# Posts from Wednesday, December 18, 2024 25 posts on 2024-12-18. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2024-12-18/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T19:28:31.196Z (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._ **Architect of Chaos Blames Everyone Else: Trump Torpedoes Spending Deal Then Rewrites the Script** Trump's day swung from late-night confidence — ambassador picks, orders to the Senate, musings about annexing Canada — to a reactive evening dominated by the government funding crisis he and Elon Musk had helped create. A quiet morning of staff-curated article sharing gave way to escalating blame-shifting as a Trump-backed spending alternative failed badly in the House. The mood darkened through the evening, with Trump issuing increasingly heated threats against fellow Republicans and insisting Democrats were solely responsible for the chaos. Throughout it all, he maintained an alternate version of events in which he bore no responsibility for the shutdown crisis he helped engineer. - Posts analyzed: 25 - Dominant state: grandiose - Narrative arc: contamination - Aggregate rage level: 0.33 - Max danger level: elevated - Escalation detected - Claims: 44 (11 false) - Era: 2024 Campaign # Daily Psychological Digest: December 18, 2024 ## Location & Timezone Context Trump is confirmed at Mar-a-Lago (Palm Beach, Florida) based on multiple contextual references across analyses. All times converted to EST (UTC−5). The day's posting window in local time spans from **8:56 PM EST on December 17** through **6:40 PM EST on December 18**. --- ## I. Posting Timeline & Activity Pattern ### Phase 1: Evening Governance Display (8:56–9:08 PM EST, Dec 17) Three posts in rapid succession: two ambassador nominations (ts_113671340442649029, ts_113671344781847428) followed by a Senate ultimatum (ts_113671384956576189). The nominations are low-intensity, aide-drafted template announcements. The Senate post is high-confidence authentic Trump — ALL CAPS, characteristic noun capitalization ("Very Qualified People"), command register. It contains the day's first false factual claim: "biggest mandate in 129 years," which is contradicted by Reagan 1984 (525 EV), Nixon 1972 (520 EV), and LBJ 1964 (486 EV). ### Phase 2: Late-Night Provocations (3:11–3:23 AM EST, Dec 18) Two high-significance posts at deeply atypical hours. Post ts_113672813493636573 targets Liz Cheney with an anticipatory prosecution threat, weaponizing a partisan subcommittee report as quasi-judicial evidence. Post ts_113672861551554010 revives the Canada annexation theme, presenting absorption of a sovereign G7 nation as a mutually beneficial administrative correction. Both posts show high authentic authorship markers and expansive, confident ideation — mild hypomanic features in the context of 3 AM posting. ### Phase 3: Morning Supply Dump (10:46–10:50 AM EST) Fourteen link-only posts in a 4-minute window (ts_113674604577065381 through ts_113674617992952370). This is almost certainly aide-curated batch posting — the volume, timing, and absence of original text are diagnostic. Content spans self-congratulatory media coverage (Person of the Year, CEO endorsements, "landslide" framing), policy support signals (mass deportation governors, Hegseth defense), and grievance maintenance (FBI/J6 informants, Kash Patel/FBI reform). One post (ts_113674616910680865) on FBI "secret sources" at J6 carries a vulnerable-state tag — the sole vulnerable marker of the day — reflecting the persistent persecution schema around January 6. ### Phase 4: Evening Crisis Response (5:13–6:40 PM EST) Five posts in 87 minutes representing the day's psychological peak. This is where the government funding crisis — which Trump and Musk actively engineered by torpedoing the bipartisan CR — produces the day's most intense and analytically significant output. --- ## II. Psychological State Analysis ### Dominant State: **Grandiose** The day is overwhelmingly grandiose (22/25 posts coded grandiose, 2 mixed, 1 vulnerable). The grandiosity manifests across multiple registers: - **Sovereign command** (ts_113671384956576189): Senators addressed as subordinates; electoral victory construed as quasi-monarchical mandate - **Territorial expansionism** (ts_113672861551554010): Canada's sovereignty treated as a cost-benefit variable within Trump's authority - **Prosecutorial authority** (ts_113672813493636573): Naming political opponents as likely federal criminals - **Condescending magnanimity** (ts_113676181382851560): The AOC post — mock-sympathy as dominance display from settled superiority - **Crisis authorship** (ts_113676124259974819 through ts_113676468224007678): Issuing demands to a co-equal branch of government from a pre-inaugural position ### State Transitions The primary transition occurs between 5:13–6:27 PM EST, when the confirmed failure of Trump's preferred CR alternative triggers a shift from stable grandiosity to **mixed state** — grandiose framing ("I will fight 'till the end") overlaying a vulnerable core preoccupied with prospective embarrassment over the debt ceiling reaching his administration. The mixed state persists through the final post at 6:40 PM. A minor transition occurs at 3:11 AM with the Cheney post, where the grandiose register acquires a rage component (0.55) — the first anger of the day — triggered by the persistent narcissistic injury of Cheney's J6 Committee role. This resolves quickly back to confident grandiosity by the Canada post 12 minutes later. --- ## III. Escalation Analysis ### Evening Rage Spiral (5:13–6:40 PM EST) A clear escalation pattern emerges across the evening posting cluster: | Time (EST) | Post ID | Rage | Intensity | Content | |---|---|---|---|---| | 5:13 PM | ts_113676124259974819 | 0.65 | 0.78 | DARVO on shutdown blame | | 5:13 PM | ts_113676124870048584 | 0.35 | 0.42 | Joint statement (aide-drafted) | | 5:27 PM | ts_113676181382851560 | 0.00 | 0.20 | AOC taunt (brief cooldown) | | 6:27 PM | ts_113676417276966776 | 0.72 | 0.81 | Peak — CR "dying," conspiracy framing | | 6:40 PM | ts_113676468224007678 | 0.45 | 0.55 | Threats to dissenting Republicans | The trajectory is **gradual** with a brief deflection. The AOC post (ts_113676181382851560) functions as a micro-cooldown — a dominance display against a lesser target that provides momentary narcissistic stabilization before the rage re-engages at a higher level. The peak post (ts_113676417276966776) contains five distinct grievances within a single post, suggesting acute grievance flooding rather than strategic message discipline. The rage is **disproportionate to any external trigger that Trump did not himself create**. The funding crisis was engineered by Trump and Musk's intervention against the bipartisan deal; the subsequent failure of Trump's preferred alternative (174–235) is the proximate narcissistic injury, but the posts attribute all causation externally. --- ## IV. Theme Analysis ### Dominant Themes 1. **Government Funding Crisis / Debt Ceiling** (5 posts): The day's highest-intensity theme, concentrated in the evening. Posts escalate from blame-shifting to conspiracy framing to explicit threats against Republican dissenters. 2. **Narcissistic Supply / Self-Congratulation** (14 posts): The morning link dump covers Person of the Year recognition, CEO endorsements, "landslide" framing, military reception, and cabinet praise. Functionally a supply reservoir — low analytical significance individually, high significance as a pattern of daily self-reinforcement ritual. 3. **Political Revenge / Enemy Targeting** (3 posts): Cheney prosecution threat, FBI/J6 delegitimization, and the AOC taunt. Cheney and the FBI represent persistent grievance objects; AOC is an opportunistic target. 4. **Appointments / Institutional Control** (3 posts): Ambassador nominations plus the Senate ultimatum against bipartisan accommodation. These signal the transition from campaigning to governing — specifically, governing through unilateral appointment authority. 5. **Canadian Annexation** (1 post): A single post, but analytically rich. Treats sovereignty as a negotiable commodity and frames annexation as beneficence — consistent with expansionist grandiosity. ### Theme Obsession Assessment The CR/debt ceiling crisis dominates the evening (4/5 evening posts) with repetitive content — blame Democrats, threaten Republicans, demand debt ceiling extension — but this reflects real-time crisis response rather than clinical obsession. The broader day shows topical diversity across the five theme clusters. --- ## V. Contradiction Detection ### Major Contradiction: Causation of Funding Crisis **Claim 1** (ts_113676124259974819): "It is Schumer and Biden who are holding up aid to our farmers and disaster relief. THIS CHAOS WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IF WE HAD A REAL PRESIDENT." **Claim 2** (Known events, confirmed): Trump and Elon Musk actively torpedoed the bipartisan spending agreement on December 18, with Trump joining Musk's social media campaign against the CR. A Trump-backed alternative then failed 174–235. This is the day's most significant contradiction — a complete DARVO inversion of documented causation. Trump engineered the crisis, then attributed it to Democratic obstruction within hours, on the public record. ### Moderate Contradiction: Republican Competence **Claim 1** (ts_113676124870048584): "The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025." **Claim 2** (ts_113676468224007678): Demands those same "foolish and inept" Republicans comply with his legislative demands or face consequences. The simultaneity of devaluing Republican legislators as incompetent while demanding their obedient compliance reveals the fundamental incoherence of the narcissistic control dynamic: subordinates must be both contemptible enough to require correction and competent enough to execute commands. ### Minor Contradiction: Mandate Claim **Claim** (ts_113671384956576189): "I won the biggest mandate in 129 years." **Reality**: Reagan 1984 (525 EV, 58.8% popular vote), Nixon 1972 (520 EV, 60.7%), and LBJ 1964 (486 EV, 61.1%) all exceed Trump's 2024 margin by every metric. The claim is false by any standard measurement. --- ## VI. Hypomanic Indicator Assessment ### Post Volume & Timing - **Total posts**: 25 (elevated but within Trump's upper baseline range) - **Earliest post (local)**: 8:56 PM EST Dec 17 - **Latest post (local)**: 6:40 PM EST Dec 18 - **3 AM cluster**: Two substantive posts at 3:11 and 3:23 AM EST — significant - **Morning burst**: 14 posts in 4 minutes (10:46–10:50 AM) — aide-driven, not diagnostically significant ### Sleep Analysis - Last confirmed post before sleep gap: **3:23 AM EST** - First post after gap: **10:46 AM EST** (likely aide-curated) - Maximum sleep window: **~7 hours** (assuming immediate sleep after 3:23 AM and aide posted the morning batch) - The 3 AM posts show **expansive ideation** (Canada annexation), **confident grandiosity**, and **high energy** — mild hypomanic features in temporal context ### Assessment The 3 AM posting with expansive territorial ideation is consistent with mild hypomanic features but does not meet threshold for a hypomanic episode. The content is coherent, goal-directed, and within the range of Trump's established late-night posting pattern. Post volume is elevated but substantially aide-driven (14/25 are link-only batch posts). **Sleep deprivation is possible but not definitive** — the 7-hour maximum window is adequate if fully utilized. --- ## VII. Event Correlation ### Event 1: Trump-Musk Government Funding Crisis - **Reaction type**: Defensive → Offensive - **Response posts**: ts_113676124259974819, ts_113676124870048584, ts_113676417276966776, ts_113676468224007678 - **Analysis**: This is the day's dominant external trigger. Despite being a co-architect of the crisis, Trump's responses are entirely defensive (denying causation) and offensive (blaming Democrats, threatening Republicans). No post acknowledges his or Musk's role. The DARVO pattern is complete and operates in real-time against documented events. ### Event 2: Liz Cheney / J6 Subcommittee Report - **Reaction type**: Offensive - **Response posts**: ts_113672813493636573 - **Analysis**: The subcommittee report provides institutional cover for a longstanding personal vendetta. The post converts political grievance into prosecutorial language at a moment when incoming executive power makes such language actionable. ### Event 3: Canadian Political Crisis (Freeland Resignation) - **Reaction type**: Amplifying - **Response posts**: ts_113672861551554010 - **Analysis**: Trump seizes on Canadian political instability to amplify the annexation narrative, reframing a foreign nation's internal crisis as evidence supporting his territorial claims. --- ## VIII. Danger Assessment ### Maximum Danger Level: **Elevated** Six posts carry elevated danger ratings. No posts reach high or critical. The danger profile is distributed across multiple vectors: 1. **Prosecutorial weaponization** (ts_113672813493636573): An incoming president publicly naming a specific political opponent as a likely federal criminal and calling for FBI investigation. 2. **Sovereignty norm erosion** (ts_113672861551554010): Casual framing of sovereign nation annexation normalizes territorial expansionism. 3. **Institutional delegitimization** (ts_113674616910680865, ts_113674610881617730): FBI/J6 conspiracy framing and mass deportation signaling. 4. **Legislative coercion** (ts_113676417276966776, ts_113676468224007678): Career-ending threats against legislators for procedural votes accelerates caucus transformation from deliberative body to executive compliance mechanism. ### Stochastic Terrorism Assessment No posts meet the threshold for stochastic terrorism. The Cheney post is the closest approach — naming a specific individual and framing her as a criminal — but the call is directed at institutional actors (FBI) rather than distributed to the general public as a targeting signal. The danger is institutional rather than stochastic. --- ## IX. Cognitive Assessment No analysis flagged cognitive deviation from Trump's established baseline. Specific observations: - **3 AM posts**: Fully coherent, goal-directed, syntactically normal for authentic Trump - **Evening crisis posts**: Emotionally escalated but structurally organized; characteristic ALL-CAPS, fragmented syntax, and elliptical openings are all baseline features - **Rhetorical range**: The day demonstrates Trump's full tonal spectrum — from formal aide-drafted statements to reactive ALL-CAPS outbursts to the sophisticated mock-sympathy of the AOC post - **Complexity trend**: **Stable** — no degradation across the day's arc --- ## X. Narrative Arc: Contamination The day follows a **contamination** arc — a pattern where an initially positive or confident state deteriorates into victimhood, grievance, or crisis. **Act I (Evening/Late Night)**: Confident sovereign. Ambassador nominations, Senate commands, territorial expansionism. Trump is the King archetype — dispensing appointments, issuing mandates, redrawing borders. **Act II (Morning)**: Supply reinforcement. The aide-curated link dump maintains the grandiose baseline with reflected glory — media praise, CEO endorsements, military adulation. **Act III (Evening)**: Crisis and blame. The bipartisan spending deal collapses under Trump and Musk's pressure, the replacement fails catastrophically (174–235), and Trump pivots to full DARVO — the architect of chaos becomes its loudest victim. The grandiose register fractures into mixed state; the confident sovereign becomes the besieged strongman issuing threats to his own party. The contamination arc is particularly notable because it is **self-inflicted** — Trump's intervention created the crisis that then contaminated his psychological state. This recursive loop (action → crisis → victimhood → blame externalization) is one of the most characteristic patterns in the subject's behavioral repertoire. --- ## XI. Defense Mechanism Inventory The day's posts deploy the following defense mechanisms with notable frequency: - **DARVO** (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender): The dominant defense of the evening, applied to the funding crisis across 4 posts - **Projection**: Consistently applied — Democrats accused of obstruction Trump committed; Cheney accused of lawbreaking by someone facing legal exposure; FBI accused of J6 engineering - **Splitting**: Republicans who comply are "SMART"; those who don't are foolish/inept or face consequences - **Rationalization**: Personal vendettas wrapped in institutional language (Cheney); territorial aggression framed as beneficence (Canada); coercion framed as good governance (CR) - **Distortion**: The "biggest mandate in 129 years" claim; GEC as "Communist Clinton project" - **Reaction formation**: The AOC post — contempt expressed through the affect of encouragement - **Devaluation**: Applied to Biden ("not a REAL PRESIDENT"), Congressional Republicans ("most foolish and inept thing ever done"), and AOC --- ## XII. Summary Assessment December 18, 2024 is a day defined by the gap between Trump's self-narrative and documented reality. The subject spent the morning in settled grandiosity — naming ambassadors, commanding senators, musing about annexing Canada — then watched a political crisis he co-created spiral beyond his control, and responded by constructing an alternate causal narrative in real-time. The evening posts represent one of the clearest same-day DARVO sequences in the dataset: from torpedoing a bipartisan deal to blaming Democrats for the resulting chaos, all within hours and against the contemporaneous public record. Psychologically, the day reveals the structural vulnerability beneath grandiose presentation: the transition from confident sovereign to reactive blame-shifter requires only the stimulus of a legislative defeat delivered by one's own party. The 3 AM posting window adds a possible sleep-disruption dimension, though the content at that hour is coherent and the sleep window (if utilized) is adequate. No cognitive concerns. No critical danger indicators. The elevated danger profile is distributed across institutional threats (prosecutorial weaponization, legislative coercion, norm erosion) rather than concentrated in any single flashpoint. ### Narrative The day follows a contamination arc: confident morning grandiosity (nominations, Senate commands, territorial expansionism) deteriorates into reactive crisis management as a self-inflicted government funding debacle produces escalating blame-shifting, DARVO, and threats against Republican legislators. The architect of chaos becomes its loudest victim. ### Dominant themes - Government funding crisis / CR / debt ceiling (1 post) - Narcissistic supply / self-congratulatory media (1 post) - Political revenge / enemy targeting (1 post) - Appointments / institutional control (1 post) - Canadian annexation / territorial expansionism (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [ts_113676124259974819](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113676124259974819): Schumer and Biden are holding up aid to farmers and disaster relief; this chaos would not be happening with a real president vs. [ts_113676124870048584](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113676124870048584): Known events confirm Trump and Musk actively torpedoed the bipartisan spending agreement, causing the crisis attributed to Democrats - [ts_113676124870048584](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113676124870048584): The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing the debt ceiling situation vs. [ts_113676468224007678](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113676468224007678): Demands those same 'foolish and inept' Republicans comply with his legislative demands or face career-ending consequences - [ts_113671384956576189](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113671384956576189): I won the biggest mandate in 129 years vs. [ts_113674606519479222](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674606519479222): Historical record shows Reagan 1984 (525 EV), Nixon 1972 (520 EV), and LBJ 1964 (486 EV) all exceeded Trump's 2024 margin ### Cognitive concerns - No cognitive deviation from established baseline detected across any post - 3 AM posts fully coherent and goal-directed despite atypical hour - Full rhetorical range maintained: formal aide-drafted statements through reactive ALL-CAPS to sophisticated mock-sympathy - Complexity stable throughout; no degradation across the day's emotional arc ## Posts ### [ts_113676468224007678](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113676468224007678) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T23:40:50.000Z (UTC) > If Republicans try to pass a clean Continuing Resolution without all of the Democrat “bells and whistles” that will be so destructive to our Country, all it will do, after January 20th, is bring the mess of the Debt Limit into the Trump Administration, rather than allowing it to take place in the Biden Administration. Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried. Everything should be done, and fully negotiated, prior to my taking Office on January 20th, 2025. 38,566 likes · 11,160 reposts · 4,495 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113676468224007678.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113676468224007678/analysis --- ### [ts_113676417276966776](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113676417276966776) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T23:27:52.610Z (UTC) > Sounds like the ridiculous and extraordinarily expensive Continuing Resolution, PLUS, is dying fast, but can anyone imagine passing it without either terminating, or extending, the Debt Ceiling guillotine coming up in June? Unless the Democrats terminate or substantially extend Debt Ceiling now, I will fight ‘till the end. This is a nasty TRAP set in place by the Radical Left Democrats! They are looking to embarrass us in June when it comes up for a Vote. The people that extended it, from September 28th to June 1st, should be ashamed of themselves. It was political malpractice! Also, the Communist Global Engagement Center, a project of Crooked Hillary Clinton, should not in any way, shape, or form be extended and, the shielding of the very corrupt J6 Unselect Committee of Political Losers and Thugs would be suicidal for any Republican approving it. Likewise, this is not a good time for Congress to be asking for pay increases. Hopefully, you’ll be entitled to such an increase in the near future when we, “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” 30,770 likes · 8,778 reposts · 1,952 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113676417276966776.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113676417276966776/analysis --- ### [ts_113676181382851560](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113676181382851560) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T22:27:53.151Z (UTC) > Really too bad that AOC lost the Battle for the Leadership Seat in the Democrat Party. She should keep trying. Someday, she will be successful! 30,413 likes · 5,798 reposts · 3,368 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113676181382851560.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113676181382851560/analysis --- ### [ts_113676124870048584](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113676124870048584) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T22:13:30.834Z (UTC) > A statement from President Donald J. Trump and Vice President-Elect JD Vance:The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. It was a mistake and is now something that must be addressed. Meanwhile, Congress is considering a spending bill that would give sweetheart provisions for government censors and for Liz Cheney. The bill would make it easier to hide the records of the corrupt January 6 committee—which accomplished nothing for the American people and hid security failures that happened that day. This bill would also give Congress a pay increase while many Americans are struggling this Christmas. Increasing the debt ceiling is not great but we’d rather do it on Biden’s watch. If Democrats won’t cooperate on the debt ceiling now, what makes anyone think they would do it in June during our administration? Let’s have this debate now. And we should pass a streamlined spending bill that doesn’t give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want. Republicans want to support our farmers, pay for disaster relief, and set our country up for success in 2025. The only way to do that is with a temporary funding bill WITHOUT DEMOCRAT GIVEAWAYS combined with an increase in the debt ceiling. Anything else is a betrayal of our country… 27,493 likes · 8,327 reposts · 1,894 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113676124870048584.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113676124870048584/analysis --- ### [ts_113676124259974819](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113676124259974819) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T22:13:21.525Z (UTC) > ….Republicans must GET SMART and TOUGH. If Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want, then CALL THEIR BLUFF. It is Schumer and Biden who are holding up aid to our farmers and disaster relief. THIS CHAOS WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IF WE HAD A REAL PRESIDENT. WE WILL IN 32 DAYS! 26,778 likes · 7,573 reposts · 1,457 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113676124259974819.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113676124259974819/analysis --- ### [ts_113674617992952370](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674617992952370) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:50:17.714Z (UTC) > https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3259699/trump-forms-maga-dream-team-cabinet-100-day-sprint/ 19,295 likes · 4,630 reposts · 1,820 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674617992952370/analysis --- ### [ts_113674617138467045](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674617138467045) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:50:04.676Z (UTC) > https://townhall.com/columnists/johnnantz/2024/12/11/the-right-reform-at-the-right-time-kash-patels-historic-opportunity-to-rebuild-the-fbi-n2648879 18,147 likes · 4,270 reposts · 507 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674617138467045/analysis --- ### [ts_113674616910680865](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674616910680865) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:50:01.200Z (UTC) > https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3260074/secret-sources-fbi-january-6-what-did-they-do/ 15,369 likes · 4,532 reposts · 761 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674616910680865/analysis --- ### [ts_113674615832627740](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674615832627740) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:49:44.750Z (UTC) > https://nypost.com/2024/12/13/opinion/gianno-caldwell-my-colleague-pete-hegseth-will-fix-our-military/ 15,430 likes · 3,740 reposts · 283 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674615832627740/analysis --- ### [ts_113674615177926571](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674615177926571) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:49:34.759Z (UTC) > https://time.com/7178829/why-ceos-are-cheering-donald-trump-bessent-pick-for-treasury-secretary/ 12,140 likes · 2,870 reposts · 203 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674615177926571/analysis --- ### [ts_113674613079133550](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674613079133550) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:49:02.735Z (UTC) > https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hamas-israel-trump-gaza-hostage-ceasefire-rcna184143 11,971 likes · 3,020 reposts · 243 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674613079133550/analysis --- ### [ts_113674610881617730](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674610881617730) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:48:29.204Z (UTC) > https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dozens-republican-governors-pledge-work-trump-mass-deportations-we-stand-united 12,510 likes · 3,118 reposts · 315 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674610881617730/analysis --- ### [ts_113674610655749616](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674610655749616) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:48:25.757Z (UTC) > https://nickadamsmaga.substack.com/p/trump-is-more-than-man-of-the-year 12,235 likes · 3,020 reposts · 253 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674610655749616/analysis --- ### [ts_113674609299026016](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674609299026016) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:48:05.055Z (UTC) > https://paulingrassia.substack.com/p/trump-enshrined-person-of-the-year?utm_campaign=post&triedRedirect=true 11,251 likes · 2,765 reposts · 236 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674609299026016/analysis --- ### [ts_113674608940155225](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674608940155225) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:47:59.580Z (UTC) > https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/19/trump-cabinet-speaks-america/ 10,452 likes · 2,578 reposts · 166 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674608940155225/analysis --- ### [ts_113674607579227908](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674607579227908) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:47:38.813Z (UTC) > https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/college-football/article-14193467/Donald-Trump-Cadets-Midshipmen-Army-Navy-game-JD-Vance.html 10,322 likes · 2,241 reposts · 122 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674607579227908/analysis --- ### [ts_113674607303689132](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674607303689132) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:47:34.609Z (UTC) > https://www.foxnews.com/sports/donald-trump-arrives-army-navy-game-usa-chants-salutes-during-national-anthem 10,095 likes · 2,144 reposts · 116 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674607303689132/analysis --- ### [ts_113674606519479222](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674606519479222) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:47:22.644Z (UTC) > https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/morning-glory-top-10-lessons-from-landslide 8,982 likes · 2,163 reposts · 136 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674606519479222/analysis --- ### [ts_113674605310228516](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674605310228516) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:47:04.191Z (UTC) > https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/protecting_american_waterways.html?ref=redicate.com 8,648 likes · 2,271 reposts · 122 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674605310228516/analysis --- ### [ts_113674604577065381](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674604577065381) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T15:46:53.005Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > https://www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferguson-the-vibe-shift-goes-global-assad-putin-trump 9,278 likes · 2,585 reposts · 242 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113674604577065381/analysis --- ### [ts_113672861551554010](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113672861551554010) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T08:23:36.548Z (UTC) > No one can answer why we subsidize Canada to the tune of over $100,000,000 a year? Makes no sense! Many Canadians want Canada to become the 51st State. They would save massively on taxes and military protection. I think it is a great idea. 51st State!!! 42,165 likes · 10,958 reposts · 6,119 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113672861551554010.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113672861551554010/analysis --- ### [ts_113672813493636573](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113672813493636573) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T08:11:23.244Z (UTC) > Liz Cheney could be in a lot of trouble based on the evidence obtained by the subcommittee, which states that “numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney, and these violations should be investigated by the FBI.” Thank you to Congressman Barry Loudermilk on a job well done. Newsmax, by Greg Kelly. 25,428 likes · 6,921 reposts · 1,686 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113672813493636573.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113672813493636573/analysis --- ### [ts_113671384956576189](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113671384956576189) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T02:08:05.494Z (UTC) > To all Senate Republicans: NO DEAL WITH DEMOCRATS TO FAST TRACK NOMINATIONS AT THE END OF THIS CONGRESS. I won the biggest mandate in 129 years. I will make my appointments of Very Qualified People in January when I am sworn in. 33,536 likes · 9,693 reposts · 2,108 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113671384956576189.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113671384956576189/analysis --- ### [ts_113671344781847428](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113671344781847428) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T01:57:52.477Z (UTC) > I am pleased to announce that Nicole McGraw will serve as the next United States Ambassador to Croatia. Nicole is a philanthropist, businesswoman, and World renowned art collector. She opened her first art gallery in Palm Beach Gardens in 2006, and has since built a client base that spans the Globe, as well as a successful hedge fund specializing in fine art investments. Nicole has brought fine art to the People through her work leading CANVAS Art Charities, and raised Millions of Dollars for neglected and abused children as a Board Member of Place of Hope. She is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with a BFA in Art History and Studio Art. Congratulations Nicole! 15,675 likes · 3,171 reposts · 373 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113671344781847428.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113671344781847428/analysis --- ### [ts_113671340442649029](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113671340442649029) Truth Social · 2024-12-18T01:56:46.267Z (UTC) > I am pleased to nominate Herschel Walker as United States Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Herschel has spent decades serving as an Ambassador to our Nation’s youth, our men and women in the Military, and athletes at home and abroad. A successful businessman, philanthropist, former Heisman Trophy winner, and NFL Great, Herschel has been a tireless advocate for youth sports. During my First Term, he served as Co-Chair of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. Herschel has traveled to over 400 Military installations around the World, removing the stigma surrounding mental health. He represented the United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics as a member of the U.S. bobsled team. Congratulations Herschel! You will make Georgia, and our entire Nation, proud, because we know you will always put AMERICA FIRST! 22,445 likes · 4,839 reposts · 716 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113671340442649029.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113671340442649029/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/2024-12-18 - Day analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/date/2024-12-18 - The posts alone, without the day analysis: https://trump.fm/date/2024-12-18.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. Post, analysis, date, feed, contradictions, search and about pages answer in markdown at their URL with `.md` appended (`/index.md` for the home page), or when sent `Accept: text/markdown`._