# Posts from Wednesday, April 9, 2025 19 posts on 2025-04-09. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2025-04-09/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-09T15:48:42.169Z (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._ **Manufactured Redemption: Trump Engineers Crisis-to-Triumph Arc on Day of Historic Market Chaos** Trump spent the day projecting unwavering confidence as global markets experienced their worst single-day crash in years — a crash driven by his own tariff policies. A rapid morning burst of cheerleading posts urged calm and even told followers it was a "great time to buy," followed hours later by a dramatic policy reversal: a 90-day tariff pause for most countries while escalating China's rate to 125%. The sequence — crash, reassurance, buy signal, reversal, victory lap — created a tidy comeback narrative, though Trump authored both the crisis and its resolution. The day closed with routine political business as if nothing extraordinary had happened. - Posts analyzed: 15 - Dominant state: grandiose - Narrative arc: redemption - Aggregate rage level: 0.06 - Max danger level: elevated - Theme obsession: Tariff policy and market crisis management - Claims: 30 (9 false) - Era: Second Term # Daily Psychological Digest: April 9, 2025 ## Context April 9, 2025, was one of the most consequential single days of Trump's second term. Global markets experienced their worst single-day decline in years — directly attributable to Trump's escalating tariff policies — with the Hang Seng falling 13.22% and the Taiwan composite dropping 10%. Over five million Americans participated in protests across 1,400+ locations. China had retaliated with 34% counter-tariffs. Against this backdrop, Trump posted 15 times, constructing a narrative arc that transformed a crisis of his own making into a personal triumph. ## Location and Schedule Trump was at the White House in Washington, D.C. (EDT, UTC−4), as confirmed by references to a Netanyahu meeting and hosting North Dakota State University's football team "at the White House this evening." All subsequent times are in EDT. - **Evening April 8**: 9:35–9:40 PM — 3 posts (pre-market framing) - **Morning April 9**: 7:44–9:37 AM — 7 posts in 113 minutes (crisis flooding) - **Afternoon**: 12:16–3:30 PM — 3 posts (policy reversal + victory lap) - **Evening**: 5:44–6:30 PM — 2 posts (normalization) ## Psychological State: Sustained Grandiosity Under Siege The dominant state across all 15 posts was **grandiose** (14 of 15), with one post (ts_114308258545250117, "BE COOL!") classified as mixed. This sustained grandiosity under extreme external pressure is diagnostically significant. When markets are crashing due to one's own policies, millions are protesting, and a major trading partner is escalating retaliation, the psychologically typical response includes at least some anxiety, doubt, or defensive anger. Instead, the day's posting pattern reveals a narcissistic defense architecture operating at maximum capacity — converting threat into supply at every turn. ### State Transition The single notable state transition occurred at 9:33 AM EDT, when the "BE COOL!" post (ts_114308258545250117) briefly acknowledged that others might be experiencing distress. This represents a momentary dip into mixed state — not quite vulnerable (Trump maintains the position of reassurer, not the distressed), but an implicit concession that panic exists. Within four minutes (ts_114308272725981913, "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!"), the state returned to full grandiosity at the day's peak intensity (0.88). ## The Manufactured Redemption Arc The day's most significant psychological pattern is what might be termed **manufactured redemption** — a narrative structure in which the subject engineers both the crisis and its resolution, then harvests admiration for the "rescue." ### Act I — Crisis Denial (Evening April 8, 9:35–9:40 PM) Three posts established the narrative frame before the market opened. The coal executive order (ts_114305433728064974) and SCOTUS celebration (ts_114305448331638991) projected normalcy. The polished populist declaration (ts_114305454562761253, "President for the workers, not the outsourcers") was crisis narrative management — an aide-drafted reframing of tariff chaos as worker protection. The rhetorical polish (four parallel antithetical clauses, zero typos, attached video) marks this as staff product, deployed to pre-frame the next day's inevitable turmoil. ### Act II — Morning Offensive (7:44–9:37 AM) As markets opened into catastrophic losses, seven posts in under two hours flooded the information space with economic optimism. The sequence escalated in urgency: 1. Business recruitment pitch (ts_114307832213562859) — intensity 0.58 2. MAGA slogan (ts_114307836775073198) — intensity 0.20 3. Legislative directive: "THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL" (ts_114307883361614427) — intensity 0.42 4. Legislative directive with "IMPERATIVE" (ts_114308121820846336) — intensity 0.78 5. Authority laundering via Dimon quote (ts_114308228615083777) — intensity 0.30 6. Affect management: "BE COOL!" (ts_114308258545250117) — intensity 0.28 7. Market directive: "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT" (ts_114308272725981913) — intensity 0.88 This pattern is consistent with what RAND has described as a "firehose of falsehood" — zone-flooding with unidirectional positive messaging to overwhelm contradictory evidence. The posting rate (one every ~16 minutes) suggests pressured output, though not at a level requiring hypomanic classification given contextual crisis justification. ### Act III — The Reversal (1:18 PM) The tariff pause announcement (ts_114309144289505174) — pausing tariffs for 75+ nations for 90 days while raising China's to 125% — was the pivot. This is the day's only post containing rage (0.55), directed at China for its "lack of respect" to "the World's Markets." The framing performed **splitting on a geopolitical scale**: compliant nations rewarded, China punished. The causal inversion was total — the pause is presented as sovereign reward for non-retaliation, when in reality it was a market-forced retreat. This constitutes rationalization at the highest stakes level: a capitulation repackaged as strategic benevolence. ### Act IV — Victory Lap (3:30 PM) "CONGRATULATIONS!" (ts_114309662351113873) — a single word, ALL CAPS — harvested the narrative payoff. The psychological satisfaction is maximum: Trump caused the crash, Trump reversed the policy, Trump takes credit for the rebound. The narcissistic circuit is closed. ### Act V — Normalization (5:44–6:30 PM) Two routine posts (coal industry executive order, college football champions at the White House) performed normalcy, as if the most turbulent trading day in years had been just another Wednesday. This normalization phase is functionally important: it retroactively minimizes the crisis, reinforcing the narrative that Trump was always in control. ## The Buy Signal Sequence: Governance Risk The most clinically and institutionally significant element of the day is the temporal relationship between ts_114308272725981913 ("THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT") posted at 9:37 AM and the tariff pause announced at 1:18 PM (ts_114309144289505174). If Trump had knowledge of the forthcoming pause at the time of the buy recommendation, this sequence constitutes a presidential market manipulation pattern — using advance knowledge of his own policy decision to direct public investment behavior before a foreseeable market surge. The "DJT" signature adds a legally significant dimension: it simultaneously functions as a personal sign-off and as the NASDAQ ticker symbol for Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), fusing personal identity with commercial instrument. This ambiguity may be plausibly deniable but is psychologically consistent with the narcissistic fusion of self and institutional power. This exceeds normal psychological analysis and enters governance-risk territory, but it is psychologically consistent with the grandiose belief that such fusion of personal and public interest is natural rather than problematic. ## Theme Analysis | Theme | Frequency | Post IDs | |-------|-----------|----------| | Tariff/Market Crisis Management | 8 | ts_114305454562761253, ts_114307832213562859, ts_114308121820846336, ts_114308228615083777, ts_114308258545250117, ts_114308272725981913, ts_114309144289505174, ts_114309662351113873 | | Legislative Push (Tax/Spending Bill) | 2 | ts_114307883361614427, ts_114308121820846336 | | Executive Power / Coal Industry | 2 | ts_114305433728064974, ts_114310188132445566 | | Immigration / Deportation | 1 | ts_114305448331638991 | | Political Endorsement | 1 | ts_114308898654506738 | | Ceremonial / Sports | 1 | ts_114310370550367017 | | Brand Slogan | 1 | ts_114307836775073198 | **Theme obsession assessment**: Over half the day's posts (8 of 15) addressed the tariff/market crisis directly. While the concentration is partly justified by the objective magnitude of the event, the volume and urgency — particularly the seven-post morning burst — suggests the crisis activated deep narcissistic threat requiring sustained supply-seeking to stabilize the grandiose self-concept. This meets the threshold for thematic obsession. ## Contradictions ### Contradiction 1: Worker Populism vs. Corporate Recruitment (Minor) - **ts_114305454562761253** (9:40 PM April 8): "I'm proud to be the President for the workers, not the outsourcers" - **ts_114307832213562859** (7:44 AM April 9): "This is a GREAT time to move your COMPANY into the United States" - These frames can be loosely reconciled (companies moving in = jobs for workers), but the rhetorical universes are distinct: one denounces corporate power, the other courts it. This reveals compartmentalized audience-targeting rather than coherent ideology. ### Contradiction 2: Reassurance vs. Escalation (Moderate) - **ts_114308258545250117** (9:33 AM): "BE COOL! Everything is going to work out well." - **ts_114309144289505174** (1:18 PM): Raises China tariffs to 125%, explicitly escalating the trade war - The morning reassurance implied the crisis was overblown; hours later, Trump escalated the very policy causing the crisis against the world's second-largest economy. The reassurance was either dishonest or the escalation was impulsive — both interpretations carry clinical significance. ### Contradiction 3: Market Optimism vs. Crisis Authorship (Structural) The entire morning posting sequence (markets will boom, great time to buy, country will soar) exists in structural contradiction with the factual reality that the poster's own tariff policies caused the crash requiring reassurance. This is not a contradiction between two posts but between the narrative and reality — a sustained exercise in what the commentary identifies as "pathological distortion." ## Escalation Analysis No classical rage spiral was detected. Only one post (ts_114309144289505174) contained rage indicators, at a moderate level (0.55), directed at China. The day's emotional trajectory was not anger-driven but supply-driven: a sustained effort to harvest narcissistic supply from a crisis through the projection of confident omniscience. Intensity peaked at 0.88 (ts_114308272725981913, "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!") but this was grandiose intensity, not rageful intensity. The rage in the tariff announcement was controlled and instrumental — a tool of the splitting framework (punish China, reward others) rather than evidence of emotional dysregulation. ## Hypomanic Indicators | Indicator | Assessment | |-----------|-----------| | Post frequency | 15 posts — elevated (~70th percentile) | | Morning burst | 7 posts in 113 minutes (~1 per 16 min) — elevated | | Sleep window | 9:40 PM → 7:44 AM (~10 hours) — adequate | | ALL CAPS usage | 5+ posts — elevated | | Pressured quality | Morning burst shows urgency, exclamation escalation | | Grandiosity | Sustained, extreme, context-inappropriate | | Self-monitoring deficit | "Buy" signal before own policy announcement | **Assessment**: Several hypomanic markers are present (pressured output, sustained grandiosity, urgency chains, reduced self-monitoring), but the adequate sleep window and the contextual justification for high output during a genuine crisis prevent confident episode classification. **Subthreshold** — the pattern warrants monitoring but does not meet full criteria. ## Sleep Deprivation Assessment No evidence of sleep deprivation. The approximately 10-hour gap between the last evening post (9:40 PM) and the first morning post (7:44 AM) provides ample sleep opportunity. Cognitive output, while consistently simple, shows no deterioration markers compared to baseline. ## Danger Assessment Four posts received **elevated** danger ratings: 1. **ts_114305448331638991** (Deportation post): Dehumanizing language ("monsters") applied to three named organizations, creating a partial stochastic terrorism structure: identified targets + moral delegitimization + implied action mandate. Risk amplified by documented misapplication of gang-affiliation criteria to non-affiliated immigrants. 2. **ts_114308272725981913** ("THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT"): Market manipulation risk. Presidential buy recommendation preceding a market-moving policy announcement the same day. The DJT signature/ticker fusion compounds the concern. 3. **ts_114309144289505174** (Tariff pause/China escalation): Raising tariffs to 125% on the world's second-largest economy during a global market crisis. Economic brinksmanship with systemic risk. 4. **ts_114309662351113873** ("CONGRATULATIONS!"): Triumphalism completing the buy-signal-to-policy-reversal sequence, retroactively endorsing the pattern. **Maximum danger level**: Elevated. No posts reached high or critical thresholds. The aggregate concern is the pattern rather than any individual post — the buy-signal-to-reversal sequence represents a systemic governance risk that exceeds normal post-level danger classification. ## Stochastic Terrorism Assessment The "monsters" language in ts_114305448331638991 creates a partial stochastic terrorism structure (identified target groups + dehumanization + enforcement action framing). However, this is an isolated instance rather than a sustained day-level pattern. No repeated targeting, no escalating dehumanization sequence, no direct action calls beyond existing legal frameworks. **Pattern not established at day level**, though the individual post warrants monitoring in the broader longitudinal context. ## Cognitive Assessment - **Temporal inaccuracy**: "Last month" used for FTO designations that occurred approximately two months prior (ts_114305448331638991) — minor, possibly deliberate compression - **Factual exaggeration**: Husted served as Lt. Governor for approximately six years, not "seven years" (ts_114308898654506738) — minor, likely aide error - **Selective quotation**: Dimon quote stripped of his contemporaneous recession warnings (ts_114308228615083777) — deliberate framing, not cognitive error - **Complexity**: Consistently low across all posts but within established baseline for short-form social media. No signs of deterioration. - **Reality testing**: Significantly impaired at the level of policy narrative (asserting economic triumph during market crash), though this appears to reflect narcissistic defense architecture rather than organic cognitive decline - **Trend**: **Stable** — no deterioration or improvement detected across the day ## Defense Mechanisms Observed 1. **Denial** (pathological): Complete absence of crisis acknowledgment in economic posts 2. **Distortion** (pathological): Market crash reframed as buying opportunity; tariff retreat reframed as strategic benevolence 3. **Splitting** (immature): Binary good-nation/bad-nation framework in tariff announcement; workers vs. outsourcers, Main Street vs. Wall Street 4. **Rationalization** (neurotic): Tariff pause framed as strategic reward rather than market-forced retreat 5. **Omnipotent control** (immature): Presidential affect management ("BE COOL!") as substitute for policy adjustment 6. **Projection**: "Trade cheaters all over the globe" attributes rule-violation to partners while U.S. initiates escalation outside WTO frameworks ## Authorship Analysis The day's posts show a clear staff-vs-authentic divide: - **High-confidence authentic** (0.62–0.87): ts_114307832213562859 (DON'T encoding artifact), ts_114307883361614427, ts_114308121820846336, ts_114308272725981913 (DJT signature), ts_114309144289505174, ts_114310370550367017 - **Likely aide-drafted** (0.20–0.40): ts_114305433728064974 (link-only), ts_114305454562761253 (polished rhetoric), ts_114308228615083777 (quote relay), ts_114308898654506738 (endorsement), ts_114310188132445566 (policy messaging) - **Ambiguous**: ts_114307836775073198 (MAGA — could be either), ts_114308258545250117 (brief, informal), ts_114309662351113873 (single word) Notably, the most psychologically significant posts (the buy signal, the tariff announcement) are among the most authentically authored, suggesting Trump personally directed the narrative at critical junctures while staff maintained routine content. ## Summary Assessment April 9, 2025, represents a crystalline example of narcissistic crisis management at the presidential scale. The dominant psychological pattern is the **manufactured redemption arc** — a self-created crisis converted into a triumphant narrative through policy reversal, with narcissistic supply harvested at every stage. The sustained grandiose state under extreme pressure, the reality distortion in economic messaging, and the temporally suspicious buy signal before a market-moving announcement collectively paint a picture of a narcissistic personality operating at peak defensive capacity, successfully converting what should be a devastating narcissistic injury into a supply-generating triumph. The psychological cost of this conversion — the degree of reality distortion required, the self-monitoring failures evidenced by the buy signal, and the geopolitical splitting needed to maintain the narrative — is the primary clinical concern. The defense mechanisms are working, in the sense that grandiose state is maintained, but they are working at a level of intensity that produces governance-level externalities. ### Narrative A manufactured redemption arc in which Trump authored both the crisis (tariff-induced global market crash) and its resolution (90-day tariff pause), harvesting narcissistic supply at every stage. The morning projected serene confidence amid panic, the afternoon delivered the reversal framed as strategic benevolence, and the evening normalized the chaos as routine. The redemption is structurally complete but substantively hollow — the "comeback" was a partial reversal of self-inflicted damage, and China tariffs were simultaneously escalated to 125%. ### Dominant themes - Tariff/Market Crisis Management (1 post) - Legislative Push (Tax/Spending Bill) (1 post) - Executive Power / Coal Industry (1 post) - Immigration / Deportation (1 post) - Political Endorsement / Maintenance (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [ts_114305454562761253](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114305454562761253): I'm proud to be the President for the workers, not the outsourcers vs. [ts_114307832213562859](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114307832213562859): This is a GREAT time to move your COMPANY into the United States of America - [ts_114308258545250117](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114308258545250117): BE COOL! Everything is going to work out well. The USA will be bigger and better than ever before! vs. [ts_114309144289505174](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114309144289505174): I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately ### Cognitive concerns - Temporal inaccuracy: 'last month' used for FTO designations approximately two months prior - Selective quotation: Dimon quote stripped of contemporaneous recession warnings, presenting partial information as endorsement - Sustained reality distortion: asserting economic triumph and national 'boom' during worst single-day market crash of the administration - Factual exaggeration: Husted described as Lt. Governor for 'seven years' when actual tenure was approximately six years - Self-monitoring deficit: publicly issuing buy recommendation hours before own market-moving policy announcement ## Posts ### [ts_114310370550367017](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114310370550367017) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T22:30:31.887Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > It was my Great Honor to welcome the North Dakota State University, 2025 Division 1 Football Champions—to the White House this evening. CONGRATULATIONS! **Video transcript** (0:12), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > (audience applauds) 12,074 likes · 2,247 reposts · 576 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114310370550367017.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114310370550367017/analysis --- ### [ts_114310188132445566](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114310188132445566) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T21:44:08.485Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > We are taking historic action to help American workers, miners, families, and consumers. We're ending Joe Biden's war on beautiful, clean coal once and for all, and we're gonna put the miners back to work! **Video transcript** (1:05), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Today we're taking historic action to help American workers, miners, families and consumers. We're ending Joe Biden's war on beautiful clean call once and for all and we're going to put the miners back to work under the executive order that I will sign in a few moments. We're slashing unnecessary regulations that targeted the beautiful clean call. We will rapidly expedite leases for coal mining on federal land, streamline permitting. We will end the government bias against coal and we're going to unlock the sweeping authorities of the Defense Production Act to turbocharge coal mining in America. On for pound coal is the single most reliable durable secure and powerful form of energy there is on earth today. The value of untapped coal in our country is 100 times greater than the value of all the gold at Fort Knox and we're going to unleash it and make America rich and powerful again. Together we're going to tap that magnificent potential to give our people the glorious future that they deserve. 15,208 likes · 3,197 reposts · 882 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114310188132445566.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114310188132445566/analysis --- ### [ts_114310180518510028](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114310180518510028) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T21:42:12.310Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (1:37), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > -We saw the successful negotiating strategy that President Trump implemented a week ago today. It has brought more than 75 countries forward to negotiate. It took great courage, great courage, for him to stay the course until this moment. And what we have ended up with here, as I told everyone a week ago, they are in this very spot. Do not retaliate, and you will be rewarded. So every country in the world who wants to come and negotiate, we are willing to hear you. We're gonna go down to a 10% baseline tariff for them, and China will be raised to 125 due to their insistence on escalation. I'm not calling it a trade war, but I'm saying that China has escalated, and President Trump responded very courageously to that. It signals that President Trump cares about trade and that we want to negotiate in good faith. And as I said, each one of these is going to be a separate, bespoke negotiation. So we are confident that having seen the other side of where this could go. And it was like I said last week. The market didn't understand those were maximum levels. The countries can think about those levels as they come to us to bring down their tariffs, their non-tariff trade barriers. We're go… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114310180518510028) 10,526 likes · 2,543 reposts · 542 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_114310175585065012](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114310175585065012) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T21:40:57.033Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (1:14), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > where the Biden administration launched what you call the "War on Showers." They had certain regulations that basically killed the water pressure of showers and other water appliances. You can say it. Go ahead. What are the appliances? I mean, it's everything, sir. It speaks into a dishwasher. It's boiling. It's sick. But the shower heads are a huge thing. There's no water. You don't get water. It's ridiculous. So in this executive order, we're effectively going to be reversing that set of regulations to ensure that Americans have choice in the consumer market. If they want a low-flow shower head, they can buy one. If they want a no-deal shower head, they should have it. If you buy a new house, you pay a lot of money, and the developers, you're not allowed to do anything more. They put restrictors on. They used to have a restrictor where you could take it out, but now they weld it in, and you take a shower or wash your hands, whatever you do. Including dishwashers when no water comes out. But you wash your hands, and in my case, I like to take a nice shower to take care of my beautiful hair. I'm standing in the shower for 15 minutes 'til it gets wet. It comes out grim, grim, grim.… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114310175585065012) 11,952 likes · 2,630 reposts · 581 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_114309662351113873](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114309662351113873) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T19:30:25.625Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > CONGRATULATIONS! **Video transcript** (5:22), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > a very special day for a lot of reasons, actually, if you really think about it, but this is a day because Roger Penske is a great friend of mine. I've known him a long time. He received a few years ago the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award in the country outside of the Congressional Medal of Honor, sort of the civilian version of the Congressional Medal of Honor, and I watched him win his 18th Indianapolis 500, and now I just said, "Did you win 19?" He said, "Well, actually, we won 20." He won two more since then, so that was like five years ago, and he won two more since then, and just well-deserving. If you look, Germany, Japan, the countries, they spend billions of dollars trying to win money, and I guess they do it sometimes, but not much, but he's done it 20 times, so he must know something about cars and racing, and trucks, too, by the way. He knows a lot about trucks, but he's been a very special guy, and he's brought some of our outstanding racing champions with tremendous courage and guts and grit. Hello, fellas, I didn't see you guys over there. That's a good-looking couple of teams, too. They have a lot of courage, and we'll see you in a second. So we're… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114309662351113873) 7,412 likes · 1,571 reposts · 516 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114309662351113873/analysis --- ### [ts_114309144289505174](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114309144289505174) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T17:18:40.629Z (UTC) > Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately. At some point, hopefully in the near future, China will realize that the days of ripping off the U.S.A., and other Countries, is no longer sustainable or acceptable. Conversely, and based on the fact that more than 75 Countries have called Representatives of the United States, including the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and the USTR, to negotiate a solution to the subjects being discussed relative to Trade, Trade Barriers, Tariffs, Currency Manipulation, and Non Monetary Tariffs, and that these Countries have not, at my strong suggestion, retaliated in any way, shape, or form against the United States, I have authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter! 50,530 likes · 11,279 reposts · 5,759 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114309144289505174.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114309144289505174/analysis --- ### [ts_114308898654506738](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114308898654506738) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T16:16:12.535Z (UTC) > Jon Husted is doing an incredible job as Senator for the Great State of Ohio! He served as your Lieutenant Governor for seven years prior to becoming a very distinguished and well respected Senator. Jon is a wonderful man, has ALWAYS delivered for Ohio, and will continue doing so in the U.S. Senate. He is working hard to Create Jobs, Lower Costs, Promote Products and Services MADE IN AMERICA by our incredible Ohio Workers, Support our Great Farmers, Champion Innovation, Secure our Border, Stop Criminals, Strengthen our Military/Veterans, and Strongly Protect our always under siege Second Amendment. We are delivering BIG WINS for America. One of the leaders I know I can count on is Ohio’s Senator Jon Husted. He will fight to advance Common Sense Values, and put AMERICA FIRST. Jon Husted has my Complete and Total Endorsement — HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN! 3,134 likes · 753 reposts · 236 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114308898654506738.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114308898654506738/analysis --- ### [ts_114308272725981913](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114308272725981913) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T13:37:01.627Z (UTC) > THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT 17,151 likes · 3,659 reposts · 1,936 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114308272725981913.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114308272725981913/analysis --- ### [ts_114308258545250117](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114308258545250117) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T13:33:25.243Z (UTC) > BE COOL! Everything is going to work out well. The USA will be bigger and better than ever before! 19,222 likes · 4,425 reposts · 1,652 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114308258545250117.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114308258545250117/analysis --- ### [ts_114308228615083777](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114308228615083777) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T13:25:48.545Z (UTC) > “Fixing Trade and Tariffs is a good thing!” Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, Chairman & CEO, on Maria B Show! 12,942 likes · 2,619 reposts · 601 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114308228615083777.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114308228615083777/analysis --- ### [ts_114308121820846336](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114308121820846336) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T12:58:38.995Z (UTC) > It is IMPERATIVE that Republicans in the House pass the Tax Cut Bill, NOW! Our Country Will Boom!!! 241 likes · 49 reposts · 8 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114308121820846336.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114308121820846336/analysis --- ### [ts_114307883361614427](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114307883361614427) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T11:58:00.395Z (UTC) > Republicans, it is more important now, than ever, that we pass THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL. The USA will Soar like never before!!! 7,698 likes · 1,815 reposts · 729 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114307883361614427.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114307883361614427/analysis --- ### [ts_114307836775073198](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114307836775073198) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T11:46:09.541Z (UTC) > MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 8,296 likes · 1,667 reposts · 736 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114307836775073198.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114307836775073198/analysis --- ### [ts_114307832213562859](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114307832213562859) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T11:44:59.938Z (UTC) > This is a GREAT time to move your COMPANY into the United States of America, like Apple, and so many others, in record numbers, are doing. ZERO TARIFFS, and almost immediate Electrical/Energy hook ups and approvals. No Environmental Delays. DON’T WAIT, DO IT NOW! 15,221 likes · 3,150 reposts · 863 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114307832213562859.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114307832213562859/analysis --- ### [ts_114305595045936995](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114305595045936995) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T02:16:03.470Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (0:44), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > I believe the tariffs are a good thing. I mean, it's actually going to help our industry out. It is going to bring jobs back to America. Companies will then invest their money and infrastructure in American jobs. And what comes with American jobs is energy. You need energy to support American jobs and factories. President Trump, I just would like to personally thank you for what you do for the coal industry and what you're doing to make our everyday lives better. President Trump, from the bottom of our hearts, truly, thank you for everything you have done for the coal industry and for the hardworking blue collar American person. We are truly better off today than we were under the last administration. 7,847 likes · 2,037 reposts · 520 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_114305454562761253](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114305454562761253) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T01:40:19.948Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > I’m proud to be the President for the workers, not the outsourcers; the President who stands up for Main Street, not Wall Street; who protects the middle class, not the political class; and who defends America, not trade cheaters all over the globe. **Video transcript** (0:23), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > I'm proud to be the president for the workers, not the outsources. The president who stands up from Main Street, not Wall Street, who protects the middle class, not the political class, and who defends America, not trade cheaters all over the globe. They're trade cheaters. They cheated on us. They cheated with tariffs on us. They stole our money. They stole our jobs. 12,619 likes · 3,149 reposts · 1,030 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114305454562761253.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114305454562761253/analysis --- ### [ts_114305448331638991](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114305448331638991) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T01:38:44.868Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Last month, we officially designated Tren de Aragua, MS-13 and the Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations—and thanks to the Supreme Court yesterday...we will continue to deport these monsters under the Alien Enemies Act… **Video transcript** (0:58), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > During the same period last year, Joe Biden released more than 184,000 illegal aliens into our country. Think of it. Many of these people were from jails and mental institutions, as I said. Since my inauguration, we've released a grand total of nine, nine, nine. And they were all, in all cases, medical emergencies. We did that for medical emergency reasons last month. We officially designated Trende Aragua MS-13 and the Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. And thanks to the Supreme Court yesterday, and today we had a big ruling, too. We had a very big ruling today. But we will continue to deport these monsters under the Alien Enemies Act. of that alien enemies act. Can you believe it? 9,888 likes · 2,278 reposts · 404 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114305448331638991.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114305448331638991/analysis --- ### [ts_114305441323877890](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114305441323877890) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T01:36:57.942Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (6:31), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Thank you. Thank you very much. President Trump, I'm here and I'm alive. President Trump, you saved my life. You saved the life of 33 hostages that because of your efforts and you're setting the hostage crisis at the high priority of what you're doing among all of the enormous issues and things that you're dealing with since you came into your position as President of the United States. You set the hostage crisis at the highest priority. You got 33 of us home alive. We all owe our lives to you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And please please continue your tremendous efforts and your tremendous actions and your tremendous accomplishments. Continue and we will get, with your help, all of the remaining 59 hostages still in Gaza back home. Thank you. Thank you President Trump for bringing my Keith home. Keith's grandchildren are the happiest. Keith's children are the happiest. Keith's family is the happiest. But I am the most happiest. Thank you so much. We need you. We need you to bring all the hostages home. There's 24 that are alive and 59 to come home to their families just like I received Keith they needed to. We have Yair standing here with us and a time his brother is underne… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114305441323877890) 6,760 likes · 1,684 reposts · 265 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_114305433728064974](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114305433728064974) Truth Social · 2025-04-09T01:35:02.137Z (UTC) · 4 media attachments > “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241” https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/reinvigorating-americas-beautiful-clean-coal-industry-and-amending-executive-order-14241/ 7,900 likes · 1,774 reposts · 262 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114305433728064974.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114305433728064974/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/2025-04-09 - Day analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/date/2025-04-09 - The posts alone, without the day analysis: https://trump.fm/date/2025-04-09.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. 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