# Posts from Monday, May 13, 2024

32 posts on 2024-05-13.

## Day analysis

Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2024-05-13/analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-11T12:15:21.626Z (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._

**Cohen Testifies, Trump Goes Silent: Nine Surrogate Quotes in Three Minutes Replace the Defendant's Voice**

Trump spent the day in a Manhattan courtroom as Michael Cohen — his former fixer — testified under oath that Trump personally directed the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. Trump's social media response was striking for what it lacked: his own voice. After a quiet late night with a Mother's Day message, a sneaker ad, and a jab at Whoopi Goldberg, his account went dark for nearly 16 hours during the trial. Then, at just after 5 PM, nine surrogate quotes from conservative commentators and politicians flooded his feed in under three minutes — all insisting the prosecution had no case, none engaging the actual testimony. The day closed with a lone "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" — a grandiose bookend to an otherwise defensive, proxy-mediated day.

- Posts analyzed: 15
- Dominant state: vulnerable
- Narrative arc: contamination
- Aggregate rage level: 0.04
- Max danger level: none
- Theme obsession: Hush money trial defense — Cohen testimony response
- Claims: 32 (13 false)
- Era: 2024 Campaign

# Daily Digest: May 13, 2024

## Location & Timezone

Trump was in Manhattan, New York for the ongoing criminal hush money trial. All analysis uses EDT (UTC−4).

## Chronological Narrative

### Phase 1: Late Evening, May 12 (9:48–10:01 PM EDT)

The day opens with two low-intensity posts from the prior evening. Post ts_112431262792502791 (9:48 PM) is a Mother's Day tribute — performative warmth with grandiose self-framing ("45th President of the United States"), moderate authorship probability (0.78). Post ts_112431313216651087 (10:01 PM) is a bare URL to the Trump sneaker line — almost certainly aide-posted (authorship 0.15), representing the ongoing commercial monetization apparatus that runs parallel to legal and political activity. Both posts are pre-trial-day maintenance: sentiment and commerce, neither engaging the looming Cohen testimony.

### Phase 2: Late-Night Displacement (1:22 AM EDT)

Post ts_112432104858669303 arrives at 1:22 AM — a retruth attacking Whoopi Goldberg ("Canada doesn't want you Whoopi, NOBODY DOES!!!"). This is the only substantive original Trump language of the entire day. The timing (late-night scrolling), the target (a chronic cultural enemy rather than a legal adversary), and the ALL CAPS absolutism ("NOBODY DOES!!!") are consistent with displacement behavior: trial-generated stress is redirected toward a safe, consequence-free target. The post shows no cognitive anomalies and is stylistically baseline Trump. The 1:22 AM timestamp does suggest the subject was awake later than optimal before a high-stakes trial day, though a single post does not constitute evidence of sustained sleep deprivation.

### Phase 3: The Silence (1:22 AM – 5:03 PM EDT)

A 15-hour, 41-minute gap follows — the longest silence of the day and the most diagnostically significant. This period encompasses the trial session during which Michael Cohen delivered testimony directly implicating Trump in directing the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels. The silence is likely multiply determined: physical presence in court, active gag order constraints, and likely legal counsel directive to avoid real-time reactive posting during the prosecution's star witness testimony. The absence of posting during maximal stress is itself a behavioral marker — Trump's characteristic response to narcissistic injury is immediate, vocal counterattack, and its suppression here signals external constraint rather than internal regulation.

### Phase 4: The Surrogate Barrage (5:03–5:06 PM EDT)

Nine posts in three minutes. This is the psychological core of the day.

Posts ts_112435802540177308 through ts_112435813974960599 constitute a coordinated proxy-defense operation unprecedented in density. The voices recruited span ideological and institutional categories:

- **Political allies:** Iowa AG Brenna Bird, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, Sen. Tim Scott
- **Conservative legal commentators:** Andrew McCarthy (×2), Mark Levin, Jonathan Turley, Matt Whitaker
- **Media figures:** Michael Smerconish (CNN), Marc Thiessen

Key characteristics of the barrage:

1. **Zero original Trump language.** Not a single word of original composition across nine posts. Every post is a direct quote from an external validator. This is the most complete self-erasure observed in Trump's posting record during the trial period.

2. **Uniform denial frame.** Every post denies the prosecution has established criminal conduct, despite Cohen's same-day testimony providing the prosecution's most direct evidentiary link. Leo Terrell: "not a single shred of evidence" (ts_112435803592775363). Whitaker: "nowhere close to allegations or evidence of illegality" (ts_112435811533278754). McCarthy: "not a scintilla of evidence" (ts_112435812523066533). These categorical denials were prospectively false on the day of posting and definitively falsified by the May 30 conviction on all 34 counts.

3. **Ideological diversity as manufactured consensus.** The inclusion of CNN's Smerconish alongside Fox contributors creates an artificial appearance of cross-partisan agreement — a rhetorical strategy designed to move the frame from "partisan complaint" to "objective legal assessment."

4. **Escalating institutional targets.** The posts move from questioning prosecutorial authority (Bird, Malliotakis) through evidentiary denial (Terrell, Whitaker) to systemic delegitimization (Levin's "Alice in Wonderland and 1984 combined," Turley's "day of infamy," Scott's "two-tiered Justice System"). This gradient suggests deliberate curation, likely by communications staff (probable Scavino involvement).

5. **Projection as dominant defense mechanism.** Tim Scott's accusation that the trial is "a stage to find Trump guilty in eyes of public" precisely describes the operation Trump's own nine-post barrage is conducting — managing public perception through volume saturation of favorable commentary.

6. **Single rage-flagged post.** Only ts_112435803264392022 (Malliotakis) registers rage (0.55), driven by the "SHAM TRIAL!" framing and Soros attribution. The broader barrage operates at moderate intensity (average 0.39) — anxious rather than enraged.

### Phase 5: Closing Reassertion (5:41 PM EDT)

Post ts_112435953760735348 — "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" — closes the day's posting with a grandiose identity-maintenance slogan. Authorship is near-zero (0.12), consistent with a scripted sign-off. Functionally, it serves as a psychological reset: after nine posts of defensive proxy-voicing, the slogan reasserts the grandiose political identity without engaging any substantive content. It is a punctuation mark, not a communication.

## Psychological State Analysis

### Dominant State: Vulnerable

Nine of fifteen posts reflect vulnerable narcissistic state — defensive, proxy-mediated, and anxiety-driven. The three grandiose posts (Mother's Day, sneakers, MAGA) are maintenance/commercial rather than authentically expansive. The day's psychological signature is not rage or grandiosity but *managed vulnerability under acute exposure threat*.

### State Transitions

The primary transition occurs between the late-night displacement phase (mixed/grandiose) and the afternoon barrage (vulnerable). The trigger is Cohen's testimony — the most direct evidentiary threat of the trial. The closing MAGA post represents a perfunctory return to grandiose framing but lacks the energy or elaboration of authentic grandiose states.

## Escalation Assessment

No traditional rage spiral is detected. The single rage-flagged post (0.55) is embedded within the surrogate barrage rather than marking the peak of an escalatory trajectory. The day's escalation is volumetric rather than emotional — nine posts in three minutes represents a *density* escalation, suggesting acute anxiety discharge, but the emotional register remains controlled (likely by external constraint rather than internal regulation).

## Theme Analysis

### Dominant Theme: Trial Defense/Delegitimization (9/15 posts, 60%)

The day is overwhelmingly organized around a single topic: denial and delegitimization of the hush money prosecution. This constitutes theme obsession by any reasonable metric — nine consecutive posts on a single subject, deployed in a three-minute window, with no deviation or topic-switching within the sequence.

### Secondary Themes
- **Maintenance/Self-Branding** (3 posts): Mother's Day, sneakers, MAGA
- **Cultural Displacement** (1 post): Whoopi Goldberg attack

### Theme Evolution
The day's thematic arc moves from scattered maintenance posting (evening/night) through a single displacement attack (1:22 AM) to monothematic trial defense (5:03–5:06 PM). The transition is abrupt rather than gradual, corresponding to the post-testimony release window.

## Contradiction Analysis

Internal contradictions within the surrogate barrage are minor but present:

- Marc Thiessen (ts_112435810850154643) implicitly concedes legal difficulty ("I don't think things are going well for the prosecution in the Court of Law") before pivoting to public opinion — mildly contradicting the absolute "not a shred of evidence" framing of other posts.
- Tim Scott (ts_112435813974960599) frames the trial as successfully damaging Trump's campaign, while other posts assert the prosecution has failed entirely.

These are tensions rather than stark contradictions, reflecting the difficulty of maintaining simultaneous frames of "the prosecution has no case" and "the prosecution is a political attack" — if there is truly no case, the political damage should be minimal.

## Hypomanic Indicators

- **Post count:** 15 posts — moderate volume, approximately 40th–50th percentile for Trump's daily output
- **Time span:** 9:48 PM May 12 to 5:41 PM May 13 EDT (19h 53m)
- **Latest post:** 1:22 AM EDT (mildly late but not extreme)
- **Earliest post:** 5:03 PM EDT (post-trial, not early morning)
- **Gap analysis:** 15h 41m gap during trial hours; 3-minute burst of 9 posts post-trial
- **Sleep deprivation evidence:** Minimal. The 1:22 AM post is a single data point; no evidence of sustained overnight posting. A reasonable sleep window (approximately 2 AM – 8 AM) is plausible.
- **Hypomanic episode threshold:** Not met. The 9-post burst is better explained by coordinated aide activity than individual hypomanic output. Overall volume is unremarkable.

## Narrative Arc: Contamination

The day follows a contamination arc — a dominant figure processed through an exposure event (criminal testimony by a former intimate), with no recovery or redemption within the day's posting. The narrative moves from normalcy (Mother's Day, commercial activity) through displacement (Whoopi attack) to pure defensive reaction (surrogate barrage). The closing MAGA slogan attempts but does not achieve narrative redemption; it reads as scripted closure rather than genuine restoration of the grandiose state.

## Event Correlation

### Michael Cohen Testimony (Primary Trigger)
Cohen's direct testimony — stating Trump knew about and directed the hush money payment — is the organizing event of the entire day. Nine of fifteen posts are direct responses. Reaction type is predominantly **defensive** (proxy denial, delegitimization) with one post trending **offensive** (Malliotakis's "SHAM TRIAL" and Soros attribution).

### Non-Response Events
Notably absent: any engagement with GameStop/meme stock surge, Israel's Rafah offensive, or Brazil flooding. The trial consumes the entire reactive bandwidth.

## Danger Assessment

- **Maximum danger level:** None (consistent across all 15 posts)
- **Stochastic terrorism pattern:** Not detected. The surrogate barrage targets the legal system and prosecution abstractly rather than directing hostility at specific individuals. The gag order may be constraining what would otherwise be more targeted rhetoric.
- **Institutional delegitimization:** High. Multiple posts frame the entire New York legal system as corrupt, politically motivated, and fundamentally illegitimate. While not acutely dangerous, this sustained delegitimization contributes to long-term erosion of institutional trust.

## Cognitive Assessment

- **Original language sample:** Extremely limited. Only the Whoopi post (ts_112432104858669303) contains substantive original Trump text, and it is a single sentence.
- **Complexity trend:** Cannot be assessed. The near-total absence of original language — itself a significant finding — means there is insufficient text for complexity analysis.
- **Cognitive concerns:** The primary concern is not cognitive decline but *cognitive absence* — the subject's voice has been entirely replaced by surrogate validators, raising questions about whether this reflects legal strategy, psychological withdrawal, or both.

## Authorship Analysis

Average authorship confidence across all 15 posts: 0.33 — the lowest plausible daily average, indicating this day's social media presence was overwhelmingly aide-managed. Only the Whoopi Goldberg post (0.82) and Mother's Day message (0.78) show probable authentic Trump authorship. The nine surrogate quotes average 0.26 authorship confidence, consistent with staff-curated content executed under directive rather than personal composition.

## Clinical Significance

May 13, 2024 is clinically significant not for what Trump said but for what he didn't say. On the day his former fixer delivered the prosecution's most damaging testimony, Trump's authentic voice disappeared entirely from his social media, replaced by a coordinated wall of surrogate denial. This pattern — the greater the narcissistic injury, the more complete the self-erasure through proxy voices — represents a measurable defensive response to exposure threat. The day documents a narcissistic system under maximum constraint: unable to counterattack (gag order), unable to flee (trial attendance), and unable to deny (sworn testimony), the system outsources its entire defensive operation to external validators while the self retreats behind their voices.

### Narrative

A contamination arc: the day moves from normalcy (Mother's Day sentiment, commercial promotion) through displacement (late-night cultural attack) to pure defensive reaction as Cohen's testimony forces a retreat behind surrogate voices. No redemption or recovery is achieved — the closing MAGA slogan is scripted punctuation, not genuine restoration. The dominant figure is processed as a defendant, and his authentic voice disappears entirely under the weight of the exposure event.

### Dominant themes

- Trial defense and prosecution delegitimization (1 post)
- Maintenance and self-branding (1 post)
- Cultural displacement attack (1 post)

### Contradictions that day

- [ts_112435810850154643](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435810850154643): Thiessen concedes legal difficulty: 'I don't think things are going well for the prosecution in the Court of Law'
  vs. [ts_112435803592775363](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435803592775363): Terrell asserts categorical absence of evidence: 'not a single shred of evidence that President Trump participated in a crime'
- [ts_112435813974960599](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435813974960599): Tim Scott frames trial as successfully damaging Trump politically: 'Objective is to keep Trump off the Campaign trail'
  vs. [ts_112435811533278754](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435811533278754): Whitaker asserts total prosecution failure: 'nowhere close to allegations or evidence of illegality'

### Cognitive concerns

- Near-total absence of original language — only one post (Whoopi Goldberg) contains substantive Trump-authored text
- Cannot assess cognitive complexity trend due to insufficient original language sample
- Voice replacement by surrogate validators may reflect legal strategy, psychological withdrawal, or both
- The single original-text post shows baseline Trump linguistic patterns with no anomalies

## Posts

### [ts_112436007807574783](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112436007807574783)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:55:26.228Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

18,778 likes · 4,353 reposts · 1,460 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_112436007247888978](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112436007247888978)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:55:17.687Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

15,371 likes · 3,087 reposts · 478 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_112436006668819962](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112436006668819962)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:55:08.853Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

14,725 likes · 2,836 reposts · 344 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_112436006069997702](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112436006069997702)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:54:59.715Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

13,614 likes · 2,526 reposts · 284 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_112436005425748136](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112436005425748136)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:54:49.885Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

13,316 likes · 2,491 reposts · 231 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_112436004776807602](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112436004776807602)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:54:39.982Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

13,139 likes · 2,470 reposts · 239 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_112435953760735348](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435953760735348)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:41:41.540Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

**Video transcript** (0:35), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> From Morristown to Mount Laurel, from Patterson to Pennington, and from Ocean City to Sea Isle to right here in Wildwood, New Jersey, it's been home to some of the toughest, smartest and most talented Americans ever to walk the face of the earth. With your support, we will go on to victory, the likes of which no one has ever seen before. And we will make America great again. God bless you all. Let's win this state. We're gonna win it.

15,767 likes · 4,360 reposts · 661 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112435953760735348.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435953760735348/analysis

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### [ts_112435813974960599](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435813974960599)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:06:08.552Z (UTC)

> Senator Tim Scott: “Objective is to keep Trump off the Campaign trail…[It’s a] two-tiered Justice System, Sham, and not a Courtroom - This is a stage to find Trump guilty in eyes of public – Shameful!”

14,848 likes · 3,754 reposts · 896 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112435813974960599.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435813974960599/analysis

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### [ts_112435813305456872](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435813305456872)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:05:58.335Z (UTC)

> Jonathan Turley: “Can't imagine any competent lawyer would not be embarrassed by what has happened in this Courtroom…This day is truly going to go down as a day of infamy for the New York Legal System. Watching this unfold in that Courtroom as a lawyer is really deeply disturbing…They keep on referring to these documents. The documents don’t move the ball. The documents show an NDA and a payment that’s not in dispute. They are not unlawful. They are not unlawful as a Federal Campaign Contribution.”

13,698 likes · 3,691 reposts · 482 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112435813305456872.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435813305456872/analysis

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### [ts_112435812523066533](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435812523066533)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:05:46.398Z (UTC)

> Andy McCarthy: “Bragg knows what he is doing is improper, completely political case. Maybe Merchan is having second thoughts…They haven't come close to proving that fraud has taken place, and they don't just have to prove that fraud has taken place, they have to prove that it was fraud that included a specific intent to commit another crime, ‘which we believe is a Federal Campaign Finance Crime’…But there's not a scintilla of evidence that Trump was even thinking about Federal Campaign Law.”

12,943 likes · 3,255 reposts · 366 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112435812523066533.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435812523066533/analysis

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### [ts_112435811533278754](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435811533278754)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:05:31.296Z (UTC)

> Matt Whitaker: “Another day of trial, and nowhere close to allegations or evidence of illegality.”

12,020 likes · 2,880 reposts · 247 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112435811533278754.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435811533278754/analysis

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### [ts_112435810850154643](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435810850154643)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:05:20.872Z (UTC)

> Marc Thiessen: “I don't think things are going well for the prosecution in the Court of Law, but in the Court of Public Opinion, they're doing even worse...Trump is rising in the Polls!”

12,428 likes · 2,934 reposts · 211 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112435810850154643.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435810850154643/analysis

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### [ts_112435807351429302](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435807351429302)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:04:27.482Z (UTC)

> Mark Levin: "A fraudulent intent is required to prove a crime. But a fraudulent intent to commit what crime? If Bragg cannot articulate the crime or won’t, how can Trump have had a criminal intent to commit it, whatever it is? This is Alice in Wonderland and 1984 combined! Let me put it as succinctly as possible: There’s no crime, State or Federal, with which to link Donald Trump...This is a case looking for a Legal basis. THERE IS NONE!"

12,126 likes · 3,214 reposts · 288 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112435807351429302.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435807351429302/analysis

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### [ts_112435806603699405](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435806603699405)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:04:16.076Z (UTC)

> Michael Smerconish, CNN: “A person, 4 or 5 weeks now into a trial, ought to be told of exactly that which they're being prosecuted for, and that just hasn't happened, and all of those who were on Radio and Television, like myself, act as if it is the case that we all know, and that Trump's been put on notice, but it really isn't true!"

10,837 likes · 2,760 reposts · 207 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112435806603699405.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435806603699405/analysis

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### [ts_112435805920258256](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435805920258256)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:04:05.645Z (UTC)

> Andrew McCarthy: “Bragg has no authority to enforce Federal Law...The NDA payments were not Campaign expenditures under Federal Law...That’s why the FEC and DOJ — which do have exclusive authority to enforce Federal Law — took no action against Trump...Bragg is making up his own version of Federal Campaign Law.”

10,675 likes · 2,795 reposts · 181 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112435805920258256.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435805920258256/analysis

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### [ts_112435803592775363](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435803592775363)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:03:30.128Z (UTC)

> Leo Terrell: "There is not a single shred of evidence that President Trump participated in a crime, either falsifying records, or to hide a Campaign State or Federal Finance charge."

11,026 likes · 2,726 reposts · 183 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112435803592775363.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435803592775363/analysis

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### [ts_112435803264392022](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435803264392022)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:03:25.120Z (UTC)

> Rep. Nicole Malliotakis: "The people of the State of New York would wish that Soros funded D.A. Alvin Bragg would focus on the ACTUAL crime that is plaguing our City. THIS IS A SHAM TRIAL!"

10,402 likes · 2,563 reposts · 167 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112435803264392022.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435803264392022/analysis

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### [ts_112435802540177308](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435802540177308)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:03:14.072Z (UTC)

> Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird: "Let the American People decide who the next Leader of the Free World will be. Politics has absolutely NO PLACE in this courtroom or any other."

10,309 likes · 2,494 reposts · 179 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112435802540177308.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435802540177308/analysis

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### [ts_112435798200719989](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435798200719989)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T21:02:07.882Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (6:44), 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 a terrible thing that's happening to democracy in this country, and we have a lot of them that want to come and say, "Just stay back and pass lots of laws to stop things like this." J.D. Vance, what's going on in that courtroom is a threat to democracy, and we could not have a country where we get to prosecute your political opponent instead of persuading voters A.G. Byrd, as you know, very highly respected from Iowa. Let the American people decide who the next leader of the free world will be. Politics is absolutely no place in this courtroom. This is all politics. Andy McCarthy, great legal analyst, said, "None of this is illegal. There's nothing illegal." It's called politics. There's nothing illegal. A lot of people say that they're all saying that. The only person who won't say it is the judge because it's a rigged deal. He's conflicted. You ought to check that out. But everybody's saying there's no crime. Leo Terrell, up until right now, there's not a single spread of evidence that President Trump participated in a crime of either falsifying records or hiding a campaign or state or federal finance judge. None of it. It's been absolutely nothing. Look, they're doi… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112435798200719989)

10,318 likes · 2,617 reposts · 473 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_112434367183964877](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112434367183964877)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T14:58:12.300Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (4:51), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> So, thank you very much. Greatly appreciate you being here. The New York Times just came out with a poll, and it shows us leading everywhere, by a lot. This is the cover story. And I think you'll find it very interesting, but I'm sure you've all read it. Leading in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, and Nevada. Nevada, where I'm leading, actually by 12 points, which is generally a Democrat state. I think we're probably leading in New Jersey. We had a rally over 100,000 people this weekend. A lot of the mainstream media didn't want to say how many people they didn't want covered. But, in fact, I don't think anybody did. I hear the crowd was not shown by the mainstream media, which is what they tell me, but that's far from the course. A couple of quotes that just came out. Fareed Zakari had no friend of mine. The Trump trial is politically motivated. I doubt the New York indictment would have been brought against a defendant whose name was knocked out on Trump. Mark Levin, great guy, brilliant man. Our judicial system has blown up. It's broken. Andrew McCarthy. Trump should be acquitted in Manhattan, wholly independent of the plethora of constitutional infirmities i… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112434367183964877)

16,039 likes · 4,633 reposts · 1,743 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_112432104858669303](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112432104858669303)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T05:22:51.887Z (UTC)

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/SilverKnight57/statuses/112431479913484366 Canada doesn’t want you Whoopi, NOBODY DOES!!!

21,501 likes · 5,670 reposts · 5,271 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112432104858669303.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112432104858669303/analysis

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### [ts_112432092846897090](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112432092846897090)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T05:19:48.603Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @1776WeThePeople1776HISTORIC IN A BLUE STATE!!PANIC DC PANIC!

Reposted from @1776WeThePeople1776 (Patriot4Life), 2024-05-13T02:03:39.218Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@1776WeThePeople1776/112431321528794100)

> HISTORIC IN A BLUE STATE!!
> PANIC DC PANIC!

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/431/321/496/342/932/original/2b2615ab07fb773f.jpg

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### [ts_112431318155056659](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112431318155056659)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T02:02:47.807Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @realDonaldTrumpTOO BIG TO RIG — MAGA2024!

Reposted from @realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump), 2024-05-12T13:27:11.970Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/112428347025486183)

> TOO BIG TO RIG — MAGA2024!

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/428/346/937/247/035/original/433cb6578b612d6c.jpg

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### [ts_112431313216651087](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112431313216651087)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T02:01:32.490Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> https://gettrumpsneakers.com/

**Video transcript** (0:32), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> (upbeat music) [MUSIC PLAYING]

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Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112431313216651087/analysis

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### [ts_112431262792502791](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112431262792502791)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T01:48:43.019Z (UTC)

> I hope that all of the incredible MOTHERS out there had an incredible day. You are the most special people of them all!!! ❤️Love, DONALD J. TRUMP, 45th President of the United States.

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Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112431262792502791.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112431262792502791/analysis

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### [ts_112431260680555218](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112431260680555218)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T01:48:10.824Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @MelaniaTrumpHappy Mother's Day! 🌸    https://melaniatrump.com

Reposted from @MelaniaTrump (Melania Trump), 2024-05-12T12:56:35.835Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@MelaniaTrump/112428226697060522)

> Happy Mother's Day! 🌸    https://melaniatrump.com

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/428/226/659/264/153/original/acb57038979d0863.jpg

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### [ts_112431215800188788](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112431215800188788)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T01:36:45.997Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @realDonaldTrumpGregg Jarrett—Legal Analyst, Fox News: “I think the most egregious case of all, of misconduct, is Jack Smith’s classified documents case in Florida…”

Reposted from @realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump), 2024-05-12T20:54:47.315Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/112430107021610633)

> Gregg Jarrett—Legal Analyst, Fox News: “I think the most egregious case of all, of misconduct, is Jack Smith’s classified documents case in Florida…”

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/430/106/596/287/702/original/8a17b3cdd2e7f0b6.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:

> I think the most egregious case of all of misconduct is Jack Smith's classified documents case in Florida. We've now learned from unredacted documents that Smith tampered with evidence and was forced to admit it to the judge. Yes, Your Honor, documents were altered. We manipulated those records and, oh, we destroyed exculpatory evidence that would have helped Donald Trump. He also admitted in a footnote, "Gee, I misled you and I deceived you, Your Honor." Separately, the FBI planted some of the evidence at the scene while classified cover sheets and then they staged photographs of it. That's not all. Turns out Joe Biden's White House engineered the charges against Trump, instructing the National Archives to file a criminal referral to Biden's Justice Department. And all the while Biden and his wackies were trying to cover up his own classified documents scandal. So, I mean, I think that is the worst abuse of justice. This is all so extraordinary, gentlemen. We'll talk, continue the conversation. Thank you, Matt Whitaker and Greg Jarrett.

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### [ts_112431215239491341](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112431215239491341)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T01:36:37.444Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @realDonaldTrump5/11/24 — WILDWOOD, NJ…

Reposted from @realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump), 2024-05-12T03:12:54.893Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/112425931564393926)

> 5/11/24 — WILDWOOD, NJ…

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/425/931/182/168/737/original/f2ec18c53bb1bf69.mp4

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### [ts_112431214805285652](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112431214805285652)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T01:36:30.814Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @realDonaldTrump5/11/24 — WILDWOOD, NJ…

Reposted from @realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump), 2024-05-12T03:08:32.401Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/112425914361872168)

> 5/11/24 — WILDWOOD, NJ…

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/425/914/086/425/524/original/a9a719f9eb937afc.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 1:00), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> (crowd cheers) (crowd cheers)

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### [ts_112431214522310156](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112431214522310156)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T01:36:26.497Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @realDonaldTrump5/11/24 — WILDWOOD, NJ…

Reposted from @realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump), 2024-05-12T11:40:58.885Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/112427929358700010)

> 5/11/24 — WILDWOOD, NJ…

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/427/929/094/722/210/original/74be8b721c010f79.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 0:30), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> [Music]

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### [ts_112431214179456803](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112431214179456803)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T01:36:21.266Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @realDonaldTrump5/11/24 — WILDWOOD, NJ…

Reposted from @realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump), 2024-05-12T11:41:28.539Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/112427931302111156)

> 5/11/24 — WILDWOOD, NJ…

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/427/930/706/076/841/original/a956dfefd6f31520.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 1:20), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]

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### [ts_112431213044796404](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112431213044796404)

Truth Social · 2024-05-13T01:36:03.955Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @TeamTrumpHAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

Reposted from @TeamTrump (Team Trump), 2024-05-12T14:16:29.099Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@TeamTrump/112428540823966762)

> HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/428/540/696/010/214/original/4c2a750c84ae204b.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 0:09), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> I also want to say Happy Mother's Day to all the moms in America, and especially to my wife, Melania. I'll be home in a little while.

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