# Posts from Sunday, August 18, 2024 38 posts on 2024-08-18. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2024-08-18/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-10T20:51:35.169Z (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._ **Eve of the DNC: Trump Launches Sustained Communist-Labeling Campaign Against Harris as Convention Anxiety Peaks** Trump spent the day counter-programming the Democratic National Convention, which opens tomorrow. The morning hours saw a late-night post-rally burst from Wilkes-Barre, and the afternoon brought a concentrated barrage of attacks branding Kamala Harris a "Communist" across at least five separate posts. The mood was mostly confident and aggressive, but cracks showed in a grievance-laden rant about Van Jones and a heated dispute over rally crowd photos. The day's defining feature was the sheer repetition of McCarthyite red-baiting — "Comrade Kamala," "Marxist," "Communist" — hammered across post after post with escalating intensity into the early evening. - Posts analyzed: 20 - Dominant state: grandiose - Narrative arc: contamination - Aggregate rage level: 0.34 - Max danger level: elevated - Escalation detected - Theme obsession: Communist/Marxist framing of Kamala Harris - Claims: 32 (11 false) - Era: 2024 Campaign # Daily Psychological Digest: August 18, 2024 ## Context & Location Trump was in or traveling from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, following his August 17 rally. All analysis uses Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4), placing Trump in the Eastern time zone — likely at his Bedminster, NJ property or en route. The following day (August 19) marks the opening of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where Kamala Harris would be formally nominated. This is the single most important contextual frame for the day's output: virtually every post after midnight can be read as anticipatory counter-programming against the DNC's imminent supply dominance. ## Posting Timeline (EDT) **Evening of August 17 (in UTC window):** - 8:00 PM – MAGA slogan (ts_112980080371916526) - 8:12 PM – Wilkes-Barre promo (ts_112980128911717497) - 8:32 PM – Rally thank-you (ts_112980206398020864) **Late Night, August 17–18:** - 12:03 AM – RT of prior post (ts_112981036786979975) - 12:05 AM – "SINCE KAMALA HARRIS TOOK OFFICE…" infographic (ts_112981044297530873) - 2:11 AM – "Comrade Kamala's Father was a Marxist" (ts_112981541906268544) - 2:14 AM – RT Afghanistan framing (ts_112981553513381453) - 2:18 AM – VDH book promotion (ts_112981567973673705) **Gap: 2:18 AM → 1:50 PM (11 hours 32 minutes — probable sleep window)** **Afternoon–Evening, August 18:** - 1:50 PM – Communist price controls (ts_112984289383451953) - 3:06–3:08 PM – Two link shares (ts_112984587451161172, ts_112984594229620484) - 3:49–3:50 PM – "Thank you!" / "I accept!" (ts_112984757386730149, ts_112984762512136574) - 4:03 PM – Van Jones grievance (ts_112984813172909881) - 4:19 PM – Don Lemon Atlantic City share (ts_112984875833952320) - 4:21 PM – Communist triple-label + MAGA (ts_112984880855958746, ts_112984883983921236) - 4:49–4:50 PM – Crowd-size dispute + "LIAR" (ts_112984994037004282, ts_112984994892063674) - 7:44 PM – Jim Jordan border/crime (ts_112985679200672310) ## I. Psychological State Tracking ### Dominant State: Grandiose The day's psychological baseline is firmly grandiose. Of 20 posts, 18 are coded grandiose and only 2 register as mixed (ts_112984880855958746, ts_112984994892063674). Even the mixed-state posts are better understood as grandiosity under threat rather than genuine vulnerability — the rage and catastrophizing in those posts serve to reassert dominance rather than express wounded retreat. ### State Transitions The day presents a clean three-phase arc: 1. **Phase I — Post-Rally Grandiose High (8:00 PM Aug 17 – 2:18 AM Aug 18):** Eight posts of self-congratulatory rally content and preemptive DNC counter-programming. The grandiose state is uncomplicated and supply-rich. Intensity escalates from maintenance-level slogans to the first "Comrade Kamala" deployment at 2:11 AM, but remains within the grandiose register throughout. 2. **Phase II — Strategic Counter-Programming (1:50 PM – 3:50 PM):** After the sleep gap, posting resumes with aide-heavy content (low authorship scores). The Communist pricing post, Mark Levin share, and link drops are coordinated campaign assets rather than psychologically revealing personal output. "I accept!" (ts_112984762512136574) is the phase's most psychologically interesting moment — a two-word performance of dominance in response to Harris's debate challenge. 3. **Phase III — Escalation and Rage Spiral (4:03 PM – 4:50 PM):** The Van Jones post (ts_112984813172909881) initiates a 47-minute escalation. The ingratitude grievance (rage 0.50) transitions to the triple-repetition Communist declaration (rage 0.75) and peaks with the crowd-size injury post (rage 0.82). This is the day's psychological center of gravity: the narcissistic injury of Harris's social media team posting unfavorable rally imagery triggers a disproportionate cascade from crowd-size complaint through Communist labeling to existential national threat. ## II. Escalation Analysis A clear escalation pattern is detected in the 4:03–4:50 PM EDT window: | Time (EDT) | Post | Rage | Intensity | |---|---|---|---| | 4:03 PM | Van Jones grievance | 0.50 | 0.68 | | 4:21 PM | "Communist, always been a Communist" | 0.75 | 0.87 | | 4:49 PM | "LIAR, shouldn't be allowed to run" | 0.65 | 0.68 | | 4:50 PM | Full crowd-size + Communist + existential attack | 0.82 | 0.88 | **Trajectory:** Gradual escalation over 47 minutes. The spiral follows a characteristic Trump pattern: personal grievance (Van Jones ingratitude) → ideological labeling (Communist) → delegitimization (shouldn't run) → existential catastrophizing (country will cease to exist). Each post raises the stakes from the previous one. **Proportionality:** The rage is disproportionate to the trigger. A social media dispute over rally photos escalates to "our Country will cease to exist" within minutes. This disproportionality is consistent with narcissistic amplification — the crowd-size injury activates the deep schema (traced in commentary to the 2017 inauguration dispute) and produces a response calibrated to the internal wound rather than the external stimulus. ## III. Theme Analysis ### Primary Theme: Communist/Marxist Labeling of Harris (Obsessive) Six posts explicitly deploy Communist, Marxist, or "Comrade" framing against Harris. The progression: 1. **Genealogical contamination** (ts_112981044297530873, 12:05 AM): Harris's father → Marxist professor → therefore Harris = Marxist. The logic of ancestral contamination. 2. **Policy contamination** (ts_112984289383451953, 1:50 PM): Grocery pricing proposal → "Communist measures." Policy as evidence of ideology. 3. **Amplification via allies** (ts_112984594229620484, 3:08 PM): Sharing coverage that uses "Comrade Kamala" framing, creating echo. 4. **Ontological declaration** (ts_112984880855958746, 4:21 PM): "She is a Communist, has always been a Communist, and will always be a Communist." The triple-repetition eliminates temporal contingency — Harris's communism is framed as permanent, essential, and irreversible. 5. **Full synthesis** (ts_112984994892063674, 4:50 PM): Communist + Marxist + Comrade all deployed in single post alongside five named targets. 6. **Institutional authority** (ts_112985679200672310, 7:44 PM): Jim Jordan/House Report — shifting from personal assertion to institutional validation. This constitutes **thematic obsession** by any reasonable metric. The Communist framing appears in 30% of the day's posts, escalates in intensity across the day, and absorbs other themes (crowd size, policy, personal grievance) into its framework. Whether this reflects genuine perseverative cognitive narrowing or deliberate strategic deployment of a tested propaganda frame is difficult to determine from the data alone — the commentary notes elements of both. ### Secondary Themes - **DNC counter-programming** (10 posts): The strategic umbrella under which all attack content is organized. - **Rally crowd validation** (4 posts): Opens as grandiose supply and closes as narcissistic injury — a miniature contamination arc within the larger day. - **Self-aggrandizement** (4 posts): "I accept!", Van Jones Oval Office dominance, Don Lemon supporter compilation. ## IV. Contradiction Analysis No major internal contradictions between posts were detected. The messaging is remarkably consistent in its anti-Harris framing. One minor factual inconsistency exists: - **VDH Book** (ts_112981567973673705): *The Case for Trump* is described as "A GREAT NEW BOOK" despite being published in 2019. This is a routine promotional distortion rather than a psychologically significant contradiction. The day's false claims are primarily directional rather than contradictory — they all point in the same direction (Harris = Communist threat) and are mutually reinforcing rather than conflicting. ## V. Hypomanic Indicators - **Post frequency:** 20 posts is above the estimated daily baseline (~10–15), placing this day at approximately the 75th percentile. Elevated but not dramatically so for a pre-DNC counter-programming day. - **Earliest post (EDT):** 8:00 PM Aug 17 (post-rally, expected timing). - **Latest post (EDT):** 2:18 AM Aug 18 (late but consistent with post-rally arousal). - **Sleep gap:** 11 hours 32 minutes (2:18 AM – 1:50 PM). Suggests delayed sleep onset (~3 AM) with extended sleep (~10 hours). Not consistent with sleep deprivation. - **Time distribution:** Biphasic — 8 posts in the 8 PM–2:18 AM window, 12 posts in the 1:50 PM–7:44 PM window. Not consistent with pressured, continuous output. - **Assessment:** Does not meet threshold for hypomanic episode. The late-night cluster is adequately explained by post-rally arousal and anticipatory DNC anxiety. The afternoon burst is contextually appropriate for a major counter-programming day. ## VI. Narrative Arc: Contamination The day's narrative arc follows a contamination pattern — an initial positive state progressively overtaken by threat, grievance, and rage: 1. **Victory lap** (evening): Post-rally euphoria, crowd appreciation, MAGA slogans. 2. **Strategic preparation** (late night): First deployment of "Comrade Kamala" and Communist framing. Still controlled, still grandiose. 3. **Mounting offensive** (afternoon): Aide-posted campaign assets, debate acceptance performance. Grandiose but increasingly focused on the rival. 4. **Contamination** (late afternoon): The Van Jones grievance introduces the ingratitude wound. The Communist labeling reaches maximum intensity. Crowd-size imagery triggers full narcissistic injury cascade. The rally triumph is now fully contaminated — reframed as a battleground where enemies distorted the truth. 5. **Residual attack** (evening): Final Jim Jordan share maintains the offensive posture but at reduced intensity, suggesting partial post-rage equilibrium. The contamination arc is driven by the approaching DNC: a massive, multi-day supply event centered entirely on Trump's rival. The day's posts can be read as an escalating attempt to preemptively devalue the DNC's supply output before it begins. ## VII. Event Correlation ### Democratic National Convention (Primary Driver) The DNC's imminent opening (August 19) is the gravitational center of the day's output. At least 10 of 20 posts are direct counter-programming. The reaction type is consistently **offensive** — Trump does not wait for the DNC to begin before attacking; he launches preemptive strikes designed to frame the media narrative before Harris's nomination speech. ### Harris-Walz PA Bus Tour The same-day bus tour through western Pennsylvania likely amplified competitive anxiety — Harris was campaigning in a swing state Trump had just rallied in. The juxtaposition of competing Pennsylvania events may have intensified the crowd-size sensitivity visible in ts_112984994892063674. ### Wilkes-Barre Rally (August 17) The rally serves dual psychological functions: initial narcissistic supply source (posts 1–3) and eventual narcissistic injury trigger when crowd photos are contested (post 19). This dual function — supply turning to wound — is the defining pattern of the contamination arc. ## VIII. Danger Assessment ### Highest Danger Level: Elevated Six posts received elevated danger ratings. No posts reached "high" or "critical." The elevated ratings cluster around the Communist/Marxist labeling posts, which construct an enemy-framing architecture that: 1. **Dehumanizes** through ideological othering (Communist is positioned as categorically outside the American political community) 2. **Delegitimizes** democratic participation ("shouldn't even be allowed to run for Office") 3. **Catastrophizes** consequences ("our Country will cease to exist") 4. **Names targets** (the crowd-size post identifies five specific individuals as threats) ### Stochastic Terrorism Assessment: Not Met (Borderline) While the cumulative pattern approaches stochastic terrorism characteristics — particularly the combination of target identification, existential threat framing, and mobilizing language ("We will not let that happen!!!") — no single post contains explicit or implied calls to violence, and the targeting remains at the political-opposition level rather than the personal-threat level. The commentary for ts_112984994892063674 correctly identifies this as constructing "moral permission architecture" without crossing into direct incitement. The assessment is borderline and warrants continued monitoring, particularly as the DNC proceeds. ## IX. Cognitive Assessment No markers of acute cognitive decline are detected across the day's 20 posts. Relevant observations: - Late-night posts (2:11–2:18 AM EDT) are coherent, on-message, and syntactically intact - The afternoon escalation sequence maintains logical (if extreme) argumentative structure - Vocabulary is simple but baseline-consistent - The Van Jones post (ts_112984813172909881) demonstrates intact episodic memory (referencing a specific Oval Office encounter) and sustained narrative construction - Perseverative repetition of Communist framing is the only cognitive marker of note, and it is ambiguous between obsessive cognitive narrowing and deliberate rhetorical strategy **Complexity trend: Stable.** No deterioration or improvement relative to established baseline. ## X. Authorship Distribution The day's posts show a clear bimodal authorship pattern: - **High-authenticity Trump posts** (authorship >0.65): 10 posts, concentrated in the late-night and late-afternoon windows. These carry the day's highest intensity and rage scores. - **Aide-generated content** (authorship <0.25): 6 posts, concentrated in the early-to-mid afternoon. These are campaign assets (link shares, video posts, headline-format quotes) that serve as scaffolding for Trump's personal attacks. The pattern suggests a coordinated campaign operation: staff posts establish the frame, Trump's authentic posts escalate the emotional intensity. The most psychologically revealing content is uniformly from the high-authorship posts. ## XI. Summary Metrics | Metric | Value | |---|---| | Total posts | 20 | | Posts with rage | 4 (20%) | | Average intensity | 0.42 | | Peak intensity | 0.88 | | Peak rage | 0.82 | | Elevated+ danger posts | 6 (30%) | | Average authorship probability | 0.51 | | Communist/Marxist mentions | 6 posts (30%) | | Escalation duration | 47 minutes | | Sleep gap | ~11.5 hours | | Estimated post frequency percentile | 75th | ### Narrative The day opens with a post-rally grandiose high from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, but this victory energy is progressively contaminated by anticipatory anxiety over the approaching DNC. What begins as confident self-promotion curdles into obsessive Communist-labeling, grievance cataloguing, and finally a full-spectrum rage post triggered by crowd-size imagery — transforming the rally triumph into a victimhood narrative. The DNC functions as a looming narcissistic supply competitor that gradually overtakes all other psychological dynamics. ### Dominant themes - Communist/Marxist labeling of Harris (1 post) - DNC counter-programming (1 post) - Rally crowd validation and grievance (1 post) - Self-aggrandizement and supply-seeking (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [ts_112981567973673705](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112981567973673705): Victor Davis Hanson's 'The Case for Trump' is described as 'A GREAT NEW BOOK' vs. [ts_112981567973673705](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112981567973673705): The book was published in 2019, making it five years old at time of posting ### Cognitive concerns - No markers of acute cognitive decline detected across the day's output - Sentence complexity is uniformly low but consistent with Trump's established baseline for short-form social media - Late-night posts (2:11-2:18 AM EDT) remain coherent and on-message despite the hour - Perseverative repetition of Communist/Marxist framing across 6+ posts could reflect obsessive cognitive narrowing or deliberate strategic repetition — difficult to differentiate ## Posts ### [ts_112985679200672310](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112985679200672310) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T23:44:06.004Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN: “HOUSE REPORT LINKS BIDEN-HARRIS BORDER POLICIES TO SURGE IN CRIME” **Video transcript** (5:26), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > >> A new House report accusing the Biden Harris border policies of causing more violent crime, including the murder of Lake and Riley, the 22 year-old nursing student who was killed by a suspected illegal immigrant while jogging at the University of Georgia last winter. >> All right, according to the report, the suspect was living in Ecuador, but may have been drawn to enter illegally under the quote Biden Harris open borders, no consequences, immigration policy joining us right now with more from that report has judiciary committee to Jim Jordan. >> Congressman they don't want to talk about any of the big now they want to talk about the percentage of illegal immigrants who commit crimes is so much lower in the general population, what do you find. >> Well the American people know that when this administration on day one said we're no longer going to build the wall we're no longer going to have you remain in Mexico why we evaluate your claim and when you get here you will not be detained. Everyone came including really bad people that they let in the country. They knew that this guy who killed Lake and Riley, they knew we had a criminal record they knew about his brothers involved… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112985679200672310) 10,344 likes · 3,674 reposts · 931 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112985679200672310.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112985679200672310/analysis --- ### [ts_112984994892063674](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984994892063674) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:50:04.283Z (UTC) > We had to turn away lots of people yesterday in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, but Comrade Kamala Harris’ Social Media Operation showed empty seats, long before the Rally started, early in the afternoon when, in actuality, we had to turn away 11,500 people! She’s a Crooked Radical Left Politician, and always will be! Everything she touches turns bad, just like California, and San Francisco before it - as is the case with all Marxists. She should have never been Vice President, and had to stage a COUP of Joe Biden, with her America-hating friends, Barrack Hussein Obama, Crazy Nancy Pelosi, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, and the rest. Comrade Kamala is a STONE COLD LOSER, she will FAIL and, if she doesn’t, our Country will cease to exist as we know it, turning into a Communist, Crime Ridden Garbage Dump. November 5th will be the Most Important Date in the History of the U.S.A. It’s as simple as that!… 19,157 likes · 6,082 reposts · 2,584 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112984994892063674.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984994892063674/analysis --- ### [ts_112984994037004282](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984994037004282) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:49:51.237Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > The top Video is the one that Kamala put out, the bottom is what it actually looked like. She is a LIAR, and shouldn’t even be allowed to run for Office! 15,752 likes · 5,802 reposts · 1,816 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112984994037004282.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984994037004282/analysis --- ### [ts_112984883983921236](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984883983921236) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:21:51.958Z (UTC) > MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 15,422 likes · 3,974 reposts · 1,057 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112984883983921236.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984883983921236/analysis --- ### [ts_112984880855958746](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984880855958746) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:21:04.228Z (UTC) > Comrade Kamala Harris is terrible for our Country. She is a Communist, has always been a Communist, and will always be a Communist. Under her “leadership,” the USA will fail, and fail quickly. We will not let that happen!!! 14,612 likes · 4,122 reposts · 1,013 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112984880855958746.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984880855958746/analysis --- ### [ts_112984875833952320](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984875833952320) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:19:47.602Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Via Collin Rugg: “NEW: Don Lemon interviews people in Atlantic City, NJ and is shocked to find out most people are supporting Trump.Multiple people mentioned how they felt more financially stable under Trump.‘Four years ago it was a lot better. I made a lot more money than I do now.’Lemon then tried ‘fact-checking’ the man which resulted in the man laughing in his face.‘I know nobody likes him but we had good times with Donald Trump. The economy was good, life was good,’ another woman said.” **Video transcript** (1:50), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > - Here in Jersey, Atlantic City, what do you support? - I'll keep the 50s. - Trump for the win. - Tell me why. - I can't really call out right now, but I just feel like she's not good for president. She's good vice, but not for the actual lead role for the country. - Does it have anything to do with being a woman? - No. No, 'cause I feel like women, nah, you're not gonna give me that. - Your money's on here. - Yeah. - Who do you want? - Trump. - Why don't you like hair? - Oh, should I have an experience? - She's the vice president. She's a senator. - Yeah, no, it's good, got it. She had no experience. - Well, I want Donald Trump. I just feel we need somebody that has a stronger background with the military and the world in general. - She was a prosecutor and attorney general, senator and vice president. You're in a gambling town. Who's your money on? - I'm gonna support the Democratic Party, but I mean, Trump looks like he got it in the bag right now. - Four years ago, it was a lot better. I made a lot more money than I do now. - I know you feel that way, but that's not actually what the record shows. The economy is actually better under Biden. No, I'm serious. - What? - That's wha… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984875833952320) 12,870 likes · 4,154 reposts · 1,035 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112984875833952320.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984875833952320/analysis --- ### [ts_112984859022844491](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984859022844491) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:15:31.088Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (0:08), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > (water splashing) 12,102 likes · 4,519 reposts · 863 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112984847057291695](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984847057291695) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:12:28.505Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 10,905 likes · 2,911 reposts · 455 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112984845728273121](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984845728273121) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:12:08.227Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 12,013 likes · 3,302 reposts · 475 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112984842971297937](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984842971297937) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:11:26.158Z (UTC) · repost > RT @realDonaldTrumpMeet the Real Kamala.Weak. Failed. Dangerously Liberal. Reposted from @realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump), 2024-08-10T04:39:50.574Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/112935881315247561) > Meet the Real Kamala. > > Weak. Failed. Dangerously Liberal. - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/935/881/244/118/531/original/ae7703abe6733308.mp4 **Video transcript** (reposted clip, 1:24), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Yeah, I am radical. You need to get radical about what we are doing and take it seriously. As President of the United States, I am prepared to get rid of the filibuster to pass a green new deal. There's no question I'm in favor of banning fracking. We have to have a buyback program and I support a mandatory buyback program. I believe it will totally eliminate private insurance. Let's eliminate all of that. But would you support changing the dietary guidelines? Yes. You know, the food parent. What would people do? Yes, yes. To reduce red meat specifically? Yes, I would. Raise your hand if your government plan would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants. Where do you stand on defund the police? This whole movement is about rightly saying we need to take a look at these budgets. Harris asserted that ICE is perceived as the modern-day Ku Klux Klan. Are you aware that there's a perception? I see no exception. Are you aware that there's a perception? That puts ICE in the same category as the KKK. Is that what you're asking me? I see no parallel. I'm not finished. I see none. Eddie, I am radical. We need to get radical about what we are doing. (piano music) 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112984836003770938](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984836003770938) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:09:39.842Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 8,623 likes · 2,419 reposts · 651 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112984834978081624](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984834978081624) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:09:24.190Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 7,772 likes · 2,518 reposts · 373 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112984830567782070](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984830567782070) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:08:16.895Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 9,018 likes · 2,893 reposts · 281 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112984829862954316](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984829862954316) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:08:06.142Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 7,733 likes · 2,187 reposts · 223 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112984829072475469](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984829072475469) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:07:54.077Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 8,055 likes · 2,239 reposts · 204 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112984821637537982](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984821637537982) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:06:00.630Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 7,187 likes · 1,626 reposts · 149 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112984821061062091](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984821061062091) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:05:51.833Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 7,403 likes · 1,753 reposts · 184 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112984813172909881](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984813172909881) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T20:03:51.474Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Lightweight Political commentator Van Jones begged me, while in the Oval Office and with tears flowing from his eyes, to help get Criminal Justice Reform approved by the United States Senate. I got it done, with Conservative help, and this lowlife, Jones, never once called to thank me, or the others that helped, for what we had done. Along with Opportunity Zones, the long term funding of HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, and much more, I’ve done more for our black population than anyone other than, perhaps, Abraham Lincoln!!! Sorry, but that’s the way it is!!! 11,222 likes · 3,549 reposts · 553 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112984813172909881.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984813172909881/analysis --- ### [ts_112984766256515530](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984766256515530) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T19:51:55.584Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 7,636 likes · 2,649 reposts · 363 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112984764954300932](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984764954300932) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T19:51:35.710Z (UTC) · repost > RT @MTGSince Kamala became Vice President: Reposted from @MTG (Marjorie Taylor Greene), 2024-08-16T21:24:54.877Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@MTG/112973807279846564) > Since Kamala became Vice President: - image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/973/807/165/201/427/original/716406d36cf114a5.jpg 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112984762512136574](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984762512136574) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T19:50:58.450Z (UTC) · 4 media attachments > I accept! 9,992 likes · 3,065 reposts · 980 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984762512136574/analysis --- ### [ts_112984757386730149](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984757386730149) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T19:49:40.239Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Thank you! 9,285 likes · 3,376 reposts · 412 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984757386730149/analysis --- ### [ts_112984609547672129](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984609547672129) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T19:12:04.392Z (UTC) · repost > RT @realDonaldTrump“KAMALA PUT VIOLENT ILLEGALS—CONVICTED FELONS BACK ONTO THE STREETS.” Reposted from @realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump), 2024-08-17T03:09:06.921Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/112975160732870229) > “KAMALA PUT VIOLENT ILLEGALS—CONVICTED FELONS BACK ONTO THE STREETS.” - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/975/160/610/405/784/original/ef13d33cf83f8741.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: > I was robbed. They tried to run me over with a getaway car. He almost killed me right over here. He was laughing as he fractured my skull. Amanda's attacker was an illegal immigrant drug dealer arrested twice before, but released by San Francisco DA Kamala Harris. If Kamala Harris hadn't let him out, this never would have happened to me. Kamala put violent illegals, convicted felons back on the streets. Kamala just doesn't care about protecting people like me. Make America Great Again Inc. is responsible for the content of this advertising. 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112984594229620484](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984594229620484) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T19:08:10.659Z (UTC) > https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-blasts-comrade-kamala-says-democrats-economic-policies-will 6,280 likes · 1,719 reposts · 332 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984594229620484/analysis --- ### [ts_112984587451161172](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984587451161172) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T19:06:27.228Z (UTC) > @MarkLevinShow: “Dems nominated '2 of the most radical individuals in the country'” https://www.foxnews.com/video/6360589505112 6,118 likes · 1,841 reposts · 229 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112984587451161172.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984587451161172/analysis --- ### [ts_112984289383451953](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984289383451953) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T17:50:39.076Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > “KAMALA’S NEW PRICE CONTROL POLICY RAISES ALARMS OVER SIMILARITIES TO COMMUNIST MEASURES” **Video transcript** (1:03), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Well, Sean, basically what happened today was Kamala came up finally with some kind of plan. It doesn't make any sense, but it's a plan to deal with the inflation rate. Now, the inflation rate, as you know, Sean, was one and a half percent when Trump left office. In fact, there never was an inflation problem under Trump. And in fact, there wasn't even an inflation problem under Obama. 18 months into Biden's administration, with Kamala Harris at his side, they raised that inflation rate to 9.1 percent. And now prices are 20 to 25 percent higher than they were when Trump left office. So now they come up with this idea. So they have to fix a problem that they created themselves. It's like your fireman is an arsonist, right? And so this idea of putting price controls on grocery stores, on 7-11s, on landlords, on people who own apartments. I mean, my gosh, have you noticed that Biden and Kamala Harris blame everybody but themselves for this massive inflation that has made the average family $2,000 poorer than when Trump was president. 10,168 likes · 3,728 reposts · 954 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112984289383451953.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112984289383451953/analysis --- ### [ts_112982901006242454](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112982901006242454) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T11:57:34.124Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (0:30), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > I'm Donald J. Trump and I approve this message. The alarming spike in inflation soaring to its highest level of nearly 40 years. That is called Bidenomics. Gas prices rose again today reaching a new all-time high. We're still dealing with inflation and we've got super high interest rates at the same time. Bidenomics is working. Two-thirds of Americans are just struggling to make ends meet. And this comes after Friday's jobs report showing a spike in unemployment. And we are very proud of Vitanomics. 15,588 likes · 5,351 reposts · 1,595 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112981567973673705](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112981567973673705) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T06:18:33.659Z (UTC) > A GREAT NEW BOOK BY THE BRILLIANT VICTOR DAVIS HANSON—“THE CASE FOR TRUMP” — GET IT NOW!!! 16,522 likes · 4,146 reposts · 891 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112981567973673705.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112981567973673705/analysis --- ### [ts_112981553513381453](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112981553513381453) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T06:14:53.012Z (UTC) > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/112960785265816091 The same people that gave you Afghanistan, the most embarrassing moment in U.S. HISTORY! Reposted [ts_112960785265816091](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112960785265816091) (2024-08-14T14:13:14.708Z (UTC)) > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realamericasvoice/statuses/112950003781247781 Here we go! The stupid people are at it again! 12,612 likes · 3,148 reposts · 774 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112981553513381453.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112981553513381453/analysis --- ### [ts_112981544750545013](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112981544750545013) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T06:12:39.302Z (UTC) · repost > RT @realDonaldTrumpJudge Merchan just ruled that I, the Republican candidate for President, and leading in the Polls, am still under a Gag Order CONCERNING VERY IMPORTANT THINGS WHICH MUST BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT. I AM NOT ALLOWED TO ANSWER REPORTERS QUESTIONS. Can you believe this? The New York Courts refuse to act. This is happening right before the voting begins on September 6th. Suppression and manipulation of the vote. Voter interference. This is the real Fascist “stuff,” the old Soviet Union! So much to say, and I’m not allowed to say it. Must get U.S. Supreme Court involved. New York is trying to steal the Election! Reposted from @realDonaldTrump (Donald J. Trump), 2024-08-14T15:20:51.544Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/112961051135016641) > Judge Merchan just ruled that I, the Republican candidate for President, and leading in the Polls, am still under a Gag Order CONCERNING VERY IMPORTANT THINGS WHICH MUST BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT. I AM NOT ALLOWED TO ANSWER REPORTERS QUESTIONS. Can you believe this? The New York Courts refuse to act. This is happening right before the voting begins on September 6th. Suppression and manipulation of the vote. Voter interference. This is the real Fascist “stuff,” the old Soviet Union! So much to say, and I’m not allowed to say it. Must get U.S. Supreme Court involved. New York is trying to steal the Election! 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112981541906268544](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112981541906268544) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T06:11:55.906Z (UTC) > Comrade Kamala’s Father was a Marxist Economics Professor. Is this really what we want for our Country? It would be the END OF AMERICA! 13,836 likes · 4,397 reposts · 986 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112981541906268544.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112981541906268544/analysis --- ### [ts_112981044297530873](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112981044297530873) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T04:05:22.995Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > SINCE KAMALA HARRIS TOOK OFFICE… 13,534 likes · 5,630 reposts · 1,021 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112981044297530873.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112981044297530873/analysis --- ### [ts_112981036786979975](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112981036786979975) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T04:03:28.394Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/112978621725324339 Reposted [ts_112978621725324339](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112978621725324339) (2024-08-17T17:49:17.477Z (UTC)) > THANK YOU WISCONSIN, I LOVE YOU ALL. IF WE WIN THERE, WE WIN THE ELECTION AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/978/621/577/496/890/original/be98327d846a1832.mp4 **Video transcript** (1:08), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Mr. President, here we are back in the great state of Wisconsin. We are at the Dodge County Fair. The enthusiasm is building for you. Lots of people, people are registering to vote. People stopping by this booth and saying, we are for Donald J. Trump. He wants to make America great again. I says, yes, he does. With us here is the next senator from the great state of Wisconsin, Mr. Eric Huthby. We've got Janet. And the people here want you to know, the people want, they want you to know that they love you because they know you love them. They're going to vote for you on November 5th. People, what do you say about the greatest president in our lifetime? Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump. 12,081 likes · 2,880 reposts · 418 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112981036786979975/analysis --- ### [ts_112981017774094658](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112981017774094658) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T03:58:38.281Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 17,087 likes · 6,107 reposts · 1,435 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112980989291967188](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112980989291967188) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T03:51:23.678Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 10,927 likes · 2,882 reposts · 314 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_112980206398020864](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112980206398020864) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T00:32:17.665Z (UTC) > THANK YOU WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA—MAGA2024!!! https://rumble.com/v5b67sk-live-president-trump-in-wilkes-barre-pa.html 14,433 likes · 2,917 reposts · 881 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112980206398020864.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112980206398020864/analysis --- ### [ts_112980128911717497](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112980128911717497) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T00:12:35.322Z (UTC) · 4 media attachments > 8/17/24 | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania! https://www.DonaldJTrump.com 16,147 likes · 3,650 reposts · 646 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112980128911717497.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112980128911717497/analysis --- ### [ts_112980080371916526](https://trump.fm/post/ts_112980080371916526) Truth Social · 2024-08-18T00:00:14.656Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! **Video transcript** (2:14), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > (audience cheering) (audience cheering) (audience cheering) ♪ From the region of the sun ♪ ♪ To the air I can see ♪ ♪ My heart is falling ♪ ♪ All the faces ♪ ♪ My heart is falling ♪ ♪ To the earth I wanna see ♪ ♪ My heart is falling ♪ ♪ There's light in every American heart ♪ ♪ And it's time we stay the same ♪ (audience cheering) ♪ 'Cause every time that I can't find ♪ ♪ At least not the one way ♪ ♪ And I can't forget the men we got ♪ ♪ Who paid a lot to me ♪ ♪ They stand up next to you ♪ ♪ And they've been there still today ♪ ♪ 'Cause you make me mad when I listen ♪ ♪ And I can't forget the men we got ♪ ♪ Who paid a lot to me ♪ ♪ And I can't forget the men we got ♪ ♪ Who paid a lot to me ♪ ♪ And I can't forget the men we got ♪ ♪ Who paid a lot to me ♪ ♪ And I can't forget the men we got ♪ ♪ Who paid a lot to me ♪ ♪ And I can't forget the men we got ♪ ♪ Who paid a lot to me ♪ ♪ And I can't forget the men we got ♪ ♪ Who paid a lot to me ♪ ♪ And I can't forget the men we got ♪ ♪ Who paid a lot to me ♪ ♪ And I can't forget the men we got ♪ ♪ Who paid a lot to me ♪ ♪ And I can't forget the men we got ♪ ♪ Who paid a lot to me ♪ ♪ And I can't forget the men we got ♪ 18,116 likes · 4,694 reposts · 1,341 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112980080371916526.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112980080371916526/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/2024-08-18 - Day analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/date/2024-08-18 - The posts alone, without the day analysis: https://trump.fm/date/2024-08-18.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. 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