# Posts from Thursday, March 24, 2016

26 posts on 2016-03-24.

## Day analysis

Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2016-03-24/analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T10:53:11.651Z (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._

**Brussels Dead Become Props: A Day of Tragedy Instrumentalized Into Vindication, Vendetta, and "I Alone Can Fix It"**

Trump spent the day converting the Brussels bombings into a vehicle for self-congratulation, declaring NATO obsolete, warning of civilizational destruction from Syrian refugees, and proclaiming "I alone can fix this problem." Between bursts of terrorism-related grandstanding, he picked fights with Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, and the hosts of The View -- cycling rapidly between geopolitical pronouncements and petty media feuds. The mood was overwhelmingly self-assured and combative, with one notable crack: a defensive evening post insisting he "didn't start the fight" over retweeting an unflattering photo of Cruz's wife. It was a high-volume day with 26 posts, suggesting an energized, supply-rich state fueled by external validation of his prior security predictions.

- Posts analyzed: 26
- Dominant state: grandiose
- Narrative arc: contamination
- Aggregate rage level: 0.38
- Max danger level: elevated
- Escalation detected
- Theme obsession: Brussels bombings as personal vindication / terrorism instrumentalization
- Claims: 51 (13 false)
- Era: 2016 Campaign

# Daily Psychological Digest: March 24, 2016

## Context and Timezone

Trump was almost certainly based in New York (Trump Tower) on this date, two days after the Brussels ISIS bombings of March 22. All analysis uses EDT (UTC−4). The posting window spans from 10:33 PM EDT on March 23 to 6:42 PM EDT on March 24 — a 20-hour active window with an approximately 8-hour overnight gap (11:55 PM to 7:47 AM), making sleep deprivation unlikely.

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## I. Psychological State Arc

### Dominant State: Grandiose (23 of 26 posts)

The day is overwhelmingly grandiose, powered by a single engine: the Brussels bombings validate Trump's prior "hell hole" characterization of Brussels and his broader anti-immigration/anti-Muslim positioning. This external confirmation produces a sustained supply-rich state that fuels high-volume output across multiple concurrent attack vectors.

### State Transitions

**Late Night (10:33–11:55 PM EDT, March 23):** Four posts open the cycle — three supply-seeking retweets establishing follower adulation, then the clinically significant Heidi Cruz photo retweet (x_712850174838771712, rage 0.72). This last post shifts the state to **mixed**: the retaliatory aggression carries genuine narcissistic injury affect (the Cruz PAC's Melania GQ ad) alongside grandiose display. It is the day's peak rage moment.

**Early Morning (7:47–7:59 AM EDT):** Two NATO posts (x_712969068396093440, x_712972000927551488) mark a clean reset to **grandiose** — confident, prescriptive, and emotionally stable. Brussels is processed not as grief but as policy vindication.

**Morning Burst (9:40 AM–12:02 PM EDT):** Fourteen posts in approximately 2.5 hours — the day's psychological core. The state is sustained grandiose with escalating intensity. Posts cycle rapidly through Graham attacks → Cruz attacks → Brussels vindication → The View devaluation → ISIS fear amplification → civilizational threat, with no coherent prioritization. The peak intensity post — "I TOLD YOU SO! I alone can fix this problem!" (x_713030660475240448, intensity 0.85) — is the day's psychological apex, containing the phrase that would be reprised at the RNC convention.

**Afternoon (2:14–3:59 PM EDT):** Output decelerates. Two low-intensity posts (MAGA slogan, supporter retweet). Supply-satiated deceleration.

**Evening (5:48–6:42 PM EDT):** The sole **vulnerable** state transition occurs at x_713131098969083904 (6:31 PM): a defensive DARVO response to sustained criticism of the Heidi Cruz photo attack. "I didn't start the fight" is structurally defensive, not offensive — a rare departure from the day's dominant grandiose register, indicating the criticism penetrated. Recovery is rapid: within 11 minutes, x_713133907567329285 restores grandiose equilibrium via the $67 million negative-ad supply-extraction post.

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## II. Escalation Analysis

A **gradual escalation** is detected across the morning burst:

- **Start:** x_713003045827780609 (10:02 AM) — Graham attack, rage 0.45, intensity 0.42
- **Build:** Posts escalate through Graham/Cruz pairing (rage 0.55), Brussels vindication (rage 0.40), to the View cascade (rage 0.45 → 0.55)
- **Peak:** x_713030660475240448 (11:52 AM) — "I alone can fix this problem," intensity 0.85, rage 0.55
- **Duration:** ~110 minutes
- **Trajectory:** Gradual, with oscillation rather than a clean monotonic ramp

The escalation is not a pure rage spiral; it is a supply-intensity spiral. Each post raises the claim-stakes (from Graham insult → civilizational survival) while maintaining affective range between combative and triumphant. The rage is not disproportionate to a single trigger — it is distributed across multiple concurrent grievances, each receiving a measured dose.

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## III. Theme Analysis

### Primary Theme: Brussels Instrumentalization (8 posts)

The Brussels bombings function not as a humanitarian event requiring empathic response but as a **multi-purpose supply generator**. Across eight posts, the attacks are deployed to:
1. Declare NATO obsolete (x_712969068396093440)
2. Reframe alliance funding as victimization (x_712972000927551488)
3. Devalue Cruz and Graham as "all talk" on ISIS (x_713004219234709505, x_713006012085760001)
4. Establish prophetic vindication (x_713006944047534081, x_713012045214531584)
5. Claim sole-savior authority (x_713030660475240448)
6. Amplify civilizational threat for immigration restriction (x_713031504415338497)

**Not one of the 26 posts acknowledges the 32 Brussels dead, expresses condolence, or names a victim.** This is the day's most diagnostically significant absence.

### Secondary Theme: Cruz/Primary Rival Attacks (5 posts)

The Cruz thread operates on two tracks: the public political branding ("Lyin' Ted," "all talk") and the private spousal-attack controversy. The latter produces the day's only vulnerable moment.

### Tertiary Theme: Media Grievance (5 posts)

Media devaluation runs throughout — NYT, The View, "the press" — but the View sub-cluster (3 posts, 11:33–11:49 AM) is notable for its gratuitous timing amid terrorism discourse, suggesting impaired priority filtering or deliberate audience-management through topic diversification.

### Obsession Assessment: **Yes**

Brussels/terrorism/vindication dominates the day's output with abnormal recurrence. Eight of 26 posts directly reference or instrumentalize the attacks. The theme is not explored with increasing nuance but repeated with escalating grandiosity, consistent with obsessive supply-extraction rather than analytical engagement.

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## IV. Contradiction Detection

### Contradiction 1 (Moderate Severity)
- **x_712850174838771712** (11:55 PM, March 23): Retweets an unflattering side-by-side of Heidi Cruz and Melania Trump with the caption "A picture is worth a thousand words" — a clear offensive act against Cruz's wife's appearance.
- **x_713131098969083904** (6:31 PM, March 24): "I didn't start the fight with Lyin' Ted Cruz over the GQ cover pic of Melania, he did."
- **Assessment:** The claim of non-initiation is directly contradicted by the documented sequence. Trump's public threat against Heidi Cruz preceded any Cruz personal retaliation. The DARVO structure (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) is textbook.

### Contradiction 2 (Minor Severity)
- **x_713025973751529472**: Claims The View is "constantly asking me to go on" (framing himself as sought-after).
- **x_713027407742177280**: Questions how the hosts "ever got their jobs" and calls the show a "total disaster" (framing it as beneath notice).
- **Assessment:** The posts serve different narcissistic functions (validation of desirability vs. devaluation of adversary) that are logically incompatible: one cannot be simultaneously courted by an institution and genuinely contemptuous of its personnel's qualifications.

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## V. Hypomanic Indicators

| Metric | Value | Assessment |
|--------|-------|------------|
| Post count | 26 | ~82nd percentile for 2016 campaign baseline |
| Posting window | 20+ hours (with 8-hour gap) | Not abnormal |
| Densest burst | 14 posts in 150 minutes | Elevated |
| Topic switching | Rapid, affectively inconsistent | Mild concern |
| Sleep window | ~11:55 PM – 7:47 AM EDT | Adequate (~8 hours) |
| Earliest post | 7:47 AM EDT | Normal |
| Latest post | 6:42 PM EDT | Normal |

**Assessment:** Sub-threshold for hypomanic episode. Posting volume is elevated and topic-switching shows reduced self-regulatory filtering (oscillating between civilizational threat rhetoric and View host appearance criticism within minutes), consistent with **mild hypomanic features** in the context of an energizing external event (Brussels validation). However, the sleep window is adequate, and the latest post time is unremarkable. The elevated output is better explained by supply availability (Brussels as vindication) than by endogenous mood dysregulation.

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## VI. Narrative Arc: Contamination

The day's narrative is a **contamination sequence** in the McAdams framework: an external event that could generate collective solidarity (Brussels bombings, shared grief, alliance-affirming response) is systematically converted into personal supply, competitive devaluation of rivals, and fear amplification for political advantage. The contamination operates at multiple levels:

1. **Empathic contamination:** Collective tragedy → personal vindication ("I TOLD YOU SO!")
2. **Institutional contamination:** Alliance solidarity → billing complaint ("disproportionate share")
3. **Factual contamination:** Belgian/French-national attackers → Syrian refugee ban rationale
4. **Rhetorical contamination:** Counter-terrorism policy → "I alone can fix this problem"

The brief vulnerable moment at 6:31 PM EDT (x_713131098969083904) does not constitute a redemption turn; it is a defensive reflex quickly absorbed back into the dominant grandiose register. The day lacks any genuine redemptive or self-corrective element.

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## VII. Event Correlation

### Brussels ISIS Bombings (March 22, 2016)

**Reaction type: Amplifying.** Nine posts directly reference or instrumentalize the attacks. The reaction is not defensive (no perceived threat to self) or dismissive (the event is engaged extensively) but amplifying: Trump magnifies the threat beyond evidentiary support (5,000 ISIS infiltrators in Europe, "many in U.S.," "destruction of civilization"), uses it to validate prior positions, and positions himself as the sole solution. The amplification follows a consistent schema: external crisis → personal vindication → civilizational threat → sole-savior claim.

### Cruz PAC Melania Ad

**Reaction type: Offensive.** The late-night Heidi Cruz photo retweet (x_712850174838771712) is a retaliatory strike, not a defensive response. The evening DARVO post (x_713131098969083904) retroactively constructs a defensive framing.

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## VIII. Danger Assessment

Seven posts reach **elevated** danger level. No posts reach **high** or **critical**.

### Stochastic Terrorism Pattern: **Detected**

Across the day's output, a cumulative pattern emerges that meets the day-level stochastic terrorism threshold:

1. **Target identification:** Syrian refugees, "ISIS infiltrators," and "Muslims" are repeatedly named as existential threats — with "Muslims" bundled into a vindication list alongside policy positions (x_713012045214531584).
2. **Threat amplification:** "5,000 ISIS fighters have infiltrated Europe. Also, many in U.S." (x_713030660475240448) — a claim with limited evidentiary support presented as established fact.
3. **Existential framing:** "This will be the destruction of civilization as we know it!" (x_713031504415338497) — language that forecloses proportional response.
4. **Sole-savior positioning:** "I alone can fix this problem!" — delegitimizing all institutional alternatives.
5. **Proxy dehumanization:** Retweeting a follower calling critics "brain-dead puppets" with a directive to "destroy them all" (x_713029867810463744).

No individual post constitutes explicit incitement. The pattern is cumulative: repeated target identification + existential threat framing + institutional delegitimization + sole-savior positioning = a permission structure for audience radicalization that operates independently of authorial intent.

### Key Factual Distortions Contributing to Danger

- The Brussels attackers were Belgian and French nationals, not Syrian refugees — yet the attacks are deployed to justify a Syrian refugee ban.
- NATO has had a formal counterterrorism role since 2001 and invoked Article 5 after 9/11 — yet it is declared "obsolete" on counterterrorism grounds.
- Graham was among the Senate's most hawkish ISIS voices — yet he is accused of doing "nothing" on ISIS.

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## IX. Cognitive Assessment

Cognitive function is **within 2016 baseline** with no markers of acute concern. One typo ("thr" for "the") is noted but is within normal production error rates for rapid social media posting. Sentence construction is characteristically compressed but syntactically coherent. Rhetorical devices (parallelism, rhetorical questions, list structures) are deployed effectively.

The primary cognitive concern is not decline but **priority filtering failure**: the interleaving of civilizational-threat rhetoric with The View host appearance criticism within a 3-minute window (11:49–11:52 AM EDT) suggests either genuine difficulty distinguishing between threat magnitudes or a deliberate audience-management strategy. Both explanations are consistent with the documented 2016 baseline.

**Complexity trend: Stable.** No deterioration from established patterns.

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## X. Authorship Analysis

The day's 26 posts span a range of authorship confidence:
- **High confidence authentic** (0.82–0.92): 13 posts, including all substantive attacks, vindication claims, and the Heidi Cruz retweet
- **Moderate confidence** (0.62–0.75): 9 posts, primarily retweets and link-shares
- **Low confidence/likely aide** (0.30–0.35): 2 posts (MAGA slogan, one retweet)

The psychologically significant posts — the ones that define the day's arc — are almost all high-confidence authentic, reinforcing the clinical validity of the state and escalation analyses.

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## XI. Longitudinal Significance

March 24, 2016 is a template-setting day. Several patterns observable here will recur and intensify throughout the campaign and presidency:

1. **"I alone can fix it"** — first documented in this day's posting, reprised verbatim at the July 2016 RNC convention
2. **Tragedy-as-vindication** — the Brussels instrumentalization template will repeat after every subsequent mass-casualty event
3. **Spousal-attack escalation with DARVO defense** — the Heidi Cruz sequence establishes the "they hit first" retaliatory template
4. **NATO-as-commercial-contract** — the transactional alliance framing debuts here in sustained form
5. **Muslim-terrorism conflation** — categorical bundling of "Muslims" with terrorism validation will intensify through the proposed Muslim ban

The day's most enduring contribution to the longitudinal record is the complete absence of empathic content in response to 32 deaths — not as a momentary lapse, but as a consistent, 26-post, 20-hour pattern in which mass casualties function exclusively as political infrastructure.

### Narrative

A mass-casualty terrorist attack is systematically converted from collective tragedy into personal narcissistic supply across 26 posts. The day begins with late-night retaliatory aggression (Heidi Cruz photo), transitions to a sustained morning-to-noon burst in which Brussels is instrumentalized for NATO criticism, rival devaluation, prophetic self-validation, and civilizational fear amplification, detours into a gratuitous three-post devaluation cascade against The View, and closes with a rare moment of defensive vulnerability when accountability for the spousal-attack escalation briefly pierces the grandiose exterior. The 32 Brussels dead are never acknowledged as human beings — they function exclusively as props in a vindication narrative.

### Dominant themes

- Brussels bombings instrumentalization / terrorism fear amplification (1 post)
- Self-vindication and prophetic validation (1 post)
- Cruz attacks and Lyin' Ted branding (1 post)
- Media grievance and devaluation (1 post)
- The View targeted devaluation cascade (1 post)
- NATO delegitimization (1 post)

### Contradictions that day

- [x_712850174838771712](https://trump.fm/post/x_712850174838771712): Retweeted unflattering side-by-side comparison of Heidi Cruz and Melania Trump, captioned 'A picture is worth a thousand words'
  vs. [x_713131098969083904](https://trump.fm/post/x_713131098969083904): Claimed 'I didn't start the fight with Lyin' Ted Cruz over the GQ cover pic of Melania, he did'
- [x_713025973751529472](https://trump.fm/post/x_713025973751529472): The View is 'constantly asking me to go on' — framing himself as sought-after
  vs. [x_713027407742177280](https://trump.fm/post/x_713027407742177280): Questions how The View hosts 'ever got their jobs' and calls the show 'a total disaster' — framing it as beneath engagement

### Cognitive concerns

- Single typo ('thr' for 'the') in The View post — minor, within baseline
- Rapid topic-switching between geopolitical content and petty media feuds without apparent self-regulatory filtering
- Affective inconsistency: civilizational threat rhetoric and View host devaluation interspersed within minutes, suggesting impaired priority filtering

## Posts

### [x_713133907567329285](https://trump.fm/post/x_713133907567329285)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T22:42:27.000Z (UTC)

> Wow, just released that $67 million in negative ads was spent on me. How am I still number one - by a lot?

33,032 likes · 10,909 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713133907567329285.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713133907567329285/analysis

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### [x_713131098969083904](https://trump.fm/post/x_713131098969083904)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T22:31:17.000Z (UTC)

> I didn't start the fight with Lyin'Ted Cruz over the GQ cover pic of Melania, he did. He knew the PAC was putting it out - hence, Lyin' Ted!

27,532 likes · 9,489 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713131098969083904.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713131098969083904/analysis

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### [x_713120275299229697](https://trump.fm/post/x_713120275299229697)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T21:48:17.000Z (UTC)

> Just won a big federal lawsuit similar in certain ways to the Trump U case but the press refuses to write about it. If I lost-monster story!

26,692 likes · 8,258 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713120275299229697.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713120275299229697/analysis

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### [x_713032429297078300](https://trump.fm/post/x_713032429297078300)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T19:59:13.000Z (UTC)

> ""@NeilTurner_: @realDonaldTrump Cruz &amp, Rubio are scared! WATCH -&gt, https://t.co/pWjLW1QBKo https://t.co/W2r6mOzgkb""

0 likes · 2,503 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713032429297078300.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713032429297078300/analysis

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### [x_713066424563052544](https://trump.fm/post/x_713066424563052544)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T18:14:18.000Z (UTC)

> MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/PHgrT1Nl27

21,626 likes · 8,357 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713066424563052544.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713066424563052544/analysis

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### [x_713033155989610496](https://trump.fm/post/x_713033155989610496)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T16:02:06.000Z (UTC)

> Endorsements for Lyin' Ted Cruz- https://t.co/c3QEbexOwT

10,355 likes · 3,975 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713033155989610496.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713033155989610496/analysis

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### [x_713032429297078274](https://trump.fm/post/x_713032429297078274)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T15:59:13.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @NeilTurner_ (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@NeilTurner_: @realDonaldTrump Cruz &amp; Rubio are scared! WATCH -&gt; https://t.co/pWjLW1QBKo https://t.co/W2r6mOzgkb"

7,583 likes · 3,102 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713032429297078274.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713032429297078274/analysis

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### [x_713031504415338497](https://trump.fm/post/x_713031504415338497)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T15:55:32.000Z (UTC)

> Europe and the U.S. must immediately stop taking in people from Syria. This will be the destruction of civilization as we know it! So sad!

25,263 likes · 9,907 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713031504415338497.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713031504415338497/analysis

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### [x_713030660475240448](https://trump.fm/post/x_713030660475240448)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T15:52:11.000Z (UTC)

> Just announced that as many as 5000 ISIS fighters have infiltrated Europe. Also, many in U.S.  I TOLD YOU SO! I alone can fix this problem!

22,754 likes · 9,493 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713030660475240448.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713030660475240448/analysis

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### [x_713029867810463744](https://trump.fm/post/x_713029867810463744)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T15:49:02.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @Doctor_S_Freud (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@Doctor_S_Freud:  @TheView They're all brain-dead puppets with skeletons in their closet. I say you go on and destroy them all" A dead show

9,815 likes · 2,594 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713029867810463744.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713029867810463744/analysis

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### [x_713027407742177280](https://trump.fm/post/x_713027407742177280)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T15:39:16.000Z (UTC)

> Explain how the women on The View, which is a total disaster since the great Barbara Walters left, ever got their jobs. @abc is wasting time

17,785 likes · 4,494 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713027407742177280.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713027407742177280/analysis

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### [x_713025973751529472](https://trump.fm/post/x_713025973751529472)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T15:33:34.000Z (UTC)

> .@TheView T.V. show, which is failing so badly that it will soon be taken off thr air, is constantly asking me to go on. I TELL THEM "NO"

14,065 likes · 3,453 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713025973751529472.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713025973751529472/analysis

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### [x_713014127061544961](https://trump.fm/post/x_713014127061544961)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T14:46:29.000Z (UTC)

> Hillary Clinton has been working on solving the terrorism problem for years. TIME FOR A CHANGE, I WILL SOLVE - AND FAST!

15,244 likes · 6,005 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713014127061544961.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713014127061544961/analysis

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### [x_713012937787588609](https://trump.fm/post/x_713012937787588609)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T14:41:46.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @TimVincent56 (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@TimVincent56:  @LindseyGrahamSC Talkers think about the future, Doers are already building it" #VoteTrump2016 https://t.co/OoB38jypsD"

16,861 likes · 5,477 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713012937787588609.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713012937787588609/analysis

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### [x_713012045214531584](https://trump.fm/post/x_713012045214531584)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T14:38:13.000Z (UTC)

> It is amazing how often I am right, only to be criticized by the media. Illegal immigration, take the oil, build the wall, Muslims, NATO!

22,058 likes · 7,402 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713012045214531584.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713012045214531584/analysis

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### [x_713006944047534081](https://trump.fm/post/x_713006944047534081)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T14:17:57.000Z (UTC)

> Remember when I recently said that Brussels is a "hell hole" and a mess and the failing @nytimes wrote a critical article. I was so right!

16,189 likes · 5,717 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713006944047534081.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713006944047534081/analysis

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### [x_713006012085760001](https://trump.fm/post/x_713006012085760001)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T14:14:14.000Z (UTC)

> These politicians like Cruz and Graham, who have watched ISIS and many other problems develop for years, do nothing to make things better!

14,846 likes · 4,942 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713006012085760001.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713006012085760001/analysis

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### [x_713004219234709505](https://trump.fm/post/x_713004219234709505)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T14:07:07.000Z (UTC)

> .@LindseyGrahamSC and Lyin' Ted Cruz are two politicians who are very much alike - ALL TALK AND NO ACTION! Both talk about ISIS, do nothing!

10,871 likes · 3,553 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713004219234709505.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713004219234709505/analysis

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### [x_713003045827780609](https://trump.fm/post/x_713003045827780609)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T14:02:27.000Z (UTC)

> It is amazing how @LindseyGrahamSC gets on so many T.V. shows talking negatively about me when I beat him so badly (ZERO) in his pres run!

10,889 likes · 3,091 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_713003045827780609.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_713003045827780609/analysis

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### [x_712997502769872897](https://trump.fm/post/x_712997502769872897)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T13:40:26.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @missi51 (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@missi51: .@realDonaldTrump thank God is not a politician, but he's one heck of a fighter who will fight for us, the people."

9,894 likes · 2,934 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_712997502769872897.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_712997502769872897/analysis

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### [x_712972000927551488](https://trump.fm/post/x_712972000927551488)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T11:59:06.000Z (UTC)

> We pay a disproportionate share of the cost of N.A.T.O. Why? It is time to renegotiate, and the time is now!

14,294 likes · 5,339 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_712972000927551488.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_712972000927551488/analysis

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### [x_712969068396093440](https://trump.fm/post/x_712969068396093440)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T11:47:26.000Z (UTC)

> N.A.T.O. is obsolete and must be changed to additionally focus on terrorism as well as some of the things it is currently focused on!

15,188 likes · 4,986 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_712969068396093440.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_712969068396093440/analysis

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### [x_712850174838771712](https://trump.fm/post/x_712850174838771712)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T03:55:00.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @Don_Vito_08 (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@Don_Vito_08: "A picture is worth a thousand words" @realDonaldTrump  #LyingTed #NeverCruz  @MELANIATRUMP https://t.co/5bvVEwMVF8"

25,087 likes · 10,214 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_712850174838771712.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_712850174838771712/analysis

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### [x_712845229674668032](https://trump.fm/post/x_712845229674668032)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T03:35:21.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @Kj11100Me (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@Kj11100Me: @realDonaldTrump Donald Trump will be greater  president than Ragan. Trump will set the button for morality,Christianity.

10,621 likes · 3,009 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_712845229674668032.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_712845229674668032/analysis

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### [x_712837228272164864](https://trump.fm/post/x_712837228272164864)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T03:03:33.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @tcsorr (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@tcsorr: @jphilman0206 @realDonaldTrump self-funded and media loves him. Not beholden to masters like @tedcruz. Who owns Ted?"

9,918 likes · 2,946 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_712837228272164864.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_712837228272164864/analysis

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### [x_712829601081384962](https://trump.fm/post/x_712829601081384962)

X (Twitter) · 2016-03-24T02:33:15.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @DebraRakestraw (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@DebraRakestraw:  You have over 2M followers more than than @HillaryClinton. This says something about how America feels. #Trump2016 🇺🇸"

13,743 likes · 3,914 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_712829601081384962.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_712829601081384962/analysis

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