# Posts from Sunday, August 23, 2020

20 posts on 2020-08-23.

## Day analysis

Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2020-08-23/analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T10:22:32.710Z (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._

**RNC Eve: Achievement Staging Undercut by Election Fraud Groundwork and a Closing Flash of Polling Anxiety**

The day before the Republican National Convention was a staging exercise mixing self-congratulation with grievance. Trump spent the late evening attacking mail-in voting as fraudulent and promoting policy achievements, then pivoted to law-and-order rhetoric about urban protests and culture-war appeals about religion through the afternoon. The most revealing moment came at day's end, when a rare hedge -- "I think I'm leading in the Polls!" -- briefly exposed genuine uncertainty beneath hours of confident bluster. Notably absent from the entire day: any mention of Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha that same afternoon.

- Posts analyzed: 17
- Dominant state: grandiose
- Narrative arc: mixed
- Aggregate rage level: 0.2
- Max danger level: elevated
- Claims: 38 (17 false)
- Era: COVID/2020 Campaign

# Daily Psychological Digest: August 23, 2020

## Context and Setting

August 23, 2020, was the eve of the 2020 Republican National Convention — a day of maximum political stakes requiring confident projection of presidential authority. Trump was based in the Washington, D.C. area (referencing a White House news conference at 5:30 PM). The day's external event landscape included the FDA's Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 convalescent plasma, the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the ongoing USPS funding controversy, and Biden's post-DNC polling surge (~8-point national lead). All analysis times below are converted to Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4), Trump's local timezone.

## Temporal Posting Pattern

Seventeen posts spanned from 8:51 PM EDT (August 22) to 6:45 PM EDT (August 23), organized in three distinct clusters:

**Evening Cluster (8:51 PM – 1:26 AM EDT):** Nine posts across 4.5 hours — the most productive period. Content alternated between aggressive USPS/mail-in voting attacks (x_1297275235432005600, x_1297275241203458000), campaign positioning (x_1297293860754817000, x_1297296779520745500, x_1297305569758511000), achievement showcasing (x_1297329827859632000, x_1297331615564259300), and a reactive defense of the convalescent plasma authorization (x_1297344504111018000). The final post at 1:26 AM is late but within Trump's documented baseline for late-night posting.

**Sleep Gap:** 1:26 AM to 11:25 AM EDT (~10 hours). No evidence of sleep deprivation.

**Midday Cluster (11:25 AM – 1:48 PM EDT):** Four posts across 2.5 hours. Thematic shift to preemptive attacks on election infrastructure (drop boxes), law-and-order rhetoric about urban protests, and Christian nationalist culture war signaling.

**Evening Cluster (5:33 PM – 6:45 PM EDT):** Four posts in 72 minutes. Promotional announcement of the White House convalescent plasma press conference, followed by a reactive three-post sequence targeting Chris Wallace and Fox News Sunday, ending with a vulnerable polling assertion.

## Psychological State Arc

### Dominant State: Grandiose
Fifteen of seventeen posts operate from the grandiose narcissistic register — characterized by absolute certainty, self-aggrandizing claims, and externalization of all negative attribution. This is contextually expected on an RNC eve: the grandiose mode serves both the political objective (projecting strength) and the psychological need (managing anticipatory anxiety about the convention spotlight).

### State Transitions

**Transition 1 — Grandiose → Mixed (11:25 AM EDT, x_1297495295266357200):** The mail drop box post marks a shift from pure grandiose assertion to a mixed state where paranoid anxiety about election mechanics intrudes. The scatter-shot quality of the attack (multiple voting, partisan placement, COVID sanitation) suggests pressure-driven rather than strategically composed rhetoric, revealing underlying vulnerability about electoral prospects.

**Transition 2 — Mixed → Grandiose (12:13 PM EDT, x_1297507346705522700):** The protests/law-and-order post represents recovery into grandiose sovereign competence: "We will solve problem fast!" The mechanism is classic — reasserting omnipotent agency after a vulnerability breach.

**Transition 3 — Grandiose → Mixed (6:45 PM EDT, x_1297605856712970200):** The day's most diagnostically revealing moment. "Actually, I think I'm leading in the Polls!" contains an unprecedented hedge ("I think") that betrays access to genuine uncertainty beneath the grandiose overlay. The opening "Actually" frames this as a correction of false consensus, but the linguistic hedging represents a momentary failure of the grandiose defense against Biden's ~8-point post-DNC polling lead.

## Theme Analysis

### 1. Election Fraud / Mail-In Voting Delegitimization (3 posts)
Posts x_1297275235432005600, x_1297275241203458000, and x_1297495295266357200 constitute a coherent narrative infrastructure operation. The evening posts establish the USPS funding "HOAX" frame and fabricate the absentee/mail-in ballot distinction. The midday post extends the attack surface to drop boxes with novel false claims (multiple voting enablement, partisan placement). Across all three, the rhetorical architecture is consistent: specific mechanism identification, fraud assertion, institutional trust erosion. In longitudinal retrospect, these posts are data points on the documented pathway toward post-election contestation.

### 2. RNC-Eve Achievement Showcase (6 posts)
Posts x_1297293860754817000, x_1297296779520745500, x_1297305569758511000, x_1297329827859632000, x_1297331615564259300, and x_1297587881607864300 represent pre-convention narrative staging: Criminal Justice Reform credit-claiming, economic recovery assertion, drug pricing promotion, book endorsement, interview and news conference promotion. The supply-seeking function is transparent — each post positions Trump as consequential, unique, and historically significant on the eve of his renomination.

### 3. Media Bias Grievance (3 posts)
Posts x_1297601762384371700, x_1297604008832573400, and x_1297605856712970200 form a reactive sequence triggered by Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. The escalation within this micro-sequence (from noting perceived bias to demanding specific questions to asserting a counter-factual polling lead) demonstrates the standard injury-response cascade: perceived slight → intensified attack → compensatory grandiose assertion.

### 4. Culture War / Religious Identity (2 posts)
Posts x_1297521970813317000 and x_1297531229546455000 form a deliberate two-part sequence: diagnosis ("Democrats removed 'Under God'") followed by prescription ("We want GOD!"). Christian nationalist base activation on RNC eve, deploying false synecdoche (two caucus meetings → party-wide secularism) to construct a civilizational-stakes frame.

### 5. COVID-19 / Convalescent Plasma Defense (2 posts)
Posts x_1297344504111018000 and x_1297587881607864300 bookend the convalescent plasma EUA announcement — defending against scientific criticism at 1:26 AM and promoting the upcoming press conference at 5:33 PM. The defensive framing of scientific skepticism as "denial" is epistemically significant: it pre-immunizes the audience against expert counterevidence before it reaches them.

### 6. Law and Order / Protest Suppression (1 post)
Post x_1297507346705522700 instrumentalizes ongoing urban unrest as convention-week narrative content. The casual normalization of "suppress" applied to civil protests, combined with federal intervention threats, represents the most concerning single rhetorical element of the day from a civil liberties standpoint.

## Escalation Assessment

No sustained rage spiral is detected. Rage appears in five posts (29% of daily output) at moderate levels, distributed across the day rather than building sequentially. The evening USPS posts (0.55, 0.68 rage) represent the day's peak affect, with the Chris Wallace post (0.55) as a secondary peak. Both clusters resolve quickly — the USPS rage gives way to supply-seeking achievement posts, and the Wallace rage resolves into a vulnerable polling assertion. The rage profile is reactive and episodic rather than escalatory.

## Event Correlation

### USPS Funding Controversy → Defensive/Offensive
Three posts directly address the USPS situation. Trump's reaction type is primarily defensive (denying USPS needs funding) with offensive elements (attacking Democrats, labeling the situation a "HOAX"). The DARVO pattern is structurally complete across the two-post evening thread: Deny (USPS is fine), Attack (Democrats are running a scam), Reverse Victim and Offender (Trump as the truth-exposer, Democrats as the real threat to election integrity).

### FDA Convalescent Plasma EUA → Defensive
Two posts relate to the plasma authorization. The 1:26 AM post (x_1297344504111018000) is reactive — defending against immediate scientific criticism of what Trump had promoted as a "historic breakthrough." The 5:33 PM post (x_1297587881607864300) is promotional. The framing of legitimate scientific skepticism as bad-faith "denial" represents epistemic closure: all disagreement is pre-categorized as motivated opposition rather than evidence-based inquiry.

### Jacob Blake Shooting → Absent (Diagnostically Significant)
The most notable event correlation is the absence of any direct mention of Jacob Blake's shooting by Kenosha police — the day's most consequential domestic event, which would trigger massive civil unrest and shape national discourse for weeks. The riots/protest post (x_1297507346705522700) may obliquely reference the broader protest context but does not name Blake or Kenosha. This selective attention — cable news interview fairness registers as demanding three reactive posts while a police shooting warrants none — illustrates the narcissistic priority architecture: perceived personal credit-denial consistently outranks externally catastrophic events as a processing concern.

### Fox News Sunday → Offensive
The three-post Wallace sequence demonstrates the standard injury-response cascade. The trigger is not bias per se but the specific omission of a validating question — Trump demands that Wallace ask about the China travel restriction, his pandemic-era touchstone of prophetic correctness. When the desired credit isn't supplied, the response escalates to ad hominem ("weak and pathetic Schumer puppet") before resolving into compensatory grandiose assertion about poll numbers.

## Danger Assessment

Four posts reach elevated danger level; none reach high or critical. The danger pattern is structural rather than acute:

- **Election delegitimization** (x_1297275235432005600, x_1297275241203458000, x_1297495295266357200): Systematic construction of fraud narratives targeting specific voting mechanisms (mail-in ballots, drop boxes). The danger resides not in incitement to immediate action but in the longitudinal pre-conditioning of the audience to view adverse electoral outcomes as illegitimate — laying semantic infrastructure ("HOAX," "Scam," "big fraud") for post-election contestation.
- **Protest suppression normalization** (x_1297507346705522700): The casual framing of federal suppression of civil unrest as simple administrative competence ("Would be very easy to suppress") lowers the rhetorical threshold for state violence against protesters. The false simplicity construction functions as a political trap: if mayors don't "suppress," the implication is complicity rather than complexity.

No stochastic terrorism pattern is detected. While specific individuals are attacked (Pelosi, Schumer, Wallace, Coons), the attacks remain within standard political rhetoric bounds and do not invoke audience action against named targets.

## Cognitive Assessment

Minor markers noted:
- **Misapplied dollar sign:** "$51 million unasked for Ballots" (x_1297275241203458000) — treating ballot count as monetary figure
- **Misspelling:** "Chrisie" for Chris Coons (x_1297604008832573400) — male senator's name feminized, possibly Freudian diminishment or simple error
- **Missing article:** "solve problem fast" instead of "solve the problem fast" (x_1297507346705522700)

All markers fall within documented baseline variance for Trump's dictation/typing style. Sentence structure, argument sequencing, and vocabulary deployment are consistent with established patterns. No evidence of acute cognitive deterioration. **Complexity trend: stable.**

## Hypomanic Assessment

- **Post frequency:** 17 posts — below Trump's mid-2020 daily average (~25-35 tweets/day). Approximately 30th percentile.
- **Posting window:** 8:51 PM EDT to 6:45 PM EDT following day (~22 hours of the 24-hour period contain posts, with a clear 10-hour gap).
- **Sleep window:** 1:26 AM to 11:25 AM EDT (~10 hours). Sufficient for adequate sleep even accounting for pre-sleep delay.
- **Earliest post:** 11:25 AM EDT (not abnormally early).
- **Latest post:** 1:26 AM EDT (late but within documented baseline).
- **Assessment:** Does not meet threshold for hypomanic episode. Post frequency is moderate-to-low, sleep window is adequate, and content maintains coherent narrative structure throughout.

## Narrative Arc: Mixed

The day resists clean narrative classification. Elements of contamination are present — the intended RNC-eve triumph narrative (achievement posts, press conference buildup, convention positioning) is repeatedly interrupted by grievance (USPS, media bias, polling deficit). But the grievance elements are not merely intrusive; some are strategically deployed (election fraud infrastructure construction) alongside the genuinely reactive ones (Wallace, polls). The final post's vulnerable hedge ("I think I'm leading") undermines what should have been a triumphant convention-eve conclusion, giving the day a contamination inflection: intended victory tainted by intrusive reality. However, the strategic election-fraud posts introduce a layer of instrumental calculation that complicates pure contamination classification, yielding an overall mixed assessment.

## Factual Accuracy Overview

Multiple verifiable claims are false or significantly distorted:
- USPS representatives stated they don't need money: **False** — USPS documented severe financial distress and requested funding
- Criminal Justice Reform accomplished without Democrats: **Mostly false** — First Step Act passed 87-12 (Senate), 358-36 (House) with broad bipartisan support
- Favored Nations Clause signed "last week": **Inaccurate** — relevant EOs signed July 24 and/or August 6
- 50-70% drug price reductions: **Aspirational** — MFN rule was court-blocked before implementation
- Drop boxes enable multiple voting: **False** — each ballot tied to registered voter with signature verification
- Biden "admitted I was right" on China travel ban: **Distorted** — Biden's statements never took the form claimed
- "I think I'm leading in the Polls": **False** — all major public polls showed Biden leading by ~8 points nationally

### Narrative

An intended RNC-eve triumph narrative -- showcasing achievements and projecting strength -- is repeatedly disrupted by election anxiety, media grievance, and a closing moment of vulnerable polling uncertainty that undermines the day's grandiose surface. Strategic election-fraud infrastructure construction runs as a parallel thread beneath the reactive emotional content.

### Dominant themes

- Election fraud / mail-in voting delegitimization (1 post)
- RNC-eve achievement showcase / self-promotion (1 post)
- Media bias grievance (1 post)
- Culture war / religious identity (1 post)
- COVID-19 / convalescent plasma defense (1 post)
- Law and order / protest suppression (1 post)

### Cognitive concerns

- Misapplied dollar sign to ballot count: '$51 million unasked for Ballots'
- Misspelling of Senator's name: 'Chrisie' for Chris Coons
- Missing article: 'solve problem fast' instead of 'solve the problem fast'
- All markers within documented baseline variance — no acute deterioration

## Posts

### [x_1297605856712970200](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297605856712970200)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T22:45:19.000Z (UTC)

> Actually, I think I’m leading in the Polls!  @FoxNews @OANN

0 likes · 29,192 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297605856712970200.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297605856712970200/analysis

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### [x_1297604008832573400](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297604008832573400)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T22:37:58.000Z (UTC)

> Chris Wallace “forgot” to ask a very weak and pathetic Schumer puppet, Senator Chrisie Coons, why Biden fought me when I put an extremely early BAN on people coming into our Country from heavily infected China. Biden later admitted I was right! But why no question?

0 likes · 29,271 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297604008832573400.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297604008832573400/analysis

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### [x_1297601762384371700](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297601762384371700)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T22:29:03.000Z (UTC)

> “Next we’ll turn to people of the Biden inner circle”, said by Chris Wallace of @FoxNews after unsuccessfully GRILLING Mark Meadows. Then all softball questions to a group of Biden lightweights, including Senator Chris Coons of Delaware.

0 likes · 18,874 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297601762384371700.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297601762384371700/analysis

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### [x_1297587881607864300](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297587881607864300)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T21:33:53.000Z (UTC)

> Important White House News Conference at 5:30 (sharp) today. Very good news!

0 likes · 34,946 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297587881607864300.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297587881607864300/analysis

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### [x_1297531229546455000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297531229546455000)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T17:48:46.000Z (UTC)

> Happy Sunday! We want GOD!
> https://t.co/RsBkSEmJEi

0 likes · 31,276 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297531229546455000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297531229546455000/analysis

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### [x_1297521970813317000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297521970813317000)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T17:11:59.000Z (UTC)

> Two Democrat Caucus Meetings removed “UNDER GOD” from the Pledge of Allegiance. It sounded not only strange, but terrible. That’s where they’re coming from!

0 likes · 48,797 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297521970813317000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297521970813317000/analysis

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### [x_1297507346705522700](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297507346705522700)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T16:13:52.000Z (UTC)

> These riots are an antigovernment movement from the Left that are all in Democrat run cities. The mayors have got to let their police do what they know how to do. Would be very easy to suppress or, call in the Federal Government. We will solve problem fast! @foxandfriends

0 likes · 30,171 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297507346705522700.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297507346705522700/analysis

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### [x_1297495295266357200](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297495295266357200)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T15:25:59.000Z (UTC)

> So now the Democrats are using Mail Drop Boxes, which are a voter security disaster. Among other things, they make it possible for a person to vote multiple times. Also, who controls them, are they placed in Republican or Democrat areas? They are not Covid sanitized. A big fraud!

0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297495295266357200.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297495295266357200/analysis

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### [x_1297344504111018000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297344504111018000)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T05:26:47.000Z (UTC)

> Now they’re trying to deny this, but they can’t! https://t.co/vNW3I3pPNK

0 likes · 47,022 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297344504111018000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297344504111018000/analysis

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### [x_1297331615564259300](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297331615564259300)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T04:35:35.000Z (UTC)

> .@LouDobbs wrote a great new book, “The Trump Century, How Our President Changed the Course of History Forever”. Strongly recommended...A special guy! https://t.co/ytLH14Thkr

0 likes · 13,560 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297331615564259300.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297331615564259300/analysis

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### [x_1297329827859632000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297329827859632000)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T04:28:28.000Z (UTC)

> A “Favored Nations Clause” against Big Pharma, which I signed last week, means that the USA gets a price on Prescription Drugs that matches the price of the Country that pays the lowest price anywhere in the World. 50%, 60%, maybe 70% reduction. No other President would do this!

0 likes · 43,628 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297329827859632000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297329827859632000/analysis

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### [x_1297305569758511000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297305569758511000)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T02:52:05.000Z (UTC)

> Will be interviewed by @SteveHiltonx on @FoxNews. 9:00 P.M. Sunday Night. Enjoy!

0 likes · 14,887 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297305569758511000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297305569758511000/analysis

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### [x_1297296779520745500](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297296779520745500)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T02:17:09.000Z (UTC)

> Despite biggest ever job gains and a V shaped recovery, Joe Biden said, “I would shut it down”, referring to our Country. He has no clue!

0 likes · 37,913 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297296779520745500.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297296779520745500/analysis

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### [x_1297294768725205000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297294768725205000)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T02:09:10.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @MrMichaelBurkes: The Trumps are the greatest thing to ever happen to America!

Reposted from @MrMichaelBurkes

> The Trumps are the greatest thing to ever happen to America!

0 likes · 20,564 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

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### [x_1297294362469191700](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297294362469191700)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T02:07:33.000Z (UTC)

> Terrible! https://t.co/pzCR7ctciz

0 likes · 16,688 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297294362469191700/analysis

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### [x_1297293915406643200](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297293915406643200)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T02:05:46.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @jsolomonReports: First lady Melanie Trump unveils restoration of Rose Garden, where she’ll give GOP convention speech Tuesday | Just Th…

Reposted from @jsolomonReports

> First lady Melanie Trump unveils restoration of Rose Garden, where she’ll give GOP convention speech Tuesday | Just Th…

0 likes · 9,579 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

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### [x_1297293860754817000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297293860754817000)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T02:05:33.000Z (UTC)

> We did Criminal Justice Reform without many politically motivated Democrats. The Black &amp; Hispanic community will remember this on November 3rd. https://t.co/kGHQdIfObo

0 likes · 18,462 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297293860754817000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297293860754817000/analysis

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### [x_1297291230662058000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297291230662058000)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T01:55:06.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @FLOTUS: Excited to honor history &amp; celebrate the future in our beautiful @WhiteHouse Rose Garden this evening. Thank you to all who hel…

Reposted from @FLOTUS

> Excited to honor history &amp; celebrate the future in our beautiful @WhiteHouse Rose Garden this evening. Thank you to all who hel…

0 likes · 24,830 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

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### [x_1297275241203458000](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297275241203458000)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T00:51:34.000Z (UTC)

> ....that they are trying to pull off in violation of everything that our Country stands for. Vote NO to the Pelosi/ Schumer money wasting HOAX which is taking place now. Then fight the $51 million unasked for Ballots. Only ABSENTEE BALLOTS are acceptable!

0 likes · 19,646 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297275241203458000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297275241203458000/analysis

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### [x_1297275235432005600](https://trump.fm/post/x_1297275235432005600)

X (Twitter) · 2020-08-23T00:51:32.000Z (UTC)

> Representatives of the Post Office have repeatedly stated that they DO NOT NEED MONEY, and will not make changes. This is all another HOAX by the Democrats to give 25 Billion unneeded dollars for political purposes,  without talking about the Universal Mail-In Ballot Scam....

0 likes · 33,094 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1297275235432005600.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1297275235432005600/analysis

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