# Posts from Monday, February 10, 2025

16 posts on 2025-02-10.

## Day analysis

Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2025-02-10/analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-10T00:56:57.898Z (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._

**Super Bowl Victory Lap Launches a Day of Expansive Cultural and Institutional Conquest**

Trump spent the day riding a wave of triumphalism that began with the Super Bowl and never let up. The evening started in New Orleans with celebratory jabs at Taylor Swift, then shifted the next morning into a string of institutional moves — dismissing military advisory boards, installing loyalists at the Kennedy Center, and announcing ambassadors. The mood was uniformly boastful and expansive, touching everything from penny production to renaming the Gulf of Mexico, with no visible reaction to a federal judge blocking his birthright citizenship order that same day. The most notable feature was the sheer breadth of topics treated as personal conquests, capped by a rapid-fire trio of posts in under two minutes declaring cultural and national supremacy.

- Posts analyzed: 13
- Dominant state: grandiose
- Narrative arc: stable
- Aggregate rage level: 0.02
- Max danger level: elevated
- Claims: 27 (3 false)
- Era: Second Term

# Daily Psychological Digest — February 10, 2025

## Location & Timezone Context

Trump attended Super Bowl LIX at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on the evening of February 9. The first five posts (ts_113977126629643868 through ts_113977651409141894) were made between **8:02–10:15 PM CT** from New Orleans. A posting gap of approximately 10 hours follows (10:15 PM CT → 9:16 AM ET), consistent with normal sleep and travel back to the East Coast. The remaining eight posts (ts_113980013020158273 through ts_113982212590048164) span **9:16 AM–6:35 PM ET**, consistent with a standard working day. All sleep/activity analysis below uses these local times.

## I. Psychological State Tracking

**Dominant State: Grandiose (uniform throughout)**

All 13 posts are coded grandiose with zero rage markers. This is a remarkably uniform day — no vulnerability, no defensiveness, no wounded narcissism. The subject operated from a position of perceived dominance across every domain touched: crowd reception, polling, fiscal policy, military authority, cultural institutions, electoral strategy, and geographic naming.

No state transitions were observed. The grandiose register modulated in intensity — lowest during aide-drafted boilerplate (ts_113980014678337654, intensity 0.08) and highest during the Kennedy Center announcement (ts_113981872435350592, intensity 0.68) — but the underlying psychological state remained constant. This consistency is itself diagnostically informative: it suggests the narcissistic supply pipeline was uninterrupted throughout the day, with no injury penetrating the grandiose shell.

## II. Escalation Detection

**No escalation detected.** The day's intensity profile follows a mild U-shape rather than a rage spiral: moderate evening engagement (Super Bowl posts, 0.12–0.47), a mid-day trough of low-intensity official announcements (0.08–0.10), and a modest rise in the afternoon/evening toward the Kennedy Center culture-war post (0.68) before settling into rapid-fire but moderate-intensity closing posts (0.28–0.42). The peak intensity post (ts_113981872435350592, 0.68) is not driven by rage but by triumphalist culture-war energy.

The absence of escalation is notable given that a federal judge in New Hampshire blocked Trump's birthright citizenship executive order on this same day — an event that would typically constitute a narcissistic injury triggering a judicial-attack spiral. The complete non-response suggests either strategic restraint (aide management), attentional capture by the Super Bowl high, or information filtering by staff.

## III. Theme Analysis

### Primary Themes

**1. Cultural Dominance / Culture War (5 posts, 38%)**
Posts: ts_113977126629643868, ts_113977646169606601, ts_113981872435350592, ts_113982202515178648, ts_113982206998719178

The day's dominant thread was the assertion of cultural supremacy across multiple domains. The arc runs from interpersonal (Taylor Swift humiliated at the Super Bowl) through institutional (Kennedy Center purged of "anti-American propaganda") to symbolic (Gulf of Mexico renamed, plastic straws restored). Each post performs the same psychological function — Trump as sovereign author of cultural reality — but through different registers: sports schadenfreude, institutional control, and executive fiat.

**2. Institutional Consolidation / Personnel Control (4 posts, 31%)**
Posts: ts_113980013020158273, ts_113980014678337654, ts_113981387327065544, ts_113981872435350592

The morning session opened with the dismissal of Service Academy Boards of Visitors and an ambassador appointment, followed by an election GOTV push and the Kennedy Center installation. Collectively, these posts document an expanding institutional control operation. The contamination-and-restoration rhetorical structure is consistent: institutions are described as "infiltrated" or corrupted, then cleansed through Trump's personal authority.

**3. Self-Validation / Supply-Seeking (3 posts, 23%)**
Posts: ts_113977137619685314, ts_113980323612614595, ts_113982212590048164

The CBS poll (53% approval), inaugural comparison article, and closing "BIGGER, BETTER, and STRONGER" declaration function as pure narcissistic supply without policy content. These posts bookend the day's substantive content, suggesting a need for validation framing before and after executive action.

### Theme Evolution

The thematic arc follows a clear trajectory: **personal validation** (Super Bowl crowd reception, polls) → **institutional action** (boards dismissed, appointments made) → **cultural declaration** (Kennedy Center, Gulf renaming, plastic straws). This movement from external validation to assertive dominance to symbolic fiat is consistent with a narcissistic subject whose supply tank was filled early (crowd reception, polling data) and then spent the remainder of the day projecting outward from a secure grandiose base.

## IV. Contradiction Detection

No direct post-to-post contradictions were identified. The closest candidate is the penny post's claim of executive authority to cease coinage ("I have instructed my Secretary... to stop producing new pennies") versus the legal reality that 31 U.S.C. § 5112 vests coinage authority in Congress — but this is an authority distortion, not an internal contradiction between posts.

## V. Hypomanic Indicators

- **Post count:** 13 (moderately elevated; estimated ~60th percentile)
- **Time span (local):** 8:02 PM CT (Feb 9) to 6:35 PM ET (Feb 10)
- **Posting gap (sleep window):** 10:15 PM CT → 9:16 AM ET (~10 hours) — normal
- **Rapid-fire cluster:** Three posts in 2 minutes at 6:33–6:35 PM ET (ts_113982202515178648, ts_113982206998719178, ts_113982212590048164)
- **Topic breadth:** Unusually wide — Taylor Swift, pennies, military boards, Finland, inauguration, elections, Kennedy Center, plastic straws, Gulf naming, generic triumphalism — spanning at least 8 unrelated domains
- **Tone:** Uniformly triumphalist with no self-correction or modulation

**Assessment:** The combination of elevated post count, expansive topic breadth, uniformly triumphalist register, and absence of normal tonal modulation is consistent with **mild hypomanic elevation** but does not meet threshold for a full hypomanic episode. Sleep appears normal. The rapid-fire closing burst is notable but brief. The individual post commentary's observation of "mildly hypomanic elevation" (ts_113982206998719178 analysis) is concordant with this day-level assessment. This presentation is more accurately described as a **narcissistic high** — supply-driven elevation following the Super Bowl crowd experience — rather than endogenous mood dysregulation.

## VI. Narrative Arc

**Classification: Stable (grandiose plateau)**

The day lacks the dramatic structure of contamination or redemption narratives. There is no setback to redeem, no victory curdling into victimhood. Instead, the day reads as a **sustained victory lap** across every available domain. The narrative, such as it is, moves from celebration (Super Bowl) through consolidation (institutional moves) to declaration (cultural fiat), all from the same emotional altitude. The closest literary analog is an imperial progress — the sovereign touring his domains and finding all of them satisfactory.

The absence of chaos markers (no topic incoherence, no contradictions, no disorganized thinking) and the absence of vulnerability markers (no defensive posture despite the birthright citizenship ruling) distinguish this from both chaotic and contamination arcs.

## VII. Event Correlation

### Events With Clear Post Responses

**Super Bowl LIX (cultural/sports)**
- Reaction type: **Amplifying** — Trump used the event as a supply source and culture-war platform
- Response posts: ts_113977126629643868, ts_113977646169606601, ts_113977651409141894
- The Super Bowl functioned as the day's primary psychological fuel, providing crowd validation that powered the subsequent triumphalist arc

### Events With Notable Non-Responses

**Federal judge blocks birthright citizenship order (Feb 10)**
- No response detected across all 13 posts
- This is diagnostically significant: a direct judicial rebuke of executive authority would typically trigger defensive or offensive responses. Its absence suggests either aide-managed information filtering, strategic restraint, or genuine attentional displacement by the Super Bowl high.

**China retaliatory tariffs** — No response
**Guatemala bus crash (55+ killed)** — No response (consistent with baseline indifference to foreign humanitarian events)
**Trump DOJ moves to drop Eric Adams case** — No response (potentially strategic silence on an awkward narrative)

## VIII. Danger Assessment

**Maximum danger level: Elevated** (4 posts)

Danger posts cluster around two patterns:

**Pattern A — Directed Hostility Toward Named Individuals/Groups**
- ts_113977646169606601: "MAGA is very unforgiving!" celebrating crowd hostility directed at Taylor Swift by name. Ego-syntonic sadism framed as movement virtue.
- ts_113981872435350592: "NO MORE DRAG SHOWS, OR OTHER ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA" — state-actor institutional control combined with enemy-framing language directed at LGBTQ+ community.

**Pattern B — Institutional Purge Normalization**
- ts_113980013020158273: Military advisory board dismissals framed through contamination rhetoric ("infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues")
- ts_113981387327065544: "Sanctuary County protecting criminal illegals" — dehumanizing language in electoral mobilization context

**Stochastic terrorism assessment:** The Taylor Swift post's celebration of crowd hostility ("MAGA is very unforgiving!") combined with the Kennedy Center post's state-sanctioned targeting of LGBTQ+ expression approaches but does not cross the threshold for systematic stochastic terrorism. The hostility is directed and celebratory but lacks the explicit targeting directives (naming specific individuals as threats requiring action) that characterize full stochastic terrorism patterns. Classification: **pattern present but below threshold.**

## IX. Cognitive Concerns

**Aggregate markers:**
- Missing apostrophe in "nations" (ts_113977224933701862) — within baseline error rate
- No word-finding difficulties detected
- No confused temporal or factual references
- No sentence-level disorganization
- Authority conflation (claiming executive power over Congressional prerogatives) is a political/rhetorical pattern, not a cognitive one

**Complexity trend: Stable.** Sentence structures range from simple declarative (authentic posts) to complex subordinate clauses (aide-drafted posts), consistent with baseline dual-authorship patterns. No decline detected.

## X. Authorship Pattern

The day shows a clear bimodal authorship distribution:
- **High-authenticity posts** (authorship >0.65): Super Bowl/Taylor Swift content, penny post, plastic straws — personal, informal, evening/night timing
- **Low-authenticity posts** (authorship <0.40): Ambassador announcement, inaugural article share, GOTV call, closing triumphalism — formal, business-hours, template-adherent
- **Hybrid posts** (authorship 0.55–0.65): Kennedy Center (aide structure + Trump emotional injection), Gulf of America (Trump register + Scavino packaging)

This bifurcation is consistent with a standard operational day: Trump generates authentic content around personally salient topics (crowds, cultural rivals, symbolic gestures) while staff produce official announcements and amplification content.

## XI. Notable Absences

Beyond the birthright citizenship non-response, the day is notable for what Trump did NOT discuss:
- **No DOGE content** despite DOGE expanding to 15+ agencies on this date
- **No tariff content** despite the 25% steel/aluminum tariff announcement and Chinese retaliation
- **No hostage/Gaza content** despite his own ultimatum to Hamas (deadline Feb 15)

These absences suggest the day's psychological economy was entirely supply-driven (celebration, expansion, declaration) with no bandwidth allocated to defensive or adversarial topics.

### Narrative

A sustained grandiose plateau with no dramatic arc. The day functions as an imperial progress — celebration (Super Bowl), consolidation (institutional purges and appointments), and declaration (cultural fiat) — all from the same elevated emotional altitude, fueled by early crowd-validation supply that was never depleted.

### Dominant themes

- Cultural dominance / culture war (1 post)
- Institutional consolidation / personnel control (1 post)
- Self-validation / supply-seeking (1 post)

### Cognitive concerns

- Missing apostrophe in 'nations' (minor, within baseline)
- Authority conflation: claims executive power over Congressional coinage authority

## Posts

### [ts_113982212590048164](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113982212590048164)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T23:35:38.789Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> We're going to be BIGGER, BETTER, and STRONGER than ever before!

**Video transcript** (0:20), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> A lot of people have said that this has been the greatest opening almost three weeks in the history of the presidency. It's definitely been the fastest and the most stuff happened. Well, we've done so much so fast and we really had to because they have really, what they've done to our country is so sad. It's so sad. We're going to be bigger, better and stronger than ever before.

26,689 likes · 5,970 reposts · 2,141 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113982212590048164.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113982212590048164/analysis

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### [ts_113982206998719178](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113982206998719178)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T23:34:13.472Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> GULF OF AMERICA! https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/gulf-of-america-day-2025/

29,329 likes · 6,603 reposts · 1,538 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113982206998719178.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113982206998719178/analysis

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### [ts_113982202515178648](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113982202515178648)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T23:33:05.060Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> We’re going back to plastic straws!

**Video transcript** (1:23), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> -This is an executive order relating to the use of paper straws. As you've consistently identified, nobody really likes paper straws. -Number-one trending. Can you believe it? A paper straw is number-one trending for three days or something. -The environmental impact of plastic straws versus paper straws is entirely unclear. This has cost both the government and private industry an absolute ton of money and left consumers all over the country wildly dissatisfied with their straws. So, we're asking aspects of the federal government, federal departments, and agencies to look at their existing procurement processes, and we're asking your domestic policy council to look holistically at this issue to address it, and it really is something that affects ordinary Americans and their everyday lives. -We're going back to plastic straws. These things don't work. I've had them many times, and on occasion, they break. They explode. If something's hot, they don't last very long, like a matter of minutes. Sometimes, a matter of seconds. It's a ridiculous situation. So, we're going back to plastic straws. I think it's okay. And I don't think that plastic is going to affect a shark very much as the… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113982202515178648)

22,493 likes · 4,189 reposts · 1,074 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113982202515178648.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113982202515178648/analysis

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### [ts_113981872435350592](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113981872435350592)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T22:09:08.439Z (UTC)

> I am pleased to announce that Ric Grenell will serve as the Interim Executive Director of The Kennedy Center. Ric shares my Vision for a GOLDEN AGE of American Arts and Culture, and will be overseeing the daily operations of the Center. NO MORE DRAG SHOWS, OR OTHER ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA — ONLY THE BEST. RIC, WELCOME TO SHOW BUSINESS!

53,000 likes · 10,172 reposts · 2,294 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113981872435350592.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113981872435350592/analysis

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### [ts_113981387327065544](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113981387327065544)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T20:05:46.274Z (UTC)

> On Tuesday, February 11th, there is an important Special Election for Westchester County Executive in New York! Democrats have made Westchester County a “Sanctuary County” protecting criminal illegals! Republicans, Conservatives, and Common Sense Voters must GET OUT THE VOTE, and send a message to the Corrupt Democrats. No more protecting criminal aliens. VOTE REPUBLICAN!

31,732 likes · 9,269 reposts · 1,396 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113981387327065544.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113981387327065544/analysis

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### [ts_113981362944018816](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113981362944018816)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T19:59:34.220Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

24,812 likes · 4,869 reposts · 536 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_113981041868805968](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113981041868805968)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T18:37:55.000Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @marklevinshowEXCLUSIVE: I'LL BE INTERVIEWING PRESIDENT TRUMP THIS EVENING IN HIS FIRST RADIO INTERVIEW SINCE HIS RE-ELECTION!DON'T MISS IT!

Reposted from @marklevinshow (Mark Levin), 2025-02-10T16:27:52.167Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@marklevinshow/113980530501984308)

> EXCLUSIVE: I'LL BE INTERVIEWING PRESIDENT TRUMP THIS EVENING IN HIS FIRST RADIO INTERVIEW SINCE HIS RE-ELECTION!
>
> DON'T MISS IT!

0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_113980323612614595](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113980323612614595)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T15:35:15.280Z (UTC)

> “What a Difference Eight Years Make: How Trump’s Second Inaugural Will Surpass His First” https://www.nysun.com/article/what-a-difference-eight-years-make-how-trumps-second-inaugural-will-surpass-his-first

22,071 likes · 4,352 reposts · 1,258 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113980323612614595.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113980323612614595/analysis

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### [ts_113980014678337654](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113980014678337654)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T14:16:41.317Z (UTC)

> I am pleased to announce that Howard Brodie will be the next United States Ambassador to Finland. Howard is a distinguished attorney, investor, and businessman, who currently serves as Co-President and General Counsel of Brodie Generational Capital Partners. A proud graduate of Yale Law School, Howard has decades of International experience, leading major transactions and Global business negotiations. He is also a dedicated philanthropist, strongly supporting Medical Research, Education, Veterans’ causes, and the Arts. I know Howard will bring his vast experience and passion for our Country to advance our Interests abroad.Congratulations to Howard, his wonderful wife, and three children!

24,890 likes · 4,178 reposts · 653 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113980014678337654.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113980014678337654/analysis

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### [ts_113980013020158273](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113980013020158273)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T14:16:16.019Z (UTC)

> Our Service Academies have been infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues over the last four years. I have ordered the immediate dismissal of the Board of Visitors for the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard. We will have the strongest Military in History, and that begins by appointing new individuals to these Boards. We must make the Military Academies GREAT AGAIN!

70,131 likes · 13,580 reposts · 2,960 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113980013020158273.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113980013020158273/analysis

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### [ts_113977651409141894](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113977651409141894)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T04:15:40.692Z (UTC)

> The worst part of the Super Bowl, by far, was watching the Kickoff where, as the ball is sailing through the air, the entire field is frozen, stiff. College Football does not do it, and won’t! Whose idea was it to ruin the Game?

39,342 likes · 6,706 reposts · 3,038 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113977651409141894.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113977651409141894/analysis

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### [ts_113977646169606601](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113977646169606601)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T04:14:20.746Z (UTC)

> The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift. She got BOOED out of the Stadium. MAGA is very unforgiving!

55,905 likes · 10,826 reposts · 3,944 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113977646169606601.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113977646169606601/analysis

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### [ts_113977224933701762](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113977224933701762)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T02:27:13.192Z (UTC)

> For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful! I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies. Let's rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it's a penny at a time.

49,561 likes · 9,439 reposts · 3,264 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113977224933701762.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113977224933701762/analysis

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### [ts_113977137619685314](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113977137619685314)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T02:05:00.886Z (UTC)

> https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/cbs-news-poll-70-voters-say-trump-doing-what-he-promised-53-approval-rating

27,430 likes · 5,225 reposts · 1,025 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113977137619685314/analysis

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### [ts_113977126629643868](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113977126629643868)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T02:02:13.193Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/113977124799338323

Reposted [ts_113977124799338323](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113977124799338323) (2025-02-10T02:01:45.267Z (UTC))

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/113/977/124/550/122/898/original/343b99c437095feb.mp4
- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/113/977/124/724/231/415/original/dd41e4230858b6fc.mp4

34,816 likes · 7,452 reposts · 1,237 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113977126629643868/analysis

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### [ts_113977124799338323](https://trump.fm/post/ts_113977124799338323)

Truth Social · 2025-02-10T02:01:45.267Z (UTC) · 2 media attachments

**Video transcript** (0:10), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> (audience cheering)

27,329 likes · 5,403 reposts · 868 replies · unknown views

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