign slogan. Reaction: proportionate, politically astute.

2. **Verizon-AOL Acquisition (x_598110553186422784):** Verizon's $4.4B AOL purchase announced May 12. Trump's response was **dismissive** — calling the deal "STUPID" and asserting AOL is "worth less than $1 billion." This positions him as a superior dealmaker. The price claim ($4.4B) is accurate; the valuation claim is speculative opinion presented as fact.

3. **Tom Brady / Deflategate:** The NFL's ongoing investigation prompted multiple posts. Trump's response was **defensive** on Brady's behalf — "people are very naive if they think only the Patriots do this" — functioning as proxy self-defense through identification with a winner under siege.

### Events NOT Referenced

Critically, Trump made no mention of:
- **Amtrak 188 derailment in Philadelphia** (8 dead, 200+ injured) — occurring approximately 90 miles from Trump Tower
- **Nepal 7.3 magnitude aftershock** (150+ dead)

The omission of both tragedies — while posting generic entrepreneur advice and Tom Brady defenses — is psychologically significant. It suggests either (a) the events held no perceived utility for self-enhancement, (b) staff managing the account chose not to address them, or (c) a genuine empathy deficit regarding events that cannot be instrumentalized. Given that Trump would later frequently reference disasters when politically advantageous, interpretation (a) is most parsimonious.

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## VIII. Danger Assessment

**Maximum danger level: None.**

No posts target private citizens, incite action against individuals, or employ stochastic terrorism framing. The Cillizza attack (x_598000667953930240) names a public journalist but uses only personal insults ("dumber," "moron") without directing followers toward action. This is well within the bounds of standard political media criticism, albeit unusually personal in tone. No pattern of stochastic terrorism is present across the day's output.

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## IX. Cognitive Assessment

**Complexity trend: Stable.**

The day's Trump-authored content shows no cognitive decline markers. Syntax is simple but intentional — Trump's 2015 posting style favors short declarative statements and categorical judgments. The Cillizza attack (x_598000667953930240) demonstrates his characteristic multi-layered insult construction: superlative framing ("one of the dumber"), social-hierarchical positioning ("least respected"), categorical labeling ("moron"), and motive attribution ("hates my poll numbers"). This is a rhetorically effective if crude structure that shows consistent cognitive patterning.

The entrepreneur posts are too generic and low-authorship to assess meaningfully. The Verizon/AOL critique shows engagement with a moderately complex business topic, though the analysis is reduced to a binary "STUPID" judgment — consistent with Trump's preference for confident assertion over nuanced argument.

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## X. Day-Level Synthesis

May 12, 2015 represents a **textbook pre-campaign positioning day**. The psychological architecture is stable grandiosity interrupted by one brief, self-contained injury response. The high proportion of staff-generated content (entrepreneurial advice, brand promotions, duplicate posts) suggests an operation transitioning from personal Twitter account to proto-campaign communications platform.

The day's most psychologically revealing moment is not the rage spike but what surrounds it: Trump is awake at 1:44 AM, personally composing an attack on a journalist who covered his poll numbers insufficiently reverently, then within 18 minutes returning to the gratifying work of amplifying those same numbers. This micro-cycle — supply-seeking → injury → attack → more supply-seeking — captures the fundamental narcissistic economy that would come to define his political communication style.

The absence of any response to the Amtrak disaster or Nepal earthquake, combined with time devoted to Brady defense and entrepreneurial platitudes, provides baseline evidence for the hypothesis that Trump's engagement with external events is almost entirely mediated by perceived self-relevance rather than empathic response or leadership obligation.

### Narrative

The day follows a stable pre-campaign brand-building arc with no significant disruptions. A brief late-night rage spike against a journalist is immediately absorbed back into the dominant grandiose pattern of poll celebration and supporter amplification. The afternoon is dominated by low-authorship scheduled content — motivational platitudes, brand promotions, and retweets — suggesting a coordinated media strategy rather than spontaneous emotional expression. No redemption or contamination arc is present; the day reads as a steady-state campaign runway with one minor turbulence event. The duplicate posts in the evening suggest operational rather than psychological dynamics at play.

### Dominant themes

- Pre-campaign positioning and poll amplification (1 post)
- Entrepreneurial advice and motivational content (1 post)
- Tom Brady / Deflategate defense (1 post)
- Business commentary and Trump brand promotion (1 post)
- Media attack / narcissistic injury response (1 post)

### Contradictions that day

- [x_598213252636631040](https://trump.fm/post/x_598213252636631040): Rich people don't like me — poor, middle-income people like me best
  vs. [x_598110553186422784](https://trump.fm/post/x_598110553186422784): Positions himself as superior business mind critiquing a $4.4B corporate deal as 'STUPID'
- [x_598188263954866176](https://trump.fm/post/x_598188263954866176): Reagan comparison post at 18:09 UTC (2:09 PM EDT)
  vs. [x_598188263954866200](https://trump.fm/post/x_598188263954866200): Near-identical Reagan comparison reposted at 22:09 UTC (6:09 PM EDT)

### Cognitive concerns

- Original posts show simple syntax and rely heavily on categorical insults ('dumber', 'least respected', 'moron') rather than substantive critique — consistent with baseline rhetorical style rather than decline
- Afternoon entrepreneurial posts are generic platitudes with very low authorship scores (0.10-0.25), suggesting staff-generated content rather than cognitive markers
- Duplicate re-posting of two items in the evening (Reagan comparison, entrepreneur post) may indicate inattention to prior output or scheduling tool malfunction
- No evidence of word-finding difficulty, tangential reasoning, or incoherence — cognitive function appears baseline-normal for this period

## Posts

### [x_598196023907983400](https://trump.fm/post/x_598196023907983400)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T22:40:20.000Z (UTC)

> Entrepreneurs: Keep the big picture in mind. There are always opportunites and possibilities &amp, thinking too small can negate a lot of them.

0 likes · 165 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598196023907983400.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598196023907983400/analysis

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### [x_598188263954866200](https://trump.fm/post/x_598188263954866200)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T22:09:30.000Z (UTC)

> I was proud to be one of Ronald Reagan's earliest supporters. Like Reagan, it's time to Make America Great Again!http://t.co/toq7Ddalco

0 likes · 210 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598188263954866200.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598188263954866200/analysis

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### [x_598225004258533376](https://trump.fm/post/x_598225004258533376)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T20:35:30.000Z (UTC)

> My @bostonherald interview on Tom Brady, Hillary Clinton, the Granite State &amp; Making America Great Again! https://t.co/Qy1J7TilAu

77 likes · 59 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598225004258533376.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598225004258533376/analysis

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### [x_598220951873069057](https://trump.fm/post/x_598220951873069057)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T20:19:23.000Z (UTC)

> “Polling strong, Donald Trump starting to get serious”
>   http://t.co/8LCMa58P7P via @bostonherald by @JaclynCashman

70 likes · 33 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598220951873069057.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598220951873069057/analysis

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### [x_598219168001949697](https://trump.fm/post/x_598219168001949697)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T20:12:18.000Z (UTC)

> Glad the Trans-Pacific Partnership failed in the Senate. Bad deal for American worker &amp; economy! We need SMART TRADE! http://t.co/YPz4io6WJJ

131 likes · 101 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598219168001949697.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598219168001949697/analysis

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### [x_598214246187573249](https://trump.fm/post/x_598214246187573249)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T19:52:45.000Z (UTC)

> Via @PRNewswire “Streetsense Brings "The National," a Geoffrey Zakarian Restaurant, to DC's New Trump Intl Hotel” http://t.co/g5KG6YQZnj

23 likes · 7 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598214246187573249.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598214246187573249/analysis

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### [x_598213252636631040](https://trump.fm/post/x_598213252636631040)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T19:48:48.000Z (UTC)

> Via @BreitbartNews: “DONALD TRUMP: ‘RICH PEOPLE DON’T LIKE ME’–POOR, MIDDLE-INCOME PEOPLE ‘LIKE ME BEST’” http://t.co/JRZEhq1dPQ

62 likes · 26 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598213252636631040.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598213252636631040/analysis

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### [x_598201131370680322](https://trump.fm/post/x_598201131370680322)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T19:00:38.000Z (UTC)

> "Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits." -- Thomas Edison

274 likes · 263 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598201131370680322.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598201131370680322/analysis

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### [x_598196245971230722](https://trump.fm/post/x_598196245971230722)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T18:41:13.000Z (UTC)

> Entrepreneurs: Look at the solution, not the problem. Learn to focus on what will give results.

345 likes · 254 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598196245971230722.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598196245971230722/analysis

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### [x_598196023907983360](https://trump.fm/post/x_598196023907983360)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T18:40:20.000Z (UTC)

> Entrepreneurs: Keep the big picture in mind. There are always opportunites and possibilities &amp; thinking too small can negate a lot of them.

237 likes · 186 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598196023907983360.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598196023907983360/analysis

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### [x_598195607883350016](https://trump.fm/post/x_598195607883350016)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T18:38:41.000Z (UTC)

> Entrepreneurs: Be passionate. You have to love what you're doing to be successful at it.

336 likes · 274 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598195607883350016.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598195607883350016/analysis

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### [x_598195057397800960](https://trump.fm/post/x_598195057397800960)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T18:36:30.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @WilyKayote (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@WilyKayote @LenToddWOR  I hope the Don throws his hat in the ring for POTUS. He can't be bought!  He said this country is going to Hell"

36 likes · 14 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598195057397800960.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598195057397800960/analysis

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### [x_598193454557061121](https://trump.fm/post/x_598193454557061121)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T18:30:08.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @enzotorin (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@enzotorin @realDonaldTrump Trump is the man #Trump2016"

32 likes · 12 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598193454557061121.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598193454557061121/analysis

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### [x_598193010048897024](https://trump.fm/post/x_598193010048897024)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T18:28:22.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @therealtommydel (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@therealtommydel Trump for President!  Tom Brady as running mate?"

199 likes · 120 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598193010048897024.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598193010048897024/analysis

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### [x_598192156491255808](https://trump.fm/post/x_598192156491255808)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T18:24:58.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @donhewitt3 (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@donhewitt3 @RonFromLasVegas People are very naive if they think only the Patriots do this. Had no effect on the game. Go to court"

157 likes · 84 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598192156491255808.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598192156491255808/analysis

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### [x_598188263954866176](https://trump.fm/post/x_598188263954866176)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T18:09:30.000Z (UTC)

> I was proud to be one of Ronald Reagan's earliest supporters. Like Reagan, it's time to Make America Great Again!
> http://t.co/toq7Ddalco

393 likes · 232 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598188263954866176.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598188263954866176/analysis

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### [x_598140917787262977](https://trump.fm/post/x_598140917787262977)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T15:01:22.000Z (UTC)

> Sue them Tom! #TrumpVlog https://t.co/27fGVFn9pz

692 likes · 854 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598140917787262977.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598140917787262977/analysis

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### [x_598110553186422784](https://trump.fm/post/x_598110553186422784)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T13:00:42.000Z (UTC)

> What a STUPID deal for Verizon to buy AOL for $4.4 billion. AOL has been bad luck for everyone who touched it. Worth less than $1 billion!

525 likes · 306 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598110553186422784.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598110553186422784/analysis

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### [x_598008549801877504](https://trump.fm/post/x_598008549801877504)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T06:15:23.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @strombolijeff (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@strombolijeff: @realDonaldTrump u are the people's hero. TRUMP 2016 you've got my vote!" Thanks.

45 likes · 18 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598008549801877504.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598008549801877504/analysis

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### [x_598007240847728640](https://trump.fm/post/x_598007240847728640)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T06:10:11.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @ByronYork (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@ByronYork: Donald Trump is rising in NH, IA. What's going on? http://t.co/MsPEKCaIML"

33 likes · 15 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598007240847728640.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598007240847728640/analysis

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### [x_598005390954102784](https://trump.fm/post/x_598005390954102784)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T06:02:50.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @ByronYork (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@ByronYork: In new Bloomberg poll, Donald Trump ahead of Christie Cruz Carson Huckabee Fiorina Graham Jindal Kasich Perry Santorum."

49 likes · 27 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598005390954102784.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598005390954102784/analysis

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### [x_598000667953930240](https://trump.fm/post/x_598000667953930240)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T05:44:04.000Z (UTC)

> One of the dumber and least respected of the political pundits is Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post @TheFix. Moron hates my poll numbers

158 likes · 126 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_598000667953930240.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_598000667953930240/analysis

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### [x_597993941594693632](https://trump.fm/post/x_597993941594693632)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T05:17:20.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @delonte3ast (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@delonte3ast: Tom Brady is about to win the next 5 Super Bowls and visit @realdonaldtrump in the White House." Very cool!

212 likes · 138 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_597993941594693632.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_597993941594693632/analysis

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### [x_597992721802993664](https://trump.fm/post/x_597992721802993664)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T05:12:29.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @ryan_smith10 (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@ryan_smith10: @realDonaldTrump for President! 🇺🇸🇺🇸"

79 likes · 22 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_597992721802993664.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_597992721802993664/analysis

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### [x_597992288535650304](https://trump.fm/post/x_597992288535650304)

X (Twitter) · 2015-05-12T05:10:46.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @cerrabella (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@cerrabella: @realDonaldTrump China to build military base in Africa next to critical choke oil transport- zerohedge http://t.co/DWbXc80gzv

40 likes · 30 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_597992288535650304.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_597992288535650304/analysis

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