# Posts from Tuesday, April 23, 2024 20 posts on 2024-04-23. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2024-04-23/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-11T15:31:36.130Z (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._ **Trial Under Siege: Rage Escalates Through Pecker Testimony Day as Gag Order Fuels Sustained Judicial Targeting Campaign** Trump spent the day consumed by his Manhattan criminal trial, where former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker was testifying about suppressing negative stories during the 2016 campaign. The mood started tense with a late-night burst of Fox News clips dismissing the case, then steadily darkened -- by midday he was attacking the judge by name and calling the proceedings a "kangaroo court," and by evening he had escalated to calling prosecutors "Biden Thugs" and labeling the DA corrupt. Brief attempts at counter-programming -- a Melania fundraiser headline, a meeting with Japan's former prime minister -- did little to interrupt the anger. The day's most striking feature was the sheer volume of named individual targeting: the judge, the DA, a specific attorney, and a New York Times reporter were all singled out with dehumanizing language broadcast to millions during an active criminal proceeding. - Posts analyzed: 15 - Dominant state: mixed - Narrative arc: contamination - Aggregate rage level: 0.55 - Max danger level: high - Escalation detected - Theme obsession: Manhattan criminal trial and judicial delegitimization - Claims: 29 (16 false) - Era: 2024 Campaign # Daily Psychological Digest: April 23, 2024 ## Context and Location Trump was in Manhattan for Week 2 of his criminal hush money trial. All times below are converted to EDT (UTC−4). The day's two primary external stressors were: (1) David Pecker's ongoing testimony detailing the "catch and kill" scheme with the National Enquirer, and (2) the New York Appellate Division's decision upholding Judge Merchan's gag order — eliminating Trump's primary psychological coping mechanism of direct narrative domination over adversaries. --- ## I. Temporal Pattern and Sleep Analysis **Posting Timeline (EDT):** - **April 22 evening:** 8:05 PM (maintenance post), then a dense late-night cluster at 11:28, 11:45, 11:46, 11:49, 11:51 PM - **April 23 morning:** 6:28 AM (single post) - **April 23 midday:** 10:57 AM, 11:00 AM (high-rage pair) - **April 23 afternoon/evening:** 3:21 PM, 4:03 PM, 4:35 PM, 5:18 PM, 5:42 PM, 6:20 PM (dense cluster) **Sleep Window:** Last post at 11:51 PM → first post at 6:28 AM = approximately 6.5 hours. This is a compressed but not alarming sleep window, consistent with trial-week stress rather than sleep deprivation. The late-night cluster (five posts in 23 minutes, 11:28–11:51 PM) suggests reactive Fox News consumption rather than insomnia-driven posting. The 6:28 AM start is early but within normal range for a trial day requiring Manhattan court appearance. **Hypomanic Assessment:** 15 posts across ~22 hours represents moderately elevated frequency (estimated 62nd percentile) but does not meet hypomanic thresholds. The posting pattern is contextually explained by trial stress and is reactive rather than pressured. No flight of ideas, no topic fragmentation beyond what is attributable to deliberate counter-programming strategy. --- ## II. Psychological State Tracking ### Dominant State: Mixed (Grandiose/Vulnerable Oscillation Under Sustained Legal Threat) The day's psychological signature is rapid oscillation between grandiose self-positioning and vulnerable/persecuted complaint, driven by the trial's dual assault on Trump's narcissistic economy: public exposure of alleged misconduct (Pecker testimony) and loss of retaliatory capability (gag order). ### State Arc by Phase **Phase 1 — Late-Night Proxy Campaign (11:28–11:51 PM EDT, April 22)** Posts ts_112318410681947058 through ts_112318501144713185 form a coherent five-post cluster deploying Jesse Watters as ventriloquist proxy. The sequence moves from offensive (mocking Biden's physical capacity) to defensive (elections are won at the ballot box, not courtrooms) to compensatory (polling superiority) to projective ("The Great Deflection"). This trajectory — offense → defense → supply → projection — is a textbook narcissistic injury management cycle compressed into 23 minutes. The Watters ventriloquist structure allows Trump to broadcast aggression while maintaining the plausible deniability his legal team likely requires during active proceedings. **Phase 2 — Displacement Morning (6:28 AM EDT)** Post ts_112320061756751047 (yen/dollar commentary) represents classic displacement: pivoting to a domain of claimed expertise (currency policy) while facing powerlessness in the courtroom. The post's grandiose self-presentation ("I spent a good deal of time telling Japan and China you can't do that") and epistemic flattery ("it sounds good to stupid people") are characteristic supply-seeking behaviors. The timing — first post of the trial day — suggests this serves as a psychological warm-up, reasserting competence before entering a setting that structurally subordinates him. **Phase 3 — Rage Escalation (10:57–11:00 AM EDT)** Posts ts_112321119728503760 and ts_112321129168247640 represent the day's first major escalation, posted in rapid succession (3 minutes apart). The Bragg post (rage 0.78, intensity 0.84) marshals 11 named conservative commentators to manufacture the appearance of expert consensus, while targeting attorney Pomerantz by name in ALL CAPS with implied prosecution threats. The Merchan post (rage 0.78, intensity 0.80, danger HIGH) is the day's most dangerous single output: naming the presiding judge as "HIGHLY CONFLICTED," demanding recusal, and labeling the proceedings a "KANGAROO COURT" — language that has been temporally correlated with documented threats against Merchan and his family. The two posts together constitute a dual-track judicial delegitimization salvo, targeting both the prosecutorial and judicial arms of the proceeding simultaneously. **Phase 4 — Afternoon Counter-Programming and Displacement (3:21–5:18 PM EDT)** This phase interleaves aide-authored image management (ts_112322320376878630, AGENDA47 education; ts_112322616372910493, Melania LGBT fundraiser) with authentic rage posting (ts_112322448940788766, "Maggot Hagerman" attack). The contrast is stark: the aide-authored posts are polished, hashtag-deployed, emotionally neutral campaign content, while the authentic posts feature dehumanizing epithets, reality distortion (claimed "thousands" turned away), and displacement onto the Columbia/NYU protests. The Melania post is a particularly notable outlier — seven words, zero emotional markers, maximum tonal distance from the surrounding rage — illustrating either deliberate staff counter-programming or the instability of narcissistic affect regulation under pressure. **Phase 5 — Peak Rage and Abrupt Compartmentalization (5:42–6:20 PM EDT)** Post ts_112322710811778440 (rage 0.85, intensity 0.87) is the day's peak: a sustained rhetorical sequence compressing charge inversion, DARVO, whataboutism, minimization, and dehumanization ("Biden Thugs") into a single output. This is followed just 38 minutes later by ts_112322859197465274 — a serene, low-intensity diplomatic notice about meeting former Japanese PM Taro Aso at Trump Tower. The tonal whiplash from 0.87 intensity to 0.08 intensity in 38 minutes is clinically significant, demonstrating either remarkable affective compartmentalization or (more likely) aide authorship of the Aso post while the authentic emotional state remains elevated. --- ## III. Escalation Analysis **Escalation Detected:** Yes — gradual, sustained escalation across the full day. The rage trajectory follows a clear upward arc: - **11:45 PM (April 22):** Rage 0.35 (proxy-mediated, moderate) - **10:57 AM:** Rage 0.78 (direct, naming Bragg and Pomerantz) - **11:00 AM:** Rage 0.78 (direct, naming Merchan, demanding recusal) - **4:35 PM:** Rage 0.70 (dehumanizing epithet for journalist) - **5:42 PM:** Rage 0.85 (peak — full DARVO sequence, "Biden Thugs") This represents a **gradual escalation from proxy-mediated dismissal to direct, high-intensity targeting** over approximately 18 hours (1,077 minutes). The escalation is contextually proportionate to the stressor magnitude (active corroborating testimony, gag order upheld, loss of narrative control) but grossly disproportionate as a response to legitimate legal proceedings. The escalation was not interrupted by the counter-programming attempts; rage returned to higher levels after each brief interlude. --- ## IV. Theme Analysis ### Primary Theme: Criminal Trial Delegitimization (9/15 posts) The trial dominates the day to the point of obsession. Nine posts directly address the proceedings, prosecution, judge, or trial-adjacent topics. The delegitimization operates through multiple vectors: expert consensus manufacturing, judicial conflict allegations, gag order victimhood, prosecution-as-persecution framing, and charge inversion (accusing the prosecution of "Election Interference" — the precise concept underlying his own charges). ### Secondary Theme: Named Individual Targeting (4 posts) Judge Merchan, DA Bragg, attorney Pomerantz, and journalist Haberman are all individually named and attacked. "Maggot Hagerman" (ts_112322448940788766) crosses from political attack into dehumanizing territory. Pomerantz is targeted with implied criminal prosecution threats (ts_112321119728503760). This pattern of specific, named targeting during active proceedings is consistent with documented stochastic terrorism dynamics. ### Tertiary Theme: Image Management (4 posts) Aide-authored posts (AGENDA47 education, Melania LGBT, Aso meeting) and the displacement post (yen/dollar) represent a deliberate dual-track strategy: suppress trial narrative on one channel while projecting agenda-setting authority and coalition-building on another. **Theme Obsession Assessment:** YES. The criminal trial consumes 60% of posts and effectively all authentic (non-aide) emotional energy. Even displacement posts (yen commentary, Columbia protests) are interpreted by the commentary as psychologically serving trial-anxiety management. The obsession is contextually explained but is nonetheless diagnostic of how thoroughly the trial has captured Trump's psychological economy. --- ## V. Contradiction Analysis ### Major Contradiction: Free Speech Suppression vs. Prolific Posting Post ts_112321129168247640 claims "I AM NOT ALLOWED TO DEFEND MYSELF" and asserts his "CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH" has been taken away. This is flatly contradicted by the day's output: 15 posts including direct attacks on the judge by name, the prosecutor by name, a specific attorney by name, and a journalist by dehumanizing epithet. The gag order narrowly restricts comments about jurors, witnesses, court staff, and prosecutors' family members — it does not impose the total speech suppression Trump's post describes. The performative contradiction is structurally invisible to followers who experience the complaint as authentic grievance rather than as evidence against its own premise. ### Moderate Contradiction: Universal Expert Consensus vs. Case Substance Engagement Post ts_112321119728503760 asserts "Every single Legal Scholar and Expert" says Bragg has "no case." Post ts_112322710811778440 then engages at length with the substance of the charges, arguing about the legal characterization of "legal expenses" — implicitly acknowledging the case has enough substance to require detailed rebuttal. If no case existed, the detailed rebuttal would be unnecessary. ### Moderate Contradiction: Crowd Suppression vs. Crowd Absence Post ts_112322448940788766 claims "thousands" were turned away by police stanchions — but the post is a response to Haberman reporting on crowd size, reframing potentially disappointing turnout as evidence of governmental suppression rather than insufficient support. --- ## VI. Danger Assessment ### Maximum Danger Level: HIGH (ts_112321129168247640) Seven of 15 posts (47%) carry elevated or higher danger ratings — an exceptionally high proportion indicating the day's output was saturated with institutional delegitimization and individual targeting. ### Stochastic Terrorism Pattern: PRESENT The day exhibits a sustained pattern consistent with stochastic terrorism dynamics: 1. **Named targeting:** Judge Merchan, DA Bragg, attorney Pomerantz, and journalist Haberman are individually named and attacked 2. **Dehumanizing language:** "Maggot Hagerman," "Biden Thugs," "Corrupt D.A." 3. **Institutional delegitimization:** "KANGAROO COURT," judicial conflict allegations, prosecution-as-persecution framing 4. **Mass amplification:** Broadcasting these frames to millions during an active criminal proceeding where documented death threats against Merchan and Bragg were already occurring 5. **Plausible deniability maintenance:** No direct incitement to violence; proxy structure (Watters quotes) and institutional framing ("the system is corrupt") allow followers to convert ambient delegitimization into individual threat without a traceable directive The convergence of acute narcissistic rage, named judicial targeting, gag order defiance, and a well-documented audience-amplified threat pattern makes April 23, 2024 one of the higher-risk posting days during the trial period. --- ## VII. Narrative Arc: Contamination The day follows a contamination arc: repeated attempts at grandiose self-positioning are progressively overwhelmed by trial-driven injury and rage. - **Opening gambit:** MAGA branding, polling superiority, currency expertise — the grandiose frame asserts electoral invincibility and policy mastery - **Progressive contamination:** Each return to the trial topic brings higher rage intensity (0.35 → 0.78 → 0.78 → 0.70 → 0.85) - **Failed interruptions:** Counter-programming posts (AGENDA47, Melania, Aso) fail to redirect the emotional trajectory; rage returns to higher levels after each interlude - **Culmination:** The peak-rage post (ts_112322710811778440) represents the complete triumph of the persecuted frame over the grandiose frame — the entire post is structured around victimhood, not dominance The abrupt pivot to the serene Aso meeting post (ts_112322859197465274) 38 minutes after peak rage represents either remarkable compartmentalization or aide-mediated conclusion to the day's authentic posting. It does not constitute genuine narrative resolution. --- ## VIII. Defense Mechanism Inventory The following defense mechanisms were identified across the day's output, listed by frequency: - **Projection** (8+ instances): Accusing prosecution of "Election Interference" (the charge against Trump), accusing Biden of "deflection," locating Trump's courtroom incapacitation in Biden's physical capacity - **Splitting** (7+ instances): Every institution, individual, and process is categorized as wholly corrupt or wholly legitimate with no gradation - **DARVO** (5+ instances): Systematic reversal of defendant/victim roles across multiple posts - **Denial/Distortion** (5+ instances): "No case," "EVERY" scholar agrees, "thousands" turned away, free speech "taken away" - **Displacement** (3 instances): Yen commentary, Columbia protests, Melania counter-programming - **Devaluation** (3 instances): "Maggot Hagerman," "stupid people," "Corrupt D.A." - **Rationalization** (2 instances): "What else would you call it?" re: legal expenses characterization --- ## IX. Cognitive Assessment No significant cognitive deviation from established baseline is observable across any post. Rhetorical complexity remains within normal parameters: the peak-rage post (ts_112322710811778440) sustains a multi-clause argumentative sequence across charge inversion, whataboutism, minimization, and crescendo — demonstrating intact executive function for rhetorical construction under emotional stress. Characteristic stylometric markers (irregular noun capitalization, five-dot ellipsis, rhetorical question structures, ALL CAPS crescendo patterns) are all consistent with longitudinal baseline. Emotional dysregulation is contextually driven by acute trial stress rather than indicative of organic cognitive decline. Complexity trend is assessed as **stable**. --- ## X. Veracity Assessment Of approximately 12 substantive factual claims across the day's posts, 7 are assessed as false or materially misleading: - "Polling Ahead of Biden on EVERY Major Issue" — Biden held consistent leads on abortion (FALSE) - "Every single Legal Scholar and Expert" says no case — a curated list of partisan commentators, not a representative sample (FALSE) - "Soros backed prosecutor" — materially misleading characterization of indirect PAC donation (MISLEADING) - Constitutional right to free speech "taken away" — gag order is narrow, not total suppression (FALSE) - "Thousands" turned away from courthouse — likely false, contradicted by reporting that prompted the claim (FALSE) - "Rigged and Stole the 2020 Presidential Election" — no evidence supports this claim (FALSE) - "Fully Discredited Russia Dossier" — some elements were discredited, others were corroborated; "fully" is false (MISLEADING) Average veracity score: 0.24/1.0 — among the lowest single-day scores, reflecting the epistemic distortion field generated by acute legal threat. --- ## XI. Synthesis April 23, 2024 represents a psychologically compressed day in which the Manhattan criminal trial — specifically David Pecker's corroborating testimony and the appellate court's gag order enforcement — functioned as sustained, multi-vector narcissistic injury. The psychological response followed a contamination arc: grandiose maintenance efforts were progressively overwhelmed by escalating rage, culminating in the day's most intense output at 5:42 PM EDT. The day's most clinically significant features are (1) the sustained pattern of named individual targeting during active proceedings, meeting the structural criteria for stochastic terrorism dynamics; (2) the rapid and repeated state oscillation between grandiose and vulnerable poles, indicating destabilized narcissistic regulation under trial stress; and (3) the performative contradiction between claiming total speech suppression while producing 15 posts including direct attacks on judicial actors — a contradiction structurally invisible to in-group audiences. Cognitive function remained within established baseline throughout. The dual-track communications strategy (authentic rage posts interleaved with aide-authored counter-programming) was operative but did not successfully contain the day's escalation trajectory. ### Narrative The day follows a contamination arc: early attempts at grandiose self-positioning (MAGA branding, polling superiority, currency expertise) are progressively overwhelmed by trial-driven narcissistic injury. Brief grandiose counter-programming punctuates the afternoon (AGENDA47, Melania headline, Aso meeting), but each interlude is immediately consumed by escalating rage directed at named judicial actors. The day's trajectory moves inexorably from displacement and proxy-mediated dismissal toward direct, high-intensity attacks on the judge, prosecutor, and press, culminating in the most intense post of the day at 5:42 PM EDT before an abrupt pivot to serene diplomatic display. ### Dominant themes - Criminal trial delegitimization (1 post) - Named individual targeting and dehumanization (1 post) - Electoral superiority and polling (1 post) - Image management and counter-programming (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [ts_112321129168247640](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112321129168247640): I AM NOT ALLOWED TO DEFEND MYSELF - constitutional right to free speech taken away vs. [ts_112322710811778440](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322710811778440): Posts 15 times in the same day including direct attacks on the judge, DA, and named individuals - exercising the very speech claimed to be suppressed - [ts_112321119728503760](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112321119728503760): Every single Legal Scholar and Expert said that Bragg has no case vs. [ts_112322710811778440](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322710811778440): Argues at length about the substance of the charges (legal expenses characterization), implicitly acknowledging the case has enough substance to require detailed rebuttal - [ts_112322448940788766](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322448940788766): Thousands of people were turned away from the Courthouse by police - implying massive supportive crowds vs. [ts_112322448940788766](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322448940788766): The post itself is a response to Haberman reporting on disappointing crowd turnout - the suppression narrative inverts observed reality ### Cognitive concerns - No significant deviation from established cognitive baseline across any post - Rhetorical complexity remains within normal parameters — sustained multi-clause argumentation intact - Characteristic stylistic markers (irregular capitalization, ellipsis patterns, rhetorical question structures) are consistent with longitudinal baseline - Emotional dysregulation is contextually driven (trial stress) rather than indicative of cognitive decline - The five-dot ellipsis and crescendo ALL CAPS patterns in peak-rage posts are longstanding stylistic features, not novel markers ## Posts ### [ts_112322859197465274](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322859197465274) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T22:20:15.429Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > It was my great honor to welcome former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso — at Trump Tower this evening! **Video transcript** (1:57), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > (audience chattering) From Japan, many from Japan. - Oh really, that's too bad. - Very popular man, you know that, right? - Yes. - You too. - Great, great. - You too. - You look well. - Yes, I like that. - We'll go up, have a little talk. Any questions or anything? - What do you think about the significance of Mr. Hassel coming all over from, all over to pay a visit to you at this time around? - Well, he's a highly respected man in Japan and beyond. And somebody that I've liked and I've known through our very dear friend, right? Shinzo, we love Shinzo. - Yes. - And who was a great man, by the way. He was a great, great man. But we got to know each other, we like each other, and we'll be talking about Japan and the United States right now, and lots of other things also. But highly respected, it's a great honor to have him. - What is your message to the Japanese people? - To the people of Japan? It's a great country, you're doing very well. Shinzo was a great friend of mine, he was a great, he was truly a great man and somebody that we all respected and we really loved. And I miss him greatly, I miss him greatly. But we really admire the people of Japan, thank you. Thank you, everybo… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322859197465274) 21,979 likes · 5,457 reposts · 1,042 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112322859197465274.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322859197465274/analysis --- ### [ts_112322710811778440](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322710811778440) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T21:42:31.272Z (UTC) > I am being accused of Election Interference in a trial being presided over by a Corrupt D.A. and a ridiculously Conflicted Judge, representing people who Rigged and Stole the 2020 Presidential Election, and paid millions of dollars for the Fake and Fully Discredited Russia Dossier…..And they’re after me because a bookkeeper marked down “Legal Expense” in a Ledger when describing Legal Fees paid to a lawyer. What else would you call it? The Biden Thugs call it Falsifying Business Records. THIS FAKE CASE SHOULD BE DROPPED, IMMEDIATELY! 22,270 likes · 6,701 reposts · 2,577 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112322710811778440.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322710811778440/analysis --- ### [ts_112322616372910493](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322616372910493) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T21:18:30.258Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > “MELANIA TRUMP HEADLINES FUNDRAISER FOR LGBT GROUP” **Video transcript** (3:32), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > My next guest serves as a co-chair of this weekend's event. He has been involved for a long time in conservative politics. Bill White is CEO of the Constellations Group in Florida. Bill, welcome. Good to have you back. Hi, Martha, great to be with you. So tell us a little bit about this event and about what the purpose was and why it was important that the former first lady was part of this. What's the big message here? Well, I think the big message was this was her first solo event. She does many events with President Trump. We're members of Mar-a-Lago. They're together all the time. You could never keep up with President Trump going to every single event. He is superhuman, if I could say that. But our first event with Mrs. Trump was her wanting to launch the most aggressive outreach to LGBT and suburban women voters in the history of a Republican presidential candidacy. And we actually had a small room because there was a lovely wedding going on at Mar-a-Lago. And we sold the event out in 36 hours. We had hundreds of people who wanted to come and meet the first lady and experience this amazing opportunity to hear from her. And she gave a phenomenal speech about unity, about bring… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322616372910493) 12,099 likes · 3,326 reposts · 1,502 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112322616372910493.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322616372910493/analysis --- ### [ts_112322448940788766](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322448940788766) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T20:35:55.410Z (UTC) > Thousands of people were turned away from the Courthouse in Lower Manhattan by steel stanchions and police, literally blocks from the tiny side door from where I enter and leave. It is an armed camp to keep people away. Maggot Hagerman of The Failing New York Times, falsely reported that I was disappointed with the crowds. No, I’m disappointed with Maggot, and her lack of writing skill, and that some of these many police aren’t being sent to Columbia and NYU to keep the schools open and the students safe. The Legal Scholars call the case a Scam that should never have been brought. I call it Election Interference and a personal hit job by a conflicted and corrupt Judge who shouldn’t be allowed to preside over this Political Hoax. New York Justice is being reduced to ashes, and the World is breathlessly watching. Hopefully, Appellate Courts can save it, and all of the companies that are fleeing to other jurisdictions. They can no longer take a chance on New York Justice! 17,988 likes · 5,399 reposts · 2,210 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112322448940788766.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322448940788766/analysis --- ### [ts_112322320376878630](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322320376878630) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T20:03:13.704Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > The time has come to reclaim our once great educational institutions from the radical left. #AGENDA47 **Video transcript** (2:40), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > For many years, tuition costs at colleges and universities have been exploding. And I mean absolutely exploding. While academics have been obsessed with indoctrinating America's youth, the time has come to reclaim our once great educational institutions from the radical left, and we will do that. Our secret weapon will be the college accreditation system. It's called accreditation for a reason. The accreditors are supposed to ensure that schools are not ripping off students and taxpayers, but they have failed totally. When I return to the White House, I will fire the radical left accreditors that have allowed our colleges to become dominated by Marxists, maniacs, and lunatics. We will then accept applications for new accreditors who will impose real standards on colleges once again and once and for all. These standards will include defending the American tradition and Western civilization, protecting free speech, eliminating wasteful administrative positions that drive up costs incredibly, removing all Marxists, diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucrats, offering options for accelerated and low-cost degrees, providing meaningful job placement and career services, and implementin… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322320376878630) 15,306 likes · 4,580 reposts · 855 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112322320376878630.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322320376878630/analysis --- ### [ts_112322154546110053](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322154546110053) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T19:21:03.267Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/112321129168247640 Reposted [ts_112321129168247640](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112321129168247640) (2024-04-23T15:00:17.282Z (UTC)) > HIGHLY CONFLICTED, TO PUT IT MILDLY, JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN, HAS TAKEN AWAY MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. EVERYBODY IS ALLOWED TO TALK AND LIE ABOUT ME, BUT I AM NOT ALLOWED TO DEFEND MYSELF. THIS IS A KANGAROO COURT, AND THE JUDGE SHOULD RECUSE HIMSELF! **Video transcript** (3:06), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > (inaudible) - Well, I think the gag order is totally in constitution. Can't even allow articles to be put in. As an example, these are articles that were over the last day and a half. They're very good articles. They say the case is a sham, and it shouldn't be tried. It shouldn't have been submitted. And I don't even know if you're allowed to put them in. We have a gag order, which to me is totally unconstitutional, I'm not allowed to talk, but people are allowed to talk about me. So they can talk about me, they can say whatever they want, they can lie, but I'm not allowed to say anything. I just have to sit back and look at why a conflicted judge has ordered me to have a gag order. I don't think anybody's ever seen anything like this. I'd love to talk to you people. I'd love to say everything that's on my mind, but I'm restricted because I have a gag order. And I'm not sure that anybody's ever seen anything like this before. And even having to do with articles, somebody writes an article. If I read any one of these articles in complete, I read some of it, and I'll look at headlines, all good headlines, and the case is a sham. But I can't read the whole thing. I'd be reading, this… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322154546110053) 13,584 likes · 4,016 reposts · 1,002 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112322154546110053/analysis --- ### [ts_112321129168247640](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112321129168247640) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T15:00:17.282Z (UTC) > HIGHLY CONFLICTED, TO PUT IT MILDLY, JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN, HAS TAKEN AWAY MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. EVERYBODY IS ALLOWED TO TALK AND LIE ABOUT ME, BUT I AM NOT ALLOWED TO DEFEND MYSELF. THIS IS A KANGAROO COURT, AND THE JUDGE SHOULD RECUSE HIMSELF! 42,476 likes · 11,805 reposts · 5,305 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112321129168247640.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112321129168247640/analysis --- ### [ts_112321119728503760](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112321119728503760) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T14:57:53.268Z (UTC) > Every single Legal Scholar and Expert said that Soros backed prosecutor, Alvin Bragg, has “no case.” This list includes Jonathan Turley, Gregg Jarrett, Byron York, Andrew McCarthy, Mark Levin, Alan Dershowitz, Mike Davis, David Rivkin, Kristin Shapiro, Brad Smith, Andrew Cherkasky, and many more. SO WHY WON’T THEY DROP THIS CASE? Alvin Bragg never wanted to bring it - thought it was a joke. Was furious at lawyer MARK POMERANTZ (will he be prosecuted?) for what he did! 18,844 likes · 5,489 reposts · 1,227 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112321119728503760.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112321119728503760/analysis --- ### [ts_112320840445281843](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112320840445281843) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T13:46:51.715Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (2:37), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Are you going to keep posting on the website? So thank you very much. It's a big day in Pennsylvania, and we hope the people get out there and vote. It's important to vote to let them know that we're coming on November 5th. We're coming big. Today is preliminary, but still it's very important. And maybe they'll think also about the very good person who's running for the Senate in Pennsylvania, Dave McCormick, and he's doing a good job. He's working very hard. A successful man wants to put his success to the country. He'll be a very good senator. So hopefully they'll be behind Dave and get out there and vote today. So offensively, you get out and vote. What's going on at the college level? I mean, colleges, Columbia, NYU, and others is a disgrace. And it's really on Biden. He has the wrong signal. He's got the wrong tone. He's got the wrong words. He doesn't know who he's backing. And it's a mess. And if this were me, it'd be after me. It'd be after me so much, but to try to give him a pass. What's going on is a disgrace to our country. And it's all Biden's fault and everybody knows it. He's got no message. He's got no compassion. He doesn't know what he's doing. He can't put two se… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112320840445281843) 21,330 likes · 5,688 reposts · 1,139 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112320685928920584](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112320685928920584) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T13:07:33.982Z (UTC) · 3 media attachments 11,063 likes · 3,573 reposts · 475 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112320061756751047](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112320061756751047) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T10:28:49.905Z (UTC) > The Dollar has just hit a 34 year high against the Yen, a total disaster for the United States. When I was President, I spent a good deal of time telling Japan and China, in particular, you can’t do that. It sounds good to stupid people, but it is a disaster for our manufacturers and others. They are actually unable to compete and will be forced to either lose lots of business, or build plants, or whatever, in the “smart” Countries. This is what made Japan and China into behemoths years ago. I put limits on both (and others!), and if they violated those limits, there was hell to pay. Biden has let it go. Watch them now pick apart the U.S. It will be an open field day. Don’t let this happen Crooked Joe. Wake up and smell the roses! 19,114 likes · 5,941 reposts · 1,252 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112320061756751047.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112320061756751047/analysis --- ### [ts_112318501144713185](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112318501144713185) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T03:51:56.821Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > “The Great Deflection” **Video transcript** (0:28), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > If you care about the way America is perceived around the world, you should be enraged that Donald Trump is on trial in New York. These are the types of election-year shenanigans that happen in other countries, in third-world autocracies, not in the United States. Come on. But his press minions are ecstatic. Anything to avoid covering the border, or gas prices, or food prices. 14,625 likes · 4,068 reposts · 743 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112318501144713185.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112318501144713185/analysis --- ### [ts_112318490757445645](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112318490757445645) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T03:49:18.326Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > “Trump Polling Ahead of Biden on EVERY Major Issue” **Video transcript** (0:16), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > former President Donald Trump pulling ahead of Biden on every major issue. Look at that. Looking back, voters remember the Trump term and stacked up against the Biden term. It's no contest. Voters should put aside all the chaos and just look at the Biden and Trump terms on paper. 17,177 likes · 4,233 reposts · 622 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112318490757445645.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112318490757445645/analysis --- ### [ts_112318480333600803](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112318480333600803) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T03:46:39.268Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Jesse Watters: “Elections are won at the ballot box—not in the court room.” **Video transcript** (0:07), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Elections are one of the ballot box not in the courtroom, but this year Trump might win in both 16,184 likes · 4,034 reposts · 592 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112318480333600803.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112318480333600803/analysis --- ### [ts_112318475515575024](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112318475515575024) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T03:45:25.748Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Jesse Watters: “How do you campaign for President if you can’t move or talk?” **Video transcript** (0:25), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > How do you campaign for president if you can't move or talk? I should be in Georgia now. I should be in Florida now. I should be in a lot of different places right now campaigning. And I'm sitting here. And this will go on for a long time. It's very unfair. And I should be allowed to campaign. And whoever heard of this, he had indicted for that. People on the court just said to me, "I can't believe it. This is the case." 14,297 likes · 3,715 reposts · 685 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112318475515575024.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112318475515575024/analysis --- ### [ts_112318410681947058](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112318410681947058) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T03:28:56.470Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > “TRUMP V. BIDEN IN PENNSYLVANIA” **Video transcript** (1:22), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > (upbeat music) - It's not like any random persuadable voter can just walk off the street and come. Everybody was very carefully screened. - We want Trump! We want Trump! We want Trump! - When you drive around the area, you see a lot of Trump signs. Not very many Biden signs. - We want Trump! We want Trump! (beep) (crowd chattering) (crowd cheering) - They never found the body because it used to be there were a lot of cannibals for real in that part of New Guinea. I was in there one of those eight by 10 bathrooms, you know, they had. I got a towel on me and shaving cream. - We will make America powerful again. And we will make America great again. - I made it clear to Israelis, don't move on Haifa. It's just not, I mean, anyway, I just. - I will prevent World War Three. - Are you ready to choose freedom over democracy? Because that's America. - People of Pennsylvania are going to tell Crooked Joe, you're fired, get out, you're fired. (crowd cheering) 15,488 likes · 4,353 reposts · 600 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112318410681947058.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112318410681947058/analysis --- ### [ts_112318203293576658](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112318203293576658) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T02:36:11.998Z (UTC) · repost > RT @realDonaldTrumpThis is a Biden Witch Hunt to keep me off the campaign trail… Reposted from @realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump), 2024-04-22T19:31:01.900Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/112316531468383034) > This is a Biden Witch Hunt to keep me off the campaign trail… - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/316/531/437/332/782/original/2b47e8a4756ab004.mp4 **Video transcript** (reposted clip, 0:13), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > -This is a Biden witch hunt to keep me off the campaign trail. So far, it's not working because my poll numbers are higher than they've been because the public understands that it's a witch hunt. 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112318202059788632](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112318202059788632) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T02:35:53.173Z (UTC) · repost > RT @realDonaldTrumpJonathan Turley: "The fact that we are actually talking about this case being presented in a New York courtroom, leaves me in utter disbelief." Reposted from @realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump), 2024-04-22T19:32:56.471Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/112316538977046615) > Jonathan Turley: "The fact that we are actually talking about this case being presented in a New York courtroom, leaves me in utter disbelief." - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/316/538/939/811/131/original/96930bd66590b82f.mp4 **Video transcript** (reposted clip, 0:41), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > here is in this case trump is right media this is an embarrassment made the fact that we are actually talking about this case being presented in a new york courtroom leaves me in other disbelief the the arguments today did in fact capture all the problems here you know you had this misdemeanor under state law where they had run out this is going back to related to the two thousand sixteen election and they zapped it back into life by alleging that there was a campaign finance violation under the federal laws that doesn't exist the department justice doesn't view it this way 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112318192993905066](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112318192993905066) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T02:33:34.842Z (UTC) · repost > RT @WashingtonExaminerPro-Palestine supporters at Columbia University confront Jewish students “to push them out of camp”https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2973725/pro-palestine-supporters-at-columbia-university-reportedly-confront-jewish-students-to-push-them-out-of-camp/ Reposted from @WashingtonExaminer (Washington Examiner), 2024-04-22T08:37:04.593Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@WashingtonExaminer/112313960007330862) > Pro-Palestine supporters at Columbia University confront Jewish students “to push them out of camp” > https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2973725/pro-palestine-supporters-at-columbia-university-reportedly-confront-jewish-students-to-push-them-out-of-camp/ 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112317608997134304](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112317608997134304) Truth Social · 2024-04-23T00:05:03.725Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://www.DonaldJTrump.com **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 want to take away my freedom because I will never let them take away your freedom. It's very simple. They want to silence me because I will never let them silence you. They want you silent. And I am the only one that can save this nation because you know they're not coming after me, they're coming after you, and I just happen to be standing in their way and I will never be moved. On November 5th, 2024, justice will be done. We will take back our country and we will make America great again. Thank you. God bless you all. Thank you. Thank you very much. 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