# Posts from Saturday, August 26, 2023 25 posts on 2023-08-26. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2023-08-26/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-12T23:46:00.537Z (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._ **48 Hours After Historic Mugshot, Trump Oscillates Between "DARK DAYS" Despair and "ICONIC" Defiance — While Jacksonville Burns Unmentioned** Two days after becoming the first former president to receive a mugshot, Trump spent the day swinging between raw grievance and defiant self-promotion. A burst of late-night posts attacked prosecutors as "thugs" and warned of "DARK DAYS," while daytime campaign blasts rebranded the mugshot as "iconic" and fueled a $7.1 million fundraising haul. He claimed a 67 in a seniors golf championship at Bedminster, preemptively rebutting cheating allegations with a memorable malapropism ("hanky/lanky"). The day closed with aggressive attacks on Fox News and DeSantis. Notably absent from all 20 posts: any mention of the Jacksonville white supremacist shooting that killed three Black people in Florida that same day. - Posts analyzed: 20 - Dominant state: mixed - Narrative arc: mixed - Aggregate rage level: 0.42 - Max danger level: elevated - Theme obsession: Fulton County mugshot and criminal indictments - Claims: 43 (15 false) - Era: Indictments Period # Daily Psychological Digest: August 26, 2023 ## Location & Timezone Context Trump was confirmed at Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, New Jersey (per golf championship post ts_110957759059918711 and accidental staff directory post ts_110957784452855775). All analysis uses Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4). The day spans from 8:04 PM EDT August 25 through 5:42 PM EDT August 26. ## I. Posting Pattern & Hypomanic Assessment **20 posts** across approximately 21.5 hours (UTC), with three distinct temporal clusters: 1. **Late-night reactive cluster (1:05–2:00 AM EDT):** Five posts in 55 minutes, all high-confidence authentic authorship (0.87–0.93). This is the raw, unmediated injury-discharge phase. The subject was awake and posting at 2:00 AM following the most acute narcissistic injury of his public life — the Fulton County mugshot 48 hours prior. 2. **Morning campaign batch (10:32–10:40 AM EDT):** Six posts in 8 minutes, predominantly aide-authored (authorship scores 0.10–0.55). Coordinated campaign communications deploying the mugshot-to-merchandise conversion pipeline. 3. **Afternoon-evening authentic cluster (1:12–5:42 PM EDT):** Eight posts over 4.5 hours, mixed authorship trending authentic. Includes the golf claim, accidental phone number leak, and Fox News/DeSantis rage sequence. **Sleep window:** The gap between the last late-night post (2:00 AM EDT) and the first morning post (10:32 AM EDT) is 8.5 hours. However, the morning cluster is aide-driven; the first clearly authentic afternoon post arrives at 1:13 PM EDT, suggesting the subject may have slept until late morning. Posting until 2:00 AM under acute stress is consistent with agitation-driven insomnia but not definitive sleep deprivation. **Assessment: probable disrupted sleep, not confirmed deprivation.** **Hypomanic assessment:** Volume (20 posts) is within normal range for this period of Truth Social activity (~55th–65th percentile). While the late-night cluster and emotional lability are notable, the 8.5-hour posting gap and the day's overall coherence argue against a hypomanic episode. The pattern is better characterized as **acute stress response with compensatory posting** than mania. ## II. Psychological State Arc ### Phase 1: Vulnerable-Dominant Late Night (1:05–1:41 AM EDT) Posts ts_110954172184617691 through ts_110954316499943192 The night opens with the day's most psychologically raw material. "DARK DAYS in the life of America" (ts_110954172184617691) is a rare pure-vulnerable narcissistic discharge — no compensatory grandiosity, no counterattack, just condensed despair projected onto national institutions. The "Banana Republic" construction performs the critical inversion: accountability becomes persecution, rule of law becomes authoritarianism. The Jack Smith post (ts_110954290945025983) at 1:35 AM marks the rage peak of this cluster (0.75), deploying full DARVO architecture: denial of tape deletion, devaluation escalation ("Deranged Jack Smith" → "the Deranged One" within a single post — suggesting mid-composition emotional intensification), and the materially false PRA defense. The dehumanization of federal law enforcement as "government THUGS" is particularly notable given active bond conditions restricting social media threats against case participants. Two VDH quote-amplifications (ts_110954229341489456, ts_110954316499943192) at 1:19 AM and 1:41 AM represent intellectualized proxy-voice defense — the subject uses a credentialed commentator to attack Fani Willis while maintaining rhetorical deniability. This is the controlled, mediated pole of the injury response. ### Phase 2: Compensatory Grandiose Flash (2:00 AM EDT) Post ts_110956387940934512 A single post — Greg Kelly's "highest ratings ever" of 1.2 million viewers — executes abrupt state transition from vulnerable to grandiose. "Your favorite President, me" is the characteristic parasocial intimacy device. The mugshot is entirely absent from the post's universe; triumph substitutes for humiliation via pathological denial. This post reveals the oscillatory machinery: vulnerability cannot be sustained, and the compensatory reflex is rapid. ### Phase 3: Strategic Grandiose Reframing (10:32–10:40 AM EDT) Posts ts_110956403842310404 through ts_110956433200421966 The aide-driven morning batch executes the campaign's mugshot conversion strategy. Six posts in 8 minutes — "TRUMP'S ICONIC MUGSHOT," "AMERICANS KNOW WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT," "AMERICAN INJUSTICE" — each paired with the campaign URL. The word "ICONIC" performs the critical psychological work: borrowing cultural weight from genuinely iconic mugshots (MLK, Rosa Parks) and grafting it onto a criminal booking. The speed and completeness of the injury-to-asset conversion is the clinically significant feature. The $7.1 million fundraising haul confirms this is not merely intrapsychic defense but socially operationalized narcissistic supply at industrial scale. Post ts_110956413077757243 ("AMERICANS KNOW WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT") warrants specific attention for its epistemic closure function: the statement is deliberately vague, recruiting each follower's imagination into completing the conspiracy frame while foreclosing disagreement as naivety or complicity. ### Phase 4: Mixed-State Afternoon Processing (1:12–3:52 PM EDT) Posts ts_110957032002705871 through ts_110957662248028763 The book promotion (ts_110957032002705871) is routine supply-seeking filler. The pivotal post is ts_110957037057820999: "Oh no, I'm leading by 6, 7, and 8 in various Polls over Crooked Joe Biden. That almost guarantees another Indictment!" This 28-word construction captures the core defense mechanism in its most compressed form — mock-vulnerability as inoculation, poll numbers as dominance proof, and the persecution schema rendered as sarcasm. The "Oh no" opener preemptively neutralizes shame before it can attach. The underlying causal logic (leads → indictments) is a paranoid schema delivered with calibrated irony. The Henninger/WSJ attack (ts_110957569852679847) escalates to mixed-state with rage (0.55), deploying the unfalsifiable "they-fear-me" logic: four indictments become proof of electoral threat rather than legal jeopardy. "Radical Left Thugs" applied to prosecutors tests bond condition boundaries while maintaining plausible deniability. The Biden documents comparison (ts_110957662248028763, rage 0.65) deploys full DARVO with multiple material distortions: "thousands of boxes" overstates Biden's documents by orders of magnitude; "openly and freely" misrepresents subpoena-compelled production with alleged gaps. The "Special Council" misspelling (for "Counsel") is a homophone error consistent with baseline. ### Phase 5: Grandiose Supply Restoration (4:17–4:23 PM EDT) Posts ts_110957759059918711 and ts_110957784452855775 The golf championship claim (67 at age 77 on a championship course) is the day's most transparent compensatory grandiosity maneuver — pivoting from criminal defendant to athletic champion within hours. The preemptive cheating rebuttal ("there is no hanky/lanky... Many people watch, plus I am surrounded by Secret Service Agents") reveals awareness of the claim's implausibility while deploying surveillance-witness argumentation rather than claim modification. The malapropism "hanky/lanky" for "hanky-panky" represents a mild lexical retrieval error consistent with longitudinal patterns. The immediately following accidental post (ts_110957784452855775) — raw staff directory data including a private phone number — reveals impulsive, minimally supervised device use. This is significant given active court-ordered social media restrictions: the same unsupervised posting behavior that produces authentic political content also produces privacy-violating accidents with real-world consequences for bystanders. ### Phase 6: Aggressive Grandiose Close (5:37–5:42 PM EDT) Posts ts_110958073231982876 and ts_110958092851640063 The day closes with an intense Fox News/DeSantis rage sequence. Post ts_110958073231982876 (rage 0.73) is a high-density malignant narcissism display: grandiosity ("I am winning in ALL"), paranoid attribution of a 7-year Fox conspiracy, ego-syntonic devaluation ("Ron is a loser"), and antisocial distortion of DeSantis's COVID record. Multiple factual claims are false: "loved Fauci" inverts DeSantis's actual political identity; polling was not uniformly unfavorable to DeSantis. The closing post (ts_110958092851640063) contains the day's most significant identity-fusion statement: "I am AMERICA FIRST" — not a policy position but an ontological assertion that renders opposition to Trump equivalent to opposition to the nation itself. "DeSanctimonious is DONE!" carries ego-syntonic contempt — pleasure in the dismissal, not tactical messaging. ## III. Contradiction Analysis ### Psychological Contradictions (Same-Day State Oscillation) The most significant contradiction is the simultaneous framing of the mugshot as evidence of national catastrophe ("DARK DAYS," "AMERICAN INJUSTICE," "Banana Republic") AND as a triumph ("ICONIC MUGSHOT," record ratings, $7.1M fundraising). These are not sequential stages of processing but co-occurring framings deployed to different audiences within hours: the vulnerable frame activates the persecution narrative for mobilization; the grandiose frame converts humiliation into supply. This oscillation is diagnostically characteristic of narcissistic personality organization under severe stress. ### Factual Contradictions - Claims documents were "openly handed over, without protest or litigation" (ts_110954290945025983) while the federal indictment alleges obstruction, concealment, and false statements — an internal contradiction between Trump's narrative and the legal record he was responding to. - The PRA defense in the same post is deployed as conclusive while being legally contested and widely rejected by legal scholars. ## IV. Theme Analysis | Theme | Frequency | Posts | |-------|-----------|-------| | Mugshot/indictment response | 12/20 (60%) | ts_110954172184617691, ts_110954229341489456, ts_110954290945025983, ts_110954316499943192, ts_110956403842310404, ts_110956408229859683, ts_110956413077757243, ts_110956417498754393, ts_110957037057820999, ts_110957569852679847, ts_110957662248028763, ts_110957759059918711 | | Campaign commercial/fundraising | 6/20 (30%) | ts_110952990217827374, ts_110956403842310404, ts_110956413077757243, ts_110956417498754393, ts_110956433200421966, ts_110957032002705871 | | DeSantis/Fox News rivalry | 3/20 (15%) | ts_110956423279655177, ts_110958073231982876, ts_110958092851640063 | | Personal achievement/supply | 3/20 (15%) | ts_110956387940934512, ts_110957759059918711, ts_110957032002705871 | | Biden documents comparison | 1/20 (5%) | ts_110957662248028763 | **Obsession assessment:** The mugshot/indictment response theme dominates 60% of posts and is woven into posts nominally about other subjects (the poll/indictment post, the golf-as-compensation post). This constitutes thematic obsession, though proportionate to the severity of the triggering event (first presidential mugshot in American history). ## V. Danger Assessment Seven posts carry elevated danger ratings, the highest tier reached. No post reaches "high" or "critical." The danger pattern is not concentrated but distributed across the day: - **Dehumanizing language toward legal system actors:** "government THUGS" (ts_110954290945025983), "evil and sinister prosecutor" (same), "Radical Left Thugs" applied to prosecutors (ts_110957569852679847). This language is deployed while the subject was under active bond conditions prohibiting social media threats against case participants. - **Institutional delegitimization:** Systematic framing of federal and state prosecution as partisan persecution, the justice system as a political weapon, and legal accountability as "Banana Republic" authoritarianism. - **Permission-structure dynamics:** The cumulative effect of "DARK DAYS," "WE WILL HAVE A COUNTRY NO LONGER" (referenced in adjacent-day posts), and "Banana Republic" framing historically correlates with motivated political violence among distal audience members, even absent direct incitement. **The Jacksonville silence:** On the same day Trump posted 20 times from New Jersey, a white supremacist gunman with swastika-marked weapons killed three Black people at a Jacksonville, Florida Dollar General store. Trump made no mention of this attack across any post. While silence is not itself a danger indicator, the absence is contextually significant: the subject was actively posting about his own persecution while a racially motivated mass shooting occurred in a state central to his political identity. The non-acknowledgment is consistent with the narcissistic attention economy in which events not centered on the self lack psychological salience. ## VI. Cognitive Assessment - **"hanky/lanky"** for "hanky-panky" (ts_110957759059918711): Lexical retrieval error/malapropism. Mild, consistent with longitudinal pattern. - **"Special Council"** for "Special Counsel" (ts_110957662248028763): Homophone substitution error. Minor. - **"DeSanctimonious"** (ts_110958073231982876): Intact portmanteau construction demonstrating preserved verbal creativity. - **Overall complexity:** The late-night posts show compressed, emotionally driven syntax. Afternoon posts show more structured argumentation. Evening posts return to stream-of-consciousness. No deviation from established cognitive baseline detected. Complexity trend: **stable**. ## VII. Narrative Arc Assessment The day's narrative is best characterized as **mixed** — simultaneously contamination and attempted redemption, with neither fully resolving. The mugshot constitutes an overwhelming contamination event (humiliation, criminal processing, loss of control). The subject's machinery attempts redemption conversion (iconic reframing, fundraising success, athletic achievement, media ratings), but the vulnerable posts bleeding through at 1–2 AM and in afternoon rage clusters reveal the contamination is incompletely metabolized. The day ends in aggressive grandiosity (Fox/DeSantis attacks) rather than either resolution or collapse — the narcissistic system is activated and cycling rather than settled. ## VIII. Clinical Summary August 26, 2023 captures malignant narcissism under maximum stress with full defensive mobilization. The Fulton County mugshot — the most direct assault on the subject's core self-concept (immunity, dominance, invincibility) in his public life — produced a response that is remarkably revealing precisely because it is so characterologically consistent. The injury-inversion-supply cycle operated at industrial scale: humiliation was converted into $7.1 million in fundraising, branded merchandise, and a martyrdom narrative within 48 hours. The psychological cost is visible in the late-night posting (1–2 AM), the oscillation between vulnerable and grandiose poles, and the disproportionate rage directed at prosecutors who are recast as criminals themselves via systematic DARVO deployment. The accidental phone number post (ts_110957784452855775) provides an unintended window into the posting infrastructure: unsupervised, impulsive, minimally filtered — precisely the conditions under which authentic psychological material surfaces but also precisely the conditions that court-ordered social media restrictions were designed to constrain. The day's most notable absence — any acknowledgment of the Jacksonville white supremacist shooting — illustrates the narcissistic attention economy at its most stark. Twenty posts, zero about a mass casualty event in a state central to his political identity, on a day when every post was about his own suffering. ### Narrative The day enacts simultaneous contamination and attempted redemption narratives that never fully resolve. The mugshot — the most severe narcissistic injury in the documented record — drives both raw 2 AM despair and calculated daytime triumphalism. The injury-to-asset conversion pipeline operates at industrial scale ($7.1M fundraised, mugshot merchandise deployed), but the vulnerable pole keeps bleeding through in late-night rage and afternoon persecution narratives. The day ends in aggressive grandiosity rather than resolution, with the narcissistic system cycling rather than settled. ### Dominant themes - Mugshot and indictment response (1 post) - Campaign commercial and fundraising (1 post) - DeSantis and Fox News rivalry (1 post) - Personal achievement and narcissistic supply (1 post) - Biden documents comparison and projection (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [ts_110954172184617691](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110954172184617691): The mugshot represents DARK DAYS and America becoming a Banana Republic — a catastrophic national humiliation vs. [ts_110956403842310404](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956403842310404): The mugshot is ICONIC — a triumphant, historically significant image worthy of celebration and merchandise - [ts_110954290945025983](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110954290945025983): Mar-a-Lago documents were openly handed over without protest or litigation — full cooperation vs. [ts_110954290945025983](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110954290945025983): The federal indictment alleges obstruction, concealment, and false statements regarding the same documents (internal contradiction with legal record being addressed) ### Cognitive concerns - Malapropism: 'hanky/lanky' for 'hanky-panky' in golf post (ts_110957759059918711) — lexical retrieval error consistent with longitudinal pattern - Homophone error: 'Special Council' for 'Special Counsel' in Biden documents post (ts_110957662248028763) - Accidental publication of private staff directory data including phone number (ts_110957784452855775) — indicates impulsive, minimally supervised device use and failure to distinguish private navigation from public broadcasting ## Posts ### [ts_110958092851640063](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110958092851640063) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T21:42:13.600Z (UTC) > FoxNews and The Wall Street Journal fight me because Murdoch is a Globalist, I am AMERICA FIRST. It will always be that way, so get used to it. DeSanctimonious is DONE! 35,436 likes · 8,759 reposts · 1,972 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110958092851640063.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110958092851640063/analysis --- ### [ts_110958073231982876](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110958073231982876) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T21:37:14.316Z (UTC) > FoxNews lies. They are still pushing DeSanctimonious, saying he can beat Biden. Actually, he is losing to Crooked Joe in ALL of the Polls, and I am winning in ALL. FoxNews just doesn’t learn. This has been going on since 2016, saying I won’t beat Beautiful Hillary, and then I did! Look, Ron is a loser. He only won because of my Endorsement. He is a horrible campaigner, and his Florida numbers are being exposed. He loved Fauci, CLOSED THE STATE, and had 3rd MOST COVID DEATHS IN U.S. HE CAN’T WIN! 27,757 likes · 6,930 reposts · 1,718 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110958073231982876.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110958073231982876/analysis --- ### [ts_110957784452855775](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110957784452855775) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T20:23:47.855Z (UTC) > Page 2: Head Golf Professional at Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster - Mickey Gallagher (973) 699-6156 14,213 likes · 2,776 reposts · 513 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110957784452855775.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110957784452855775/analysis --- ### [ts_110957759059918711](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110957759059918711) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T20:17:20.431Z (UTC) > I am pleased to report, for those that care, that I just won the Senior Club Championship (must be over 50 years old!) at Bedminster (Trump National Golf Club), shooting a round of 67. Now, some people will think that sounds low, but there is no hanky/lanky. Many people watch, plus I am surrounded by Secret Service Agents. Not much you can do even if you wanted to, and I don’t. For some reason, I am just a good golfer/athlete - I have won many Club Championships, and it is always a great honor! 40,386 likes · 7,634 reposts · 4,266 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110957759059918711.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110957759059918711/analysis --- ### [ts_110957662248028763](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110957662248028763) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T19:52:43.198Z (UTC) > Remember all of the Fake News reporting that was done saying that Crooked Joe Biden was fully cooperating with the Robert Hur, the Special Council, concerning the thousands of boxes of Documents that Joe took out of the White House. Well, that turned out to be a big lie. They can’t even set up a meeting,“BIDEN IS BEING IMPOSSIBLE.” But I’m not, I even gave them, openly and freely, Security Tapes , and I come under the Presidential Records Act, Joe Doesn’t. It’s all about Election Interference! 28,074 likes · 7,715 reposts · 1,287 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110957662248028763.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110957662248028763/analysis --- ### [ts_110957569852679847](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110957569852679847) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T19:29:13.357Z (UTC) > Could somebody please explain to Dan Henninger of The Wall Street Journal that the Democrats want anybody BUT Donald Trump to run against Crooked Joe Biden, or whoever they choose to run. This is why these Radical Left Thugs Indict me every 15 minutes. If they wanted to run against me, they would make my journey to the Nomination a joyous & beautiful one. Besides, I’m beating Biden badly in the Polls - DeSanctus & everyone else is Losing. The Dems are all about Disinformation. Don’t be fools! 25,141 likes · 6,304 reposts · 1,351 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110957569852679847.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110957569852679847/analysis --- ### [ts_110957037057820999](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110957037057820999) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T17:13:43.466Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Oh no, I’m leading by 6, 7, and 8 in various Polls over Crooked Joe Biden. That almost guarantees another Indictment! 24,285 likes · 6,257 reposts · 1,824 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110957037057820999.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110957037057820999/analysis --- ### [ts_110957032002705871](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110957032002705871) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T17:12:26.378Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > People love my new book! Read all the never before seen letters only in, Letters To Trump. Available now at https://45books.com. 14,745 likes · 3,262 reposts · 680 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110957032002705871.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110957032002705871/analysis --- ### [ts_110956433200421966](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956433200421966) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T14:40:09.381Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > https://DonaldJTrump.com **Video transcript** (1:00), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > What do you call someone this week? Someone caught in a bribery scandal that made them millions, complicit in a government cover-up, and uses your government to get special deals for his family? You call them Joe Biden. And acting just like a corrupt third world dictator, Biden has unleashed a cadre of unscrupulous government bureaucrats he controls to act like rabid wolves and attack his greatest threat. Launching one of the greatest witch hunts in history, but Biden's underestimated the intelligence of voters, and Trump's support is growing even stronger. As hard-working Americans come together in huge numbers to stand with the one person they know has their backs and will fight to make America great again. 28,652 likes · 10,136 reposts · 1,730 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956433200421966/analysis --- ### [ts_110956423279655177](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956423279655177) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T14:37:37.956Z (UTC) > https://www.newsweek.com/florida-voters-ron-desantis-chance-beating-trump-1816656 12,170 likes · 2,780 reposts · 643 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956423279655177/analysis --- ### [ts_110956422403790472](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956422403790472) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T14:37:24.637Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 13,155 likes · 3,712 reposts · 417 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_110956421506630456](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956421506630456) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T14:37:10.898Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 10,785 likes · 2,485 reposts · 294 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_110956420567060822](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956420567060822) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T14:36:56.558Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 10,650 likes · 3,456 reposts · 263 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_110956419906247589](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956419906247589) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T14:36:46.485Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 8,351 likes · 1,861 reposts · 128 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_110956419155831396](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956419155831396) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T14:36:35.078Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 12,219 likes · 3,996 reposts · 397 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_110956417498754393](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956417498754393) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T14:36:09.741Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > “AMERICAN INJUSTICE” https://DonaldJTrump.com **Video transcript** (8:49), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Last night, we witnessed one of the gravest misinjustices of our lifetime, the booking of President Donald Trump, forced to go to jail, have his mugshot taken, fingerprinted, as if he was some sort of common criminal, all at the behest of the Democrat Party. America's mayor, Rudy Giuliani, Trump's former attorney, the man who destroyed the mob, also villainized for simply doing his job. These two men, single-handedly, saved New York City, saved this country, and now this is their payback? When the terror attacks happened, Trump was a developer and businessman who immediately went down to ground zero and even paid for recovery efforts. It was a very depressing scene, but I'll tell you what, you really can take heart. These firemen and policemen and the construction workers, equally, the courage they have is unbelievable. They're working, digging out and lifting up steel, and above them, you have 55-story buildings that are very possibly gonna be pouring down on them any minute, and they're working like nothing's wrong. I mean, they're amazing. And then there's Mayor Giuliani. The year before he became mayor, murders in New York City averaged well over 2,000 a year. By the time he le… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956417498754393) 11,818 likes · 3,445 reposts · 424 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110956417498754393.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956417498754393/analysis --- ### [ts_110956413077757243](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956413077757243) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T14:35:02.332Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > “AMERICANS KNOW WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT” https://DonaldJTrump.com **Video transcript** (7:29), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > -The media lemmings, one after another, have been busy jumping off the rock ledges of the last 24 hours, now barely able to contain their triumphant spirits when the Trump mugshot was released. -A picture that will live in infamy, the first mugshot of an American president splashed across the front pages this morning. And while that picture does mark a historic inflection point, former President Trump's legal saga is really just beginning. -Convicted of being put behind bars, of course, we know that's Trump's greatest fear. -Trump's primal fear of just this, being held criminally accountable, terrified of what Chris Christie describes as the clink of a jail cell. -The clink of champagne glasses over at CNN or MSNBC. Now, like all the left choices, this decision by DA Fannie Willis to force a former president of the United States to get a mugshot last night was totally unnecessary. It has backfired spectacularly. I love it. -Everyday Americans see this farce for what it is. It's one more chapter and a four-year vendetta against Donald Trump. And Trump himself is using their Soviet-style persecution to his political advantage. He not only posted the mugshot on his true social account… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956413077757243) 11,050 likes · 3,121 reposts · 487 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110956413077757243.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956413077757243/analysis --- ### [ts_110956408229859683](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956408229859683) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T14:33:48.313Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/110954229341489456 Reposted [ts_110954229341489456](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110954229341489456) (2023-08-26T05:19:41.117Z (UTC)) > “It’s very ironic because if Prosecutor Willis is really concerned about Election denialism and using the levers of government and public influence to have some kind of conspiracy to overturn a genuine ballot, the she would have gone after Stacey Abrams, who’s in her own state.” Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution **Video transcript** (6:18), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Join me now, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of "Dying Citizens," Victor David. Hanson, V-D-A, it's really good to have you on, my friend, right now. - Thank you. - Are we, with all this arraignment, Trump gets arrested? Have we become a Banana Republic? - We're well on our way. The weird thing about all this, Eric, is that it's so asymmetrical, so the people who are doing this never would imagine that a prosecutor in Utah or Appalachia or somewhere like that might wanna indict, for political reasons, a Democratic ex-president or a Democratic front runner in a primary. They just never think like that. And that's sad and tragic, 'cause I don't know how you get their attention other than to retaliate in kind. But if you do that, then you get into this cycle of Third Worldism, as we're in now. And it's very ironic, because if she really, if prosecutor Willis was really worried about election denialism and using the levers of government and public influence to have some kind of conspiracy to overturn a genuine balloting, then she would have gone after Stacey Abrams. She's in her own state. She canvassed the country, tried to drum up support to overturn the election.… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956408229859683) 10,101 likes · 2,709 reposts · 303 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956408229859683/analysis --- ### [ts_110956403842310404](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956403842310404) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T14:32:41.411Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > “TRUMP’S ICONIC MUGSHOT”https://DonaldJTrump.com **Video transcript** (8:28), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > There's always been a mugshot phenomenon in American culture. Mugshots of iconic artists like Elvis or Frank Sinatra for decades had been put up as decor and barbershops, diners, pizza parlors. Jane Fonda's mugshot became the face of rebellion in the '70s, even made a fashion impact. Others wore their mugshots like a badge of honor, like John Lewis, who was arrested for protesting during the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested 29 times for fighting for civil rights. And for decades, his mugshot has been used as a symbol of what happens when you stand up for something you believe in. But no mugshot will ever be as iconic as the mugshot of Donald J. Trump, the most famous man in the world. The first ever mugshot of a former president, Donald Trump's mugshot, has been the most sought-after image since the moment he rode down that golden escalator. Democrats in the media have been salivating at the thought of Donald Trump being booked in a jail cell. Just listen to how giddy and ghoulish MSNBC was last night. He will surrender himself for processing at an overcrowded jail with a reputation for violence and neglect, a jail that is accustomed to holding defendants… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956403842310404) 10,824 likes · 3,246 reposts · 489 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110956403842310404.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110956403842310404/analysis --- ### [ts_110954387940934512](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110954387940934512) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T06:00:01.152Z (UTC) > Congratulations to Greg Kelly of Newsmax on his highest ratings ever during Thursday night’s interview of your favorite President, me. 1.2 Million People! Great going Greg! 29,460 likes · 5,673 reposts · 1,346 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110954387940934512.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110954387940934512/analysis --- ### [ts_110954316499943192](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110954316499943192) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T05:41:51.096Z (UTC) > “Willis knows the case is weak, only wants to hurt Trump.” Victor Davis Hanson on The Balance, Eric Bolling. 20,797 likes · 4,253 reposts · 1,031 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110954316499943192.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110954316499943192/analysis --- ### [ts_110954290945025983](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110954290945025983) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T05:35:21.198Z (UTC) > The Security Tapes from Mar-a-Lago that evil and sinister prosecutor, Deranged Jack Smith, “leaked” or otherwise stated were deleted or altered were, in fact, NOT deleted or altered. It was a Fake Story put out by the government THUGS. Those tapes were openly handed over, without protest or litigation, and then the “Deranged One” makes me look as bad as possible. The whole case is FAKE because I come under the Presidential Records Act. Biden or Pence did not! 27,505 likes · 7,519 reposts · 1,414 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110954290945025983.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110954290945025983/analysis --- ### [ts_110954229341489456](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110954229341489456) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T05:19:41.117Z (UTC) > “It’s very ironic because if Prosecutor Willis is really concerned about Election denialism and using the levers of government and public influence to have some kind of conspiracy to overturn a genuine ballot, the she would have gone after Stacey Abrams, who’s in her own state.” Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 21,976 likes · 5,420 reposts · 761 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110954229341489456.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110954229341489456/analysis --- ### [ts_110954172184617691](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110954172184617691) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T05:05:09.055Z (UTC) > America is becoming a Banana Republic. That’s what happens when you Indict and Prosecute your Political Opponent. These are DARK DAYS in the life of America! 24,775 likes · 6,298 reposts · 1,392 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110954172184617691.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110954172184617691/analysis --- ### [ts_110952990217827374](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110952990217827374) Truth Social · 2023-08-26T00:04:33.596Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > https://www.DonaldJTrump.com **Video transcript** (0:10), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. 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