# Posts from Friday, May 17, 2024 39 posts on 2024-05-17. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2024-05-17/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-11T11:39:49.098Z (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 Responds With 15-Post Quote Barrage and Fantasies of Case Dismissal** Trump spent the day almost entirely focused on his Manhattan criminal trial, where Michael Cohen testified as the prosecution's star witness and directly implicated him in directing the hush money payment. The response was a coordinated flood of favorable legal commentary from conservative pundits — 15 quote-relay posts in under five minutes during the evening — followed by a late-night post predicting (incorrectly) that the DA would drop the case. A brief, warm mention of attending Barron's high school graduation was the day's only departure from trial fixation, and campaign-mode posts about debate acceptances occupied the afternoon before the evening brought another wave of trial commentary. The mood was predominantly defensive, occasionally angry, and punctuated by bursts of unearned confidence. - Posts analyzed: 31 - Dominant state: mixed - Narrative arc: contamination - Aggregate rage level: 0.39 - Max danger level: elevated - Escalation detected - Theme obsession: Manhattan criminal trial / Michael Cohen testimony - Claims: 71 (28 false) - Era: 2024 Campaign # Daily Psychological Digest: May 17, 2024 ## Location & Timezone Context Trump was in Palm Beach, Florida for the morning (Barron's graduation at Oxbridge Academy), then traveled to Minnesota for the state GOP annual dinner in the evening. All local-time analysis uses EDT (UTC-4) for pre-travel posts and CDT (UTC-5) for evening posts. The 31 posts span from 8:01 PM EDT May 16 through 7:51 PM EDT / 6:51 PM CDT May 17. ## I. Psychological State Tracking ### Dominant State: Mixed The day oscillates between **vulnerable narcissism** (trial-defensive posts constituting ~65% of output) and **grandiose narcissism** (rally gratitude, graduation pride, debate posturing at ~25%), with the remaining ~10% in a mixed register combining both simultaneously. ### State Transitions **Transition 1: Vulnerable → Mixed (10:42 PM EDT May 16)** The evening's 15-post quote barrage (ts_112453664883178027 through ts_112453680729830860) maintained a consistently vulnerable-defensive posture — pure proxy voices, zero original language, systematic prosecution delegitimization. At 10:42 PM, post ts_112454123278298403 broke this pattern with an authentic, high-rage eruption fantasizing about Bragg dropping the case. This represents a shift from managed vulnerability to mixed state: simultaneously the persecuted victim ("Soros backed D.A.") and the inevitable victor ("is going to drop this ridiculous... CASE"). The trigger was cumulative pressure from hours of defensive posting about Cohen's testimony without psychological resolution. **Transition 2: Mixed → Grandiose (9:42 AM EDT May 17)** After an 11-hour posting gap (normal sleep), post ts_112456719357669200 ("Going to Barron's High School Graduation. Great student, wonderful boy!") represents a clean affective discontinuity — no residual trial anxiety, no defensive posturing. This compartmentalization is clinically notable: the subject pivots from existential legal threat to paternal warmth with zero contamination between registers. **Transition 3: Grandiose → Vulnerable (6:12 PM EDT / 5:12 PM CDT May 17)** The afternoon grandiose phase (debate acceptances, rally gratitude, Minnesota dinner) collapses at ts_112458723231239635 when the posting pattern returns to trial commentary. By ts_112458726422720057 (Jarrett quote), the vulnerable-defensive register is fully re-engaged, continuing through the day's final post. ## II. Escalation Detection ### Escalation Detected: Yes The day exhibits a **double-peaked escalation pattern** rather than a single rage spiral: **Peak 1 (Primary):** The evening of May 16 EDT builds from moderate-intensity quote amplification (0.20-0.62 intensity across 15 posts) to the authentic rage post ts_112454123278298403 at intensity 0.84 and rage 0.72. This represents the maximum psychological pressure point — Cohen's testimony had been processed for several hours, the quote-defense strategy proved psychologically insufficient, and authentic rage broke through the managed communications facade. **Peak 2 (Secondary):** The evening of May 17 EDT builds more modestly from bare links and low-intensity quotes to ts_112459013772870699 at intensity 0.72 and rage 0.72. This second peak features the "virtually universal agreement" false-consensus claim and demands for apologies — suggesting the narcissistic wound from Cohen's testimony remained unresolved 24 hours later. **Trajectory:** Gradual within each cluster, with the authentic posts serving as pressure-release spikes after sustained proxy-voice deployment proves emotionally insufficient. The rage was disproportionate to the stimulus only in the sense that it was misdirected — the actual threat (Cohen's factual testimony) was never directly engaged. Instead, rage was displaced onto institutional targets (Bragg, Merchan, "the system") while Cohen himself went entirely unnamed across all 31 posts. ## III. Theme Analysis ### Theme 1: Trial Delegitimization (20/31 posts, 64.5%) The dominant theme by overwhelming margin. Posts attacked the prosecution's jurisdiction, the judge's impartiality, the DA's motives, and the proceeding's fundamental legitimacy — while never once addressing Michael Cohen's actual testimony. This omission is the day's most psychologically significant feature: the substance of the threat was rendered invisible through systematic displacement. ### Theme 2: Grandiose Supply-Seeking (8/31 posts, 25.8%) Rally crowd celebration (ts_112453491090987207), Barron's graduation (ts_112456719357669200, ts_112457799305357788), generic MAGA gratitude (ts_112457811490280393, ts_112458601725419470), polling leads (ts_112453672881104389), voter testimonials (ts_112453674828557395), and Minnesota dinner (ts_112458604384687568). ### Theme 3: Campaign Positioning (2/31 posts, 6.5%) Debate acceptances (ts_112458208082609897, ts_112458342477102142) projecting confidence and initiative during active criminal proceedings — the "normal candidate" counter-programming strategy. ### Theme 4: Presidential Immunity (1/31 posts, 3.2%) The ALL CAPS immunity argument (ts_112458730143296415) connects the Manhattan trial to the pending SCOTUS immunity case, elevating personal legal jeopardy to constitutional principle. ### Theme Evolution The day opens with trial defense, briefly pivots to family/campaign grandiosity during daytime hours, then returns to trial defense by evening — a contamination arc where the trial anxiety never fully releases its hold on the posting agenda. ### Obsession Assessment With 20 of 31 posts dedicated to a single topic (Manhattan trial delegitimization), and the topic dominating both the opening and closing clusters despite an intervening family event and campaign activities, this meets the threshold for **thematic obsession**. The inability to sustain non-trial content for more than a few hours before reverting is diagnostic. ## IV. Contradiction Detection ### Contradiction 1 (Moderate): Conspiracy Origin Post ts_112454123278298403 attributes the prosecution to "Soros backed D.A., Alvin Bragg" while ts_112459013772870699 claims the trial was "instigated and prosecuted directly from the inner halls of the White House and DOJ." These are mutually inconsistent theories of the prosecution's origin — one posits a billionaire donor's puppet, the other a presidential administration's directed operation. Both cannot be the primary causal explanation. ### Contradiction 2 (Major): Prosecution Intent vs. Predicted Collapse Post ts_112453678118467773 describes "blatant Lawfare" by opponents who will stop at nothing, while ts_112454123278298403 predicts Bragg "is going to drop this ridiculous... CASE" to "save... the self respect of his once revered Office." A politically motivated prosecutor engaged in "blatant Lawfare" would not voluntarily abandon the prosecution for reputational reasons. This contradiction reveals wish-fulfillment distortion overriding the subject's own persecution framework. ### Contradiction 3 (Minor): Consensus Manufacturing Post ts_112459013772870699 claims "virtually universal agreement" that the case should be dropped, yet the communications strategy required marshaling 10+ individual commentators across multiple outlets to construct that appearance of consensus. Genuine universal agreement would not require a 15-post evidence compilation. ## V. Hypomanic Indicators ### Posting Frequency 31 posts in a UTC calendar day. Adjusting for local time, the distribution is approximately 16 posts in the evening of May 16 EDT and 15 posts on May 17 EDT. This is elevated but within the upper range of Trump's trial-period baseline. ### Time Gaps The 15-post evening cluster (00:45-00:49 UTC) was posted in approximately 4 minutes — a rate of nearly 4 posts per minute. This virtually confirms pre-staged batch posting by staff rather than real-time composition, which precludes using this cluster as evidence of manic production. ### Sleep Window Last post: 10:42 PM EDT (02:42 UTC). First post next activity: 9:42 AM EDT (13:42 UTC). This 11-hour gap is consistent with normal sleep patterns and provides no evidence of sleep deprivation. ### Assessment **Hypomanic episode: No.** While post volume is elevated, the batch-posting pattern indicates staff coordination rather than pressured output. The 11-hour overnight gap shows normal sleep architecture. The elevated volume is better explained by the acute situational stressor (Cohen testimony) than by mood-state pathology. ## VI. Narrative Arc: Contamination The day follows a **contamination arc** — a structure in which a dominant threat progressively colors and subsumes all other content. The trial is the gravitational center; everything else orbits it. **Act I — The Defensive Flood (8:01-8:49 PM EDT May 16):** Fifteen posts in rapid succession, all amplifying favorable legal commentary, creating an epistemic fortress against Cohen's testimony. The RAND "Firehose of Falsehood" model applied defensively. No original Trump voice. The communications apparatus is managing the crisis. **Act II — The Breakthrough (10:42 PM EDT May 16):** The managed strategy proves psychologically insufficient. Authentic Trump erupts with the fantasy that Bragg will drop the case — a grandiose wish-fulfillment that contradicts the evening's own persecution framing. The 11 hours of defensive posting culminate not in resolution but in delusional projection. **Act III — The Island (9:42 AM - 4:35 PM EDT May 17):** A compartmentalized interlude. Barron's graduation, rally gratitude, debate acceptances. The trial vanishes from the feed. For approximately seven hours, a parallel Trump exists — the proud father, the confident candidate. But this island is bounded on both sides by trial anxiety. **Act IV — The Return (5:12-7:51 PM EDT/CDT May 17):** The trial reasserts itself. Jarrett quotes, McCarthy amplifications, the ALL CAPS immunity argument, and the "virtually universal agreement" demand for apologies. The contamination is complete: the day ends where it began, with the wound from Cohen's testimony still open and unprocessed. ## VII. Event Correlation ### Michael Cohen Testimony (Primary Trigger) **Reaction type: Defensive** Cohen's testimony that Trump personally directed the Stormy Daniels payment and promised reimbursement triggered the day's entire defensive architecture. The response was exclusively indirect — 20 posts about the trial, zero mentioning Cohen by name. This evasion-as-strategy suggests the testimony was experienced as too threatening for direct engagement. The compound injury (factual exposure + loyalist betrayal) produced a sustained defensive mobilization unmatched by other trial days in the record. **Response posts:** ts_112453664883178027, ts_112453665396389881, ts_112453667236784055, ts_112453667736595107, ts_112453669038616368, ts_112453670331621072, ts_112453672121117813, ts_112453675996725813, ts_112453677633426696, ts_112453678118467773, ts_112453680187167168, ts_112453680729830860, ts_112454123278298403, ts_112458726422720057, ts_112458727054402401, ts_112458728251095865, ts_112458730143296415, ts_112459013772870699, ts_112459113820128201 ### Barron's Graduation **Reaction type: Dismissive** (of trial context) The single graduation post (ts_112456719357669200) functions as implicit character testimony — the devoted father humanized against the backdrop of criminal proceedings. Whether intentional or not, the compartmentalization serves a dual purpose: genuine parental affect and strategic counter-narrative. ### Israel-Gaza Offensive / Brazil Floods **Reaction: None.** Zero engagement with either major world event, consistent with the trial's total monopolization of attention. ## VIII. Danger Assessment ### Maximum Danger Level: Elevated Eight posts reached elevated danger, concentrated in two patterns: **Pattern A: Judicial Delegitimization** Posts ts_112453670331621072, ts_112453675996725813, ts_112458726422720057, and ts_112458728251095865 systematically attacked the legitimacy of the judge, prosecution, and proceeding itself. The cumulative effect — particularly the Jarrett quote that "weaponization of the law... by any means, is now justified" (ts_112458728251095865) — creates a permission structure for extralegal response while maintaining rhetorical deniability through proxy attribution. **Pattern B: Named Targeting** Posts ts_112454123278298403, ts_112453678118467773, ts_112453680729830860, and ts_112459013772870699 name Alvin Bragg and/or Judge Merchan as personal agents of persecution, embedding them in conspiratorial frameworks (Soros, White House, DOJ). This named targeting within a persecution narrative has historically correlated with harassment campaigns against identified individuals. ### Stochastic Terrorism Assessment The day's posting does not cross the stochastic terrorism threshold. No eliminationist language, no direct calls to action, no dehumanization of targets. However, the systematic delegitimization of legal institutions combined with named targeting of judicial actors creates **ambient permissive conditions** — the space between legitimate political criticism and stochastic violence authorization is being narrowed without being explicitly crossed. ## IX. Cognitive Concerns ### Observable Markers - **Perseverative labeling:** "Witch Hunt," "SHAM TRIAL," "Hoax," "Election Interference" appear across multiple authentic posts with no variation — fixed vocabulary suggesting rigid cognitive schemas rather than flexible processing - **Conspiratorial elaboration:** Multiple incompatible conspiracy theories (Soros, White House, DOJ) coexist without apparent awareness of mutual exclusivity, suggesting associative rather than logical reasoning about threat origins - **Reality distortion:** The prediction that Bragg would drop the case (ts_112454123278298403) during the prosecution's strongest evidentiary day represents wish-fulfillment overriding situational assessment — this prediction was definitively falsified by the unanimous 34-count conviction on May 30, 2024 - **False consensus fabrication:** "Virtually universal agreement" (ts_112459013772870699) is deployed as perceived reality rather than rhetorical device, suggesting possible belief in manufactured consensus - **Compartmentalization intact:** The clean pivot to Barron's graduation with zero affective contamination demonstrates preserved executive function for state-switching, arguing against acute cognitive decline ### Complexity Trend: Stable The authentic posts (ts_112454123278298403, ts_112458730143296415, ts_112459013772870699) exhibit Trump's established syntactic and rhetorical patterns — complex sentence structures with embedded clauses, consistent capitalization schema, trademark closing devices ("Not nice!!!", "ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!"). No evidence of declining linguistic complexity relative to baseline. The majority of posts (aide-authored quotes) are not assessable for cognitive markers. ## X. Aggregate Metrics | Metric | Value | |--------|-------| | Total posts | 31 | | Posts with rage | 9 (29%) | | Average intensity | 0.39 | | Peak intensity | 0.84 | | Elevated+ danger posts | 8 (25.8%) | | Trial-related posts | 20 (64.5%) | | Aide-authored (est.) | ~22 (71%) | | Authentic Trump (est.) | ~9 (29%) | | Posting gap (sleep) | 11 hours | | Quote-relay posts | 17 (55%) | ## XI. Clinical Summary May 17, 2024 represents a textbook acute narcissistic injury response under sustained legal threat. Michael Cohen's star-witness testimony — combining factual exposure, loyalist betrayal, and criminal implication — triggered the most intensive defensive posting operation in the observable period. The response was overwhelmingly managed rather than impulsive: 17 of 31 posts were pure quote amplifications from credentialed commentators, deployed in rapid-fire batches designed to flood the information space with counter-narrative. The complete omission of Cohen's name from all 31 posts is the day's most psychologically significant finding — the threat was too proximate for even oblique engagement. The three authentic Trump posts (ts_112454123278298403, ts_112458730143296415, ts_112459013772870699) reveal what the managed posts conceal: active rage (0.72), grandiose wish-fulfillment (predicting case dismissal), paranoid elaboration (Soros/White House conspiracy), and entitlement assertion (demanding apologies). These posts demonstrate that the communications strategy, while effective at producing volume, failed to achieve psychological resolution — the wound from Cohen's testimony remained open and generating defensive output across the entire 24-hour period. The Barron graduation post stands as a remarkable compartmentalization specimen — genuine affect untouched by the surrounding crisis, suggesting preserved executive function even under significant psychological distress. The return to trial content within hours of the graduation, however, confirms the contamination arc: the legal threat was the day's true organizing force, and all other content was transient deviation from its gravitational pull. ### Narrative The day opens with a defensive flood responding to Cohen's testimony, briefly pivots to genuine family warmth at Barron's graduation, sustains a grandiose campaign interlude through the afternoon, then collapses back into trial anxiety by evening — the legal threat contaminating every phase and proving impossible to psychologically resolve despite sustained counter-narrative efforts. ### Dominant themes - Trial delegitimization / Cohen testimony defense (1 post) - Grandiose supply-seeking (rally, family, polls) (1 post) - Campaign positioning / debate acceptance (1 post) - Presidential immunity argument (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [ts_112454123278298403](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112454123278298403): Prosecution orchestrated by 'Soros backed D.A., Alvin Bragg' vs. [ts_112459013772870699](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112459013772870699): Trial 'instigated and prosecuted directly from the inner halls of the White House and DOJ' - [ts_112454123278298403](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112454123278298403): Bragg 'is going to drop this ridiculous CASE' voluntarily vs. [ts_112453678118467773](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453678118467773): This is 'blatant Lawfare' by committed political operatives who will stop at nothing - [ts_112459013772870699](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112459013772870699): 'Virtually universal agreement' that case should be dropped vs. [ts_112453664883178027](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453664883178027): Required 15+ individual commentator quotes across multiple outlets to construct appearance of support ### Cognitive concerns - Perseverative labeling — fixed vocabulary ('Witch Hunt,' 'SHAM TRIAL,' 'Hoax') deployed without variation across multiple posts - Conspiratorial elaboration with internal inconsistency — multiple incompatible theories (Soros, White House, DOJ) coexist without integration - Reality distortion — prediction of case dismissal during prosecution's strongest evidentiary day (falsified by May 30 conviction) - False consensus fabrication — 'virtually universal agreement' claim contradicted by need for extensive curated evidence - Compartmentalization capacity preserved — clean affective pivot to graduation post suggests intact executive function ## Posts ### [ts_112459113820128201](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112459113820128201) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T23:51:35.937Z (UTC) > Gregg Jarrett: “There is no credible evidence of a crime!” 11,125 likes · 2,507 reposts · 592 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112459113820128201.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112459113820128201/analysis --- ### [ts_112459013772870699](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112459013772870699) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T23:26:09.344Z (UTC) > There is virtually universal agreement of the fact that the Alvin Bragg Witch Hunt against me, a SHAM TRIAL instigated and prosecuted directly from the inner halls of the White House and DOJ, should be immediately dropped, with apologies to me and all of the others who have had to live with this Election Interfering Hoax against Crooked Joe Biden’s Political Opponent. Not nice!!! 13,109 likes · 3,320 reposts · 760 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112459013772870699.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112459013772870699/analysis --- ### [ts_112458730143296415](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458730143296415) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T22:14:01.537Z (UTC) > IF A PRESIDENT DOES NOT HAVE IMMUNITY, THE COURT WILL BE “OPENING THE FLOODGATES” TO PROSECUTING FORMER PRESIDENTS. AN OPPOSING HOSTILE PARTY WILL BE DOING IT FOR ANY REASON, ALL OF THE TIME! 13,871 likes · 3,615 reposts · 1,035 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112458730143296415.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458730143296415/analysis --- ### [ts_112458728251095865](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458728251095865) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T22:13:32.665Z (UTC) > Gregg Jarrett: "Weaponization of the law or 'lawfare,' by any means, is now justified. It's the popular currency among Biden Democrats. Abiding by the rule of law is a mere inconvenience, a pesky nuisance. It can be discarded like yesterday's trash." 9,695 likes · 2,405 reposts · 207 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112458728251095865.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458728251095865/analysis --- ### [ts_112458727054402401](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458727054402401) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T22:13:14.406Z (UTC) > Andy McCarthy: "Let’s stick with the relevant, undisputed facts of the case. Merchan should dismiss the case because it is already apparent that Bragg cannot prove criminal intent beyond a reasonable doubt. After three weeks of the prosecution’s case, I now believe the evidence would be insufficient even if Bragg had charged only New York’s misdemeanor business-records-falsification offense. As for the felony offense, as to which prosecutors must prove willfulness beyond a reasonable doubt (a heightened standard of scienter, i.e., criminal intent), Bragg’s evidence is woefully inadequate." 9,961 likes · 2,507 reposts · 196 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112458727054402401.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458727054402401/analysis --- ### [ts_112458726422720057](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458726422720057) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T22:13:04.765Z (UTC) > Gregg Jarrett: “In the Age of Trump, decency is eclipsed by the political imperative of disabling Joe Biden’s opponent in the upcoming presidential election. Dictates of conscience are secondary to achieving the goal of wrongfully convicting an electoral enemy. Weaponization of the law or 'lawfare,' by any means, is now justified. It’s the popular currency among Biden Democrats. Abiding by the rule of law is a mere inconvenience, a pesky nuisance. It can be discarded like yesterday’s trash…That is exactly what Bragg has done. His case against the accused is beyond anemic. It is an audacious corruption of the legal process. To fulfill his campaign promise to put Trump behind bars, the D.A. orchestrated a phony case by manipulating an inapplicable and expired misdemeanor statute. Then, in a head-spinning pirouette, he usurped federal authority to enforce campaign laws that were never violated. Voilà! A criminal case. In name only.” 8,483 likes · 2,152 reposts · 138 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112458726422720057.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458726422720057/analysis --- ### [ts_112458723231239635](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458723231239635) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T22:12:16.066Z (UTC) > https://thenationalpulse.com/2024/03/18/trump-blasts-media-for-over-bloodbath-hoax/ 7,313 likes · 1,759 reposts · 114 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458723231239635/analysis --- ### [ts_112458604384687568](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458604384687568) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T21:42:02.614Z (UTC) > https://www.rsbnetwork.com/video/live-president-trump-keynotes-minnesota-gop-annual-dinner-5-17-24/ 8,156 likes · 2,076 reposts · 186 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458604384687568/analysis --- ### [ts_112458601725419470](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458601725419470) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T21:41:22.068Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > THANK YOU—MAGA2024! 8,026 likes · 1,810 reposts · 131 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458601725419470/analysis --- ### [ts_112458342477102142](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458342477102142) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T20:35:26.222Z (UTC) > I have accepted a fourth Presidential Debate against Crooked Joe Biden, this time with NBC & Telemundo. It is important as Republicans that we WIN with our Great Hispanic Community, who Biden has devastated with Crippling Inflation, High Gas Prices, Crime in our Streets, and Border Chaos. This Fourth Debate will go along with our previously accepted Presidential Debates on CNN, ABC, and Fox. This is all in addition to our accepting an invitation from Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum of Fox News to host the Vice Presidential Debate at Virginia State University, or another venue, in Virginia, to be named later. These are the Debates that Voters have been asking for, and these are the Debates that Voters will get! 13,159 likes · 3,552 reposts · 997 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112458342477102142.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458342477102142/analysis --- ### [ts_112458208082609897](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458208082609897) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T20:01:15.524Z (UTC) > On behalf of the future Vice President of the United States, who I have not yet chosen, we hereby accept the Fox Vice Presidential Debate, hopefully at Virginia State University, the first Historically Black College or University to host a Debate - Date to be determined. I urge Vice President Kamala Harris to agree to this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 24,977 likes · 5,784 reposts · 1,539 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112458208082609897.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112458208082609897/analysis --- ### [ts_112457814742094964](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112457814742094964) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T18:21:13.657Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Kevin O’Leary: “This is a nasty report!” **Video transcript** (0:34), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > It guarantees that, in my opinion, the Fed will not raise or sorry will not lower rates at all for the rest of this year and that's not what you want if you're the incumbent. Politically, it looks like this happened because inflation data, you can be 2020 in terms of looking backwards. We poured a lot of money in the economy during the pandemic. That turned out to be the right thing to do to avoid a depression. But then we kept going. We probably put around 2 trillion too much in. Inflation Reduction Act did not reduce inflation. In fact, it's inflationary, as you can see by these numbers. This is a nasty report. 8,632 likes · 2,524 reposts · 225 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112457814742094964.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112457814742094964/analysis --- ### [ts_112457811490280393](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112457811490280393) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T18:20:24.039Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > THANK YOU—WILDWOOD, NJ! **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. 10,705 likes · 2,708 reposts · 261 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112457811490280393.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112457811490280393/analysis --- ### [ts_112457808427361872](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112457808427361872) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T18:19:37.301Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 10,227 likes · 2,444 reposts · 270 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112457807699726191](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112457807699726191) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T18:19:26.196Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 7,976 likes · 2,724 reposts · 291 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112457805784990080](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112457805784990080) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T18:18:56.981Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 8,723 likes · 1,977 reposts · 144 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112457805119233082](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112457805119233082) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T18:18:46.823Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 8,202 likes · 1,753 reposts · 100 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112457804451065386](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112457804451065386) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T18:18:36.631Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 7,940 likes · 1,693 reposts · 86 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112457803594584968](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112457803594584968) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T18:18:23.557Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 7,815 likes · 1,659 reposts · 80 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112457802373929845](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112457802373929845) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T18:18:04.933Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 7,663 likes · 1,632 reposts · 79 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112457801383505160](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112457801383505160) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T18:17:49.819Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 7,579 likes · 1,630 reposts · 81 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112457799305357788](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112457799305357788) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T18:17:18.139Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/112456719357669200 Reposted [ts_112456719357669200](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112456719357669200) (2024-05-17T13:42:39.344Z (UTC)) > Going to Barron’s High School Graduation. Great student, wonderful boy! Very exciting!!! DJT 11,703 likes · 2,838 reposts · 838 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112457799305357788/analysis --- ### [ts_112456719357669200](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112456719357669200) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T13:42:39.344Z (UTC) > Going to Barron’s High School Graduation. Great student, wonderful boy! Very exciting!!! DJT 28,489 likes · 5,827 reposts · 3,537 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112456719357669200.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112456719357669200/analysis --- ### [ts_112454123278298403](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112454123278298403) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T02:42:26.328Z (UTC) > People are thinking that Soros backed D.A., Alvin Bragg, who never wanted to bring the Witch Hunt against me in the first place, is going to drop this ridiculous and very unpatriotic “CASE” in order to save lots of money, and also the self respect of his once revered Office. He would then be able to focus on Violent Crime, which is running rampant and totally out of control in New York. The dilemma is, and always has been, the Trump Hating (APPOINTED IN 2009 & STILL ACTING!) Judge, Juan Merchan, who would be confronted with the problem of how he would explain this TRUMP loss, to the Radical Left Democrats, to whom he owes so much? Bring back “Justice in America.” ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!! 21,389 likes · 5,940 reposts · 1,957 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112454123278298403.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112454123278298403/analysis --- ### [ts_112453680729830860](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453680729830860) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:49:53.597Z (UTC) > Tom Fitton: “The Biden Democratic Party's sham trial and other abuses of Trump are an international scandal that harms America. Our country's reputation as a ‘shining city on a hill’ is tarnished by this political persecution of Trump. Now the whole world sees our system as no better than any ‘banana republic.’” 17,318 likes · 4,543 reposts · 995 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112453680729830860.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453680729830860/analysis --- ### [ts_112453680187167168](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453680187167168) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:49:45.316Z (UTC) > Jeremy Hunt, Fox News: “This is about one man Alvin Bragg who puts his political ambitions over Rule of Law and Judicial System - Made a promise to go attack Trump, and he went and made up a case to support that aim.” 14,698 likes · 3,640 reposts · 467 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112453680187167168.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453680187167168/analysis --- ### [ts_112453678118467773](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453678118467773) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:49:13.750Z (UTC) > Mike Davis: “This is blatant Lawfare and Election Interference by Radical Democrats, including President Biden himself. Democrats do not have a case against President Trump.” 14,129 likes · 3,488 reposts · 343 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112453678118467773.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453678118467773/analysis --- ### [ts_112453677633426696](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453677633426696) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:49:06.349Z (UTC) > Andrew and Katie Cherkasky: “The New York case against Donald Trump is drawing to a close…but one critical aspect seems to be missing: Where’s the crime?” 13,790 likes · 3,365 reposts · 325 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112453677633426696.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453677633426696/analysis --- ### [ts_112453675996725813](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453675996725813) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:48:41.378Z (UTC) > Charles Compton, The New York Post: “Had this case gone to an elected New York State Supreme Court judge, chances are he or she would’ve dismissed such a baseless political prosecution against Trump. However, acting Supreme Court justices like Juan Merchan are political appointees subject to political manipulation. While Trump is charged with fraud, it’s Bragg and his political handlers who are committing it.” 12,873 likes · 3,273 reposts · 283 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112453675996725813.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453675996725813/analysis --- ### [ts_112453674828557395](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453674828557395) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:48:23.553Z (UTC) > Jason Cohen, The Daily Caller: “Voters told MSNBC the cases have increased their support for Trump as it seems like persecution to them, with the former president appearing to be a fighter...'It’s actually caused me to support him more'...‘I’ve talked to many people who formerly identified as a Democrat…They have changed their political persuasion to independent and they are looking forward to voting for Trump'...Trump’s support with black men has surged in seven battleground states to 30%…CNN chief national affairs correspondent Jeff Zeleny said Monday that swing-state voters tell him they are 'disgusted' and 'tired' of Trump’s trial." 12,144 likes · 3,102 reposts · 224 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112453674828557395.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453674828557395/analysis --- ### [ts_112453672881104389](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453672881104389) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:47:53.835Z (UTC) > Michael Goodwin, The New York Post: “Media obsession about the partisan show trial of defendant Donald Trump is obscuring a far more significant truth about him. Candidate Trump has opened his biggest lead in the presidential campaign. Polls of battleground states, along with such anecdotal evidence as the enormous turnout of 100,000 people at his New Jersey rally and dispirited concessions by Joe Biden supporters, signal that we’ve reached a turning point in the battle for the White House…Consider a recent analysis from the leftist Brookings Institution. It finds that Biden is hemorrhaging support from almost every demographic…‘Major shifts away from Biden have occurred among Black, Hispanic, and Asian voters,’ the report says, ‘including among college-educated members of those groups.’ It reports a swing among Black Voters of a stunning 25 points, 13 points among Latinos, and 21 points among Asian Americans.’” 10,936 likes · 2,742 reposts · 172 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112453672881104389.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453672881104389/analysis --- ### [ts_112453672121117813](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453672121117813) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:47:42.239Z (UTC) > Sean Hannity: “How did they come to this Legal Theory? Shows there is a problem with Legal System - Supposed to believe in EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW, and that is not happening in America.” 10,589 likes · 2,533 reposts · 215 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112453672121117813.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453672121117813/analysis --- ### [ts_112453670331621072](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453670331621072) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:47:15.027Z (UTC) > The Human Events Editorial Board: “Is this a joke? No, seriously, is Ashton Kutcher going to pop out and tell us we’ve been punk’d at the end of this?...This series of glorified legal pranks has seriously called into question the impartiality of the American justice system, itself. Justice is blind, yes, but – unlike these cases -- justice is not dumb. However, we, at least, would appreciate it if the prosecutors involved stopped acting as if the American people are dumb. Because to believe any of this, you’d have to be.” 10,803 likes · 2,810 reposts · 189 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112453670331621072.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453670331621072/analysis --- ### [ts_112453669038616368](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453669038616368) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:46:55.203Z (UTC) > Andrew C. McCarthy: “Bragg wants to prosecute Trump for a federal campaign-finance crime — something he has no jurisdiction to do, and that the feds who do have jurisdiction decided not to charge.” 10,504 likes · 2,681 reposts · 148 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112453669038616368.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453669038616368/analysis --- ### [ts_112453667736595107](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453667736595107) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:46:35.336Z (UTC) > Andrew C. McCarthy: “NDAs are legal and common. Yet Bragg alleges Trump’s was illegal…It seems that Trump’s ‘crime,’ by blue-state lights, was winning the election. That is not a crime — even for a Republican, even in New York." 10,120 likes · 2,527 reposts · 119 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112453667736595107.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453667736595107/analysis --- ### [ts_112453667236784055](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453667236784055) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:46:27.709Z (UTC) > Jonathan Turley, Fox News: “Judge has failed to protect Rights of Defendant in requiring clarity…Trump did not violate Federal Election Law. Bragg cannot prosecute Federal Election Law - DOJ declined to bring that action. Weird situation where Judge has allowed Prosecutors to refer to Election Violations.” 10,205 likes · 2,680 reposts · 154 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112453667236784055.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453667236784055/analysis --- ### [ts_112453665396389881](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453665396389881) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:45:59.628Z (UTC) > Elie Honig, CNN: “I would not have charged this case.” 9,501 likes · 2,245 reposts · 131 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112453665396389881.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453665396389881/analysis --- ### [ts_112453664883178027](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453664883178027) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:45:51.795Z (UTC) > Nicholas Chamberas, Lawyer, Newsmax: “There is no law against securing a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) out of concern for your marriage and protecting your family. The Manhattan show trial against President Trump is a gross abuse of power; it is a Kafkaesque, profligate, and disgusting spectacle. It should terrify all of us.” 9,838 likes · 2,553 reposts · 148 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112453664883178027.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453664883178027/analysis --- ### [ts_112453491090987207](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453491090987207) Truth Social · 2024-05-17T00:01:39.937Z (UTC) > https://dcenquirer.com/trump-shows-up-taylor-swift-bruce-springsteen-with-record-setting-nj-100000-rally-crowd 10,058 likes · 2,782 reposts · 545 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112453491090987207/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/2024-05-17 - Day analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/date/2024-05-17 - The posts alone, without the day analysis: https://trump.fm/date/2024-05-17.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. 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