# Posts from Thursday, May 31, 2018

22 posts on 2018-05-31.

## Day analysis

Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2018-05-31/analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-03T12:18:35.474Z (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._

**Grievance Spiral Meets Sovereign Power: A Day of Paranoid Defensiveness Punctuated by Pardons and Trade Bravado**

Trump spent most of the day fixated on the Russia investigation, cycling through late-night grievance posts about Sessions' "betrayal" and the "phony witch hunt" before launching an aggressive early-morning barrage attacking the FBI, mainstream media, and ABC's Bob Iger. The mood was predominantly defensive and aggrieved, with a notable pivot mid-morning toward displays of executive power -- announcing a pardon for Dinesh D'Souza and touting North Korea talks. The day ended quietly with a two-word trade proclamation, but the emotional center of gravity was unmistakably the Mueller investigation, which consumed at least five posts and drove the sharpest language of the day.

- Posts analyzed: 11
- Dominant state: mixed
- Narrative arc: mixed
- Aggregate rage level: 0.35
- Max danger level: elevated
- Escalation detected
- Theme obsession: Mueller investigation / Russia probe
- Claims: 24 (11 false)
- Era: Midterms Year

# Daily Psychological Digest: May 31, 2018

## Location & Timezone Context
Trump was at the White House in Washington, D.C. All analysis uses Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4). The posting window in local time spans from 8:08 PM EDT on May 30 through 5:19 PM EDT on May 31.

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## I. Posting Cadence & Sleep Analysis

**Chronological sequence (EDT):**
| Time (EDT) | Post ID | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 8:08 PM (May 30) | x_1001978774219644929 | Donovan endorsement |
| 11:06 PM | x_1002023477531070464 | Russia Hoax book |
| 11:21 PM | x_1002027245131661312 | Sessions recusal betrayal |
| 11:46 PM | x_1001973090107248600 | Donovan endorsement #2 |
| 6:55 AM | x_1002141448232493056 | Limbaugh FBI quote |
| 7:53 AM | x_1002156016060989445 | Iger/ABC demand |
| 8:05 AM | x_1002159087830827008 | Spies/Informants |
| 8:11 AM | x_1002160516733853696 | Comey firing denial |
| 9:15 AM | x_1002176736761655298 | North Korea meetings |
| 9:18 AM | x_1002177521599860736 | D'Souza pardon |
| 5:19 PM | x_1002298565299965953 | FAIR TRADE |

**Inferred sleep window:** ~11:46 PM to ~6:55 AM EDT — approximately 7 hours. This falls within a normal range and does not suggest significant sleep deprivation. The late-night cluster (11:06–11:46 PM) is notable for its thematic intensity but not for its timing.

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## II. Psychological State Tracking

### Dominant State: Mixed (Vulnerable-Grandiose Oscillation)

The day's psychological signature is a pronounced oscillation between vulnerable/persecuted narcissism and grandiose assertions of sovereign authority. The vulnerable pole dominates in volume (5 of 11 posts are primarily defensive/persecuted), but the grandiose pole is structurally positioned to resolve the narrative — power displays arrive after the grievance cascade, functioning as compensatory self-regulation.

### State Transitions

**Phase 1: Evening Maintenance (8:08 PM EDT)** — The day opens with a routine political endorsement (x_1001978774219644929), reflecting standard grandiose political-actor functioning.

**Phase 2: Late-Night Grievance Activation (11:06–11:46 PM)** — A media-consumption-triggered cluster emerges. The Russia Hoax book promotion (x_1002023477531070464) activates the chronic Mueller-investigation wound. The Sessions recusal post (x_1002027245131661312) deepens the vulnerable register — "betrayal of the President" reflects an injury schema where political events are processed as personal assaults. The second Donovan endorsement (x_1001973090107248600) briefly interrupts the grievance sequence, possibly indicating interleaved staff-authored content.

**Phase 3: Morning Rage Cascade (6:55–8:11 AM)** — The day's psychological center of gravity. Four consecutive posts in 76 minutes escalate from proxy-quoted FBI criticism (x_1002141448232493056, Limbaugh) through entitled demand (x_1002156016060989445, Iger) to paranoid institutional attack (x_1002159087830827008, "Spies") to reality-denying defensiveness (x_1002160516733853696, Comey). This sequence represents a classic narcissistic injury management session — likely driven by morning cable news monitoring.

**Phase 4: Grandiose Pivot (9:15–9:18 AM)** — An abrupt tonal shift. Two posts in three minutes — the terse North Korea update (x_1002176736761655298) and the D'Souza pardon announcement (x_1002177521599860736) — reassert executive authority. This pivot functions as psychological self-medication: after 76 minutes of defensive rage, the subject repositions himself as a consequential world leader making sovereign decisions.

**Phase 5: Afternoon Assertion (5:19 PM)** — "FAIR TRADE!" (x_1002298565299965953) — a two-word all-caps declaration timed to the tariff announcement. Pure grandiose signaling with no defensive content.

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## III. Escalation Analysis

A clear escalation arc is detectable across the late-night and morning clusters:

- **Onset:** x_1002023477531070464 (11:06 PM, rage 0.45, intensity 0.55) — the Russia Hoax book post introduces the investigation-as-persecution frame
- **Escalation:** Rage intensity moves from 0.45 → 0.55 → 0.55 → 0.55 across the four subsequent investigation-themed posts
- **Peak:** x_1002159087830827008 (8:05 AM, rage 0.72, intensity 0.81) — the "Spies (Informants)" post, which combines the highest rage and intensity scores of the day with paranoid institutional language ("infiltration," "Surveillance much?")
- **De-escalation:** x_1002160516733853696 (8:11 AM, rage 0.55, intensity 0.55) — a partial step-down, followed by rage-free posts

**Trajectory:** Gradual escalation over approximately 9 hours (11:06 PM to 8:05 AM), with the overnight sleep gap creating a discontinuity but the morning session picking up where the evening left off — suggesting the grievance persisted through sleep. De-escalation is achieved not through resolution but through topic-switching to power-assertion posts.

**Proportionality:** The rage is disproportionate to proximate triggers. No new investigative development occurred on May 31; the grievance cluster appears to be self-generated through media consumption (Fox News, Limbaugh) rather than reactive to new events.

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## IV. Theme Analysis

### Theme 1: Russia Investigation / Mueller Probe (5 posts, 45% of output)
Posts: x_1002023477531070464, x_1002027245131661312, x_1002141448232493056, x_1002159087830827008, x_1002160516733853696

This theme dominates the day's psychological landscape. The investigation is approached through multiple tactical angles: third-party book validation, proxy-quoted legal authority (diGenova), proxy-quoted media authority (Limbaugh), direct paranoid assertion (Spies), and flat denial (Comey). The multi-vector approach suggests a coordinated narrative-management campaign rather than spontaneous venting — consistent with what the commentary identifies as a "RAND Firehose model at the individual level."

**Obsession assessment:** This theme meets the threshold for abnormal fixation. Five of eleven posts address the same underlying wound, and the topic drives the day's most intense emotional content. The overnight persistence of the grievance further supports obsessive preoccupation.

### Theme 2: Executive Power Display (3 posts, 27%)
Posts: x_1002176736761655298, x_1002177521599860736, x_1002298565299965953

North Korea diplomacy, the D'Souza pardon, and the tariff announcement all serve a common psychological function: reasserting agency and sovereign authority after a grievance cycle. The D'Souza pardon is particularly notable as a dual-purpose instrument — it simultaneously signals ally maintenance, delegitimizes prosecutorial authority (echoing the anti-FBI theme), and demonstrates unilateral executive power.

### Theme 3: Media as Enemy (3 posts, overlapping with Theme 1)
Posts: x_1002156016060989445, x_1002159087830827008, x_1002160516733853696

Media antagonism operates both as a Russia-investigation subtopic and as an independent grievance vector (the Iger/ABC demand). The framing is consistent: media institutions are corrupt, conspiratorial, and hypocritical. The "Double Standard!" frame in the Iger post mirrors the "corrupt Mainstream Media" framing in the Spies post.

### Theme 4: Political Maintenance (2 posts)
Posts: x_1001978774219644929, x_1001973090107248600

The dual Donovan endorsements are lower-intensity, lower-authenticity posts likely involving staff coordination. They serve routine political-actor functions and do not interact meaningfully with the day's psychological arc.

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## V. Contradiction Detection

### Major: Comey Firing Rationale
- **Post x_1002160516733853696:** "I never fired James Comey because of Russia!"
- **Trump's own May 2017 NBC interview with Lester Holt:** "When I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said, 'You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story.'"

This is not an intra-day contradiction but a contradiction with the subject's own documented prior statement — arguably more significant. The commentary correctly identifies this as active gaslighting: the subject denies a claim he himself established on national television.

### Moderate: Media Coverage Inversion
- **Post x_1002159087830827008:** Claims media is "working overtime not to mention" the informant story
- **Documented reality:** The FBI informant story (Stefan Halper) was receiving extensive coverage across multiple outlets in late May 2018, including the outlets Trump monitors most closely

This reality inversion is consistent with the paranoid-persecutory schema but represents a factual claim that is demonstrably false.

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## VI. Defense Mechanism Inventory

The day's posts deploy a layered defense architecture:

**Pathological level:**
- **Denial** — Comey firing rationale (x_1002160516733853696), investigation legitimacy (multiple posts)
- **Distortion** — Reframing ethics-mandated recusal as "unforced betrayal" (x_1002027245131661312), reframing informants as "Spies" (x_1002159087830827008)

**Immature level:**
- **Projection** — FBI as infiltrators, media as conspirators, Sessions as betrayer
- **Displacement** — Rage at the investigation channeled through proxies (Limbaugh, diGenova, Jarrett's book)

**Neurotic level:**
- **Rationalization** — Limbaugh's logical argument structure (x_1002141448232493056) provides intellectual scaffolding for emotional conclusions

**DARVO pattern** (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) is structurally complete across at least three posts: x_1002156016060989445 (Iger), x_1002159087830827008 (Spies), x_1002160516733853696 (Comey).

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## VII. Event Correlation

| Event | Response Posts | Reaction Type |
|---|---|---|
| Mueller investigation (ongoing) | x_1002023477531070464, x_1002027245131661312, x_1002141448232493056, x_1002159087830827008, x_1002160516733853696 | Defensive/Offensive hybrid |
| ABC cancels *Roseanne* | x_1002156016060989445 | Offensive (demand for apology) |
| Dinesh D'Souza pardon | x_1002177521599860736 | Amplifying (asserting power) |
| Steel/aluminum tariffs on EU/Canada/Mexico | x_1002298565299965953 | Amplifying |
| Singapore summit preparations | x_1002176736761655298 | Dismissive (minimal engagement) |

The North Korea post is notably terse (6 words, intensity 0.05, authorship 0.25) — the lowest-engagement post of the day on what was arguably the most consequential policy matter. This suggests either staff authorship or genuine disinterest relative to the psychological urgency of the grievance cycle.

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## VIII. Danger Assessment

**Maximum danger level: Elevated** (2 posts)

Posts x_1002023477531070464 and x_1002159087830827008 receive elevated danger ratings. The danger is not from direct incitement but from sustained institutional delegitimization:

- Law enforcement (FBI) reframed as criminal infiltrators conducting "Surveillance" and planting "Spies"
- The judiciary and prosecutorial apparatus implicitly delegitimized through the D'Souza pardon's "unfair treatment" frame
- Media reframed as corrupt conspirators suppressing truth

**Stochastic terrorism pattern:** Not fully present. While institutional delegitimization creates conditions for stochastic violence, the day's posts lack the targeting specificity and dehumanizing language that characterize the stochastic terrorism pattern. The danger is structural and cumulative rather than acute.

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## IX. Cognitive Assessment

**Complexity trend: Stable** (relative to 2018 baseline)

The day's posts display the standard 2018 Trump rhetorical toolkit without significant deviation:
- Parenthetical self-insertions into quoted text ("(hoax)" in the Limbaugh quote) — a documented behavioral fingerprint
- Preterition ("Not that it matters but") — a recognized verbal tell of preoccupation under denial
- Standard sentence construction with trademark capitalization patterns
- Coherent (if factually challenged) argumentative through-lines across the multi-post clusters

No markers of cognitive decline beyond established baseline. Vocabulary, syntax, and argumentative structure are consistent with the documented 2018 pattern.

**Cognitive concerns:**
- Reality-testing impairment: The media coverage inversion (claiming non-coverage of a widely covered story) suggests either deliberate disinformation or genuine perceptual distortion
- Self-contradiction tolerance: The Comey denial without apparent awareness of its documented falsity suggests either strategic mendacity or impaired self-monitoring
- Preterition as cognitive tell: "Not that it matters" preceding 280 characters of argument about why it matters

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## X. Narrative Arc Assessment

**Arc type: Mixed (Contamination → Redemption attempt)**

The day follows a recognizable pattern:
1. **Baseline maintenance** (evening endorsements)
2. **Wound activation** (late-night investigation grievance)
3. **Escalation** (morning rage cascade)
4. **Attempted redemption** (pivot to power displays: NK, pardon, trade)

The contamination element is dominant: a day that could have been organized around consequential policy events (tariff announcements, North Korea summit preparations, D'Souza pardon) is instead psychologically hijacked by the investigation grievance. The redemption element is incomplete — the power-display pivot provides temporary psychological relief but does not resolve the underlying narcissistic injury, which will predictably recur.

The D'Souza pardon occupies a liminal position in this arc: it is simultaneously a power display (redemption) and an expression of the persecution narrative (contamination), as D'Souza serves as a mirror for Trump's claimed victimization by prosecutorial overreach.

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## XI. Proxy Amplification Strategy

A distinctive feature of this day is the systematic use of third-party voices to advance the persecution narrative:
- **Gregg Jarrett** (Fox News legal analyst, book author) — x_1002023477531070464
- **Joe diGenova** (former U.S. Attorney) — x_1002027245131661312
- **Rush Limbaugh** (conservative media figure) — x_1002141448232493056

This three-proxy sequence creates an appearance of independent corroboration for what is a single-source grievance narrative. Each proxy brings a different credibility vector (legal scholarship, prosecutorial experience, populist media authority), allowing Trump to circulate extreme accusations while maintaining technical deniability. The commentary correctly identifies this as a coordinated narrative-management campaign.

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## XII. Summary Metrics

- **Total posts:** 11
- **Posts with rage:** 6 (55%)
- **Average intensity:** 0.47
- **Peak rage:** 0.72 (x_1002159087830827008)
- **Peak intensity:** 0.81 (x_1002159087830827008)
- **Elevated+ danger posts:** 2
- **Verifiable claims:** 9
- **False/mostly false claims:** 5
- **Average veracity:** ~0.22
- **Dominant psychological state:** Mixed (vulnerable-grandiose oscillation)
- **Obsession topic:** Mueller investigation / Russia probe

### Narrative

The day follows a contamination-to-attempted-redemption arc: consequential policy events (tariffs, North Korea, pardon) are psychologically overwhelmed by a Russia investigation grievance cycle that dominates the late-night and morning clusters. A compensatory pivot to executive power displays provides temporary relief but fails to resolve the underlying narcissistic injury.

### Dominant themes

- Russia Investigation / Mueller Probe Defense (1 post)
- Executive Power Display (1 post)
- Media as Enemy / Institutional Antagonism (1 post)
- Political Endorsement / Maintenance (1 post)

### Contradictions that day

- [x_1002160516733853696](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002160516733853696): I never fired James Comey because of Russia
  vs. [x_1002160516733853696](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002160516733853696): Trump told Lester Holt in May 2017: 'this Russia thing with Trump and Russia' was on his mind when he fired Comey
- [x_1002159087830827008](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002159087830827008): Corrupt Mainstream Media is working overtime not to mention the infiltration/Spies
  vs. [x_1002159087830827008](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002159087830827008): The Stefan Halper/FBI informant story was receiving extensive mainstream media coverage throughout late May 2018

### Cognitive concerns

- Reality-testing impairment: Claims media is suppressing a story that was receiving extensive coverage, suggesting either deliberate disinformation or perceptual distortion
- Self-contradiction tolerance: Denies firing Comey over Russia despite own recorded statement to the contrary on national television
- Preterition as cognitive tell: 'Not that it matters but' preceding a full-length post arguing the opposite — a verbal marker of intense preoccupation operating under denial
- Parenthetical reality-labeling: Inserting '(hoax)' into a Limbaugh quote reveals the compulsion to editorialize even within attributed speech

## Posts

### [x_1002298565299965953](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002298565299965953)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T21:19:34.000Z (UTC)

> FAIR TRADE!

98,108 likes · 20,093 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1002298565299965953/analysis

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### [x_1002297565277237248](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002297565277237248)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T21:15:36.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @SecPompeo: The proposed summit offers a historic opening for @POTUS and Chairman Kim to boldly lead U.S. and #DPRK into a new era of pe…

Reposted from @SecPompeo

> The proposed summit offers a historic opening for @POTUS and Chairman Kim to boldly lead U.S. and #DPRK into a new era of pe…

0 likes · 11,618 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

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### [x_1002142585673146400](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002142585673146400)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T14:59:45.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @AP_Politics: Trump set to promote youth sports, wants such activities to be more accessible to economically disadvantaged children: htt...

Reposted from @AP_Politics

> Trump set to promote youth sports, wants such activities to be more accessible to economically disadvantaged children: htt...

0 likes · 6,193 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

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### [x_1002142304726061000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002142304726061000)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T14:58:39.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @dougmillsnyt: Children race as @realDonaldTrump looks on with @IvankaTrump and New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera they as they part...

Reposted from @dougmillsnyt

> Children race as @realDonaldTrump looks on with @IvankaTrump and New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera they as they part...

0 likes · 4,464 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

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### [x_1002141845655351300](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002141845655351300)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T14:56:49.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @IvankaTrump: Today @POTUS hosted #FieldDay at the @WhiteHouse with the announced President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition....

Reposted from @IvankaTrump

> Today @POTUS hosted #FieldDay at the @WhiteHouse with the announced President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition....

0 likes · 6,428 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

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### [x_1002141779406270500](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002141779406270500)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T14:56:33.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @HerschelWalker: What an awesome day in D.C. participating @WhiteHouse Sports &amp, Fitness Day with @IvankaTrump @POTUS @MistyMayTreanor @M...

Reposted from @HerschelWalker

> What an awesome day in D.C. participating @WhiteHouse Sports &amp, Fitness Day with @IvankaTrump @POTUS @MistyMayTreanor @M...

0 likes · 7,284 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

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### [x_1002177521599860736](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002177521599860736)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T13:18:35.000Z (UTC)

> Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!

153,677 likes · 37,156 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1002177521599860736.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1002177521599860736/analysis

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### [x_1002176736761655298](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002176736761655298)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T13:15:28.000Z (UTC)

> Very good meetings with North Korea.

109,566 likes · 20,506 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1002176736761655298.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1002176736761655298/analysis

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### [x_1002160516733853696](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002160516733853696)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T12:11:01.000Z (UTC)

> Not that it matters but I never fired James Comey because of Russia! The Corrupt Mainstream Media loves to keep pushing that narrative, but they know it is not true!

74,634 likes · 16,628 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1002160516733853696.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1002160516733853696/analysis

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### [x_1002159087830827008](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002159087830827008)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T12:05:20.000Z (UTC)

> The corrupt Mainstream Media is working overtime not to mention the infiltration of people, Spies (Informants), into my campaign! Surveillance much?

86,977 likes · 20,318 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1002159087830827008.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1002159087830827008/analysis

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### [x_1002156016060989445](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002156016060989445)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T11:53:08.000Z (UTC)

> Iger, where is my call of apology? You and ABC have offended millions of people, and they demand a response. How is Brian Ross doing? He tanked the market with an ABC lie, yet no apology. Double Standard!

99,265 likes · 24,735 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1002156016060989445.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1002156016060989445/analysis

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### [x_1002142585673146368](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002142585673146368)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T10:59:45.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @AP_Politics: Trump set to promote youth sports, wants such activities to be more accessible to economically disadvantaged children: htt…

Reposted from @AP_Politics

> Trump set to promote youth sports, wants such activities to be more accessible to economically disadvantaged children: htt…

0 likes · 7,880 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

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### [x_1002142304726061059](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002142304726061059)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T10:58:39.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @dougmillsnyt: Children race as @realDonaldTrump looks on with @IvankaTrump and New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera they as they part…

Reposted from @dougmillsnyt

> Children race as @realDonaldTrump looks on with @IvankaTrump and New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera they as they part…

0 likes · 5,698 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

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### [x_1002141845655351296](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002141845655351296)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T10:56:49.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @IvankaTrump: Today @POTUS hosted #FieldDay at the @WhiteHouse with the announced President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.…

Reposted from @IvankaTrump

> Today @POTUS hosted #FieldDay at the @WhiteHouse with the announced President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.…

0 likes · 8,087 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

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### [x_1002141779406270469](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002141779406270469)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T10:56:33.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @HerschelWalker: What an awesome day in D.C. participating @WhiteHouse Sports &amp; Fitness Day with @IvankaTrump @POTUS @MistyMayTreanor @M…

Reposted from @HerschelWalker

> What an awesome day in D.C. participating @WhiteHouse Sports &amp; Fitness Day with @IvankaTrump @POTUS @MistyMayTreanor @M…

0 likes · 9,169 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

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### [x_1002141448232493056](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002141448232493056)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T10:55:14.000Z (UTC)

> RUSH LIMBAUGH  “If the FBI was so concerned, and if they weren’t targeting Trump, they should have told Trump. If they were really concerned about the Russians infiltrating a campaign (hoax), then why not try to stop it? Why not tell Trump? Because they were pushing this scam.”

89,405 likes · 24,331 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1002141448232493056.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1002141448232493056/analysis

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### [x_1002023935360340000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002023935360340000)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T07:08:17.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @Scavino45: President Trump kisses Jordan McLinn, who suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), after signing the #RightToTry Act...

Reposted from @Scavino45

> President Trump kisses Jordan McLinn, who suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), after signing the #RightToTry Act...

0 likes · 9,526 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

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### [x_1001973090107248600](https://trump.fm/post/x_1001973090107248600)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T03:46:15.000Z (UTC)

> There is no one better to represent the people of N.Y. and Staten Island (a place I know very well) than @RepDanDonovan, who is strong on Borders &amp, Crime, loves our Military &amp, our Vets, voted for Tax Cuts and is helping me to Make America Great Again. Dan has my full endorsement!

0 likes · 9,939 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1001973090107248600.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1001973090107248600/analysis

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### [x_1002027245131661312](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002027245131661312)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T03:21:26.000Z (UTC)

> “The recusal of Jeff Sessions was an unforced betrayal of the President of the United States.” JOE DIGENOVA, former U.S. Attorney.

64,846 likes · 16,193 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1002027245131661312.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1002027245131661312/analysis

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### [x_1002023935360339969](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002023935360339969)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T03:08:17.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @Scavino45: President Trump kisses Jordan McLinn, who suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), after signing the #RightToTry Act…

Reposted from @Scavino45

> President Trump kisses Jordan McLinn, who suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), after signing the #RightToTry Act…

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### [x_1002023477531070464](https://trump.fm/post/x_1002023477531070464)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T03:06:28.000Z (UTC)

> The soon to be released book, “The Russia Hoax, The Illicit Scheme To Clear Hillary Clinton And Frame Donald Trump,” written by Gregg Jarrett, looks like a real deal big hit. The Phony Witch Hunt will be opened up for the world to see! Out in 5 weeks.

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### [x_1001978774219644929](https://trump.fm/post/x_1001978774219644929)

X (Twitter) · 2018-05-31T00:08:50.000Z (UTC)

> Very importantly, @RepDanDonovan will win for the Republicans in November...and his opponent will not. Remember Alabama. We can’t take any chances on losing to a Nancy Pelosi controlled Democrat!

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