# Posts from Sunday, August 16, 2020 46 posts on 2020-08-16. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2020-08-16/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T10:21:03.920Z (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._ **Diplomatic Achievement Drowned in Mail-In Voting Warfare and Media Punishment** Trump spent the day cycling between dismissing media coverage and attacking mail-in voting, with the USPS funding controversy clearly under his skin. A genuine diplomatic win — the Abraham Accords announcement — couldn't land without an immediate detour into grievance about how Obama would have gotten more credit. The most strategically coordinated output was a three-pronged assault on mail-in voting confidence, including a selectively quoted Fauci statement that distorted the doctor's actual position. He also turned on Fox News for insufficiently favorable weekend coverage, calling it worse than CNN and directing viewers to OANN. A day of defensive posturing dressed up as offense, with the mail-in voting messaging carrying the most long-term significance. - Posts analyzed: 12 - Dominant state: grandiose - Narrative arc: contamination - Aggregate rage level: 0.08 - Max danger level: elevated - Theme obsession: mail-in voting delegitimization - Claims: 13 (5 false) - Era: COVID/2020 Campaign ## Daily Psychological Digest: August 16, 2020 ### Location & Timezone Context Trump was at his Bedminster, NJ golf club. All analysis uses EDT (UTC−4). The 12 posts divide into two distinct clusters: - **Cluster 1 (8:05–8:25 PM EDT, Aug 15):** 8 posts in 20 minutes — a concentrated evening burst - **Cluster 2 (5:31–6:38 PM EDT, Aug 16):** 4 posts over 67 minutes — a more measured late-afternoon session - **Gap between clusters:** ~21 hours of silence --- ### Cluster 1 Analysis: Evening Reactive Burst (8:05–8:25 PM EDT) The evening opens with two rapid-fire "Fake News!" dismissals (x_1294726999982968800 at 8:05 PM, x_1294727270159069200 at 8:06 PM) — posted one minute apart, constituting a perseverative dismissal session consistent with processing narcissistic injury from sustained USPS controversy coverage. Both posts are two-to-three-word epistemic closure signals deploying DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender): Trump's own publicly admitted postal funding obstruction was being accurately reported, and these posts reframe that accurate coverage as media fabrication. The "More" prefix in the second post reveals awareness that the dismissal is serial and performative. Authorship confidence is moderately high (0.85, 0.72) — the brevity, reactivity, and impulsive quality are inconsistent with aide composition. At 8:09 PM, "Would be terrible for our Country!" (x_1294727959706730500) shifts from pure dismissal to sentinel-guardian framing — the subject positions himself as the nation's protective assessor of unnamed threats. This is immediately followed by a brief vulnerable-state "Thank you!" (x_1294728043257376800, intensity 0.05) — the day's only non-grandiose moment, a formulaic supply acknowledgment that represents a transient state dip. The cluster's psychological peak arrives at 8:12 PM with the Abraham Accords post (x_1294728590773428200). This is the day's most revealing artifact. At intensity 0.55 — the highest of the day — it fuses triumph with anticipatory grievance in a single utterance: "If Obama did this, they would speak of nothing else. Biden could NEVER do it!" The structure is diagnostic: the subject cannot announce a genuine historic achievement without simultaneously processing the narcissistic injury of anticipated media underrecognition. The Obama counterfactual converts a clean victory into a media indictment; the Biden devaluation in ALL CAPS adds the contempt display required to complete the narcissistic dominance cycle (achievement → grievance → contempt). This is a crystalline contamination arc at the post level — achievement immediately polluted by victimhood. Authorship confidence is high (0.90): the emotional reactivity, characteristic syntax, and ALL CAPS emphasis are strongly authentic markers. After a brief scheduling post ("News Conference at 5:30 P.M." — x_1294731080264810500, intensity 0.08), the cluster closes with its most strategically significant output: two consecutive mail-in voting delegitimization posts. **The Mail-In Scam Post** (x_1294731591030378500, 8:24 PM): Deploys splitting — the signature immature defense — to manufacture a categorically false distinction between "absentee" (good) and "mail-in" (scam) ballots. Florida's system, which Trump endorses, is in fact a universal mail-in voting system marketed under the "absentee" label. The "honorable thing to do" framing positions the subject as moral arbiter above the political fray. Authorship confidence is low (0.50), suggesting possible aide involvement in this more strategically calibrated message. Danger: **elevated** — not for immediate incitement but for constructing cognitive scaffolding for rejecting election results. **The Voter Scam Post** (x_1294731865459437600, 8:25 PM): A compressed two-word label posted one minute later. This is a RAND Firehose micro-burst technique — encoding the "scam" frame as audience epistemology before deliberation can occur. The "voter scam" characterization is factually false: mail-in voting has decades of safe use with negligible documented fraud. Danger: **elevated** for the same longitudinal delegitimization reasons. --- ### Cluster 2 Analysis: Strategic Afternoon Session (5:31–6:38 PM EDT) After 21 hours of silence, the subject returns with the day's only rage-flagged post: the Fox News attack (x_1295050523742175200, 5:31 PM, rage intensity 0.45). Fox has violated a loyalty expectation — likely through insufficiently favorable weekend afternoon coverage — triggering immediate narcissistic devaluation ("worse than Fake News CNN") and punitive audience redirection to OANN. The defense mechanism is textbook splitting: Fox is reclassified from idealized ally to a category below Trump's established media nadir. The ironic weaponization of Fox's own retired "Fair & Balanced" trademark, applied to OANN, is rhetorically sophisticated and stylistically authentic. This post functions as a media ecosystem control mechanism: by demonstrating willingness to redirect millions of viewers, Trump establishes a credible coercive threat for all outlets. The state is classified as mixed — controlled anger with strategic intent rather than explosive dysregulation. The Fauci quote post (x_1295065684788088800, 6:31 PM) is the cluster's strategic centerpiece and the day's lowest-authorship artifact (0.18 confidence), strongly indicating aide composition. A selectively decontextualized Fauci statement is deployed to imply scientific endorsement of in-person over mail-in voting — a distortion of Fauci's actual both/and position. This represents rationalization at the organizational level: the campaign recruiting trusted scientific authority to provide cover for an anti-democratic initiative. Danger: **elevated** for the same systematic delegitimization reasons as the earlier mail-in posts. When viewed in sequence with "Voter Scam!" and the "Mail-In Scam" post, the aggregate pattern shows a coordinated multi-vector attack on mail-in voting confidence. Two brief "Thank you" posts close the day (x_1295067207618244600 at 6:37 PM, x_1295067517283598300 at 6:38 PM) — minimal-effort narcissistic supply maintenance with low authorship confidence (0.55, 0.35), likely aide-generated. --- ### Dominant Psychological State: Grandiose Ten of twelve posts are classified as grandiose state, with the grandiosity functioning primarily as a defensive posture against the USPS funding controversy — the week's dominant narcissistic injury source. The single mixed-state post (Fox News attack) reveals controlled anger rather than explosive rage. The single vulnerable post is a brief, formulaic gratitude expression representing a transient state dip rather than genuine vulnerability. ### Escalation Assessment No rage spiral is detected. Intensity follows a thematic arc rather than an escalating trajectory: the evening cluster builds from dismissal (0.20–0.22) through self-aggrandizement (0.55) to strategic messaging (0.45), then resets. The afternoon cluster operates at moderate intensity (0.32–0.45) before tapering to baseline (0.05). The peak intensity (0.55) is associated with the Abraham Accords post — a supply-seeking grandiose expression rather than a rage escalation. ### Theme Analysis **Mail-in voting delegitimization** dominates with three direct posts and additional framing support. This constitutes a thematic obsession: the subject returns to the topic across both clusters, deploying complementary attack vectors (moral framing, compressed labeling, selective scientific authority). The USPS funding controversy is the clear precipitant. **Media delegitimization** runs as a secondary thread through three posts, spanning both clusters (Fake News dismissals → Fox News punishment). The through-line is the same: any institution failing to validate the subject's preferred narrative is reclassified as enemy. **Narcissistic supply maintenance** accounts for three formulaic gratitude posts, likely aide-generated, distributed across both clusters. ### Contradiction Analysis The most significant contradiction is internal to the mail-in voting messaging: Post x_1294731591030378500 endorses "Absentee Ballots, like they have in Florida" while post x_1294731865459437600 labels mail-in voting a "Voter Scam!" — Florida's system is functionally identical to mail-in voting. This is not a cognitive error but a strategic splitting operation: the distinction is manufactured to maintain the all-bad "scam" narrative while appearing moderate. A secondary contradiction exists between the Fox News devaluation ("worse than Fake News CNN") and the implicit alliance with Fox that pervades the subject's media strategy — though this is better understood as narcissistic splitting than logical inconsistency. ### Hypomanic Indicators - **Post count:** 12 (below Trump's 2020 daily average of ~25–35, approximately 30th percentile) - **Time span (local):** 8:05 PM to 6:38 PM next day — conventional hours only - **Earliest post:** 5:31 PM EDT (afternoon) - **Latest post:** 8:25 PM EDT previous evening - **Gap analysis:** 21-hour gap between clusters is unremarkable - **Sleep deprivation evidence:** None. No overnight posting. Posting confined to evening and late afternoon. - **Hypomanic threshold:** **Not met.** Below-average volume, conventional timing, no pressured speech indicators. ### Narrative Arc: Contamination The day follows a contamination arc. A genuine diplomatic achievement (Abraham Accords) is immediately contaminated by grievance framing, and the dominant energy across both clusters is directed toward delegitimizing democratic processes and punishing media disloyalty rather than celebrating accomplishment. Even the day's highest-intensity post is defined by what the subject believes he is being denied (proportional credit) rather than what he has achieved. ### Event Correlation The **Trump USPS Funding Controversy** is the day's dominant precipitant, driving the two Fake News dismissals (defensive) and all three mail-in voting delegitimization posts (offensive/preemptive). The **Abraham Accords announcement** triggers one amplifying post. **Fox News weekend programming** (not in the events database but referenced in commentary) triggers one offensive/punitive post. ### Danger Assessment Three posts reach **elevated** danger level, all related to the mail-in voting delegitimization campaign. No individual post constitutes an immediate incitement risk. The day's danger profile is institutional rather than interpersonal: the systematic, multi-vector construction of a "fraudulent election" narrative framework across both impulsive high-authorship posts and strategic aide-generated content represents documented precursor activity to the post-election contestation that culminated in the January 6, 2021 events. No classic stochastic terrorism pattern is present (no targeting of specific individuals or groups for potential violence). The threat vector is epistemic: sustained erosion of trust in democratic mechanisms. ### Cognitive Assessment The day's output is dominated by brief, formulaic posts (2–6 words) that resist meaningful cognitive analysis. Where extended syntax is available — the Abraham Accords post, the Fox News post, the mail-in scam post — sentence construction, vocabulary, rhetorical sophistication, and strategic coherence are within baseline parameters. The ironic deployment of "Fair & Balanced" and the calibrated absentee/mail-in splitting both demonstrate intact rhetorical processing. **Complexity trend: stable.** No cognitive concerns identified beyond baseline. ### Narrative A genuine diplomatic achievement (Abraham Accords) is immediately contaminated by grievance framing, and the day's dominant energy across both posting clusters is directed toward delegitimizing mail-in voting and punishing media disloyalty rather than celebrating accomplishment. The contamination pattern operates at both the individual post level (triumph fused with victimhood) and the day level (strategic messaging overwhelms the positive narrative). ### Dominant themes - Mail-in voting delegitimization (1 post) - Media delegitimization (1 post) - Narcissistic supply maintenance (1 post) - Self-aggrandizement with grievance contamination (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [x_1294731591030378500](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294731591030378500): Absentee Ballots, like they have in Florida, are good vs. [x_1294731865459437600](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294731865459437600): Voter Scam! (applied to mail-in voting, which is functionally identical to Florida absentee voting) - [x_1295050523742175200](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295050523742175200): Fox News is worse than Fake News CNN vs. [x_1294726999982968800](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294726999982968800): Implicit reliance on Fox News as primary allied media outlet throughout campaign ### Cognitive concerns - Posts predominantly too brief (2-6 words) for meaningful cognitive assessment - Extended-syntax posts show baseline rhetorical sophistication intact - Ironic trademark weaponization and strategic categorical splitting demonstrate intact executive function ## Posts ### [x_1295068266843582500](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295068266843582500) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T22:41:50.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @bennyjohnson: What if people talked like @JOEBIDEN? > > Awkward... https://t.co/POpBPnRZSS Reposted from @bennyjohnson > What if people talked like @JOEBIDEN? > > Awkward... https://t.co/POpBPnRZSS 0 likes · 33,555 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295067517283598300](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295067517283598300) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T22:38:51.000Z (UTC) > Thank you Franklin! https://t.co/ZwpwcS2k2B 0 likes · 12,967 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1295067517283598300.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1295067517283598300/analysis --- ### [x_1295067207618244600](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295067207618244600) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T22:37:38.000Z (UTC) > Thank you James! https://t.co/cKiKlAXHqI 0 likes · 15,667 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1295067207618244600.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1295067207618244600/analysis --- ### [x_1295067052508696600](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295067052508696600) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T22:37:01.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @EricTrump: Robert Trump was an incredible man - strong, kind and loyal to the core. Anyone who encountered him felt his warmth immediat… Reposted from @EricTrump > Robert Trump was an incredible man - strong, kind and loyal to the core. Anyone who encountered him felt his warmth immediat… 0 likes · 25,427 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295066300419539000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295066300419539000) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T22:34:01.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @ChristieC733: I’m hearing some Republicans, pundits say we should “move on” from the #MullerReport in order to heal the nation... > > I di… Reposted from @ChristieC733 > I’m hearing some Republicans, pundits say we should “move on” from the #MullerReport in order to heal the nation... > > I di… 0 likes · 22,617 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295065684788088800](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295065684788088800) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T22:31:35.000Z (UTC) > “If carefully done, according to the guidelines, there is no reason why you shouldn’t be able to do that (vote at polling place).” Doctor Anthony Fauci 0 likes · 50,214 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1295065684788088800.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1295065684788088800/analysis --- ### [x_1295061350637539300](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295061350637539300) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T22:14:21.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @PVTrump: #TrumpPatriots we have 78 days to UNITE&SUPPORT our AWESOME PRESIDENT @realDonaldTrump to elect him for #4MoreYears We need #K… Reposted from @PVTrump > #TrumpPatriots we have 78 days to UNITE&SUPPORT our AWESOME PRESIDENT @realDonaldTrump to elect him for #4MoreYears We need #K… 0 likes · 7,780 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295055174659178500](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295055174659178500) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T21:49:49.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @IvankaTrump: Uncle Robert, we love you. You are in our hearts and prayers, always. Reposted from @IvankaTrump > Uncle Robert, we love you. You are in our hearts and prayers, always. 0 likes · 23,360 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295050523742175200](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295050523742175200) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T21:31:20.000Z (UTC) > .@FoxNews is not watchable during weekend afternoons. It is worse than Fake News @CNN. I strongly suggest turning your dial to @OANN. They do a really “Fair & Balanced” job! 0 likes · 38,457 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1295050523742175200.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1295050523742175200/analysis --- ### [x_1295048179768004600](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295048179768004600) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T21:22:01.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @thehill: VP Mike Pence: "Sen. Kamala Harris said she would change the dietary guidelines of this country to reduce the amount of red me… Reposted from @thehill > VP Mike Pence: "Sen. Kamala Harris said she would change the dietary > > guidelines of this country to reduce the amount of red me… 0 likes · 8,238 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295046378465497000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295046378465497000) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T21:14:52.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @Wyn1745: Thousands of boaters hit the water in Clearwater on Saturday in an effort to set a record for the largest pro-Trump boat parad… Reposted from @Wyn1745 > Thousands of boaters hit the water in Clearwater on Saturday in an effort to set a record for the largest pro-Trump boat parad… 0 likes · 10,926 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295044522611802000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295044522611802000) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T21:07:29.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @VFL2013: SO PROUD OF MY HOMELAND!!! #HAWAIILIFE 🇺🇸🍍🇺🇸🍍 Reposted from @VFL2013 > SO PROUD OF MY HOMELAND!!! #HAWAIILIFE 🇺🇸🍍🇺🇸🍍 0 likes · 10,390 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295040863333212200](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295040863333212200) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T20:52:57.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @Pismo_B: Why don’t you like Trump?? > > I’ll Wait......🤣🤣🤣 > > Love 👇 guy!! > > https://t.co/CxB69SaAlH Reposted from @Pismo_B > Why don’t you like Trump?? > > I’ll Wait......🤣🤣🤣 > > Love 👇 guy!! > > https://t.co/CxB69SaAlH 0 likes · 11,893 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295039756896592000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295039756896592000) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T20:48:33.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @RealJamesWoods: His own words on video... #JimCrowJoe https://t.co/nstkBIkDsz Reposted from @RealJamesWoods > His own words on video... #JimCrowJoe https://t.co/nstkBIkDsz 0 likes · 30,237 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295038974436814800](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295038974436814800) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T20:45:26.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @LATAMforTRUMP: Our sincere condolences to the Trump Family and the First Lady on the sensitive passing of Robert Trump. now you are a s… Reposted from @LATAMforTRUMP > Our sincere condolences to the Trump Family and the First Lady on the sensitive passing of Robert Trump. now you are a s… 0 likes · 7,738 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295038610698375200](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295038610698375200) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T20:44:00.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @my3monkees: PLEASE listen to this man and RT, share with your BLM woke suburban white girl friends.... > https://t.co/ZboftySGak Reposted from @my3monkees > PLEASE listen to this man and RT, share with your BLM woke suburban white girl friends.... > https://t.co/ZboftySGak 0 likes · 29,092 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295037654497661000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295037654497661000) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T20:40:12.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @Pismo_B: Good Morning America 🇺🇸 > > https://t.co/fYsRHj4AnT Reposted from @Pismo_B > Good Morning America 🇺🇸 > > https://t.co/fYsRHj4AnT 0 likes · 11,338 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295035423794892800](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295035423794892800) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T20:31:20.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @No1Trump2020: Nice 👍 to see a Black Woman back the Trumpster.. > > Yes Honey, you are Welcome in this Tent.. !! Keep it going!! Reposted from @No1Trump2020 > Nice 👍 to see a Black Woman back the Trumpster.. > > Yes Honey, you are Welcome in this Tent.. !! Keep it going!! 0 likes · 6,336 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295035171914342400](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295035171914342400) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T20:30:20.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @TeamTrump: TONIGHT: Join War Room Weekly hosted by @TimMurtaugh with special guests @mercedesschlapp and @deneenborelli at 8:00 pm ET!… Reposted from @TeamTrump > TONIGHT: Join War Room Weekly hosted by @TimMurtaugh with special guests @mercedesschlapp and @deneenborelli at 8:00 pm ET!… 0 likes · 3,395 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295034843361882000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295034843361882000) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T20:29:01.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @VFL2013: OH NO JOE... THIS AINT HAPPINESS IN YOUR HOME STATE OF DELAWARE IS IT!!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🤣🤣🤣 > THIS IS AMERICA!!!+ Reposted from @VFL2013 > OH NO JOE... THIS AINT HAPPINESS IN YOUR HOME STATE OF DELAWARE IS IT!!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🤣🤣🤣 > THIS IS AMERICA!!!+ 0 likes · 10,094 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295034717876572200](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295034717876572200) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T20:28:31.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @DebiC37936: This is why we really love ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ ❤️ https://t.co/HP7U7MvVJv Reposted from @DebiC37936 > This is why we really love ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ ❤️ https://t.co/HP7U7MvVJv 0 likes · 5,695 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295034403689824300](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295034403689824300) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T20:27:17.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @davegoodin1: @disposable13 @BrandonStraka @ScottPresler I totally agree! These courageous young men are working so hard and doing so m… Reposted from @davegoodin1 > @disposable13 @BrandonStraka @ScottPresler I totally agree! These courageous young men are working so hard and doing so m… 0 likes · 3,367 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295034326246195200](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295034326246195200) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T20:26:58.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @RichardBerthol2: @disposable13 @BrandonStraka @ScottPresler Welcome aboard the Trump Train🇺🇸 Reposted from @RichardBerthol2 > @disposable13 @BrandonStraka @ScottPresler Welcome aboard the Trump Train🇺🇸 0 likes · 3,013 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295034280339538000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295034280339538000) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T20:26:47.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @disposable13: @BrandonStraka @ScottPresler I was in the Marine Corps in the 1990s. There are plenty of gay Marine's nobody ever even ca… Reposted from @disposable13 > @BrandonStraka @ScottPresler I was in the Marine Corps in the 1990s. There are plenty of gay Marine's nobody ever even ca… 0 likes · 3,112 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295033969323450400](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295033969323450400) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T20:25:33.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @youbetcha2020: @disposable13 @BrandonStraka @ScottPresler I just hope your registered as a Republican and are voting up and down the ti… Reposted from @youbetcha2020 > @disposable13 @BrandonStraka @ScottPresler I just hope your registered as a Republican and are voting up and down the ti… 0 likes · 4,966 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1295033636350242800](https://trump.fm/post/x_1295033636350242800) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T20:24:14.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @BrandonStraka: Leave Democrat cities. Let them rot. The media and @TheDemocrats have activated this mental illness and it’s going to ge… Reposted from @BrandonStraka > Leave Democrat cities. Let them rot. The media and @TheDemocrats have activated this mental illness and it’s going to ge… 0 likes · 9,868 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1294963594715697200](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294963594715697200) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T15:45:54.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @PressSec: Join President @realDonaldTrump as he watches Pastor Sam Rodriguez at New Season church at 8 am ET - https://t.co/teATUnotaC… Reposted from @PressSec > Join President @realDonaldTrump as he watches Pastor Sam Rodriguez at New Season church at 8 am ET - https://t.co/teATUnotaC… 0 likes · 6,806 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1294963563128328200](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294963563128328200) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T15:45:47.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @PressSec: From President @realDonaldTrump on the passing of his brother and best friend, Robert - “We will meet again”: https://t.co/1m… Reposted from @PressSec > From President @realDonaldTrump on the passing of his brother and best friend, Robert - “We will meet again”: https://t.co/1m… 0 likes · 28,058 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1294756093869133800](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294756093869133800) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T02:01:22.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @WhiteHouse: LIVE: President @realDonaldTrump holds a news conference https://t.co/p8qlTCUsCZ Reposted from @WhiteHouse > LIVE: President @realDonaldTrump holds a news conference https://t.co/p8qlTCUsCZ 0 likes · 8,935 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1294732006920790000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294732006920790000) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:25:40.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @SteveGuest: Biden staffers rush the press out of the room before Joe Biden can answer any questions https://t.co/AIw3TU4WhF Reposted from @SteveGuest > Biden staffers rush the press out of the room before Joe Biden can answer any questions https://t.co/AIw3TU4WhF 0 likes · 15,504 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1294731968056361000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294731968056361000) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:25:30.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @rww_gop: “Congress has only itself to blame for this mess. > > The post office is meant to be self-sufficient, but it hasn’t broken even f… Reposted from @rww_gop > “Congress has only itself to blame for this mess. > > The post office is meant to be self-sufficient, but it hasn’t broken even f… 0 likes · 7,624 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1294731865459437600](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294731865459437600) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:25:06.000Z (UTC) > Voter Scam! https://t.co/BY6SEJfUZh 0 likes · 16,268 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1294731865459437600.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1294731865459437600/analysis --- ### [x_1294731681455374300](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294731681455374300) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:24:22.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @SteveGuest: Reality: “Evidence of massive voter fraud in Paterson election, court records show” > > Yet after fraud was found using mail-i… Reposted from @SteveGuest > Reality: “Evidence of massive voter fraud in Paterson election, court records show” > > Yet after fraud was found using mail-i… 0 likes · 7,599 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1294731591030378500](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294731591030378500) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:24:00.000Z (UTC) > The honorable thing to do is drop the Mail-In Scam before it is too late! Absentee Ballots, like they have in Florida, are good! https://t.co/uuVyliWEwS 0 likes · 15,188 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1294731591030378500.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1294731591030378500/analysis --- ### [x_1294731080264810500](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294731080264810500) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:21:59.000Z (UTC) > News Conference at 5:30 P.M. Enjoy! 0 likes · 15,676 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1294731080264810500.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1294731080264810500/analysis --- ### [x_1294728590773428200](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294728590773428200) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:12:05.000Z (UTC) > If Obama did this, they would speak of nothing else. Biden could NEVER do it! https://t.co/1djK42xawI 0 likes · 25,302 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1294728590773428200.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1294728590773428200/analysis --- ### [x_1294728211499298800](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294728211499298800) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:10:35.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @MarkBednar: .@GOPLeader: Look at what San Francisco is known for today: > > • Sky-high taxes > • Sanctuary city > • Sidewalks people do not ev… Reposted from @MarkBednar > .@GOPLeader: Look at what San Francisco is known for today: > > • Sky-high taxes > • Sanctuary city > • Sidewalks people do not ev… 0 likes · 7,894 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1294728155064926200](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294728155064926200) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:10:21.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @SteveGuest: The Post Office’s Problem Isn’t Trump > > Democrats cry sabotage. But mail volume is way down, and the USPS is losing billions… Reposted from @SteveGuest > The Post Office’s Problem Isn’t Trump > > Democrats cry sabotage. But mail volume is way down, and the USPS is losing billions… 0 likes · 8,099 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1294728109724401700](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294728109724401700) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:10:10.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @SecretsBedard: Like America: Half of Trump’s staff are women https://t.co/cRm0dxLiNM https://t.co/rVQnxsJW5a Reposted from @SecretsBedard > Like America: Half of Trump’s staff are women https://t.co/cRm0dxLiNM https://t.co/rVQnxsJW5a 0 likes · 6,060 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1294728076597907500](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294728076597907500) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:10:03.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @SteveGuest: Israel and UAE peace deal is vindication for Trump > > https://t.co/wj9EDOCuqW Reposted from @SteveGuest > Israel and UAE peace deal is vindication for Trump > > https://t.co/wj9EDOCuqW 0 likes · 5,576 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1294728043257376800](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294728043257376800) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:09:55.000Z (UTC) > Thank you! https://t.co/MmjxbNStq1 0 likes · 8,457 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1294728043257376800/analysis --- ### [x_1294727959706730500](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294727959706730500) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:09:35.000Z (UTC) > Would be terrible for our Country! https://t.co/aVifiIjXXe 0 likes · 6,966 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1294727959706730500.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1294727959706730500/analysis --- ### [x_1294727720677646300](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294727720677646300) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:08:38.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @KimStrassel: A letter leaked in November 2019 from her veteran Iowa operations manager, resigning, saying she'd “never seen an organiza… Reposted from @KimStrassel > A letter leaked in November 2019 from her veteran Iowa operations manager, resigning, saying she'd “never seen an organiza… 0 likes · 5,543 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1294727682576580600](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294727682576580600) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:08:29.000Z (UTC) · repost > RT @KimStrassel: A SanFran newspaper reporting that Saturday Night Live was mocking her for her “ ‘viral moments’ desperation.” Reposted from @KimStrassel > A SanFran newspaper reporting that Saturday Night Live was mocking her for her “ ‘viral moments’ desperation.” 0 likes · 4,144 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [x_1294727270159069200](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294727270159069200) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:06:50.000Z (UTC) > More Fake News! https://t.co/8P2Kax00s7 0 likes · 7,169 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1294727270159069200.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1294727270159069200/analysis --- ### [x_1294726999982968800](https://trump.fm/post/x_1294726999982968800) X (Twitter) · 2020-08-16T00:05:46.000Z (UTC) > Fake News! https://t.co/OedkKwkcd0 0 likes · 8,744 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1294726999982968800/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/2020-08-16 - Day analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/date/2020-08-16 - The posts alone, without the day analysis: https://trump.fm/date/2020-08-16.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. 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