# Posts from Friday, August 17, 2018 24 posts on 2018-08-17. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2018-08-17/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T08:55:17.266Z (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._ **24-Post Blitz From Trump Tower: Brennan Victory Lap, Cuomo Obsession, and 2 AM Grievance Cycling** Trump spent the day on offense from New York, firing off 24 posts across nearly 22 hours -- including several well after midnight. Governor Cuomo's remark that America "was never that great" became an all-day fixation, drawing seven separate attacks spanning mockery, a typo correction, and a comparison to Hillary Clinton's "deplorables" moment. Late-night posts targeting the Mueller investigation and intelligence officials carried the day's sharpest edge, with rage building gradually through the small hours. A handful of economic boasts and some face-saving spin on the cancelled military parade provided brief interludes of presidential normalcy amid the combative tone. - Posts analyzed: 24 - Dominant state: grandiose - Narrative arc: mixed - Aggregate rage level: 0.35 - Max danger level: elevated - Escalation detected - Sleep deprivation likely - Theme obsession: Cuomo's 'America was never that great' statement - Claims: 70 (12 false) - Era: Midterms Year ## Daily Psychological Digest: August 17, 2018 **Location**: New York City (Trump Tower), confirmed by multiple commentary references. All times converted to EDT (UTC−4). --- ## 1. Psychological State: Grandiose-Dominant with Paranoid Undercurrent The dominant psychological state across August 17 is **grandiose**, with significant mixed-state intrusions during late-night conspiracy-focused posting. Of 24 posts, 16 are classified as grandiose, 5 as mixed, and the remainder as low-intensity or unclassifiable. The grandiose state manifests in two distinct registers: **triumphalist** (Cuomo mockery, economic boasting, MAGA-accomplished declarations) and **retaliatory-dominant** (Brennan clearance victory lap, Blumenthal devaluation). The mixed-state posts cluster in the late-night window (11:37 PM–1:49 AM EDT), where persecutory framing of the Mueller investigation introduces vulnerable-substrate content overlaid with grandiose dismissal. --- ## 2. State Transitions The day's psychological architecture follows a three-phase oscillation: ### Phase 1: Retaliatory Grandiosity (8:45 PM–10:04 PM EDT, Aug 16) Posts x_1030254224330969090 through x_1030274024809656325 constitute a coordinated five-post attack cluster targeting John Brennan following the August 15 security clearance revocation. The subject operates from perceived dominance — the institutional action has restored narcissistic equilibrium, and these posts function as a victory-lap degradation campaign. Tucker Carlson's intellectual dismissal of Brennan is amplified (x_1030254224330969090), Blumenthal is deployed as a proxy target for deflection (x_1030257073047658501), and Brennan is further delegitimized through quoted authorities — Judicial Watch's Chris Farrell (x_1030270284245467136), a pseudo-legal challenge via Senator Burr (x_1030271721780256768, x_1030274024809656325). The projection is diagnostically clean: Brennan is accused of being intellectually limited and discredited — precisely the criticisms most frequently leveled at the subject himself. ### Phase 2: Paranoid-Mixed Late Night (11:37 PM EDT–2:06 AM EDT) A visible state shift occurs as the subject pivots from Brennan (a defeated opponent) to the Mueller investigation apparatus (an undefeated, ongoing threat). Posts x_1030237078586617900 and x_1030241273784021000 targeting Ohr and Strzok carry the highest rage intensities of the late-night window (0.60, 0.65) and feature pronounced paranoid features — the FBI and DOJ are framed as a unified conspiratorial monolith. The mixed state is evident: grandiose certainty ("zero credibility") overlays vulnerable persecution anxiety ("too crazy to be believed"). The late-night timing — confirmed by an HTML copy-paste artifact in x_1030237078586617900 indicating authentic browser-based composition — and the progressive rage escalation from 0.45 to 0.65 across the evening suggest mounting agitation rather than strategic communication. The session closes at 2:06 AM with an opportunistic Cuomo attack (x_1030455761913217000) that includes the characteristic "chocked" misspelling. ### Phase 3: Morning Grandiose Plateau (7:30 AM–6:29 PM EDT) Following an approximately 5-hour sleep window, the subject resumes posting in a predominantly grandiose register. The Cuomo attack sequence dominates (6 posts across the daytime hours), exploiting the governor's politically damaging statement. This represents comfortable, opportunistic supply-seeking — the subject attacks from perceived superiority with observable pleasure rather than injury-driven defensive rage. Intermittent economic/policy posts (x_1030416679069777921, x_1030431396341444609, x_1030433779112923136) and military parade spin (x_1030423480725118976, x_1030426536871116801) provide governance-display counter-programming. The day closes with a return to mixed-state Mueller anxiety (x_1030582354308411392, 6:29 PM EDT, rage 0.65), re-engaging the "RIGGED" frame via Fox Business coverage of Ohr-Steele communications. --- ## 3. Escalation Analysis A gradual rage escalation is detectable in the evening-to-early-morning window: | Time (EDT) | Post ID | Rage Level | Primary Target | |---|---|---|---| | 8:45 PM | x_1030254224330969090 | 0.45 | Brennan/Blumenthal | | 8:56 PM | x_1030257073047658501 | 0.55 | Blumenthal | | 9:49 PM | x_1030270284245467136 | 0.55 | FBI/DOJ/Brennan | | 11:37 PM | x_1030237078586617900 | 0.60 | Strzok/Ohr/Mueller | | 11:53 PM | x_1030241273784021000 | 0.65 | Ohr | | 1:49 AM | x_1030270284245467100 | 0.65 | Brennan/FBI/DOJ | The trajectory is **gradual** — a 0.20-point increase over approximately five hours — driven by progressive engagement with Fox News programming and the psychological transition from a controlled target (Brennan, already punished via clearance revocation) to an uncontrolled, ongoing threat (Mueller investigation, Manafort trial underway). Rage appears to compound through self-reinforcing grievance cycling during extended television viewing rather than responding to any single new external stimulus. The escalation resets after the sleep window. Morning Cuomo posts register mild rage (0.55) in a predominantly triumphalist register before the day's final post returns to 0.65 with the Mueller "RIGGED!" conclusion (x_1030582354308411392). --- ## 4. Theme Analysis ### Theme 1: Cuomo "America Was Never Great" — 7 posts (**obsessive frequency**) Posts: x_1030455761913217000, x_1030419975692005376, x_1030455761913217025, x_1030456820417081344, x_1030458489070596096, x_1030536272176672768, x_1030536210194882561 Seven posts across 13 hours on a single opponent's quote is well above normal engagement frequency, crossing the obsessive-return threshold. The fixation is psychologically coherent: Cuomo's statement directly negates the subject's core identity construct. "Make America Great Again" is not merely a policy platform — it functions as a narcissistic extension of the self. Cuomo's dismissal is therefore experienced as ontological threat, not ordinary political disagreement. The elaboration pattern — from simple mockery ("chocked") to policy attack (highest taxes, business exodus) to historical comparison (Clinton's "deplorables") to career-death prediction ("his political career is over!") — follows a characteristic pattern of narcissistic rumination in which the initial injury is re-engaged and amplified through successive cognitive passes. The "chocked"→"choked" correction cycle (x_1030455761913217025 → x_1030456820417081344) adds a minor compulsive dimension: the same message reposted with a single-character fix. ### Theme 2: Brennan / Intelligence Community Delegitimization — 5 posts Posts: x_1030254224330969090, x_1030270284245467136, x_1030271721780256768, x_1030274024809656325, x_1030270284245467100 The Brennan cluster is the day's most psychologically complex content. It operates across three registers: proxy mockery via Tucker Carlson (x_1030254224330969090), pseudo-legal challenge via Senator Burr's quoted trilemma (x_1030271721780256768, x_1030274024809656325), and institutional condemnation via Judicial Watch (x_1030270284245467136, x_1030270284245467100). The common psychological substrate is **authority laundering**: the subject rarely makes extreme characterizations directly, instead curating a chorus of quoted voices to deliver them while maintaining plausible deniability. Blumenthal (x_1030257073047658501) functions as a satellite target — his military service misrepresentation is weaponized to preemptively discredit his criticism of the clearance revocation, a classic tu quoque deflection. ### Theme 3: Mueller Investigation / "Rigged Witch Hunt" — 3 posts Posts: x_1030237078586617900, x_1030241273784021000, x_1030582354308411392 These posts carry the highest aggregate danger ratings and most pronounced paranoid features. The categorical delegitimization of the investigation ("zero credibility," "RIGGED") operates as pre-emptive epistemic inoculation — followers are conditioned to reject adverse legal findings before they arrive. By August 2018, the Mueller investigation had produced multiple guilty pleas and the Manafort trial was actively underway in Alexandria, making the "zero credibility" claim objectively false. The targeting of named individuals (Strzok, Ohr) with personalizing attacks ("a creep") is notable as these were relatively low-profile government officials being elevated to the status of public villains before an audience of tens of millions. ### Theme 4: Economic / Policy Performance — 4 posts Posts: x_1030416679069777921, x_1030431396341444609, x_1030433779112923136, x_1030416679069777900 These function as **psychological counter-programming** — islands of presidential normalcy inserted into a day dominated by personal grievance and institutional attack. The SEC reporting-frequency directive (x_1030416679069777921) references a genuine policy debate with elite backing (Buffett and Dimon had published a related argument two months prior). The economic statistics are broadly accurate for the period. These posts serve a dual function: external narrative management (projecting governance competence during the Omarosa crisis) and internal mood regulation (anchoring to the competent-executive self-image during acute stress). ### Theme 5: Military Parade Cancellation — 3 posts Posts: x_1030423480725118976, x_1030426536871116801, x_1030426536871116800 A textbook narcissistic face-saving operation. The Pentagon's $92M cost estimate forced the postponement, but the narrative is reconstructed as the subject's principled refusal to be extorted by D.C. politicians ("Never let someone hold you up!"). The reframe is efficient: blame externalized, alternative plans announced (Paris, Andrews AFB), closing with a triumphalist nonchalance kicker ("Now we can buy some more jet fighters!"). The internal contradiction — "I cancelled it" (sovereign agency) combined with "they wanted a number so ridiculously high" (coerced) — reveals the defensive work operating beneath the surface. --- ## 5. Contradiction Detection ### Contradiction A: MAGA-Accomplished vs. Institutional Crisis (Moderate Severity) - **Post x_1030455761913217025**: "I have already MADE America Great Again, just look at the markets, jobs, military" - **Post x_1030270284245467136**: "An incredibly corrupt FBI & DOJ trying to steer the outcome of a Presidential Election" These claims are structurally incompatible. If America has been made great through the subject's leadership, the core institutions of federal law enforcement cannot simultaneously be irredeemably corrupt and actively subverting democracy. The subject appears unaware of the tension, suggesting these claims serve different psychological functions — grandiose self-affirmation vs. persecutory threat-framing — that are not integrated into a coherent worldview but are deployed instrumentally as needed. ### Contradiction B: Blumenthal Military Record Distortion (Minor Severity) - **Post x_1030257073047658501**: "sobbingly admitted he was neither a Marine nor ever in Vietnam" - **Documented record**: Blumenthal served in the Marine Corps Reserve (1970–1976); he admitted to misrepresenting service *in* Vietnam, not to never being a Marine. This persistent factual distortion amplifies humiliation beyond what the documented record supports. The commentary assesses this as likely deliberate (gaslighting) rather than cognitive error, given the subject has been corrected on this point previously. ### Contradiction C: Parade Agency Framing (Minor Severity) - **Post x_1030423480725118976**: "I cancelled it" (sovereign choice framing) in the same breath as "Never let someone hold you up!" (acknowledging external coercion) The internal contradiction reveals the defensive labor: the cancellation was externally forced by cost estimates but must be reframed as a chosen demonstration of superior judgment. --- ## 6. Hypomanic Indicators | Metric | Value | Assessment | |---|---|---| | Total posts | 24 | ~2× the 2018 daily average (8–12) | | Posting span (EDT) | 8:45 PM – 6:29 PM+1 | ~22 hours of the UTC day covered | | Latest post (EDT) | 2:06 AM | Significantly late | | First morning post (EDT) | 7:30 AM | Early given sleep onset | | Estimated sleep window | ~2:06 AM – ~7:00 AM | ~5 hours | | Longest gap | 5h 24m (2:06 AM – 7:30 AM) | Only significant pause | | Duplicate/near-duplicate posts | 4+ instances | Possible organizational lapses or intentional reposts | **Assessment**: The combination of 24 posts, posting past 2 AM, approximately 5 hours of sleep, early-morning resumption, and duplicate-post artifacts is consistent with **mild hypomanic activation** but remains within the subject's documented behavioral range during high-stress news cycles. The convergence of the Omarosa tape crisis, Brennan clearance controversy, and active Manafort trial provides sufficient contextual explanation for elevated output without requiring a clinical episode designation. Sleep deprivation is **probable** — 5 hours falls below recommended minimums and sits at the low end of the subject's own reported 4–5 hour baseline, particularly given the late sleep onset. The volume is notable but not unprecedented for periods of acute narcissistic threat. --- ## 7. Narrative Arc: Mixed The day lacks a single coherent narrative but is organized around a meta-theme: **"under siege on all fronts, winning on all fronts."** The subject simultaneously prosecutes attacks against Brennan (intelligence community), Cuomo (political opposition), Mueller (legal threat), and D.C. politicians (parade cost), while claiming economic triumph and policy mastery. The narrative mode is reactive-omnidirectional rather than structured, consistent with multi-front narcissistic threat response. Sub-arc analysis: - **Brennan sequence**: Contamination trajectory — the clearance revocation "victory" is progressively complicated by Brennan's defiance and bipartisan pushback, requiring escalating delegitimization - **Cuomo sequence**: Redemption trajectory — opponent's self-inflicted wound provides raw material for sustained triumphalist display - **Parade sequence**: Face-saving — forced retreat efficiently converted into principled-choice narrative - **Mueller sequence**: Stable persecution — ongoing, unresolvable threat maintained at constant ambient intensity with no arc progression --- ## 8. Event Correlation ### Brennan Security Clearance Revocation (August 15) **Reaction type**: Offensive — the subject attacks from perceived dominance after wielding institutional power. The 5+ posts function as a post-action degradation campaign rather than a defensive response. The clearance revocation was the executive action; these posts are the reputational mopping-up operation. **Response posts**: x_1030254224330969090, x_1030270284245467136, x_1030271721780256768, x_1030274024809656325, x_1030270284245467100 ### Cuomo "America Was Never That Great" Statement **Reaction type**: Amplifying — the subject seizes on the gaffe to generate maximum political damage while reinforcing his own MAGA brand identity. Supply-seeking is the dominant motive; injury response is secondary. **Response posts**: x_1030455761913217000, x_1030419975692005376, x_1030455761913217025, x_1030456820417081344, x_1030458489070596096, x_1030536272176672768, x_1030536210194882561 ### Military Parade Postponement (Cost Estimate ~$92M) **Reaction type**: Defensive/dismissive — the subject reframes a public failure as a principled choice, externalizing blame to D.C. politicians while pivoting to substitute events. **Response posts**: x_1030423480725118976, x_1030426536871116801, x_1030426536871116800 ### Omarosa Tapes / "Unhinged" Book Release **Reaction type**: Ambient pressure with no direct posts this specific day. Commentary notes Omarosa as a background stressor influencing overall volume and tone. The absence of direct engagement may indicate strategic avoidance or aide intervention, particularly notable given that Trump had called her "a dog" in posts on adjacent days. ### Paul Manafort Trial / Mueller Investigation **Reaction type**: Defensive — categorical delegitimization of the investigative apparatus as "RIGGED" and possessing "zero credibility." **Response posts**: x_1030237078586617900, x_1030241273784021000, x_1030582354308411392 --- ## 9. Danger Assessment **Maximum danger level**: Elevated (6 posts) No posts reach "high" or "critical" danger thresholds. The elevated ratings cluster around two patterns: **Pattern 1 — Named-Individual Targeting**: John Brennan, now a private citizen, is targeted across 5 posts with language characterizing him as mentally deteriorated ("gone off the deep end"), intellectually limited, disgraced, and discredited. Bruce Ohr is called "a creep" and framed as part of a criminal conspiracy. These characterizations, broadcast to tens of millions of followers, are documented in research literature to generate increased third-party threat activity against named targets. **Pattern 2 — Institutional Delegitimization**: FBI, DOJ, and CIA are framed as irredeemably corrupt and actively conspiratorial. This sustained narrative contributes to long-term radicalization conditions without constituting acute incitement in any individual post. **Stochastic terrorism assessment**: The cumulative pattern — 8+ posts identifying specific named individuals as enemies engaged in criminal conspiracy against the president, delivered to an audience of tens of millions — fits the academic definition of stochastic terrorism at a systemic level. No individual post contains explicit calls to action or eliminationist language. The mechanism operates through sustained dehumanization and enemy-identification that statistically increases the probability of third-party violence without direct instruction. Epistemic humility requires noting that pattern identification is not proof of intent; the posts may represent political combat tactics without awareness of downstream threat generation. --- ## 10. Cognitive Concerns - **Misspelling requiring same-day correction**: "chocked" → "choked" (x_1030455761913217000 → x_1030456820417081344). Within baseline for the subject's documented spelling imprecision, but the correction cycle — delete, retype identical content with one character changed — adds minor compulsive coloring. - **Multiple duplicate posts**: At least 4 near-identical posts published hours apart (SEC reporting, Cuomo "chocked," parade continuation, Brennan/Judicial Watch). This could represent intentional audience-reach reposting, platform artifacts, or organizational lapses under compressed sleep conditions. - **Associative rather than logical chaining**: The Brennan → Blumenthal pivot (x_1030254224330969090 → x_1030257073047658501) follows no logical connection beyond temporal adjacency during Fox News viewing, consistent with stimulus-response live-tweeting rather than deliberate argumentation. - **Compressed sleep window**: Approximately 5 hours (2:06 AM – ~7:00 AM EDT) with immediate resumption of high-volume posting, consistent with sleep deprivation that may affect next-day cognitive performance. - **Complexity trend**: Stable. The pseudo-legal Brennan posts (x_1030271721780256768, x_1030274024809656325) show structured argumentation — likely aide-assisted — while impulsive posts show characteristic simplification. No deterioration from 2018 baseline is evident. ### Narrative Multi-front reactive combat organized around a meta-theme of 'under siege everywhere, winning everywhere.' Sub-narratives of Brennan retaliation (contamination), Cuomo exploitation (redemption), parade face-saving, and Mueller persecution (stable) run in parallel without integration into a coherent daily arc. ### Dominant themes - Cuomo 'America Was Never Great' attacks (1 post) - Brennan / Intelligence Community delegitimization (1 post) - Economic and policy performance (1 post) - Mueller investigation / 'Rigged Witch Hunt' (1 post) - Military parade cancellation spin (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [x_1030455761913217025](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030455761913217025): I have already MADE America Great Again, just look at the markets, jobs, military — setting records vs. [x_1030270284245467136](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030270284245467136): An incredibly corrupt FBI & DOJ trying to steer the outcome of a Presidential Election - [x_1030257073047658501](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030257073047658501): Blumenthal sobbingly admitted he was neither a Marine nor ever in Vietnam vs. [x_1030257073047658501](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030257073047658501): Documented record shows Blumenthal served in the Marine Corps Reserve 1970-1976; he admitted only to misrepresenting service in Vietnam ### Cognitive concerns - Misspelling 'chocked' requiring same-day corrective repost (x_1030455761913217000 → x_1030456820417081344) - At least 4 near-duplicate posts published hours apart — possible organizational lapses under sleep deprivation or intentional audience-reach reposting - Associative rather than logical chaining between targets (Brennan → Blumenthal pivot with no substantive connection) - Approximately 5-hour sleep window (2:06 AM – ~7:00 AM EDT) with immediate high-volume resumption ## Posts ### [x_1030582354308411392](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030582354308411392) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T22:29:15.000Z (UTC) > “Fox News has learned that Bruce Ohr wrote Christopher Steele following the firing of James Comey saying that he was afraid the anti-Trump Russia probe will be exposed.” Charles Payne @FoxBusiness How much more does Mueller have to see? They have blinders on - RIGGED! 94,085 likes · 28,033 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030582354308411392.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030582354308411392/analysis --- ### [x_1030566272176672768](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030566272176672768) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T21:25:20.000Z (UTC) > https://t.co/TmICRUV9uo 81,510 likes · 21,967 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030566272176672768/analysis --- ### [x_1030536210194882561](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030536210194882561) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T19:25:53.000Z (UTC) > ...I say Andrew’s was a bigger and more incompetent blunder. He should easily win his race against a Super Liberal Actress, but his political career is over! 56,971 likes · 12,377 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030536210194882561.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030536210194882561/analysis --- ### [x_1030536206415802369](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030536206415802369) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T19:25:52.000Z (UTC) > Which is worse, Hightax Andrew Cuomo's statement, “WE’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, IT WAS NEVER THAT GREAT” or Hillary Clinton’s “DEPLORABLES” statement... 76,418 likes · 18,617 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030536206415802369.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030536206415802369/analysis --- ### [x_1030426536871116800](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030426536871116800) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T16:10:05.000Z (UTC) > ....attend the big parade already scheduled at Andrews Air Force Base on a different date, &, go to the Paris parade, celebrating the end of the War, on November 11th. Maybe we will do something next year in D.C. when the cost comes WAY DOWN. Now we can buy some more jet fighters! 0 likes · 12,257 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030426536871116800.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030426536871116800/analysis --- ### [x_1030416679069777900](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030416679069777900) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T15:30:55.000Z (UTC) > In speaking with some of the world’s top business leaders I asked what it is that would make business (jobs) even better in the U.S. “Stop quarterly reporting &, go to a six month system,” said one. That would allow greater flexibility &, save money. I have asked the SEC to study! 0 likes · 13,242 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030416679069777900.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030416679069777900/analysis --- ### [x_1030458489070596096](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030458489070596096) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T14:17:03.000Z (UTC) > When a politician admits that “We’re not going to make America great again,” there doesn’t seem to be much reason to ever vote for him. This could be a career threatening statement by Andrew Cuomo, with many wanting him to resign-he will get higher ratings than his brother Chris! 88,873 likes · 21,888 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030458489070596096.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030458489070596096/analysis --- ### [x_1030456820417081344](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030456820417081344) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T14:10:25.000Z (UTC) > Wow! Big pushback on Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York for his really dumb statement about America’s lack of greatness. I have already MADE America Great Again, just look at the markets, jobs, military- setting records, and we will do even better. Andrew “choked” badly, mistake! 90,668 likes · 21,178 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030456820417081344.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030456820417081344/analysis --- ### [x_1030455761913217025](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030455761913217025) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T14:06:13.000Z (UTC) > Wow! Big pushback on Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York for his really dumb statement about America’s lack of greatness. I have already MADE America Great Again, just look at the markets, jobs, military- setting records, and we will do even better. Andrew “chocked” badly, mistake! 4,250 likes · 1,177 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030455761913217025.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030455761913217025/analysis --- ### [x_1030433779112923136](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030433779112923136) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T12:38:52.000Z (UTC) > The U.S. has more than double the growth rate than it had 18 months ago. 87,496 likes · 19,545 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030433779112923136.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030433779112923136/analysis --- ### [x_1030431396341444609](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030431396341444609) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T12:29:24.000Z (UTC) > Just announced, youth unemployment is at a 50 year low! @foxandfriends 88,731 likes · 19,523 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030431396341444609.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030431396341444609/analysis --- ### [x_1030426536871116801](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030426536871116801) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T12:10:05.000Z (UTC) > ....attend the big parade already scheduled at Andrews Air Force Base on a different date, & go to the Paris parade, celebrating the end of the War, on November 11th. Maybe we will do something next year in D.C. when the cost comes WAY DOWN. Now we can buy some more jet fighters! 70,688 likes · 15,472 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030426536871116801.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030426536871116801/analysis --- ### [x_1030423480725118976](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030423480725118976) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T11:57:56.000Z (UTC) > The local politicians who run Washington, D.C. (poorly) know a windfall when they see it. When asked to give us a price for holding a great celebratory military parade, they wanted a number so ridiculously high that I cancelled it. Never let someone hold you up! I will instead... 83,128 likes · 18,468 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030423480725118976.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030423480725118976/analysis --- ### [x_1030419975692005376](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030419975692005376) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T11:44:01.000Z (UTC) > How does a politician, Cuomo, known for pushing people and businesses out of his state, not to mention having the highest taxes in the U.S., survive making the statement, WE’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, IT WAS NEVER THAT GREAT? Which section of the sentence is worse? 78,103 likes · 20,620 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030419975692005376.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030419975692005376/analysis --- ### [x_1030416679069777921](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030416679069777921) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T11:30:55.000Z (UTC) > In speaking with some of the world’s top business leaders I asked what it is that would make business (jobs) even better in the U.S. “Stop quarterly reporting & go to a six month system,” said one. That would allow greater flexibility & save money. I have asked the SEC to study! 75,930 likes · 16,741 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030416679069777921.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030416679069777921/analysis --- ### [x_1030455761913217000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030455761913217000) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T06:06:13.000Z (UTC) · **deleted from the original platform** > Wow! Big pushback on Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York for his really dumb statement about America’s lack of greatness. I have already MADE America Great Again, just look at the markets, jobs, military- setting records, and we will do even better. Andrew “chocked” badly, mistake! 0 likes · 1,177 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030455761913217000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030455761913217000/analysis --- ### [x_1030270284245467100](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030270284245467100) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T05:49:11.000Z (UTC) > “....An incredibly corrupt FBI &, DOJ trying to steer the outcome of a Presidential Election. Brennan has gone off the deep end, he’s disgraced and discredited himself. His conduct has been outrageous.” Chris Farrell, Judicial Watch. 0 likes · 17,117 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030270284245467100.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030270284245467100/analysis --- ### [x_1030241273784021000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030241273784021000) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T03:53:55.000Z (UTC) > “Very concerned about Comey’s firing, afraid they will be exposed,” said Bruce Ohr. DOJ’s Emails &, Notes show Bruce Ohr’s connection to (phony &, discredited) Trump Dossier. A creep thinking he would get caught in a dishonest act. Rigged Witch Hunt! 0 likes · 17,087 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030241273784021000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030241273784021000/analysis --- ### [x_1030237078586617900](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030237078586617900) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T03:37:15.000Z (UTC) > “The FBI received documents from Bruce Ohr (of the Justice Department &, whose wife Nelly worked for Fusion GPS).” Disgraced and fired FBI Agent Peter Strzok. This is too crazy to be believed! The Rigged Witch Hunt has zero credibility. 0 likes · 16,728 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030237078586617900.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030237078586617900/analysis --- ### [x_1030274024809656325](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030274024809656325) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T02:04:03.000Z (UTC) > .....released in 2017. If his statement is based on intelligence he has seen since leaving office, it constitutes an intelligence breach......” Richard Burr (R-NC) Senate Intel Cmte Chair @LouDobbs 53,783 likes · 13,705 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030274024809656325.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030274024809656325/analysis --- ### [x_1030271721780256768](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030271721780256768) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T01:54:54.000Z (UTC) > “Director Brennan’s recent statements purport to know as fact that the Trump campaign colluded with a foreign power. If Director Brennan’s statement is based on intelligence he received while leading the CIA, why didn’t he include it in the Intelligence Community Assessment...... 71,461 likes · 18,995 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030271721780256768.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030271721780256768/analysis --- ### [x_1030270284245467136](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030270284245467136) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T01:49:11.000Z (UTC) > “....An incredibly corrupt FBI & DOJ trying to steer the outcome of a Presidential Election. Brennan has gone off the deep end, he’s disgraced and discredited himself. His conduct has been outrageous.” Chris Farrell, Judicial Watch. 83,290 likes · 21,646 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030270284245467136.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030270284245467136/analysis --- ### [x_1030257073047658501](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030257073047658501) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T00:56:42.000Z (UTC) > How can “Senator” Richard Blumenthal, who went around for twenty years as a Connecticut politician bragging that he was a great Marine war hero in Vietnam (then got caught and sobbingly admitted he was neither a Marine nor ever in Vietnam), pass judgement on anyone? Loser! 110,496 likes · 30,040 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030257073047658501.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030257073047658501/analysis --- ### [x_1030254224330969090](https://trump.fm/post/x_1030254224330969090) X (Twitter) · 2018-08-17T00:45:22.000Z (UTC) > .@TuckerCarlson speaking of John Brennan: “How did somebody so obviously limited intellectually get to be CIA Director in the first place?” Now that is a really good question! Then followed by “Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is a FAKE War Hero...” So true, a total Fake! 72,942 likes · 19,048 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030254224330969090.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030254224330969090/analysis ## For agents - Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt - API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json - MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth) - This day as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/date/2018-08-17 - Day analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/date/2018-08-17 - The posts alone, without the day analysis: https://trump.fm/date/2018-08-17.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. Post, analysis, date, feed, contradictions, search and about pages answer in markdown at their URL with `.md` appended (`/index.md` for the home page), or when sent `Accept: text/markdown`._