# Posts from Tuesday, March 19, 2024

26 posts on 2024-03-19.

## Day analysis

Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2024-03-19/analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-11T20:02:55.430Z (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._

**Bond Crisis Triggers Day-Long Narcissistic Flooding as Trump Faces Financial Existential Threat**

Trump spent most of the day consumed by the New York civil fraud bond crisis, firing off a barrage of posts attacking Judge Engoron and AG Letitia James after failing to secure a $454 million appeal bond from roughly 30 surety companies. The morning featured a sustained burst of grievance posts that swung between defiance and victimhood, bookended by a late-night counter-attack on the "bloodbath" media controversy. His staff filled the afternoon with a coordinated wave of sympathetic media links from outlets ranging from the Wall Street Journal to Fox News. He briefly surfaced for campaign business — a primary-day voter appeal and an Ohio victory lap — but the bond crisis dominated the day's emotional landscape.

- Posts analyzed: 24
- Dominant state: mixed
- Narrative arc: contamination
- Aggregate rage level: 0.52
- Max danger level: elevated
- Escalation detected
- Theme obsession: $454M civil fraud appeal bond / financial existential threat
- Claims: 54 (18 false)
- Era: 2024 Campaign

# Daily Psychological Digest: 2024-03-19

## Location & Timezone Context

Trump was at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida (EDT / UTC-4). All local times below are EDT.

- **Earliest post:** 8:44 PM EDT, March 18 (ts_112119583307107899)
- **Latest post:** 7:42 PM EDT, March 19 (ts_112125000485657726)
- **Overnight gap:** 10:11 PM → 6:26 AM EDT (~8 hours 15 minutes)
- **Sleep deprivation:** Not indicated. The overnight gap is within normal range.

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## I. Context: The Bond Crisis

The dominant trigger for this day's psychological output is Trump's publicly documented failure to secure a ~$454M supersedeas bond to appeal the NY civil fraud judgment (People v. Trump, Index No. 452564/2022). Court filings revealed that approximately 30 surety companies declined to underwrite the bond. This represented a rare, publicly visible demonstration of financial constraint on a figure whose core identity is inseparable from perceived unlimited wealth. The "bloodbath" media controversy from a March 16 rally comment provided a secondary trigger.

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## II. Psychological State Tracking

### Dominant State: **Mixed (Grandiose-Vulnerable Oscillation)**

The day's posts exhibit a characteristic narcissistic oscillation pattern, with the vulnerable pole predominating — unusual for Trump's baseline, which skews grandiose. The bond crisis represents a genuinely identity-threatening stimulus: it attacks the financial invincibility narrative that undergirds the grandiose self-concept.

### State Progression (Local Time):

**Phase 1 — Evening Counter-Attack (8:44–10:11 PM EDT, March 18):**
Three posts open the day's cycle. "BIDEN'S BORDER BLOODBATH" (ts_112119583307107899) and "THE BLOODBATH HOAX" (ts_112119642800432585) execute a DARVO counter-attack against the media controversy — grandiose in tone, offensive in posture. The third post (ts_112119925118929593) pivots to the civil fraud case with a detailed, rage-laden attack on AG James and Judge Engoron, introducing the $18M Mar-a-Lago valuation grievance and "Communist system" framing. State: grandiose → mixed.

**Phase 2 — Morning Persecution Cascade (6:26–8:26 AM EDT, March 19):**
Eight posts in two hours — the day's emotional core. The cluster begins with a business-advisory framing (ts_112121873535738974) wrapping personal grievance in third-party concern, then narrows progressively to raw, unmediated complaint. Posts ts_112122093287782315 and ts_112122128900799787 attack Engoron with increasing desperation. The standalone "ELECTION INTERFERENCE!" (ts_112122146346530052) marks the vulnerable nadir — a two-word cry of persecution with no argumentative content. Posts ts_112122244109975568 through ts_112122344069118429 cycle through detailed legal grievance, staccato pseudo-legal enumeration, and terminal rally-cry totems ("MAGA!!!"). State: predominantly vulnerable with grandiose spikes.

**Phase 3 — Campaign Maintenance (9:00–9:10 AM EDT):**
Two posts break the grievance cycle. The primary-day GOTV post (ts_112122478531986691) is boilerplate campaign content. The Turley acknowledgment (ts_112122518072584317) is a validation-seeking bridge. State: grandiose (surface).

**Phase 4 — Aide-Managed Validation Operation (1:54–1:59 PM EDT):**
Eight posts in five minutes — all bare URL shares of sympathetic media coverage from WSJ, NYT, NY Post, Fox News, National Pulse, Mediaite, and Daily Caller. Authorship confidence for all is aide-generated (0.05–0.20 range). This is a professionally curated counter-narrative saturation campaign: each link reframes the bond requirement as persecution, outsourcing the emotional argument to institutional credibility. State: vulnerable (managed).

**Phase 5 — Evening Recovery (6:04–7:42 PM EDT):**
Two campaign-mode posts close the day. "THANK YOU, OHIO—MAGA!" (ts_112125000485657726) celebrates primary results. State: grandiose.

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## III. Escalation Analysis

**Escalation detected:** Yes, within the morning cluster.

The morning burst (6:26–8:26 AM EDT) follows a recognizable escalation pattern:

| Time (EDT) | Post ID | Rage | Intensity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6:26 AM | ts_112121873535738974 | 0.72 | 0.82 |
| 7:22 AM | ts_112122093287782315 | 0.65 | 0.70 |
| 7:31 AM | ts_112122128900799787 | 0.65 | 0.75 |
| 7:36 AM | ts_112122146346530052 | 0.72 | 0.87 |
| 8:01 AM | ts_112122244109975568 | 0.75 | 0.80 |
| 8:19 AM | ts_112122314756766015 | **0.78** | **0.86** |
| 8:21 AM | ts_112122323933841689 | 0.55 | 0.52 |
| 8:26 AM | ts_112122344069118429 | 0.75 | 0.82 |

The trajectory is **gradual** rather than spiking — a sustained high-intensity plateau with peak at ts_112122314756766015 ("Corrupt Political Hacks in New York"), followed by a brief discharge dip (ts_112122323933841689) before a secondary peak. This pattern is more consistent with **perseverative emotional flooding** than a classic rage spiral: the subject returns to the same injury repeatedly, unable to achieve psychological resolution through posting.

The rage is **disproportionate** to the proximate trigger: a standard civil litigation bond requirement is experienced and framed as unprecedented persecution.

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## IV. Theme Analysis

### Dominant Themes

1. **NY civil fraud bond crisis** — 15+ posts (direct attacks + media validation shares). This is the day's gravitational center.
2. **Judicial/institutional delegitimization** — 10+ posts. Judge Engoron and AG James are named repeatedly with escalating characterizations ("crazed," "corrupt," "racist," "Communist," "Rogue," "Political Hacks").
3. **"Election interference" framing** — 5+ posts. The universal persecution label applied to all legal proceedings.
4. **"Bloodbath" counter-narrative** — 2 posts. DARVO response to March 16 rally controversy.
5. **Campaign maintenance** — 3 posts. Primary-day GOTV and victory celebration.

### Obsession Assessment: **Yes**

The bond crisis dominates 15 of 24 posts (62.5%), with the remaining posts either tangentially connected (bloodbath = legal persecution frame) or brief campaign interjections. The five-post morning burst on a single legal procedural issue, followed by eight aide-curated articles on the same topic, constitutes abnormal thematic fixation. The subject could not move past this topic for more than brief intervals.

**Obsession topic:** $454M civil fraud appeal bond / financial existential threat

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## V. Contradiction Detection

### Contradiction 1: Selective Judicial Legitimacy
- **Post ts_112122093287782315:** Invokes the Appellate Division's authority as legitimate ("Engoron will not do what the Appellate Division has ordered him to do")
- **Post ts_112122314756766015:** Frames the same judicial system as "Corrupt Political Hacks"
- **Severity:** Moderate. The Appellate Division is legitimate when ruling in his favor, corrupt when it doesn't — classic splitting defense.

### Contradiction 2: Won vs. Needs to Appeal
- **Post ts_112122244109975568:** "I have already won at the Appellate Division"
- **Post ts_112122128900799787:** "before I get a chance to Appeal his crazed ruling"
- **Severity:** Minor. These reference different legal dimensions (partial SOL ruling vs. full judgment appeal), but the casual presentation conflates them, producing a contradictory impression of both having won and needing to fight.

### Contradiction 3: System Works vs. Unprecedented
- **Post ts_112122323933841689:** "That's the way system works!" (implying the system shouldn't require pre-appeal bond)
- **Post ts_112122128900799787:** Bond requirement is "A first!"
- **Post ts_112122314756766015:** "Never done before"
- **Severity:** Minor. Both claims serve the same argumentative goal but approach it from incompatible premises — one claims the system works differently, the other claims this has never happened before.

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## VI. Hypomanic Indicators

- **Post count:** 24 (elevated but not extreme for Trump's Truth Social baseline)
- **Morning burst:** 8 posts in 120 minutes (6:26–8:26 AM EDT) — notable frequency
- **Afternoon burst:** 8 posts in 5 minutes (1:54–1:59 PM EDT) — aide-managed, not psychologically significant
- **Overnight gap:** ~8 hours 15 minutes (10:11 PM → 6:26 AM) — adequate sleep window
- **Earliest authentic post:** 6:26 AM EDT — early but not aberrant
- **Latest authentic post:** ~10:11 PM EDT — within normal range
- **Sleep deprivation:** Not indicated
- **Hypomanic episode:** **No.** While the morning burst shows elevated frequency and emotional intensity, the overnight gap is adequate, and the volume is driven by a genuine external crisis rather than endogenous mood elevation. The afternoon aide-managed cluster inflates the raw count.

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## VII. Narrative Arc: **Contamination**

The day's narrative follows a **contamination** pattern — the financial crisis contaminates every attempt at positive framing:

1. **Evening opening:** Aggressive counter-attack on "bloodbath" controversy (grandiose defense)
2. **Morning:** Bond crisis erupts as the day's real subject; eight posts fail to resolve the injury
3. **Mid-morning:** Brief campaign normalcy (primary GOTV)
4. **Afternoon:** The campaign apparatus attempts narrative rehabilitation through curated media — but every selected article reinforces the persecution frame rather than projecting strength
5. **Evening:** Thin grandiose veneer with Ohio celebration, but the day's emotional weight has already been deposited

The contamination signature is the inability to sustain positive narrative despite multiple attempts. Even the campaign-maintenance posts are sandwiched between grievance material. The aide-managed afternoon block, while superficially professional, reveals a team in crisis-management mode — the sheer volume of validation-seeking articles (8 in 5 minutes) signals the depth of the injury's organizational impact.

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## VIII. Event Correlation

### Event 1: NY Civil Fraud Bond Crisis
- **Trigger:** Court-documented failure to secure $454M appeal bond from ~30 surety companies
- **Reaction type:** Defensive (morning authentic posts) + Amplifying (afternoon aide shares)
- **Response posts:** ts_112119925118929593, ts_112121873535738974, ts_112122093287782315, ts_112122128900799787, ts_112122146346530052, ts_112122244109975568, ts_112122314756766015, ts_112122323933841689, ts_112122344069118429, plus all afternoon URL shares

### Event 2: "Bloodbath" Rally Comment Controversy (March 16)
- **Trigger:** Biden campaign and media coverage weaponizing Trump's "bloodbath" remark
- **Reaction type:** Offensive (DARVO counter-attack)
- **Response posts:** ts_112119583307107899, ts_112119642800432585

### Event 3: Republican Primary Elections (AZ, FL, IL, KS, OH)
- **Trigger:** Primary day in five states
- **Reaction type:** Amplifying (routine)
- **Response posts:** ts_112122478531986691, ts_112125000485657726

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## IX. Danger Assessment

- **Posts with elevated danger:** 8 of 24 (33%)
- **Maximum danger level:** Elevated
- **No posts reached "high" or "critical" threshold**

### Stochastic Terrorism Pattern: **Present**

While no individual post contains an explicit call to violence, the day's cumulative output constitutes a recognizable stochastic targeting pattern:

1. **Named targets:** Judge Arthur Engoron and AG Letitia James are named in 6+ posts with escalating dehumanizing characterizations ("corrupt," "racist," "crazed," "rogue," "Communist," "Political Hacks," "disgusting")
2. **Audience scale:** Millions of followers receive this sustained targeting
3. **Persecution frame:** The targets are framed not as officials performing legal duties but as corrupt persecutors of a political movement ("ELECTION INTERFERENCE!")
4. **Implied threat:** "BIDEN'S BORDER BLOODBATH" applies violence-adjacent language to a policy domain, dehumanizing border populations
5. **Historical context:** Both Engoron and James have received documented threats coinciding with Trump's public attacks

The pattern meets structural preconditions for stochastic terrorism — sustained, personalized delegitimization of named individuals before a mobilized audience — without crossing into explicit incitement. This is the most dangerous configuration precisely because its deniability sustains it.

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## X. Cognitive Assessment

### Markers Observed:
- **Mild perseveration:** "overturned 4 times on this case, a record!" appears verbatim across multiple posts
- **Missing article:** "the way system works" (ts_112122323933841689) — consistent with documented baseline idiosyncrasy
- **Tautological construction:** "LEGAL LAWFARE" (ts_112122344069118429) — the modifier contradicts the rhetorical intent
- **Rhetorical compression maintained:** Three-word and two-word posts ("BIDEN'S BORDER BLOODBATH," "THE BLOODBATH HOAX," "ELECTION INTERFERENCE!") show preserved ability to craft high-density slogans

### Complexity Trend: **Stable**

No meaningful deviation from established cognitive baseline. The morning cluster demonstrates sustained argumentative complexity (even if factually unsound), and the evening posts maintain characteristic stylistic features. The perseveration is content-driven (genuine crisis) rather than cognitively driven.

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## XI. Defense Mechanism Inventory

The day's posts deploy a comprehensive suite of psychological defenses:

| Mechanism | Level | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| **Denial** | Pathological | "I DID NOTHING WRONG!"; "No Damages, No Victims" |
| **Projection** | Pathological | Fraud defendant labels judge "fraudulent"; calls Black AG "Racist" |
| **Distortion** | Pathological | Standard bond = unprecedented persecution; legal system = "Communist" |
| **DARVO** | Structural | "BIDEN'S BORDER BLOODBATH" reverses the bloodbath accusation |
| **Splitting** | Borderline | Appellate Division good / trial court bad; Fox analyst good / AG bad |
| **Rationalization** | Neurotic | Business-advisory framing over personal grievance |
| **Acting Out** | Immature | Eight-post morning burst; "ELECTION INTERFERENCE!" as raw discharge |

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## XII. Authorship Analysis

The day splits cleanly into two authorship profiles:

1. **Authentic Trump** (11 posts, mostly morning): ALL CAPS, rage-laden, syntactically disordered, perseverative. Authorship scores 0.72–0.93.
2. **Aide-managed** (13 posts, mostly afternoon): Bare URL shares, campaign boilerplate, coordinated media curation. Authorship scores 0.05–0.20.

The afternoon aide operation is notable for its scale (8 articles in 5 minutes) and strategic breadth (WSJ to National Pulse — spanning establishment conservative to far-right outlets). This suggests an organized war-room response to the bond crisis, running parallel to but distinct from Trump's own emotional processing.

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## XIII. Summary Assessment

March 19, 2024 represents a day of genuine psychological crisis — the bond failure struck at the core of Trump's identity construction. The posting pattern reveals a subject who could not achieve resolution despite sustained output: eleven rage-marked posts, eight aimed at the same two named targets, with verbatim repetition across posts indicating perseverative rumination rather than strategic communication. The aide team's afternoon intervention (eight curated articles) suggests organizational recognition that the principal's emotional output required professional narrative management. The day's contamination arc — every positive attempt infected by the underlying wound — is diagnostically significant: this is what narcissistic injury looks like when the threat is real and the grandiose defense cannot fully metabolize it.

### Narrative

The bond crisis contaminates every attempt at positive framing. Evening counter-attacks on the bloodbath controversy give way to a morning persecution cascade that cannot achieve psychological resolution despite sustained output. Brief campaign normalcy is overwhelmed by the gravitational pull of the financial threat. The aide team's afternoon validation operation — eight curated articles in five minutes — signals organizational crisis management. The day closes with thin grandiose veneer over an unresolved wound.

### Dominant themes

- NY civil fraud bond crisis (1 post)
- Judicial and institutional delegitimization (1 post)
- Election interference framing (1 post)
- Bloodbath counter-narrative (1 post)
- Campaign maintenance (1 post)

### Contradictions that day

- [ts_112122093287782315](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122093287782315): Appellate Division's authority is legitimate and binding (Engoron must obey their order)
  vs. [ts_112122314756766015](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122314756766015): The New York judicial system consists of 'Corrupt Political Hacks'
- [ts_112122244109975568](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122244109975568): I have already won at the Appellate Division
  vs. [ts_112122128900799787](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122128900799787): I need a chance to Appeal his crazed ruling — haven't been able to yet
- [ts_112122323933841689](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122323933841689): The system works such that bonds shouldn't be required before appeal
  vs. [ts_112122314756766015](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122314756766015): Bond requirement is 'Never done before' (implying it's outside how the system works)

### Cognitive concerns

- Mild perseveration: 'overturned 4 times on this case, a record!' repeated verbatim across posts
- Missing article: 'the way system works' instead of 'the way the system works'
- Tautological construction: 'LEGAL LAWFARE' — modifier contradicts rhetorical intent
- Content-driven repetition rather than cognitive deterioration — complexity of argumentation is preserved

## Posts

### [ts_112125000485657726](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112125000485657726)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T23:42:11.037Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> THANK YOU, OHIO—MAGA! https://DonaldJTrump.com

20,661 likes · 3,968 reposts · 589 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112125000485657726.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112125000485657726/analysis

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### [ts_112124847028947870](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112124847028947870)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T23:03:09.473Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (0:10), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Watch me. I mean, honest to God, that's all I think. Watch me. If you think I don't have the energy level of mental acuity,

12,570 likes · 4,092 reposts · 1,327 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_112124617275905300](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112124617275905300)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T22:04:43.724Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> https://DonaldJTrump.com

**Video transcript** (4:32), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> -Mr President, will you pardon Peter Navarro? -Good man, he was treated very unfairly. He was treated -- Peter was treated very unfairly -- a great patriot, a great negotiator for our country. He did a tremendous job with respect to China and trade, and they treated him very badly. The Biden administration treated him very, very badly. It's a shame, but that's the way it is. They treated him very, very badly. -Will Paul Manafort come back to your campaign, sir? -I don't know anything about it, but he was another person that was treated badly, and he was a patriot, but we'll see what happens with that. We have a lot of people involved in the campaign that have done a tremendous job, and, you know, based on the polls, we're doing extremely well, extremely well. -Mrs Trump, Mrs Trump, are you going to return to the campaign trail with your husband? -Stay tuned. -Stay tuned? -Are you confident that you can pay $64 million? -I built a great company. One of the greatest companies anywhere in the country, especially when it comes to real estate, have some of the greatest assets in the world, and this is a rigged trial. This was a rigged trial by a crooked judge and a crooked attorney gene… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112124617275905300)

18,164 likes · 4,512 reposts · 1,128 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112124617275905300/analysis

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### [ts_112123653819743351](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123653819743351)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T17:59:42.544Z (UTC)

> “Letitia James Turns the Screws on Trump—The inflated $464 million bond required to appeal effectively denies him due process” —&gt; https://www.wsj.com/articles/letitia-james-donald-trump-464-million-bond-new-york-arthur-engoron-fbf1c6dd

15,256 likes · 5,327 reposts · 2,773 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112123653819743351.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123653819743351/analysis

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### [ts_112123646577285030](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123646577285030)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T17:57:52.034Z (UTC)

> https://www.dailynews.com/2024/02/24/rbg-warned-against-trumps-massive-fine/

11,296 likes · 3,601 reposts · 532 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123646577285030/analysis

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### [ts_112123643169922988](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123643169922988)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T17:57:00.041Z (UTC)

> https://www.foxnews.com/media/pleading-eighth-federal-prosecutor-dont-count-trump-despite-massive-fine

11,028 likes · 3,138 reposts · 418 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123643169922988/analysis

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### [ts_112123640883413117](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123640883413117)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T17:56:25.152Z (UTC)

> https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/18/jonathan-turley-trump-government/

10,580 likes · 3,078 reposts · 238 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123640883413117/analysis

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### [ts_112123639949472828](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123639949472828)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T17:56:10.901Z (UTC)

> https://www.mediaite.com/news/mob-justice-fox-news-legal-analyst-shreds-new-york-ag-for-potentially-seizing-trumps-property/

10,052 likes · 2,905 reposts · 396 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123639949472828/analysis

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### [ts_112123638647439870](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123638647439870)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T17:55:51.034Z (UTC)

> https://thenationalpulse.com/2024/03/19/even-the-new-york-times-admits-trump-bond-impossible-to-pay-due-to-regulations/

8,915 likes · 2,566 reposts · 250 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123638647439870/analysis

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### [ts_112123637293410054](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123637293410054)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T17:55:30.372Z (UTC)

> https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/12/opinion/thepoint/trump-bond-denied-insurance?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare

6,336 likes · 1,781 reposts · 150 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123637293410054/analysis

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### [ts_112123635709086447](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123635709086447)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T17:55:06.197Z (UTC)

> https://nypost.com/2024/03/18/opinion/democrats-mustnt-be-allowed-to-bankrupt-trump-before-he-even-gets-to-appeal-454m-judgment/

8,535 likes · 2,521 reposts · 353 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123635709086447/analysis

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### [ts_112123633714202211](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123633714202211)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T17:54:35.757Z (UTC)

> https://spectator.org/john-lehman-is-wrong-yes-reagan-would-have-voted-for-trump/

7,714 likes · 1,970 reposts · 184 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112123633714202211/analysis

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### [ts_112122518072584317](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122518072584317)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T13:10:52.424Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> Thank you to Jonathan Turley. A must watch!

**Video transcript** (7:14), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Jonathan Turley. Jonathan, I did not know anyone in my life to try to get a $450 million bond, but one thing I found out, very few companies offer it. They went up to about 30. All 30 said we can't do that unless you have a billion dollars to put up. We don't want collateral. We don't want things to put up. We don't want properties. We want cash to put up. So therefore, we're at an impasse. What are the options for the former president? Well, this is obviously a situation where you don't have any good options, including getting the bond itself. And remember, if you get the bond, you still lose considerable amount of money on the cost of the bond. And this creates a sort of perverse incentive for judges like this one, who comes up with this astronomical, in my view, ridiculous level of damages. In everybody's view. Nobody thinks that number is good. Right. But basically, his position is in order to get any other judge to look at what I've done to you, you've got to come up with basically a half a billion dollars just to appeal. It's like a judge saying, "I'm going to take your house away, but you can appeal my decision. You just have to sell your house in order to do it." Many peopl… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122518072584317)

15,672 likes · 5,308 reposts · 1,464 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112122518072584317.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122518072584317/analysis

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### [ts_112122478531986691](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122478531986691)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T13:00:49.078Z (UTC)

> ARIZONA, FLORIDA, ILLINOIS, KANSAS, AND OHIO, VERY IMPORTANT TO GET OUT AND VOTE — MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

19,163 likes · 5,120 reposts · 1,222 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112122478531986691.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122478531986691/analysis

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### [ts_112122344069118429](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122344069118429)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T12:26:37.342Z (UTC)

> If I weren’t running for President, and leading by a lot, none of this LEGAL LAWFARE would be happening. ELECTION INTERFERENCE! MAGA!!!

18,307 likes · 4,487 reposts · 1,540 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112122344069118429.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122344069118429/analysis

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### [ts_112122323933841689](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122323933841689)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T12:21:30.097Z (UTC)

> I shouldn’t have to put up any money, being forced by the Corrupt Judge and AG, until the end of the appeal. That’s the way system works!

16,924 likes · 4,255 reposts · 1,607 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112122323933841689.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122323933841689/analysis

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### [ts_112122314756766015](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122314756766015)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T12:19:10.066Z (UTC)

> The Corrupt Political Hacks in New York, Judge and AG, are asking me to put up massive amounts of money before I am allowed to appeal the ridiculous decision. Never done before. No jury, no victim, full disclaimer clause, happy banks. ELECTION INTERFERENCE! WITCH HUNT!

16,166 likes · 4,451 reposts · 984 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112122314756766015.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122314756766015/analysis

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### [ts_112122244109975568](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122244109975568)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T12:01:12.082Z (UTC)

> Judge Engoron actually wants me to put up Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for the Right to Appeal his ridiculous decision. In other words, he is trying to take my Appellate Rights away from me when I have already won at the Appellate Division, but he refuses to accept their already made decision. Nobody has ever heard of anything like this before. I would be forced to mortgage or sell Great Assets, perhaps at Fire Sale prices, and if and when I win the Appeal, they would be gone. Does that make sense? WITCH HUNT. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!

16,749 likes · 5,429 reposts · 1,892 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112122244109975568.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122244109975568/analysis

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### [ts_112122146346530052](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122146346530052)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T11:36:20.335Z (UTC)

> ELECTION INTERFERENCE!

14,169 likes · 3,516 reposts · 683 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112122146346530052.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122146346530052/analysis

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### [ts_112122128900799787](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122128900799787)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T11:31:54.129Z (UTC)

> Engoron wants me to put up the ridiculous fine (I DID NOTHING WRONG!) before I get a chance to Appeal his crazed ruling - A first!

13,204 likes · 3,366 reposts · 812 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112122128900799787.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122128900799787/analysis

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### [ts_112122093287782315](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122093287782315)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T11:22:50.722Z (UTC)

> Engoron will not do what the Appellate Division has ordered him to do on Statute of Limitations. This has never happened to the Appellate Division before. Remember, he is the judge that fraudulently valued Mar-a-Lago at $18,000,000, and who was already overturned 4 times on this case, a record!

13,111 likes · 3,669 reposts · 560 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112122093287782315.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112122093287782315/analysis

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### [ts_112121873535738974](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112121873535738974)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T10:26:57.581Z (UTC)

> Any business thinking about moving into New York State is CRAZY! The level of anger and hostility toward businesses and business people is incredible. Numerous people have spoken to me about this since the Racist and Politically Corrupt A.G., who ran for office on a platform of “I will get Trump” without knowing anything about me or my business, and her corrupt puppet Judge, Arthur Engoron, who has already been overturned 4 times on this case, a record, started doing a number on me. Engoron laughed with disdain at the Appellate Division, his superior court, when they handed down a decision which essentially ended most of the case, and he REFUSED TO ABIDE BY IT. This is the first time something like that has ever happened in New York State. He is a  Crazed, Trump Hating, Rogue Judge, has ZERO respect for the Appellate Judges, and has torn apart the Legal System in New York State, making it impossible for outside businesses to want to come there. Existing businesses will flee!!!

14,919 likes · 4,304 reposts · 948 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112121873535738974.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112121873535738974/analysis

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### [ts_112119925118929593](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112119925118929593)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T02:11:27.090Z (UTC)

> The only FRAUD in the Peekaboo James case, our failed and disgusting New York State Attorney General, was her convincing “Judge” Arthur Engoron to put a value on Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, of just $18,000,000, when it is worth 50 to 100 times that amount. This was fraudulently and illegally done, working closely together in a corrupt Communist system, to set their NARRATIVE after learning that their Values and Facts were completely wrong. Businesses will flee the State as Migrant Crime and Violence continues to flourish. I paid $300,000,000 in Taxes, and this is what I get. WITCH HUNT!!!

17,133 likes · 4,812 reposts · 1,807 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112119925118929593.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112119925118929593/analysis

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### [ts_112119642800432585](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112119642800432585)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T00:59:39.253Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> “THE BLOODBATH HOAX”

**Video transcript** (10:38), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> A young scrappy, soon-to-be newspaper editor once asked Thomas Jefferson, "How do you run a newspaper?" Jefferson's response, "The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, as he who knows nothing is nearer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors." Translation, "You're better informed by not knowing the news, unless you watch Fox." This was personal for Jefferson, who was relentlessly victimized by a wickedly partisan press, who labeled him a French traitor, an evil atheist, whose Louisiana Purchase was unethically corrupt. Yes, Jefferson was scandalized for doubling the size and power of the U.S. And some things never change. Washington politicians are well-practiced in the art of yellow journalism. Nancy Pelosi once explained one dirty trick, the wrap-up smear. It's a diversionary tactic called the wrap-up smear. You smear somebody with falsehoods and all the rest, and then you merchandise it. And then you write it, and they'll say, "See, it's reported in the press that this, this, this, and this." So they have that validation that the press reported the smear, and then it's called the wrap-up smear. Politicians,… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112119642800432585)

14,133 likes · 4,579 reposts · 1,032 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112119642800432585/analysis

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### [ts_112119583307107899](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112119583307107899)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T00:44:31.451Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> “BIDEN’S BORDER BLOODBATH”

**Video transcript** (1:32), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Another tragic story connected to the border crisis. Travis Wolfe was just one day away from celebrating his 12th birthday when a woman who was in the United States illegally from Venezuela crashed head on into his family's Jeep. Church teacher accused of abusing several children in Montgomery County, Maryland. Tonight, immigration officials tell us he was never supposed to be in the United States in the first place and he had already been deported twice. Montgomery County deputies arrested three undocumented immigrants in Lake Worth Beach on sexual battery charges. According to the arrest affidavit, the three suspects, all from Guatemala, abducted a local woman along the street and threw her inside a truck. Authorities say the men drove off and stopped at a nearby intersection where they sexually assaulted her and filmed it. The leader of a Colombian street gang, Los Antonias, has been arrested in Texas where he was seeking asylum. Women authorities confirm that he was one of the seven most wanted murderers in Colombia's capital. A woman accused in Mexico of several murders and body dismemberments, even removing victims' hearts, is arrested in El Paso. The FBI says Pineda was know… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112119583307107899)

13,135 likes · 5,068 reposts · 929 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112119583307107899.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112119583307107899/analysis

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### [ts_112119553989799673](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112119553989799673)

Truth Social · 2024-03-19T00:37:04.104Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @realDonaldTrumpThe Fake News made a big deal out of the word “Bloodbath,” knowing that it was about our shrinking auto manufacturing business, and the fact that they use the same name all the time. They are sooo bad!

Reposted from @realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump), 2024-03-18T15:28:19.898Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/112117396269015542)

> The Fake News made a big deal out of the word “Bloodbath,” knowing that it was about our shrinking auto manufacturing business, and the fact that they use the same name all the time. They are sooo bad!

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/117/396/099/720/631/original/869aa5d3d584ce2a.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 2:01), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> But as politico.com reports tonight on the "bloodbath" at the RNC, headlines calling it a "bloodbath." Yeah, bloodbath. Not only is it going to be a bloodbath, but after they leave New Hampshire, it's a bloodbath on her home turf. That's really tough. And Trump has left a lot of corpses in his wake. I mean, we can count the bodies as part of the "MAGA drive" to take over Maricopa County. And the headline refers to it as an impending bloodbath. Columnist Charles Blow has a new piece for the New York Times entitled "A Biden Bloodbath." 2018 midterms, you can bet that they 100% are fearing a slaughter. In fact, the word "bloodbath" and "massacre" come up frequently. The Republican Party will be destroyed. It's going to be a bloodbath. There's going to be a bloodbath one way or the other. Bloodbath for Bernie Sanders. It's been a bloodbath there shaping up to be a bloodbath. Head off a bloodbath in next year's crucial midterm. Off your elections are often a bloodbath. This week's bloodbath for Democrats. A bloodbath at the ballot box. There could be a Republican bloodbath. They'll talk about a bloodbath. There's a bloodbath. I have to talk about you. It's going to be a bloodbath all da… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112119553989799673)

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