# Posts from Tuesday, May 17, 2016

20 posts on 2016-05-17.

## Day analysis

Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2016-05-17/analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T11:00:48.560Z (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._

**Under Fire on Women, Trump Fights Everyone — Except Megyn Kelly**

Trump spent most of the day in reactive mode, battling a New York Times story about his treatment of women and a Clinton campaign ad on the same theme. He personally attacked a former employee by name, pivoted to Bill Clinton's sexual history, and returned to the same grievance across nearly a dozen posts. The one exception to the combative tone was a strikingly conciliatory posture toward Megyn Kelly ahead of their primetime interview — a sharp contrast to the hostility aimed at everyone else. Campaign business continued in the background with Oregon primary promotion and "Crooked Hillary" branding, but the gender-defense siege clearly dominated the day.

- Posts analyzed: 20
- Dominant state: mixed
- Narrative arc: mixed
- Aggregate rage level: 0.48
- Max danger level: none
- Theme obsession: Defense against women's treatment allegations (NYT story, Clinton ad, Wall Street ad)
- Claims: 38 (8 false)
- Era: 2016 Campaign

# Daily Psychological Digest: May 17, 2016

## Location and Timezone Context

Trump was almost certainly in New York (Trump Tower) on this date. The Megyn Kelly Fox Network interview was scheduled for 8:00 PM EDT, and posting patterns align with an EDT schedule. All local times below are EDT (UTC−4).

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## I. Psychological State Tracking

### Dominant State: **Mixed** (grandiose–vulnerable oscillation)

The day's psychological signature is a sustained oscillation between grandiose offensive posturing and vulnerable defensive reactivity, with no stable resting state achieved at any point. The grandiose episodes are predominantly campaign-mode attacks on Clinton; the vulnerable episodes are triggered by gender-related criticism from multiple vectors (NYT story, Clinton ad, Wall Street ad).

### State Transitions

| Time (EDT) | Post ID | From → To | Trigger |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:08 PM (May 16) | x_732377163505225728 | unknown → mixed | Obama Rutgers speech |
| 10:13 PM (May 16) | x_732333137326444500 | mixed → vulnerable | NYT women story perseveration |
| 11:46 PM (May 16) | x_732417001965137920 | vulnerable → mixed | Barbara Res criticism |
| 12:02 AM | x_732421072037892101 | mixed → grandiose | Dominance reassertion over Res |
| 7:29 AM | x_732533409285865473 | grandiose → grandiose | Morning offensive (Clinton emails) |
| 7:37 AM | x_732535400498143232 | grandiose → vulnerable | Clinton ad on women triggers injury |
| 8:31 AM | x_732549197539446784 | vulnerable → grandiose | Pivot to Clinton weakness (Bernie) |
| 7:42 PM | x_732717975090909185 | grandiose → mixed | Wall Street ad re-triggers injury |

The most clinically significant transition is the 7:29–7:58 AM EDT morning burst: six posts in 29 minutes cycling rapidly between grandiose attack mode and vulnerable defense. This rapid oscillation, concentrated in a narrow time window, indicates heightened narcissistic activation with insufficient ego resources to sustain either state.

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## II. Escalation Detection

**No classical rage spiral detected.** The day's rage profile is better characterized as a sustained moderate plateau with two symmetric peaks (morning and evening) rather than a unidirectional escalation.

- **Morning cluster** (7:29–7:58 AM EDT): Rage intensities of 0.55, 0.65, 0.45, 0.62 across four posts in 29 minutes — elevated but non-escalating.
- **Evening spike** (7:42 PM EDT): x_732717975090909185 reaches the day's peak rage (0.65) and peak intensity (0.74), triggered by the Wall Street-funded ad.
- **Midday trough**: Campaign-mode posts between 8:31 AM and 1:58 PM show reduced rage, indicating partial emotional regulation during task-oriented activity.

The U-shaped intensity curve (high → low → high) suggests that external triggers, not internal momentum, drive the rageful episodes. Rage is proportionate to perceived injury magnitude rather than self-amplifying — a pattern more consistent with reactive narcissistic anger than a decompensating spiral.

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## III. Theme Analysis

### Dominant Themes

1. **Gender Defense / Women's Treatment Allegations** (7 posts): The day's organizing concern. The NYT story on Trump's relationships with women, a Clinton campaign ad, and a Wall Street-funded ad all converge on the same vulnerability. Trump's responses employ a consistent DARVO architecture: deny substance, attack source credibility, reverse victim/offender framing. Posts x_732417001965137920 and x_732421072037892101 (Barbara Res), x_732535400498143232, x_732537744195522560, x_732540713678819328 (Clinton ad), and x_732717975090909185 (Wall Street ad) all trace to this theme.

2. **"Crooked Hillary" Branding** (7 posts): Deployed across multiple attack vectors — emails (x_732533409285865473), women's ad (x_732537744195522560), Bill Clinton's history (x_732540713678819328, x_732575682367258624), NAFTA (x_732576889538260992), and electoral weakness (x_732549197539446784, x_732716604027502592). The branding is applied with industrial consistency, suggesting strategic discipline even within reactive episodes.

3. **Megyn Kelly Interview** (3 posts): x_732592935980695558, x_732681922644725760, x_732719796077383680. The conciliatory register toward Kelly stands in stark tonal contrast to the day's other content, revealing strategic calculation and the capacity for affect modulation when instrumentally advantageous.

4. **Campaign Operations / Oregon Primary** (4 posts): x_732430605548437504, x_732539159659859968, x_732570904094347265, x_732570904094347300. Low-intensity GOTV content, largely aide-authored (authorship scores 0.05–0.75).

5. **Media Credibility Attacks** (3 posts): NYT specifically targeted in x_732333137326444500, with broader "media as enemy" framing extending to the Clinton ad ecosystem.

### Obsession Assessment

**Threshold met.** The women's-treatment-allegations theme appears in 7 of 20 posts (35%), spans the entire waking day (first appearance 10:13 PM May 16 → last appearance 7:42 PM May 17), and recruits multiple subtargets (NYT, Barbara Res, Clinton ad, Bill Clinton, Wall Street ad) into a unified defensive posture. The perseverative return to this theme — including near-duplicate tweets about the NYT — is consistent with a narcissistic injury that has not been metabolized and continues to generate expressive discharge.

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## IV. Contradiction Detection

### Tonal/Behavioral Contradictions

The day's most striking contradiction is structural rather than factual:

- **Post x_732417001965137920** deploys the gendered devaluation term "nasty" against Barbara Res — within a day dominated by defense against charges of mistreating women.
- **Post x_732592935980695558** performs warm reconciliation with Megyn Kelly ("I think she will be very fair") — nine months after sustained public vilification that included gendered insults.

These are not logical contradictions in the strict sense but represent a behavioral incoherence that undermines the day's defensive narrative: Trump simultaneously denies mistreating women, publicly attacks a named woman for ingratitude, and performs magnanimity toward another woman he previously attacked.

### Factual Contradictions

- **Post x_732417001965137920** implicitly credits Trump as a champion of women in construction ("I gave a woman...a top N.Y. construction job, when that was unheard of"), while **x_732540713678819328** deflects the women's-treatment question entirely by pivoting to Bill Clinton — suggesting the self-as-champion framing was insufficient even to the subject himself.

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## V. Hypomanic Indicators

### Posting Metrics
- **Total posts**: 20
- **Time span (EDT)**: 9:08 PM (May 16) → 7:49 PM (May 17) = ~22.7 hours
- **Sleep window**: Last pre-sleep post at 12:40 AM EDT; first morning post at 7:29 AM EDT → **6 hours 49 minutes** maximum sleep opportunity
- **Morning burst**: 6 posts in 29 minutes (7:29–7:58 AM EDT)
- **Peak posting density**: 6 posts/hour (7:29–8:31 AM EDT window)
- **Post frequency percentile**: Estimated ~65th percentile for Trump's 2016 campaign period — active but not extreme

### Assessment

**Hypomanic episode threshold: Not met.** While the sleep window is compressed and the morning posting burst is intense, 20 posts across a full waking day during an active primary campaign is within normal range for this subject. The morning burst (6 posts in 29 minutes) is elevated but better explained by reactive narcissistic activation to morning news consumption than by sustained elevated mood. Affect modulation is preserved (demonstrated by the Kelly posts), and posts remain goal-directed and contextually appropriate. Sleep deprivation is possible but not clearly evidenced — a 6:49 window allows 5.5–6 hours of sleep, which is within Trump's self-reported norms.

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## VI. Narrative Arc: **Mixed**

The day lacks a coherent narrative trajectory. It does not follow a redemption arc (no comeback from setback), nor a clean contamination arc (no single victory spoiled). Instead, the day reads as a **multi-front siege** in which the subject fights defensively across overlapping attack vectors while attempting to maintain grandiose campaign operations in parallel.

The closest structural description is **reactive fragmentation**: the subject is responding to stimuli (Obama, NYT, Clinton ad, Wall Street ad, Kelly interview) rather than generating narrative. The one potential narrative thread — the Megyn Kelly reconciliation — is undercut by its incongruity with the day's dominant hostile register. The story of the day is a man under sustained criticism who cannot stop responding to it.

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## VII. Event Correlation

### Triggering Events (Campaign-Specific)

| Event | Reaction Type | Response Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Obama Rutgers speech (May 15) — "Ignorance is not a virtue" | Defensive (narcissistic reversal) | x_732377163505225728 |
| NYT story on Trump's relationships with women | Defensive (perseverative) | x_732333137326444500, x_732417001965137920, x_732421072037892101 |
| Clinton campaign ad on women | Defensive (DARVO) | x_732535400498143232, x_732537744195522560, x_732540713678819328, x_732575682367258624 |
| Wall Street-funded anti-Trump ad | Defensive (rage spike) | x_732717975090909185 |
| Oregon & Kentucky primaries | Offensive/opportunistic | x_732430605548437504, x_732539159659859968, x_732549197539446784, x_732716604027502592 |
| Megyn Kelly Fox interview (8 PM ET) | Amplifying (supply-seeking) | x_732592935980695558, x_732681922644725760, x_732719796077383680 |

### Database Events

None of the three events in the historian database (Fort McMurray wildfire, Garland nomination, Ebola outbreak) generated any detectable response. Trump's attention was entirely consumed by campaign-relevant stimuli.

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## VIII. Danger Assessment

**Maximum danger level: None.** No post in the day's corpus approaches elevated danger thresholds. Attacks target institutions (NYT, Wall Street), political opponents (Clinton), and public figures already engaged in public discourse (Barbara Res as NYT source, Obama as sitting president). The Barbara Res naming is the closest approach to individual targeting, but the attack is framed in personal-grievance terms without incitement language.

**Stochastic terrorism pattern: Not detected.** While Trump names Barbara Res publicly and characterizes her as disloyal, the framing is personal (ingratitude) rather than existential (enemy/threat), and no audience mobilization language is present.

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## IX. Cognitive Concerns

### Observed Markers
- **Perseverative repetition**: Near-duplicate tweets about the NYT story (x_732333137326444500 echoes earlier-day content not in this corpus) — consistent with rumination under narcissistic injury but also a potential marker of reduced executive function governing expressive output.
- **Grammatical error**: "worst abuser of woman" (x_732540713678819328) — single-letter omission, minor but consistent with impulsive production speed overriding self-monitoring.
- **Factual compression/distortion**: Clinton's email explanation reduced from multiple categories to "a wedding reception"; Clinton's statement about Bill's economic role inflated from advisory to "in charge." These are within baseline distortion range for this subject.

### Complexity Trend: **Stable**

Sentence structures are simple but coherent and goal-directed throughout. The rhetorical sophistication of certain posts (the Kelly double-bind in x_732592935980695558, the "energizer" innuendo in x_732575682367258624) indicates preserved strategic cognition. No decline from the 2016 campaign baseline is detectable.

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## X. Behavioral Signature Summary

May 17, 2016 presents a textbook day of **narcissistic injury management under campaign conditions**. The subject is simultaneously defending against gender-based criticism (the NYT story, Clinton ad, Wall Street ad), prosecuting offensive operations against Clinton ("Crooked Hillary" branding), managing a strategic relationship reversal (Kelly), and maintaining campaign operations (Oregon GOTV). The psychological cost of this multi-front posture is visible in the perseverative returns to the same injury, the compressed sleep window, and the rapid morning oscillation between states.

The most analytically notable feature of the day is the **tonal bifurcation**: Trump is capable of sustained warmth toward Kelly (instrumentally useful reconciliation) while simultaneously deploying gendered devaluation against Res and Clinton (reactive injury discharge). This demonstrates that the hostile register is not a fixed trait expression but a state-dependent response to perceived betrayal or criticism — modulated by strategic calculation about which relationships serve narcissistic supply functions.

The "Crooked Hillary" branding, deployed across seven posts in varying attack contexts, reflects the transition from primary-mode narcissism (personal grievance dominance) to general-election-mode narcissism (brand warfare). The "System rigged!" coda in x_732716604027502592, applied here to the Democratic primary, is an early specimen of the delegitimization language that would metastasize in subsequent years.

### Narrative

The day lacks a coherent narrative trajectory, instead presenting as a multi-front reactive siege. Trump fights defensively across overlapping attack vectors (NYT women story, Clinton ad, Wall Street ad, Obama speech) while maintaining grandiose campaign operations in parallel. The Megyn Kelly reconciliation subplot provides a potential redemptive thread but is undercut by its incongruity with the day's dominant hostile register. The story is of a man under sustained criticism who cannot stop responding to it.

### Dominant themes

- Gender defense / women's treatment allegations (1 post)
- Crooked Hillary branding and attacks (1 post)
- Megyn Kelly interview promotion (1 post)
- Campaign operations / Oregon primary GOTV (1 post)
- Media credibility attacks (NYT) (1 post)

### Contradictions that day

- [x_732417001965137920](https://trump.fm/post/x_732417001965137920): Frames himself as champion of women by giving Barbara Res a top construction job
  vs. [x_732540713678819328](https://trump.fm/post/x_732540713678819328): Deflects women's treatment question entirely by pivoting to Bill Clinton as abuser, abandoning the self-as-champion frame
- [x_732592935980695558](https://trump.fm/post/x_732592935980695558): Conciliatory, warm posture toward Megyn Kelly — expects fair treatment
  vs. [x_732417001965137920](https://trump.fm/post/x_732417001965137920): Deploys gendered devaluation ('nasty') against Barbara Res on the same day

### Cognitive concerns

- Perseverative repetition: near-duplicate tweets about the NYT story indicate rumination under narcissistic injury and possible reduced executive function over expressive output
- Grammatical error: 'worst abuser of woman' instead of 'women' — minor but consistent with impulsive production speed overriding self-monitoring
- Factual compression/distortion: Clinton email explanation reduced from multiple categories to 'a wedding reception'; Clinton's advisory role for Bill inflated to 'in charge of the economy'

## Posts

### [x_732719796077383680](https://trump.fm/post/x_732719796077383680)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T23:49:47.000Z (UTC)

> I will be live tweeting @megynkelly Show in 10 minutes. Should be interesting. Will be on Fox Network! ENJOY!

6,708 likes · 1,636 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732719796077383680.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732719796077383680/analysis

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### [x_732717975090909185](https://trump.fm/post/x_732717975090909185)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T23:42:33.000Z (UTC)

> Wall Street paid for ad is a fraud, just like Crooked Hillary! Their main line had nothing to do with women, and they knew it. Apologize?

8,377 likes · 2,599 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732717975090909185.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732717975090909185/analysis

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### [x_732716604027502592](https://trump.fm/post/x_732716604027502592)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T23:37:06.000Z (UTC)

> Do you think Crooked Hillary will finally close the deal? If she can't win Kentucky, she should drop out of race. System rigged!

12,179 likes · 3,695 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732716604027502592.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732716604027502592/analysis

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### [x_732681922644725760](https://trump.fm/post/x_732681922644725760)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T21:19:17.000Z (UTC)

> I will be live tweeting my interview with @megynkelly on the Fox Network tonight at 8! Enjoy! https://t.co/nlJssZeIWm

21,300 likes · 5,355 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732681922644725760.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732681922644725760/analysis

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### [x_732570904094347300](https://trump.fm/post/x_732570904094347300)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T17:58:08.000Z (UTC)

> #VoteTrump at clerk's offices &amp, 185 ballot drop boxes in #ORPrimary!Closes at 8pm! https://t.co/ESGg1Qu68Shttps://t.co/TqcNAWjP5l

0 likes · 2,306 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732570904094347300.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732570904094347300/analysis

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### [x_732592935980695558](https://trump.fm/post/x_732592935980695558)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T15:25:41.000Z (UTC)

> I look forward to watching @megynkelly tonight, 8 PM ET. It will be interesting to see how she treats me—I think she will be very fair.

12,654 likes · 3,285 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732592935980695558.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732592935980695558/analysis

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### [x_732576889538260992](https://trump.fm/post/x_732576889538260992)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T14:21:55.000Z (UTC)

> How can Crooked Hillary put her husband in charge of the economy when he was responsible for NAFTA, the worst economic deal in U.S. history?

22,609 likes · 8,557 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732576889538260992.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732576889538260992/analysis

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### [x_732575682367258624](https://trump.fm/post/x_732575682367258624)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T14:17:07.000Z (UTC)

> Crooked Hillary said her husband is going to be in charge of the economy.If so, he should run,not her.Will he bring the "energizer" to D.C.?

14,632 likes · 5,388 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732575682367258624.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732575682367258624/analysis

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### [x_732570904094347265](https://trump.fm/post/x_732570904094347265)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T13:58:08.000Z (UTC)

> #VoteTrump at clerk's offices &amp; 185 ballot drop boxes in #ORPrimary!
> Closes at 8pm! https://t.co/ESGg1Qu68S
> https://t.co/TqcNAWjP5l

7,203 likes · 2,870 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732570904094347265.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732570904094347265/analysis

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### [x_732549197539446784](https://trump.fm/post/x_732549197539446784)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T12:31:53.000Z (UTC)

> Crooked Hillary can't close the deal with Bernie Sanders. Will be another bad day for her!

12,232 likes · 3,765 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732549197539446784.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732549197539446784/analysis

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### [x_732540713678819328](https://trump.fm/post/x_732540713678819328)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T11:58:10.000Z (UTC)

> Amazing that Crooked Hillary can do a hit ad on me concerning women when her husband was the WORST abuser of woman in U.S. political history

36,997 likes · 14,784 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732540713678819328.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732540713678819328/analysis

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### [x_732539159659859968](https://trump.fm/post/x_732539159659859968)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T11:52:00.000Z (UTC)

> Oregon is voting today. Keep the big numbers going - VOTE TRUMP! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

11,864 likes · 4,096 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732539159659859968.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732539159659859968/analysis

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### [x_732537744195522560](https://trump.fm/post/x_732537744195522560)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T11:46:22.000Z (UTC)

> Crooked Hillary Clinton put out an ad where I am misquoted on women. Can't believe she would misrepresent the facts! My hit was on China

11,706 likes · 3,691 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732537744195522560.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732537744195522560/analysis

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### [x_732535400498143232](https://trump.fm/post/x_732535400498143232)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T11:37:03.000Z (UTC)

> The pathetic new hit ad against me misrepresents the final line. "You can tell them to go BLANK themselves" - was about China, NOT WOMEN!

14,003 likes · 4,945 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732535400498143232.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732535400498143232/analysis

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### [x_732533409285865473](https://trump.fm/post/x_732533409285865473)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T11:29:09.000Z (UTC)

> Wow, 30,000 e-mails were deleted by Crooked Hillary Clinton. She said they had to do with a wedding reception. Liar! How can she run?

21,527 likes · 8,536 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732533409285865473.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732533409285865473/analysis

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### [x_732430605548437504](https://trump.fm/post/x_732430605548437504)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T04:40:38.000Z (UTC) · quotes a tweet by @AprilLaJune (the quoted words are theirs, not his)

> "@AprilLaJune: OREGON votes today! Go vote for @realDonaldTrump and kick it BIG TIME! https://t.co/SLYwyM8w1D"

9,948 likes · 3,670 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732430605548437504.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732430605548437504/analysis

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### [x_732421072037892101](https://trump.fm/post/x_732421072037892101)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T04:02:45.000Z (UTC)

> What Barbara Res does not say is that she would call my company endlessly, and for years, trying to come back. I said no.

9,945 likes · 3,107 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732421072037892101.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732421072037892101/analysis

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### [x_732417001965137920](https://trump.fm/post/x_732417001965137920)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T03:46:35.000Z (UTC)

> I gave a woman named Barbara Res a top N.Y. construction job, when that was unheard of, and now she is nasty. So much for a nice thank you!

12,880 likes · 3,979 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732417001965137920.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732417001965137920/analysis

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### [x_732333137326444500](https://trump.fm/post/x_732333137326444500)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T02:13:20.000Z (UTC)

> No wonder the @nytimes is failing—who can believe what they write after the false, malicious &amp, libelous story they did on me.

0 likes · 3,085 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732333137326444500.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732333137326444500/analysis

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### [x_732377163505225728](https://trump.fm/post/x_732377163505225728)

X (Twitter) · 2016-05-17T01:08:17.000Z (UTC)

> "In politics, and in life, ignorance is not a virtue." This is a primary reason that President Obama is the worst president in U.S. history!

24,246 likes · 9,633 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732377163505225728.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_732377163505225728/analysis

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