# Posts from Monday, August 21, 2023 16 posts on 2023-08-21. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2023-08-21/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-13T00:46:20.406Z (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._ **Facing Fourth Indictment and Imminent Arrest, Trump Oscillates Between Grandiose Defiance and High-Danger Prosecutor Targeting** Trump spent the day reacting to mounting legal pressure from his Georgia RICO indictment, with his surrender and mugshot just three days away. The morning began with low-key Levin show promotions before erupting into angry attacks on the DOJ and Fulton County DA Fani Willis. Mid-day brought a brief grandiose interlude celebrating Iowa poll numbers, but the evening culminated in his most intense post of the day — a long, rage-fueled announcement of his upcoming arrest that repeatedly vilified Willis by name. Throughout it all, a pattern emerged: every legal setback was reframed as persecution, every prosecutor cast as the real criminal, and every poll number offered as proof of martyrdom. - Posts analyzed: 13 - Dominant state: mixed - Narrative arc: contamination - Aggregate rage level: 0.45 - Max danger level: high - Escalation detected - Theme obsession: Georgia RICO indictment, approaching arrest, and Fani Willis - Claims: 23 (10 false) - Era: Indictments Period # Daily Psychological Digest: August 21, 2023 ## Context & Location Trump was almost certainly at his Bedminster, NJ golf club during this period, his primary summer residence in 2023. All analysis uses **Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4)**. Converting the UTC timestamps places the first four posts on the evening of August 20 (9:08–9:52 PM EDT) and the remaining nine posts during normal waking hours on August 21 (8:33 AM–7:55 PM EDT). This was an extraordinary day in Trump's legal timeline: he was operating under the weight of his **fourth criminal indictment** (Georgia RICO, handed down August 14), with a **$200,000 bond set with unprecedented social media restrictions** prohibiting threats against witnesses or co-conspirators. His scheduled surrender at Fulton County jail was three days away (August 24). Most significantly, he had just **cancelled a promised press conference** that was supposed to present "irrefutable evidence" of Georgia election fraud — a public retreat on lawyers' advice that constituted a significant narcissistic exposure event. --- ## I. Psychological State Tracking ### Dominant State: **Mixed** (grandiose-vulnerable oscillation) The day's psychological signature is rapid cycling between grandiose compensation and paranoid-defensive reactivity, with the paranoid-defensive register progressively gaining dominance as the day wore on. ### State Phases **Phase 1 — Evening of Aug 20, Grandiose Baseline (9:08–9:52 PM EDT)** Posts `ts_110924930433289208` through `ts_110925104505781551` constitute low-intensity maintenance behavior: a MAGA thank-you with donation link (supply-seeking), and three Mark Levin show promotions. Intensity ranges 0.10–0.45. These are consistent with a calm evening register, likely after watching Fox News content. The Levin promotion is prospectively significant — Levin's content would be weaponized the following morning. **Phase 2 — Morning Eruption, Vulnerable/Mixed (8:33–8:38 AM EDT)** The overnight gap of approximately 10.5 hours (9:52 PM → 8:33 AM) suggests a normal sleep period. Upon waking, however, the psychological state shifts dramatically. Post `ts_110927621990535687` (8:33 AM) deploys Levin's quote — "A.G. Garland and Jack Smith, they are the criminals, not Donald Trump" — executing a **proxy DARVO reversal** that allows Trump to make the accusation via ventriloquism while maintaining deniability under his new bond restrictions. The state is assessed as **vulnerable** — the quote is defensive rather than assertive, relying on another's voice rather than his own. Five minutes later, `ts_110927645230773053` (8:38 AM) marks the day's first **high-rage eruption** (0.80): "WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE RIGGING THE ELECTION FOR CROOKED JOE BIDEN." The state shifts to **mixed** — grandiose in its ALL CAPS declarative register, vulnerable in its content (the subject positions himself as victim of systematic persecution). The phrase "UNLESS IT IS QUICKLY STOPPED" represents the day's first mobilization signal. **Phase 3 — Mid-Morning Attack & Compensation (10:23–10:57 AM EDT)** Post `ts_110928057301838128` (10:23 AM) continues the attack register, targeting Fani Willis specifically with rage at 0.78. The "Perfect Phone Call" characterization of the Raffensperger call sustains a persistent denial pattern. This is immediately followed by `ts_110928191713651392` (10:57 AM), which shifts to **grandiose** register via Iowa polling celebration. This post is clinically significant as a **compensatory mechanism**: amid the most intense legal pressure of his post-presidency, Trump retreats to poll numbers and accomplishment enumeration ($28 billion, USMCA, ethanol). The grandiose/paranoid oscillation within a single hour — from attacking Willis to celebrating poll numbers — is characteristic of narcissistic regulation under acute stress. **Phase 4 — Afternoon Lull, Aide-Managed Content (1:05 PM EDT)** Three link shares posted simultaneously at 1:05 PM (`ts_110928691706856631`, `ts_110928692756894980`, `ts_110928693428008982`) have very low authorship scores (0.08–0.10), indicating likely aide batch-posting. All three are grandiose-framing articles (indictment makes "us stronger," expunge impeachments, border achievements). This appears to be a managed content strategy — maintaining the narrative during a posting lull. **Phase 5 — Evening Crescendo, Mixed/High-Danger (5:19–7:55 PM EDT)** Post `ts_110929690122735664` (5:19 PM) returns to personal posting with ALL CAPS poll amplification: "TRUMP'S LEAD IS EVEN LARGER…" The ellipses and third-person self-reference are classic Trump markers. The grandiose surface masks the underlying supply-seeking function — converting a day of legal capitulation into assertions of strength. The day culminates with `ts_110930305519613012` (7:55 PM), the longest and most intense post: an extended, rage-laden announcement of his upcoming arrest. Rage reaches 0.82 (day's peak), danger is assessed **HIGH**, and the state is **mixed** — simultaneously performative ("Can you believe it?") and genuinely agitated. This post contains the day's most concentrated DARVO deployment and its most explicit stochastic terrorism architecture. --- ## II. Escalation Detection **Escalation detected: YES** The day follows a **two-wave escalation pattern** rather than a single rage spiral: **Wave 1 (8:33–10:23 AM EDT):** - Start: `ts_110927621990535687` — rage 0.55, elevated danger - Peak: `ts_110927645230773053` — rage 0.80, elevated danger (5 minutes later) - Sustained: `ts_110928057301838128` — rage 0.78, elevated danger **Compensatory Interlude (10:57 AM–5:19 PM):** - Grandiose polling posts and aide-managed link shares reduce apparent intensity **Wave 2 (7:55 PM EDT):** - Peak: `ts_110930305519613012` — rage 0.82, **HIGH danger** The overall trajectory is **gradual** with a mid-day suppression period. The day's maximum rage (0.82) arrives in the final substantive post, suggesting the escalation was not discharged by earlier posting but rather accumulated beneath the grandiose compensatory layer. The rage was **disproportionate to any single trigger** but proportionate to the compound stressor environment (fourth indictment, cancelled press conference, imminent arrest, bond restrictions). --- ## III. Theme Analysis ### Theme Frequency | Theme | Posts | Frequency | |-------|-------|-----------| | Legal persecution / DARVO | 6 | 46% | | Polling dominance | 3 | 23% | | Fani Willis targeting | 3 | 23% | | Media amplification (Levin) | 4 | 31% | | Election rigging conspiracy | 2 | 15% | | MAGA gratitude | 1 | 8% | ### Obsession Assessment: **YES** The Georgia indictment and its associated legal apparatus dominate the day's output. Even posts that appear to be about other topics (Levin promotion, Iowa polls) function as psychological responses to the legal crisis. The three evening-of-Aug-20 Levin promotions presage the morning's use of Levin as a proxy voice; the polling posts serve as narcissistic supply to offset legal injury. **Every post on August 21 EDT is interpretable through the lens of the approaching arrest.** ### Theme Evolution The thematic arc follows a recognizable pattern: 1. **Seeding** (evening): Promote sympathetic media figure 2. **Weaponizing** (morning): Deploy that figure's quotes as proxy attacks 3. **Escalating** (morning): Direct attacks on DOJ and Willis 4. **Compensating** (midday): Poll numbers as counter-narrative 5. **Delegating** (afternoon): Aide-posted supportive links 6. **Culminating** (evening): Direct confrontation with arrest reality --- ## IV. Contradiction Detection ### Internal Contradictions 1. **"Perfect Phone Call" vs. Public Record** — `ts_110930305519613012` characterizes the Raffensperger call as "PERFECT," directly contradicting the publicly available recording in which Trump asks Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes." This is not a new contradiction but a persistent one maintained across dozens of posts. **Severity: Major.** 2. **Cancelled Evidence vs. Asserted Innocence** — Trump cancelled a press conference that was supposed to present "irrefutable evidence" of Georgia fraud on the same day he posted multiple assertions of complete innocence. The cancellation (on lawyers' advice) implicitly acknowledges the evidence doesn't exist, while the posts assert its existence. **Severity: Major.** 3. **Rigged Elections vs. Meaningful Polls** — `ts_110927645230773053` claims elections are being rigged by the DOJ, while `ts_110928191713651392` and `ts_110929690122735664` celebrate polling leads as meaningful indicators of democratic support. If elections are rigged, polling leads are irrelevant; if polls matter, elections aren't rigged. **Severity: Moderate.** 4. **"$28 Billion from China"** — `ts_110928191713651392` claims he "got the Farmers 28 Billion Dollars from China." The payments were actually U.S. taxpayer-funded Market Facilitation Program payments compensating farmers for losses caused by Trump's own tariff war. **Severity: Moderate.** --- ## V. Hypomanic Indicators ### Post Timing (EDT) - **Aug 20 evening:** 9:08, 9:30, 9:51, 9:52 PM (4 posts in 44 minutes) - **Aug 21 morning:** 8:33, 8:38 AM (2 posts in 5 minutes — reactive burst) - **Aug 21 mid-morning:** 10:23, 10:57 AM - **Aug 21 afternoon:** 1:05 PM (3 simultaneous aide posts) - **Aug 21 evening:** 5:19, 7:55 PM ### Assessment - **Overnight gap:** ~10.5 hours (9:52 PM → 8:33 AM) — **normal sleep window** - **Total posts:** 13 (including 3 low-authorship aide posts) - **Authentic posts:** ~10 - **Post frequency:** Moderately elevated but within range for a high-stress legal day - **Earliest post (EDT):** 8:33 AM — normal - **Latest post (EDT):** 7:55 PM — normal - **Sleep deprivation:** **Unlikely** — the overnight gap is adequate - **Hypomanic episode:** **No** — posting frequency is elevated but explainable by acute legal stressors. The mid-day lull and normal sleep window argue against sustained hypomanic arousal. The reactive bursts (4 posts in 44 minutes, 2 posts in 5 minutes) are consistent with triggered reactivity rather than pressured output. --- ## VI. Narrative Arc: **Contamination** The day follows a classic **contamination narrative** — positive or grandiose framing is progressively overwhelmed by threat, victimhood, and defensive aggression. The arc: **Promotional calm → Morning eruption → Compensatory grandiosity → Managed interlude → Evening confrontation with arrest reality.** The evening of August 20 represents a relatively stable baseline — promoting Levin, thanking supporters. Morning brings the collision with legal reality, triggering the day's dominant DARVO pattern. The Iowa poll post represents a mid-day attempt at redemption (setback → comeback via polls), but it fails to sustain. The final post — confronting imminent arrest directly — is the contamination endpoint: even the act of surrendering to authorities is reframed as persecution, the legal system as corrupt, and the protagonist as martyr. There is no genuine resolution or narrative closure. The day ends at higher intensity than it began, with the most dangerous post arriving last. --- ## VII. Event Correlation ### Primary Trigger: Georgia RICO Indictment & Approaching Surrender - **Reaction type:** Defensive/Offensive hybrid - **Response posts:** `ts_110927621990535687`, `ts_110927645230773053`, `ts_110928057301838128`, `ts_110930305519613012` - Every substantive original post on Aug 21 EDT is a response to this compound event ### Secondary Trigger: Bond Conditions with Social Media Restrictions - **Reaction type:** Offensive (testing boundaries) - The proxy-quote structure of `ts_110927621990535687` may represent tactical navigation of the social media restrictions — making accusations through Levin's words rather than directly - "UNLESS IT IS QUICKLY STOPPED" in `ts_110927645230773053` approaches the restriction boundary without technically naming protected individuals ### Tertiary Trigger: Cancelled Press Conference - **Reaction type:** Dismissive (complete non-acknowledgment) - Not a single post references the cancellation, despite it being a significant same-day event. This constitutes clinical-level denial — the humiliating retreat is entirely absent from the public record Trump constructs. ### Non-Triggers - Biden's Maui visit, Tropical Storm Hilary, SAG-AFTRA strike, Mark Meadows testimony — none elicited direct responses, despite Meadows' testimony being directly relevant to Trump's legal situation. This selectivity confirms the day's psychological organization around the Georgia case specifically. --- ## VIII. Danger Assessment ### Maximum Danger Level: **HIGH** Post `ts_110930305519613012` (7:55 PM EDT) achieves the day's highest danger rating. The assessment is based on: 1. **Stochastic terrorism architecture:** Fani Willis is named repeatedly across multiple posts (`ts_110928057301838128`, `ts_110930305519613012`), maximally vilified ("Radical Left," "crooked, incompetent, highly partisan"), and broadcast to an audience already engaged in real-world threatening behavior. 2. **Ambient threat environment:** On this same day, grand jurors in the Georgia case were being doxxed on Truth Social itself. A man had been arrested days earlier for threatening Judge Chutkan in the federal case. Bond conditions had just been imposed specifically to restrict threatening social media use. 3. **Mobilization signals:** "UNLESS IT IS QUICKLY STOPPED" (`ts_110927645230773053`) issues an undefined action imperative to an activated audience without specifying the response modality — a hallmark of stochastic terrorism rhetoric. 4. **Named-target frequency:** Willis appears in at least 3 posts across the day, establishing her as the primary out-group target. ### Stochastic Terrorism Pattern: **YES** The day's posting pattern meets established criteria: specific named targets (Willis, Garland, Smith), constructed grievance narrative (election rigging, partisan prosecution), implied action necessity ("UNLESS IT IS QUICKLY STOPPED"), and audience with demonstrated capacity for real-world violence — all without explicit violent language that would violate platform rules or bond conditions. --- ## IX. Cognitive Assessment - **No cognitive decline markers** detected in any post analysis - **Language complexity:** Stable, within established baseline - **Strategic functioning:** Intact — the proxy-quote mechanism, bond-condition navigation, and DARVO deployment all suggest functional executive processing - **Complexity trend:** **Stable** — the posts demonstrate consistent rhetorical sophistication, including the multi-layered final post that simultaneously performs martyrdom, attacks prosecutors, inverts legal culpability, and mobilizes supporters - **Cognitive concerns:** The "PERFECT PHONE CALL" perseveration across months may represent either strategic repetition or a fixed delusion; the clinical distinction is difficult to make from text alone --- ## X. Authorship Notes Authorship confidence varies significantly across the day: - **High confidence authentic Trump:** `ts_110927645230773053` (0.92), `ts_110928191713651392` (0.85), `ts_110930305519613012` (0.82), `ts_110928057301838128` (0.80) - **Moderate confidence:** Evening Levin promotions (0.55–0.75), poll quote (0.72) - **Likely aide-posted:** Three simultaneous 1:05 PM link shares (0.08–0.10) The highest-rage, highest-danger posts are also the highest-authorship posts, confirming that the day's most clinically significant content bears Trump's personal stylistic fingerprint. ### Narrative The day begins with calm promotional posting (Levin show, MAGA gratitude) before morning brings collision with legal reality — the Georgia indictment, cancelled evidence press conference, and approaching surrender. Compensatory grandiosity via Iowa polls provides a brief midday respite, but the evening culminates in the day's most intense and dangerous post: a rage-laden announcement of his impending arrest that names and vilifies Fani Willis while reframing criminal accountability as political persecution. Positive framing is progressively contaminated by threat and victimhood, with no narrative resolution. ### Dominant themes - Legal persecution / DARVO reversal (1 post) - Fani Willis targeting (1 post) - Polling dominance / popularity (1 post) - Media amplification (Levin) (1 post) - Election rigging conspiracy (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [ts_110930305519613012](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110930305519613012): Made a PERFECT PHONE CALL to the Georgia Secretary of State vs. [ts_110930305519613012](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110930305519613012): Public recording shows Trump asking Raffensperger to find 11,780 votes - [ts_110927645230773053](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110927645230773053): Elections are being rigged by a Department of Injustice vs. [ts_110928191713651392](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928191713651392): Poll numbers showing commanding lead are meaningful democratic indicators - [ts_110928191713651392](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928191713651392): Got the Farmers 28 Billion Dollars from China vs. [ts_110928191713651392](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928191713651392): Payments were U.S. taxpayer-funded Market Facilitation Program compensating for trade-war losses ### Cognitive concerns - PERFECT PHONE CALL perseveration — repeated fixed characterization contradicting public evidence, either strategic or delusional - Intact strategic functioning — proxy-quote mechanism and bond-condition navigation suggest functional executive processing - No detected decline in language complexity or coherence relative to baseline ## Posts ### [ts_110930305519613012](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110930305519613012) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T23:55:32.651Z (UTC) > Can you believe it? I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED by a Radical Left District Attorney, Fani Willis, who is overseeing one of the greatest Murder and Violent Crime DISASTERS in American History. In my case, the trip to Atlanta is not for “Murder,” but for making a PERFECT PHONE CALL! She campaigned, and is continuing to campaign, and raise money on, this WITCH HUNT. This is in strict coordination with Crooked Joe Biden’s DOJ. It is all about ELECTION INTERFERENCE! 44,387 likes · 14,303 reposts · 8,045 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110930305519613012.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110930305519613012/analysis --- ### [ts_110929690122735664](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110929690122735664) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T21:19:02.359Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > “TRUMP’S LEAD IS EVEN LARGER…LOOK AT THESE LEADS FOR DONALD TRUMP…” **Video transcript** (0:34), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Trump's lead is even larger. So these are three polls that were out over the last week. Look at these leads for Donald Trump He's at 62% the CBS News. You go Paul 57% in Quinnipiac University 53% in the Fox News. Well, look at where DeSantis is and all these posts. Look how far back he is He doesn't crack 20% in any of them So in Iowa you have that 20 plus point lead for Donald Trump That's actually smaller than the lead we see nationally where we see these leads of 35, 40, near 50 points in this particular case. 35,320 likes · 9,034 reposts · 2,528 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110929690122735664.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110929690122735664/analysis --- ### [ts_110928696441769027](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928696441769027) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T17:06:19.985Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 17,292 likes · 3,637 reposts · 1,205 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_110928695330128624](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928695330128624) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T17:06:03.017Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 15,630 likes · 3,384 reposts · 532 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_110928693428008982](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928693428008982) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T17:05:33.996Z (UTC) > https://thenationalpulse.com/analysis-post/trumps-first-term-border-achievements-were-frankly-extraordinary/ 15,330 likes · 3,901 reposts · 464 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928693428008982/analysis --- ### [ts_110928692756894980](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928692756894980) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T17:05:23.842Z (UTC) > https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4065002-mccarthy-expunge-trump-impeachments/ 17,113 likes · 4,206 reposts · 1,260 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928692756894980/analysis --- ### [ts_110928691706856631](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928691706856631) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T17:05:07.730Z (UTC) > https://www.mediaite.com/politics/real-americas-voice-host-grant-stinchfield-seethes-over-trump-indictment-this-only-makes-us-stronger/ 14,835 likes · 3,786 reposts · 365 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928691706856631/analysis --- ### [ts_110928191713651392](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928191713651392) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T14:57:58.533Z (UTC) > The highly anticipated Des Moines Register Poll of Iowa Voters is just out: “DONALD TRUMP HOLDS COMMANDING LEAD In First Test of 2024 Republican Caucus Field.” Remember, I got the Farmers 28 Billion Dollars from China, the USMCA Trade Deal (& many others!), saved Ethanol, Social Security, and MediCare, & got Iowa “First In the Nation” status. Nobody else could have done this. Anyway, I’m at 51%, a 31 Point lead over “farmer hating” DeSanctimonious, with the others gaining on him, but not on me! 30,072 likes · 7,229 reposts · 1,814 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110928191713651392.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928191713651392/analysis --- ### [ts_110928057301838128](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928057301838128) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T14:23:47.598Z (UTC) > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/FoxNews/statuses/110911664986884103 Governor Kemp of Georgia is fighting hard against the Impeachment of the crooked, incompetent, & highly partisan D.A. of Fulton County, Fani Willis, who has allowed Murder and other Violent Crime to MASSIVELY ESCALATE. Crime in Atlanta is WORST IN NATION. She should be impeached for many reasons, not just the Witch Hunt (I did nothing wrong!). Willis should focus on out of control Murder, not “I will get TRUMP” over a Perfect Phone Call. Georgia does not deserve this GIANT MURDER WAVE! 16,180 likes · 5,245 reposts · 1,966 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110928057301838128.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110928057301838128/analysis --- ### [ts_110927645230773053](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110927645230773053) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T12:38:59.774Z (UTC) > WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE RIGGING THE ELECTION FOR CROOKED JOE BIDEN. UNLESS IT IS QUICKLY STOPPED, ALL FUTURE ELECTIONS WILL FOLLOW THE SAME PATH! 30,098 likes · 9,299 reposts · 2,455 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110927645230773053.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110927645230773053/analysis --- ### [ts_110927621990535687](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110927621990535687) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T12:33:05.161Z (UTC) > “A.G. Garland and Jack Smith, they are the criminals, not Donald Trump.” The “Great One,” Mark Levin. 25,643 likes · 6,606 reposts · 1,129 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110927621990535687.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110927621990535687/analysis --- ### [ts_110925104505781551](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110925104505781551) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T01:52:51.389Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > A MUST WATCH! PART 1 of 2!@marklevinshow **Video transcript** (8:45), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Hello America, welcome. I'm Mark Leven and this is Life, Liberty and Leven. We have two great guests tonight, Senator Tom Cotton and Victor Davis Hanson. But before I go to our great guests, we really need to take a step back and see what's happening to our country. I couldn't be happier that you're here this evening. There was a great philosopher, he didn't live that long, but a great philosopher in the 1800s. His name was Frederick Basquiat. He wrote a little book called The Law. Ronald Reagan had that book, among many other books, on his bookshelves at his home. Because what the man said was incredibly profound. And I want to quote him very, very briefly to lay the foundation for what I want to get to with you this evening. He said, "The law perverted and the police powers of the state perverted along with it. The law, I say, not only turned from its proper purpose but made to follow an entirely contrary purpose. The law become the weapon of every kind of greed. Instead of checking crime, the law itself is guilty of the evils it is supposed to punish." He said, "Unfortunately, law by no means confines itself to its proper functions. And when it has exceeded its proper functions,… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110925104505781551) 21,110 likes · 7,477 reposts · 1,267 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110925104505781551.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110925104505781551/analysis --- ### [ts_110925100855397615](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110925100855397615) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T01:51:55.696Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > A MUST WATCH! PART 2 of 2!@marklevinshow **Video transcript** (9:05), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Now, New York, what do we have? Let's not forget we have a DA, a Soros DA, a Democrat DA. He breathes life into a case that was rejected ultimately by the prior DA, another Democrat. And what is that about? Nondisclosure agreements. Nondisclosure agreements. It is a completely phony case. There's over 30 charges of federal crimes against the President of the United States. He takes misdemeanors, and they weren't even misdemeanors, but he takes them, turns them into felonies, makes these preposterous allegations. And that's the first set of indictments. Every one of these prosecutors is conflicted. Alvin Bragg, a Soros prosecutor, a radical Democrat in Manhattan, and he ran on charging Donald Trump. Fannie Willis, a radical elected Democrat who's fundraising off the charges against Donald Trump for her next election. Jack Smith, a former top official in the Eric Holder Department of Justice, worked closely with him, with former FBI director James Comey and his general counsel Andrew Weissman, who's all over MSNBC spewing his stupidity. And of course, Smith's wife is a Democrat activist and Obama's sycophant with a long record of prosecutorial abuses of process, that is Jack Smith, p… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110925100855397615) 19,024 likes · 6,812 reposts · 651 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110925100855397615.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110925100855397615/analysis --- ### [ts_110925016281469032](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110925016281469032) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T01:30:25.194Z (UTC) > Watch Mark Levin tonight at 11:00. GREAT, and very important, show! FoxNews 15,543 likes · 3,013 reposts · 663 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110925016281469032.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110925016281469032/analysis --- ### [ts_110924930433289208](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110924930433289208) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T01:08:35.259Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > THANK YOU—MAGA!!! https://www.donaldjtrump.com/join **Video transcript** (2:21), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > President Trump has stood with our communities in South Florida, Cuban Americans, Venezuelan Americans, to stand for freedom in this hemisphere and stand against the dictatorship in places like Caracas and Havana. But let me tell you about the president when we had a hurricane hit Northwest Florida, a lot of people had forgotten about that. Those folks were really, really in dire straits. I went up to the Oval Office and even though a lot of people told him don't do anything, just let it go, he was right there standing behind the people of Northwest Florida. He has helped rejuvenate that area. Is Southwest Florida Trump country or what? Then Mr. Trump said, "You're fired." I love that part. And the president has stood. We're one of the most military and veteran-friendly states in the country. He has stood by our veterans and he has stood by our military. And so our success in Florida, obviously we've got a lot of great people in this state, but we have a president who not only understands Florida, he supports what we're doing here. Is Southwest Florida Trump country or what? Is Southwest Florida Trump country or what? When we were trying to get Floridians access to cheaper prescrip… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110924930433289208) 18,581 likes · 5,114 reposts · 908 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110924930433289208.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110924930433289208/analysis --- ### [ts_110924920857893757](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110924920857893757) Truth Social · 2023-08-21T01:06:09.148Z (UTC) · repost > RT @realDonaldTrumpDavid Rivkin, a highly respected Constitutional law scholar, just clearly stated that I have “Constitutionally-based immunity” and “absolute immunity!” Reposted from @realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump), 2023-08-19T23:33:41.905Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/110918895000463495) > David Rivkin, a highly respected Constitutional law scholar, just clearly stated that I have “Constitutionally-based immunity” and “absolute immunity!” - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/918/894/628/626/208/original/cf3a57a43d131831.mp4 **Video transcript** (reposted clip, 5:40), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > For more, I'm joined by constitutional attorney and former Justice Department official David Rifkin. Good to see you, David. Thanks for being here. So a local prosecutor, wasn't even a state prosecutor, a local prosecutor using racketeering charges against a former president, 18 others. The Wall Street Journal, by the way, editorialized this week, inflating it into a RICO conspiracy makes the case less credible, not more. Now, I know you agree with that. Explain why. It is a very broad-ranging charge. It's a charge that incorporates as predicate offenses, lots of exercises or First Amendment rights, including things like tweets. It's never been used in that way. Obviously, RICO is typically used in the context of real basic criminal conduct. But it's not just the substantive charges. I think that this is a very weak case that's going to die very quickly, at least as far as being prosecuted in Georgia courts. You do have attorneys for Mark Meadows, who is Trump's former chief of staff, who filed a motion a couple of days ago to have a case transferred to Federal District Court, which they entitled because of a statutory immunity for federal offices, which is the case, obviously, Mr.… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110924920857893757) 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views ## 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/2023-08-21 - Day analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/date/2023-08-21 - The posts alone, without the day analysis: https://trump.fm/date/2023-08-21.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. 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