# Posts from Tuesday, April 16, 2024 34 posts on 2024-04-16. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2024-04-16/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-11T16:35:48.946Z (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._ **Day One in the Dock: 27-Post Delegitimization Blitz as Criminal Trial Begins** Trump spent Day 1 of his Manhattan criminal trial running a coordinated media counter-offensive from Truth Social. The morning opened with explosive, all-caps declarations framing the trial as an attack on America itself, then shifted into a steady stream of surrogate quotes from Fox hosts, Republican allies, and legal commentators all hammering the same message: the charges are illegitimate, the judge is biased, and the real victim is democracy. By evening the tone softened, pivoting to a Harlem bodega visit cast as proof he's "unstoppable." The day was dominated by a single obsession — delegitimizing the trial before any evidence could be heard. - Posts analyzed: 27 - Dominant state: mixed - Narrative arc: contamination - Aggregate rage level: 0.42 - Max danger level: elevated - Escalation detected - Theme obsession: Manhattan criminal trial delegitimization - Claims: 37 (16 false) - Era: 2024 Campaign # Daily Psychological Digest: April 16, 2024 ## Context & Location Trump was in Manhattan, New York for Day 1 of *People v. Trump* — the hush money criminal trial, 34 felony counts. All times below are converted to EDT (UTC-4). The day's 27 posts span from 8:35 PM EDT on April 15 through 7:41 PM EDT on April 16. --- ## I. Psychological State Tracking ### Dominant State: Mixed (Vulnerable-Grandiose Oscillation) The day's dominant psychological presentation is **mixed**, with a vulnerable undertone running throughout. The narcissistic injury of being a criminal defendant — subjected to institutional authority, publicly exposed, stripped of narrative control — is the animating wound behind every post. **State Progression:** 1. **Evening April 15 (8:35–11:57 PM EDT):** Vulnerable-to-stable. Four posts — three aide-curated surrogate quotes (Yoo, Ingraham) and one rally promotion — establish the pre-trial persecution frame at low emotional temperature. The rally post (ts_112278887750364539) provides a grandiose anchor: *I'm still campaigning, still drawing crowds.* 2. **Early Morning April 16 (7:51–8:10 AM EDT):** Acute mixed state, maximum intensity. Two authentic Trump posts — "MY TRIAL IS AN ASSAULT ON AMERICA!" (ts_112280748886465731, intensity 0.92, rage 0.88) and the judge-attacking post (ts_112280826822751186, intensity 0.91, rage 0.85) — represent the day's psychological zenith. The grandiose self-expansion (I = America) and vulnerable persecution (gag order as silencing, judge as enemy) coexist within a single clause, characteristic of Kernberg's malignant narcissistic structure under acute stress. 3. **Mid-Morning (9:57 AM–12:00 PM EDT):** Managed vulnerability with intermittent rage. Twelve posts in two hours, almost entirely aide-curated surrogate quotes (Lara Trump, Miller, Ingraham, Hannity, Donalds, McCarthy) and slogans. Intensity declines from 0.87 to 0.20 as the communications operation substitutes volume for individual post heat. The aide apparatus takes over while Trump is physically in court. 4. **Afternoon (2:17–4:14 PM EDT):** Vulnerable. The Barron graduation grievance post (ts_112282268128298582) activates parental sympathy as a new emotional register. Article shares (Washington Examiner, Gingrich) provide intellectual scaffolding. 5. **Evening (6:36–7:41 PM EDT):** Grandiose recovery. The day closes with an RSBN repost and the Harlem bodega visit link (ts_112283543247922352) — framed as "UNSTOPPABLE" — representing the grandiose rebound after a day of managed vulnerability. The arc from defendant to street-level populist hero completes a micro-redemption cycle. --- ## II. Escalation Analysis ### Pattern: Morning Spike → Managed Decline **Escalation detected:** Yes, but contained. The trajectory is a **spike** rather than a sustained spiral. - **Pre-escalation baseline** (8:35 PM April 15): Intensity 0.35–0.38, aide-curated, no rage. - **Spike onset** (7:51 AM April 16): Authentic Trump eruption at maximum intensity (0.92). - **Peak** (7:51–8:10 AM): Two consecutive authentic posts at 0.91–0.92 intensity, rage 0.85–0.88. Post ts_112280748886465731 is the day's apex — six ALL CAPS words encoding the complete DARVO architecture. - **Managed decline** (9:57 AM onward): Intensity drops through surrogate posts: 0.87 → 0.80 → 0.78 → 0.65 → 0.60 → 0.42 → 0.25 → 0.20. - **Evening floor** (6:36–7:41 PM): Intensity 0.10–0.15. The escalation is **proportionate to the trigger** — the commencement of a historic criminal trial is among the most severe narcissistic injuries possible for this subject. The spike-then-decline pattern suggests the communications team successfully contained the authentic emotional eruption and replaced it with managed output. --- ## III. Theme Analysis ### Dominant Theme: Trial Delegitimization (Obsessive) **23 of 27 posts** directly address or obliquely reference the criminal trial. This constitutes **obsessive single-topic focus** — the most concentrated thematic day in recent posting history, driven by extraordinary external circumstances. **Sub-themes within the delegitimization umbrella:** | Sub-theme | Posts | Key Examples | |-----------|-------|-------------| | Election interference framing | 5 | ts_112281245310370797, ts_112281521565940874 | | Judicial bias/corruption | 4 | ts_112280826822751186, ts_112281444771218421 | | Democracy-under-attack | 3 | ts_112281357744662497, ts_112281376788480848 | | Surrogate validation | 7 | Ingraham, Hannity, Miller, Donalds, McCarthy, Dershowitz, Gingrich | | Self-as-nation identity merger | 3 | ts_112280748886465731, ts_112281415997212103 | | Parental sympathy / personal cost | 1 | ts_112282268128298582 | **Secondary themes:** - **Geopolitical self-validation** (1 post): Iran/Israel article (ts_112283503096174676) — a mid-evening displacement toward a domain where the grandiose narrative remains intact. - **Campaign vitality** (2 posts): Rally promo and Harlem bodega — reassurance that the defendant persona hasn't consumed the candidate persona. - **Fundraising** (3 posts): DonaldJTrump.com links interspersed as monetization of the persecution narrative. ### Theme Evolution The themes don't evolve so much as deploy in layers: **authentic emotional explosion** (7:51–8:10 AM) → **surrogate intellectual scaffolding** (9:57 AM–12:00 PM) → **parental sympathy pivot** (2:17 PM) → **institutional validation articles** (4:14 PM) → **grandiose recovery** (7:31–7:41 PM). This layered architecture is consistent with a managed communications operation running on top of authentic psychological imperatives. --- ## IV. Contradiction Detection ### Minor Contradiction Identified **Claim 1:** "Keeping Donald Trump off the campaign trail" — Ingraham quotes in ts_112278108635413179 and ts_112281508397334354, framing the trial as electoral suppression. **Claim 2:** "UNSTOPPABLE TRUMP visits Harlem bodega after wrapping up second day in court" — ts_112283543247922352, framing Trump as actively campaigning despite the trial. **Severity: Minor.** The contradiction is functional rather than logical — both frames serve the persecution narrative (the trial *tries* to stop him but *can't*), but the simultaneous claims that he is both silenced and unstoppable reveal the incoherence inherent in maintaining grandiose and vulnerable positions simultaneously. --- ## V. Hypomanic Indicators ### Assessment: Not Indicated - **Post volume:** 27 posts is elevated but contextually explained by the extraordinary trigger (criminal trial Day 1). Most posts are aide-curated content requiring minimal personal cognitive investment. - **Authentic posts:** Only 3–5 of 27 posts show high-confidence authentic authorship. The volume is driven by the communications team, not personal hypomanic output. - **Sleep window:** Last post 11:57 PM EDT (April 15) → First post 7:51 AM EDT (April 16) = approximately 8-hour gap. **Normal sleep window.** - **Posting pattern:** Dense mid-morning cluster (9:57 AM–12:00 PM) is consistent with aide-managed trial-response operation, not manic output. - **Threshold:** Not met. Volume is high but externally driven, sleep appears adequate, and the majority of content is staff-produced. --- ## VI. Narrative Arc: Contamination The day follows a **contamination** arc — a dominant narrative in which something good or whole is defiled by external corruption. **The contamination sequence:** 1. Trump is a presidential candidate, leading in polls (implicit pre-state). 2. A "corrupt" system drags him into a courtroom, contaminating his candidacy with criminal defendant status. 3. The trial prevents him from attending his son's graduation (pure familial bond contaminated by institutional persecution). 4. Democracy itself is contaminated by the prosecution's existence. The late-day pivot to the Harlem bodega visit introduces a **micro-redemption coda** — the defendant emerges from the courtroom to be greeted by "the people" — but this doesn't override the day's dominant contamination frame. The story being told is: *I was whole; they defiled me; the nation is defiled with me.* --- ## VII. Event Correlation ### Primary Triggering Event: Manhattan Criminal Trial, Day 1 - **Event:** *People v. Trump*, 34 felony counts (falsification of business records), jury selection begins before Judge Juan Merchan. - **Reaction type:** Mixed defensive-offensive. Defensive in the vulnerable register (persecution narrative, parental sympathy); offensive in the grandiose register (judge-attacking, institutional delegitimization). - **Response scope:** 23 of 27 posts directly responsive. - **Proportionality:** The volume is proportionate to the trigger's severity. The content's relationship to factual reality is not — systematic distortion of routine legal proceedings into civilizational crisis. ### Secondary Event: Iran's April 13–14 Attack on Israel - **Response:** Single URL share (ts_112283503096174676) of Andrew Neil's Daily Mail column crediting Trump-era diplomacy for the Arab-Israeli coalition that intercepted Iranian drones/missiles. - **Reaction type:** Amplifying. The post performs narrative displacement — redirecting attention from the domain of vulnerability (courtroom) to the domain of grandiose validation (geopolitics). - **Factual basis:** Mostly true. The Abraham Accords did deepen regional security cooperation, though causal attribution to Trump alone involves overgeneralization. --- ## VIII. Danger Assessment ### Maximum Danger Level: Elevated Twelve of 27 posts carry **elevated** danger ratings. No posts reach **high** or **critical**. ### Stochastic Terrorism Pattern: Present (Aggregate) No individual post crosses the explicit incitement threshold. However, the day's 12 elevated-danger posts collectively constitute a **permission-granting architecture** directed at the judicial system: - **Target identification:** Judge Merchan is named and characterized as "conflicted, Trump Hating" (ts_112280826822751186). DA Bragg is identified through proxy ("prosecutor who did campaign on GETTING TRUMP," ts_112281579273187561). - **Grievance escalation:** The trial is framed not as a legal proceeding but as an "ASSAULT ON AMERICA" — civilizational-level stakes that implicitly justify extraordinary responses. - **Legitimacy destruction:** Seven distinct voices (Trump, Ingraham, Hannity, Miller, Donalds, McCarthy, Lara Trump) across 12+ posts systematically delegitimize the trial before any evidence is heard, installing epistemic closure that makes any guilty verdict an act of persecution by definition. - **Historical correlation:** This pattern — sustained judicial delegitimization before a mobilized audience — is associated with documented threats against jurors, prosecutors, and court personnel during subsequent trial weeks. **Danger posts:** ts_112278091732015665, ts_112280748886465731, ts_112280826822751186, ts_112281245310370797, ts_112281357744662497, ts_112281376788480848, ts_112281415997212103, ts_112281444771218421, ts_112281508397334354, ts_112281521565940874, ts_112281543820113238, ts_112281579273187561. --- ## IX. Cognitive Assessment ### Complexity Trend: Stable - **Authentic posts** (ts_112280748886465731, ts_112280826822751186): Language is simple but coherent. "Rough shod" (for "roughshod") is an orthographic error consistent with baseline performance under emotional activation — not indicative of decline. Sentence structure in the judge-attack post maintains subordinate clauses and parallel construction. - **Aide posts:** Cannot assess Trump's cognition from staff-curated content. The heavy reliance on aide authorship (estimated 18–20 of 27 posts) limits the day's cognitive signal. - **Overall:** No markers of cognitive decline detected. The authentic posts are emotionally flooded but syntactically and semantically coherent. The day provides minimal new cognitive data due to the preponderance of staff content. ### Cognitive Concerns: - Heavy reliance on aide-curated content may mask authentic cognitive status during high-stress periods - "Rough shod" orthographic error is baseline-consistent but noted - Emotional flooding in authentic posts reduces linguistic complexity without indicating pathological decline --- ## X. Authorship Analysis The day reveals a **dual-channel communications architecture:** - **Authentic Trump channel** (3–5 posts, ~7:51–9:57 AM EDT): ALL CAPS, orthographic errors, legally risky judicial attacks, high rage, high intensity. These posts carry the genuine psychological signature and represent the subject's unmediated response to acute narcissistic injury. - **Aide-managed channel** (18–22 posts, throughout day): Clean formatting, surrogate quotes, URL shares, fundraising links, video attachments. These posts execute the strategic communications operation — surrogate validation, institutional delegitimization, narrative pre-loading — while Trump is physically in court. The two channels reinforce each other: authentic affect provides emotional credibility; aide scaffolding provides intellectual justification. This coordination is consistent with a managed disinformation operation operating alongside genuine psychological distress. --- ## XI. Fact-Check Summary | Claim | Verdict | |-------|---------| | ~Half of jury pool disclosed anti-Trump bias | Approximately true numerically; misleadingly frames routine voir dire as bias evidence | | Trial keeps Trump off campaign trail | Partially true; trial schedule required attendance but permitted evening/weekend campaigning | | DOJ and FEC declined to proceed | Mostly true; FEC deadlocked 3-3 (institutional paralysis, not substantive clearance) | | Trial prevents Barron's graduation attendance | Overstatement; Judge Merchan later accommodated the graduation | | Bragg campaigned on "getting Trump" | Partially true; Bragg referenced Trump investigations during campaign | | Charges are illegitimate / trial is a sham | False; grand jury indictment followed standard legal process | | Judge is "conflicted" and biased | Unsubstantiated; judicial ethics reviews found no basis for recusal | | Conviction would destroy democracy | False; criminal accountability through due process is a democratic function | | Trump diplomacy created the Iran-interception coalition | Mostly true with causal overgeneralization | **Claims count:** 9 distinct verifiable assertions. **False/misleading:** 4. ### Narrative A presidential candidate's identity is contaminated by criminal defendant status. The day's 27-post sequence constructs the trial as a civilizational defilement — pure candidacy and fatherhood corrupted by institutional persecution. The late-day bodega visit attempts a micro-redemption coda but cannot override the dominant contamination frame: I was whole, they defiled me, the nation is defiled with me. ### Dominant themes - Trial delegitimization / persecution narrative (1 post) - Surrogate validation / authority citation (1 post) - Election interference framing (1 post) - Self-as-nation identity merger (1 post) - Fundraising / campaign maintenance (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [ts_112281508397334354](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281508397334354): Trial is keeping Donald Trump off the campaign trail vs. [ts_112283543247922352](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112283543247922352): UNSTOPPABLE TRUMP visits Harlem bodega after wrapping up day in court ### Cognitive concerns - Heavy aide-curated content limits authentic cognitive signal — only 3-5 of 27 posts assessable - Orthographic error ('rough shod' for 'roughshod') is baseline-consistent under emotional activation - Emotional flooding in authentic posts reduces linguistic complexity without indicating pathological decline - No markers of cognitive decline detected in available authentic samples ## Posts ### [ts_112283544630324729](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112283544630324729) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T23:42:02.776Z (UTC) · repost > RT @RSBNPresident Trump predicts victory, touts HUGE support among Hispanic, African-American communitiesWATCH LIVE: https://www.rsbnetwork.com/video/live-president-donald-j-trump-in-new-york-city-4-16-24/ Reposted from @RSBN, 2024-04-16T23:09:31.459Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@RSBN/112283416754161465) > President Trump predicts victory, touts HUGE support among Hispanic, African-American communities > > WATCH LIVE: https://www.rsbnetwork.com/video/live-president-donald-j-trump-in-new-york-city-4-16-24/ - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/283/416/464/981/355/original/6568c293a8c1c357.mp4 **Video transcript** (reposted clip, 1:07), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > >> I think what's going to happen is we're gonna end up doing so well. We're way ahead in the polls against Biden. Biden has destroyed our country. Look, Biden is the worst president in the history of our country. Worse than Jimmy Carter by a long shot. Jimmy Carter's happy because he's had a brilliant presidency compared to Biden. He's destroyed our country. Between the borders and everything else, he has destroyed our country. Not only that, wars are breaking out all over the world. We'll end up with this person, this person that doesn't, we're gonna end up in a world where we're gonna make a heavy play for New York. That's why I'm here. We have tremendous Hispanic support. The Hispanics are supporting me at a level that nobody's ever seen before. We're gonna make a heavy play for New York. We're also African-American support, no Republican has ever had the African-American support. So we're gonna make a heavy play for New York. We'll work with the Democrat mayor, we'll work with the Democrat governor, and we're gonna get the state victory. 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112283543247922352](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112283543247922352) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T23:41:41.655Z (UTC) > https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/unstoppable-trump-visits-harlem-bodega-after-wrapping-up-second-day-in-court/ 11,673 likes · 2,847 reposts · 254 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112283543247922352/analysis --- ### [ts_112283541780228627](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112283541780228627) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T23:41:19.291Z (UTC) · repost > RT @RSBN“You know what we’re going to be doing, right? We’re gonna be SAVING AMERICA.” — President Trump in HarlemWATCH LIVE: https://www.rsbnetwork.com/video/live-president-donald-j-trump-in-new-york-city-4-16-24/ Reposted from @RSBN, 2024-04-16T23:18:41.387Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@RSBN/112283452794084167) > “You know what we’re going to be doing, right? We’re gonna be SAVING AMERICA.” — President Trump in Harlem > > WATCH LIVE: https://www.rsbnetwork.com/video/live-president-donald-j-trump-in-new-york-city-4-16-24/ - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/283/448/292/356/831/original/dcbaf1fb94bbeda9.mp4 **Video transcript** (reposted clip, 1:09), 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 think of the jurors? >> I don't know, it's a little bit early to see what happens. But the judge is totally conflicted, he should recuse himself. He is so conflicted, there's never been anybody conflicted like this. All of that stuff is on appeal right now, it's all on appeal. And if the laws are right, the whole world is watching this through your approval system. This is all a election, really election interference at the highest level. It all comes out of Washington because they're losing very badly, you do know that. They're losing badly in the past, I think you're going to see some numbers coming out now, even higher. People don't like the persecution, they don't like what's going on, they don't like these fake prosecutors, deranged Jack Smith, the whole group of them. And I think you're going to see some big changes being made. You know what we're going to be doing, right? We're going to be saving America. Our country is under siege, and take a look at Israel. Israel all of a sudden, it doesn't feel protected. It has Biden, he doesn't know where he is, it's a real mess. 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112283540434431499](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112283540434431499) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T23:40:58.752Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/RSBN/statuses/112283493028235926 11,825 likes · 3,050 reposts · 332 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112283540434431499/analysis --- ### [ts_112283503096174676](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112283503096174676) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T23:31:29.019Z (UTC) > https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13315885/Trump-Israel-Arab-alliance-Iran-attack-failed-ANDREW-NEIL.html 8,992 likes · 2,323 reposts · 201 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112283503096174676/analysis --- ### [ts_112283291719089226](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112283291719089226) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T22:37:43.627Z (UTC) · 2 media attachments > “Alan Dershowitz Reveals One Motion He Believes Trump's Lawyers Must File 'Immediately'” 10,531 likes · 3,137 reposts · 460 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112283291719089226.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112283291719089226/analysis --- ### [ts_112283286427433737](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112283286427433737) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T22:36:22.913Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/RSBN/statuses/112283163527184719 **Video transcript** (0:09), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > (indistinct chatter) 8,148 likes · 2,020 reposts · 234 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112283286427433737/analysis --- ### [ts_112282730349151612](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112282730349151612) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T20:14:57.808Z (UTC) > https://www.gingrich360.com/2024/04/15/the-american-people-vs-judicial-corruption/ 10,721 likes · 2,858 reposts · 566 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112282730349151612/analysis --- ### [ts_112282727869390377](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112282727869390377) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T20:14:19.964Z (UTC) > https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/2966991/a-striking-contrast-on-trump-trial-day/ 8,365 likes · 2,136 reposts · 268 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112282727869390377/analysis --- ### [ts_112282268128298582](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112282268128298582) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T18:17:24.864Z (UTC) · 2 media attachments > “It's disgusting to stop Trump from attending Barron's graduation for a partisan sham trial that shames America” 16,936 likes · 5,480 reposts · 2,040 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112282268128298582.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112282268128298582/analysis --- ### [ts_112281769058305917](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281769058305917) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T16:10:29.691Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 14,242 likes · 3,712 reposts · 802 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112281722129373250](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281722129373250) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T15:58:33.614Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > "The DOJ and FEC both looked at this and decided not to proceed…”Andy McCarthy Former Assistant U.S. Attorney **Video transcript** (0:58), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > What people really ought to be troubled by about this is Bragg isn't just trying to enforce federal campaign finance law. He's making up his own federal campaign finance law because the two federal authorities that actually do have jurisdiction to investigate these, the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission, both looked at this and decided not to proceed against Trump because these are not campaign expenditures, number one, and number two, even if you assume for argument's sake that they were, the next reporting period after the Stormy Daniels payment, the non-disclosure agreement, wouldn't have been until after the 2016 election. It would have been in 2017. Bragg's theory here is that Trump violated his version of the campaign finance laws in order to steal the 2016 election. That doesn't make sense legally or factually. 12,181 likes · 3,803 reposts · 601 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112281722129373250.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281722129373250/analysis --- ### [ts_112281697789874697](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281697789874697) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T15:52:22.189Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Rep. Byron Donalds: “This is a farce…” **Video transcript** (1:21), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > And when you go back through how frivolous and BS these charges are, I think people are looking at that and they're going to say, "Man, this is all politics and this is all a show." Especially considering the fact that under Alvin Bragg's leadership in Manhattan, Manhattan is less safe. There are crimes that they're actually busting down two misdemeanors that should be felonies, that they're not prosecuting, let alone the stuff that they don't prosecute at all. This is all for politics, it's all for show, and you're going to have President Trump and many people on his team, like myself and others, who are going to make that case to the country. And I think voters are going to see the logic in that, the reason in that. At the end of the day, the American people know when something is fair and when it is not. If people know that this is an unfair process, it is a process that they basically rigged even how they're going through the jury selection process, where they're asking if you attended a Trump rally, do you watch Fox News? And if you say yes to those questions, the district attorney is suspending you from being able to sit on that jury, this is a farce. And when you have the op… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281697789874697) 12,684 likes · 3,793 reposts · 556 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112281697789874697.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281697789874697/analysis --- ### [ts_112281678031219455](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281678031219455) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T15:47:20.697Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (0:24), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > But no matter how hateful and corrupt the communists and criminals we are fighting against may be, you must never forget this nation does not belong to them. This nation belongs to you. This is your home. This is your heritage. And our American liberty is your God-given right. Your God-given right. 12,424 likes · 3,786 reposts · 402 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112281633800809296](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281633800809296) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T15:36:05.836Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > https://www.DonaldJTrump.com **Video transcript** (2:33), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > I refuse to indulge the fiction that this is an episode of the criminal justice system doing justice. I mean this very sincerely. I am convinced that the New York justice system is determined to crush Donald Trump and they'll do whatever it takes including abusing the law. No one really understands what the underlying crime is because it's not the indictment. There's not more to it. There's not an incredible new set of facts that we didn't know about publicly. It's really the facts of this case as they have existed for basically almost seven years. That will play immediately into the politics of this that there was nothing new, that there was not a new surprising fact pattern. In America we're supposed to have a free and fair justice system and one of the critical components of that is to know what you're being charged with. The accused has the right to know what they're being accused of right. That's a hallmark of the sixth amendment and the constitution something we're all guaranteed to have. This is a highly partisan, highly political process. We have a progressive prosecutor who has taken a crime that he wouldn't prosecute against anyone conceivably except Donald Trump. He woul… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281633800809296) 10,279 likes · 3,443 reposts · 676 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281633800809296/analysis --- ### [ts_112281579273187561](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281579273187561) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T15:22:13.807Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Sean Hannity: “If this all sounds convoluted to you, that’s because it is. These are not legitimate charges, this is not a legitimate trial, it is a perfectly timed political scheme—Led by a prosecutor who did campaign on GETTING TRUMP…” **Video transcript** (0:53), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > including a blatant political smear campaign. Oh, that's disguised as a criminal trial. Jury selection now underway in New York City, where the very leftist district attorney, Alvin Bragg, is determined to prosecute Donald Trump for a decade-old defunct misdemeanor surrounding the labeling of business documents. Now, the bogus charges are well past the statute of limitations, but Alvin Bragg has mysteriously upcharged what would be misdemeanors into felonies by tying in a federal election case that was specifically never prosecuted even by Biden's weaponized DOJ. If this all sounds convoluted to you, that's because it is. These are not legitimate charges. This is not a legitimate trial. It is a perfectly timed political scheme led by a prosecutor who did campaign on, quote, getting Trump 11,746 likes · 3,589 reposts · 615 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112281579273187561.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281579273187561/analysis --- ### [ts_112281543820113238](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281543820113238) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T15:13:12.795Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > “IF YOU CAN’T BEAT HIM, LOCK HIM IN A COURT ROOM” **Video transcript** (1:12), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > A Democrat prosecutor, Alvin Bragg, keeping the Republican nominee off the campaign trail for six weeks. That means Donald Trump isn't even allowed to attend his son Barron's high school graduation. If he tries to go, the judge will throw him in jail for that too. As you know, my son is graduating from high school and it looks like the judge will not let me go through the graduation of my son who's worked very, very hard and he's a great student. He's proud of the fact that he did so well and I was looking forward for years to have graduation with his mother and father there. It looks like the judges are going to allow me to escape the scam. It's a scam trial. I can't go to my son's graduation or that I can't go to the United States Supreme Court that I'm not in Georgia or Florida or North Carolina campaigning like I should be. It's perfect for the radical of Democrats. That's exactly what they want. This is about election interference. That's all it's about. Piers Morgan actually had a good idea for once and said Trump should go to Barron's graduation anyway and make the judge arrest him while everyone's throwing their caps in the air. 11,857 likes · 3,750 reposts · 703 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112281543820113238.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281543820113238/analysis --- ### [ts_112281527693160930](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281527693160930) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T15:09:06.721Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > https://www.DonaldJTrump.com 9,066 likes · 2,322 reposts · 368 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281527693160930/analysis --- ### [ts_112281521565940874](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281521565940874) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T15:07:33.232Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Laura Ingraham: “The Bragg Case is just a brazen exercise in ELECTION INTERFERENCE—NEW YORK STYLE!” **Video transcript** (0:06), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > The Bragg case is just a brazen exercise in election interference, New York style. 10,163 likes · 2,973 reposts · 372 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112281521565940874.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281521565940874/analysis --- ### [ts_112281508397334354](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281508397334354) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T15:04:12.323Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Laura Ingraham: “They hope that keeping Donald Trump off the campaign trail…will all turn the tide for Biden in November…” **Video transcript** (3:26), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > They hope that keeping Donald Trump off the campaign trail and any sort of details that emerge, that will all turn the tide for Biden in November. You cannot risk, after all, the people actually choosing their own president. Can't do that, especially when new polling shows that Trump is leading Biden in five of six swing states. Now, according to Echelon Insights on behalf of the Heritage Foundation, he's up 10 in Georgia, seven in Nevada, six in Michigan and in Arizona, and he leads Biden by four in Pennsylvania. Biden nips Trump by one point in Wisconsin. And it must have killed Axios to report on a New York Times/Ciena College poll that was just out. The poll found a big increase, nine points, and registered voters who believe that Trump left the country better off. We're going to dive more into this later in the show. But, look, everyone knows that this case against Trump, like the Fulton County and the classified docs, January 6th case, none of it would be happening if Trump had retired from politics after the 2020 election or if Trump was one of those politicians who just played ball with the establishment. And most honest people know that a fair election, where campaigns act… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281508397334354) 8,644 likes · 2,415 reposts · 425 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112281508397334354.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281508397334354/analysis --- ### [ts_112281444771218421](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281444771218421) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T14:48:01.434Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > “TWO-TIERED JUSTICE SYSTEM” **Video transcript** (2:34), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Let the sham trial begin. Today, the U.S. justice system became a literal joke. Donald Trump spent the day in the New York City courtroom awaiting his opportunity to defend himself, but what Trump is really defending is the American people. Trump is defending you and me from overzealous politicians willing to break with tradition and break with the rules of freedom and liberty just to convict a citizen they disagree with. -This is assault on America. Nothing like this has never happened before. There's never been anything like it. Every legal scholar said this case is nonsense. It should never have been brought. It doesn't deserve anything like this. There is no case, and they've said it. People that don't necessarily follow or like Donald Trump said this is an outrage, that this case was brought. This is political persecution. This is a persecution like never before. Nobody's ever seen anything like it. And, again, it's a case that should have never been brought. It's an assault on America. -And the former president didn't stop there. He went on to show how this case is purely political. -And it's a country that's failing. It's a country that's run by an incompetent man who's very… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281444771218421) 9,668 likes · 2,940 reposts · 396 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112281444771218421.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281444771218421/analysis --- ### [ts_112281415997212103](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281415997212103) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T14:40:42.408Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > “LEGAL ASSAULT ON AMERICA” **Video transcript** (1:56), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > While the anti-Trump crowd and all the journalists fight like hell to make this case seem as though it's credible, it's important for Americans to realize just how far their country has fallen. Our government's crusade to preserve its corrupt, self-serving agenda is threatening the most critical facets of our free society. They are risking it all to destroy one person, flagrantly politicizing our justice system. With all our institutions, including the state of New York, federal government, and media all perfectly aligned against Trump, that's how they get away with it. Polls show a majority of people believe that the charges against the former president are purely political. And yet nothing changes. Trump is about to have a criminal trial in a radically left county filled with people who know him and know they don't like him. And nothing changes. Nobody seems to care. A criminal case that's been turned down multiple times, including by the DOJ and the former Manhattan DA as well, the FEC, but Alvin Bragg is pushing forward anyways. Here was Alvin Bragg years ago while campaigning for the job that he has now. I'm the candidate in the race who has the experience with Donald Trump. I… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281415997212103) 9,370 likes · 2,942 reposts · 396 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112281415997212103.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281415997212103/analysis --- ### [ts_112281376788480848](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281376788480848) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T14:30:44.099Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Stephen Miller: “So when you hear them they say that democracy is on trial. They're right. Democracy is on trial. Freedom is on trial. The rule of law is on trial. All of these things are on trial. They're on trial with Donald Trump, because if Donald Trump is convicted then all of these principles are convicted and destroyed with him." **Video transcript** (0:40), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > >> It dignifies this assault to even pretend that there is a legal theory here. The only legal theory a question is tried to throw Joe Biden's political opponent behind bars. That is it. So when you hear them say that democracy is on trial, they're right. Democracy is on trial. Freedom is on trial. The rule of law is on trial. All these things are on trial. They're on trial with Donald Trump. Because if Donald Trump is convicted- >> We're on trial, Steven. >> Are convicted and destroyed with him. >> Steven Miller, you and I are on trial. Every single person watching is on trial right now, cuz if they can do this to someone, they can do it to anyone. That's a coined phrase, but think about that. 11,266 likes · 3,749 reposts · 607 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112281376788480848.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281376788480848/analysis --- ### [ts_112281357744662497](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281357744662497) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T14:25:53.517Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > @LaraTrump: “It's not Donald Trump that's truly on trial here, it is our very democracy...if they are willing to thwart to will of the American people and try to remove our choice for President of the United States, then the fabric of this country is irreparably damaged." **Video transcript** (0:41), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > >> It's not Donald Trump that's truly on trial here, it is our very democracy. Because yes, it is Donald Trump today that you will see sitting in a courtroom for this completely meritless clown show of a show trial. But the implications of this are far deeper for this country. Because if in America, we are able to just manipulate the law when convenient. If we allow violent criminals to go free and prosecute the innocent, if they are willing to thwart the will of the American people and try to remove our choice for president of the United States, then the fabric of this country is irreparably damaged. 22,296 likes · 6,385 reposts · 1,889 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112281357744662497.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281357744662497/analysis --- ### [ts_112281245310370797](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281245310370797) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T13:57:17.901Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > ELECTION INTERFERENCE! **Video transcript** (1:49), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Thank you very much. This is a trial that should have never been brought. It's a trial that is being looked upon, looked at all over the world, they're calling. They're looking at it and analyzing it. Every legal pundit, every legal scholar said this trial is a disgrace. We have a Trump-hating judge. We have a judge who should be on this case. He's totally conflicted, but this is a trial that should never happen. It should have been thrown out a long time ago. If you look at Jonathan Turner, Andy McCarthy, all great legal scholars, there's not one that we've been able to find that said this should be a trial. I called a, I was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense, some accountant. I didn't know. Marked it down as a legal expense. That's exactly what it was and you've been indicted over that. I should be right now in Pennsylvania, in Florida, in many other states, North Carolina, Georgia, campaigning. This is all coming from the Biden White House because the guy can't put two sentences together. He can't campaign. He's using this in order to try and win an election and it's not working that way. It's working the opposite way. So check it out, legal expense. It's cal… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281245310370797) 11,053 likes · 3,380 reposts · 691 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112281245310370797.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281245310370797/analysis --- ### [ts_112281243736533898](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281243736533898) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T13:56:53.912Z (UTC) · repost > RT @DevinNuneshttps://justthenews.com/accountability/media/trumps-truth-social-formally-launching-video-streaming-platform Reposted from @DevinNunes (Devin Nunes), 2024-04-16T13:52:47.243Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@DevinNunes/112281227575234301) > https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/trumps-truth-social-formally-launching-video-streaming-platform 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112281243466223847](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281243466223847) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T13:56:49.791Z (UTC) · repost > RT @DevinNunesYOUR VOICE… YOUR FREEDOM 🇺🇸https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/04/16/2863484/0/en/Truth-Social-to-Launch-Streaming-Platform.html Reposted from @DevinNunes (Devin Nunes), 2024-04-16T12:19:40.716Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@DevinNunes/112280861456606679) > YOUR VOICE… YOUR FREEDOM 🇺🇸 > https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/04/16/2863484/0/en/Truth-Social-to-Launch-Streaming-Platform.html 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112281159316815857](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112281159316815857) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T13:35:25.743Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 8,638 likes · 2,368 reposts · 561 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112280826822751186](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112280826822751186) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T12:10:52.287Z (UTC) > This conflicted, Trump Hating Judge won’t let me respond to people that are on TV lying and spewing hate all day long. He is running rough shod over my lawyers and legal team. The New York System of “Justice” is being decimated by critics from all over the World. I want to speak, or at least be able to respond. Election Interference! RIGGED, UNCONSTITUTIONAL TRIAL! Take off the Gag Order!!! 20,533 likes · 6,648 reposts · 2,089 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112280826822751186.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112280826822751186/analysis --- ### [ts_112280748886465731](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112280748886465731) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T11:51:03.038Z (UTC) > MY TRIAL IS AN ASSAULT ON AMERICA! 16,173 likes · 4,606 reposts · 1,409 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112280748886465731.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112280748886465731/analysis --- ### [ts_112278887750364539](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112278887750364539) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T03:57:44.391Z (UTC) > Join me in Wilmington, North Carolina—this Saturday, April 20th at 7:00 PM Eastern! Tickets: https://event.donaldjtrump.com/events/president-donald-j-trump-to-hold-a-rally-in-wilmington-north-carolina 13,818 likes · 3,711 reposts · 756 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112278887750364539.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112278887750364539/analysis --- ### [ts_112278112032366484](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112278112032366484) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T00:40:27.879Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > https://www.DonaldJTrump.com 15,200 likes · 3,765 reposts · 1,082 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112278112032366484/analysis --- ### [ts_112278108635413179](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112278108635413179) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T00:39:36.041Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Laura Ingraham: “They hope that keeping Donald Trump off the campaign trail…will all turn the tide for Biden in November…” **Video transcript** (0:54), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > They hope that keeping Donald Trump off the campaign trail and any sort of details that emerge, that will all turn the tide for Biden in November. You cannot risk after all the people actually choosing their own president. Can't do that. Especially when new polling shows that Trump is leading Biden in five of six swing states. Now according to echelon insights on behalf of the heritage foundation, he's up 10 in Georgia, seven in Nevada, six in Michigan and in Arizona, and he leads Biden by four in Pennsylvania. Biden nips Trump by one point in Wisconsin. And it must have killed Axios to report on a New York Times/Ciena college poll that was just out. The poll found a big increase, nine points, in registered voters who believe that Trump left the country better off. 14,203 likes · 3,873 reposts · 1,533 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112278108635413179.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112278108635413179/analysis --- ### [ts_112278091732015665](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112278091732015665) Truth Social · 2024-04-16T00:35:18.115Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Law Professor John Yoo: “It's pretty extraordinary...half of the jury pool already says that they're so biased against President Trump that they can't serve on the jury…” **Video transcript** (0:36), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > I think it's pretty extraordinary for, in the very first jury pool, before you interview anybody, half of the jury pool already says they're so biased against President Trump that they can't serve on the jury. This is what we call vaudevoir dire, where the lawyers and the judges ask questions of the potential jurors to ferret out any bias. Before we even get to do that, half the jury pool already says they're fully biased. That's only going to feed into, I think, Donald Trump's claim that the public integrity of the courts and the prosecutors is to be questioned as being biased and unfair against them. 14,354 likes · 4,482 reposts · 1,117 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112278091732015665.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112278091732015665/analysis ## For agents - Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt - API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json - MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth) - This day as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/date/2024-04-16 - Day analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/date/2024-04-16 - The posts alone, without the day analysis: https://trump.fm/date/2024-04-16.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. 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