# Posts from Monday, May 5, 2025 18 posts on 2025-05-05. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2025-05-05/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-08T15:26:48.322Z (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._ **Victory Lap Day: Curated Praise and a Self-Contradicting WWII Holiday Decree** Trump spent the day in sustained self-congratulatory mode, celebrating his first 100 days with a stream of praise quotes from allies and policy announcements. The evening before brought brief flashes of irritation — sharing an article about a Wall Street critic being publicly shamed by MAGA allies, and attacking Karl Rove as a "total Loser." The day's most notable moment came in the evening with a grandiose announcement of new national holidays for both World War victories, built on a false grievance that America "never took credit" — despite Veterans Day already commemorating the WWI armistice. The NFL Draft coming to Washington in 2027 got four separate posts in two hours. Overall a low-intensity day dominated by self-promotion with very little original content. - Posts analyzed: 16 - Dominant state: grandiose - Narrative arc: stable - Aggregate rage level: 0.1 - Max danger level: elevated - Claims: 15 (4 false) - Era: Second Term # Daily Psychological Digest: May 5, 2025 ## Location & Timezone Trump was operating from Washington, D.C. (EDT, UTC-4) based on White House proclamation links, a phone call with Erdoğan described in first-person presidential voice, and the NFL Draft-to-D.C. announcement. All subsequent time references are converted to EDT. ## Chronological Arc ### Evening Cluster (May 4 EDT: 8:06 PM–10:31 PM) The day's UTC window opens with three late-evening posts from May 4 local time: - **8:06 PM** (ts_114452304743683740): Link share of Alabama Gazette op-ed praising "100 Days That Changed America." Low-effort supply-seeking with near-zero authorship (0.20). Sets the self-congratulatory tone. - **9:36 PM** (ts_114452658413795766): Shares NY Post article about Ken Griffin being confronted by MAGA allies at the Milken Institute conference. This is the day's sole elevated-danger post. The no-commentary link share is a characteristic **indirect retaliation technique** — Trump amplifies coverage of a critic's social punishment while maintaining deniability. The article frames Griffin's criticism of tariffs as betrayal, reinforcing in-group/out-group boundaries. This functions as intimidation-by-signal-boost, warning other business-world figures that public disagreement carries social consequences. Rage: 0.40. - **10:31 PM** (ts_114452877224020351): Direct attack on Karl Rove: "I don't need to have Karl Rove of FoxNews to tell me what to do. The guy's a total Loser who's been wrong about almost everything!" High authorship (0.95) — this is clearly Trump's own voice. The attack follows the evening's pattern of responding to perceived slights from establishment figures. Rage: 0.50 (day's peak). The "I don't need" construction reveals the narcissistic injury: someone positioned as an authority was offering unsolicited advice, perceived as a dominance challenge. ### Morning Gap: 10:31 PM → 10:06 AM (~11.5 hours) This gap is consistent with normal sleep patterns. No evidence of sleep disruption. ### Morning/Midday Block (10:06 AM–11:52 AM EDT) A rapid succession of six posts in under two hours, all curated praise or policy announcements: - **10:06–10:08 AM** (ts_114455608513522948, ts_114455616542958903): Back-to-back quotes from Sen. Markwayne Mullin on trade policy and a small business praise quote. Both are very low authorship (0.10–0.15), likely staff-curated content. These reinforce the "100 days" accomplishment narrative. - **10:49 AM** (ts_114455776425590388): Bill Ackman on Harvard/university funding. Notable that Trump amplifies a billionaire ally's criticism of elite institutions — the inverse of the Griffin post. Allies who align get signal-boosted positively; critics get signal-boosted as cautionary tales. - **11:10 AM** (ts_114455860282159313): Detailed readout of phone call with Turkish President Erdoğan covering Russia/Ukraine, Syria, and Gaza. Moderate authorship (0.20) suggests staff drafting with Trump's approval. Correlates with the known event of Russia proposing Ukraine peace talks in Turkey — Trump is positioning himself as central to the diplomatic effort. The mutual invitation framework ("he will come to me, I will go to him") satisfies bilateral reciprocity needs. - **11:40 AM** (ts_114455976603502389): Secretary Bessent quote claiming more investment in 100 days than Biden's entire term. Very low authorship (0.10). This claim is likely exaggerated or misleadingly framed. - **11:52 AM** (ts_114456026572229510): "This was so wonderful, 9 years ago today!" — nostalgic callback (May 5, 2016 was around when Trump clinched the GOP nomination after Ted Cruz dropped out). Moderate authorship (0.60). The nostalgic register is relatively rare and suggests a briefly reflective mood. ### Afternoon NFL Draft Cluster (1:39–3:28 PM EDT) Four posts in under two hours, all about the NFL Draft coming to Washington, D.C. in 2027: - **1:39 PM** (ts_114456445780203083): YouTube link, no commentary. - **1:58 PM** (ts_114456520145752092): Same link with text announcement. - **2:00 PM** (ts_114456528966782457): Near-duplicate of previous post (2 minutes later). - **2:10 PM** (ts_114456568203695294): "PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT!" — the all-caps slogan functions as a capstone to the NFL Draft celebration. Moderate intensity (0.30). - **3:28 PM** (ts_114456873219445914): Fourth sharing of the same YouTube link. The repetition is notable. Three posts sharing the same YouTube link within two hours, plus a near-duplicate text post, suggests either enthusiastic over-sharing, staff coordination issues, or impulsive re-posting. The pattern is mildly perseverative but falls short of pathological obsession — the NFL Draft is a culturally significant announcement with genuine appeal. ### Evening Crescendo (6:49–7:19 PM EDT) - **6:49 PM** (ts_114457666559426766): The day's most psychologically significant post. Trump declares new "national holidays" for WWI and WWII victories while simultaneously stating they won't involve "closing the country" — a self-negating announcement. The post contains multiple factual errors and logical inconsistencies: 1. **"The only Country that doesn't celebrate"** — demonstrably false. Veterans Day (November 11) is a federal holiday specifically originating as Armistice Day for WWI. 2. **"Without the United States, the War would have been won by other Countries"** — this sentence directly undermines the post's own thesis that American involvement was essential. 3. **"Documentation to follow"** — indicates the proclamation preceded any policy mechanism, consistent with impulsive grandiose announcement patterns. The core psychological mechanism is **narcissistic extension**: America's perceived lack of recognition for winning both wars maps directly onto Trump's personal narrative of being undervalued despite exceptional performance. The grievance framework (we do the work, others take credit) is Trump's populist identity scaled from personal to national. Authorship score: 0.70 — this is substantially Trump's own language, particularly the grievance framing and the impulsive "I am today declaring" construction. - **7:19 PM** (ts_114457784776577118): Final post — a link to the White House proclamation for National Small Business Week. Low-effort maintenance post (authorship 0.05). The day ends on a bureaucratic whimper after the grandiose WWII declaration. ## Psychological State Assessment **Dominant State: Grandiose** — all 16 posts are classified grandiose with no transitions to vulnerability or stability. This is a monochromatic psychological day. **State Consistency:** The grandiosity manifests in two registers: 1. **Passive grandiosity** (10+ posts): Curating praise from others, sharing favorable articles, amplifying allies. Low authorship, low intensity. 2. **Active grandiosity** (3 posts): Rove attack, WWII proclamation, "Promises Made Promises Kept." Higher authorship, personal voice, direct claims of superiority. ## Rage & Escalation Analysis Only 2 of 16 posts contain rage (12.5%), both in the late-evening EDT cluster: - Griffin article: 0.40 (indirect) - Rove attack: 0.50 (direct) This constitutes a brief **spike** rather than an escalation spiral. The rage appeared, peaked within one hour, and completely dissipated by the next morning's posts. The spike appears triggered by evening media consumption (Fox News, NY Post coverage of Milken conference) — a common pattern where evening cable news viewing produces reactive posting. **Aggregate rage level: ~0.10** — very low day overall. ## Theme Analysis | Theme | Frequency | Post IDs | |-------|-----------|----------| | Self-congratulation / 100 Days | 6 | ts_114452304743683740, ts_114455608513522948, ts_114455616542958903, ts_114455976603502389, ts_114456026572229510, ts_114456568203695294 | | NFL Draft to D.C. | 4 | ts_114456445780203083, ts_114456520145752092, ts_114456528966782457, ts_114456873219445914 | | Critic punishment / attacks | 2 | ts_114452658413795766, ts_114452877224020351 | | Foreign policy | 1 | ts_114455860282159313 | | National grievance / WWII | 1 | ts_114457666559426766 | | University/elite criticism | 1 | ts_114455776425590388 | | Small business | 1 | ts_114457784776577118 | **Theme obsession:** No. While the NFL Draft received repetitive posting (4 posts), the day's content spans multiple topics. The repetition appears more like excited over-sharing than monomaniacal fixation. ## Contradiction Analysis **Internal contradiction in WWII post (ts_114457666559426766):** - Claim 1: American involvement was essential to winning WWII - Claim 2: "Without the United States, the War would have been won by other Countries" - These statements are logically contradictory within a single post, suggesting impaired self-monitoring of written output. **Factual contradiction with reality:** - Claims November 11 has no existing significance → Veterans Day (originally Armistice Day) has been a federal holiday since 1938. ## Hypomanic Indicators - **Post count:** 16 posts (moderate — estimated ~45th percentile for Trump) - **Time span (EDT):** 8:06 PM May 4 to 7:19 PM May 5 - **Sleep window:** 10:31 PM to 10:06 AM (~11.5 hours gap — normal to generous) - **Earliest post (EDT):** 10:06 AM (not early) - **Latest post (EDT):** 7:19 PM (not late) - **Burst patterns:** 6 posts in 2 hours (10:06 AM–11:52 AM), 5 posts in 90 minutes (1:39–3:28 PM) - **Assessment:** Does NOT meet hypomanic threshold. Sleep appears normal, post volume is moderate, and activity window is conventional. ## Event Correlation | Event | Response | Type | |-------|----------|------| | Russia proposes Turkey peace talks | Erdoğan phone call readout (ts_114455860282159313) | Amplifying — positions self as diplomatic broker | | 100 Days milestone (self-generated) | Multiple praise posts | Amplifying — curated celebration | | Ken Griffin criticism at Milken | Article share (ts_114452658413795766) | Offensive — indirect retaliation via signal-boost | | Karl Rove Fox News commentary | Direct attack (ts_114452877224020351) | Offensive — personal insult | Notable non-responses: No posts referencing the DHS $1,000 self-deportation stipend, the biological research executive order, or the Houthi ceasefire — despite these being significant policy events. The pharmaceutical permitting EO also goes unmentioned. This suggests the social media feed was curated around celebration and grievance rather than policy substance. ## Danger Assessment - **Maximum danger level:** Elevated (ts_114452658413795766 — Griffin article) - **Pattern:** The Griffin post represents a singular instance of amplifying organized social punishment of a critic. While concerning for its chilling effect on public discourse, it is isolated rather than part of a sustained campaign across the day. - **Stochastic terrorism pattern:** Not detected. The day lacks the sustained dehumanization, enemy-naming, or call-to-action patterns required for this classification. The Griffin post is intimidation-adjacent but lacks direct incitement. ## Cognitive Concerns 1. **Logical inconsistency:** The WWII post contains a sentence that contradicts its own thesis, suggesting reduced self-monitoring of written output. 2. **Factual errors:** Claims about November 11 having no existing holiday status are readily falsifiable, indicating either deliberate distortion or genuine ignorance of Veterans Day's origins. 3. **Impulsive proclamation:** Declaring national holidays with "Documentation to follow" indicates announcement-before-mechanism, consistent with impulsive executive function patterns. 4. **Repetitive posting:** Four posts sharing the same NFL Draft YouTube link may indicate reduced awareness of previous posts or compulsive sharing behavior. 5. **Limited original content:** Only 3-4 of 16 posts show substantial authorship, with most being low-effort link shares or quote retweets. This may indicate either strategic delegation or reduced engagement with content creation. **Complexity trend:** Stable. The limited original content makes assessment difficult, but the WWII post — while factually flawed — demonstrates complex sentence construction and multi-paragraph argumentation, suggesting no acute cognitive decline. ### Narrative A monochromatic grandiose day centered on the 100-days milestone. The evening before produced a brief irritability spike targeting Ken Griffin and Karl Rove, which fully dissipated by morning. The daytime hours were dominated by curated praise, an Erdoğan call readout, and repetitive NFL Draft celebration. The day closed with a psychologically revealing WWII holiday proclamation that fused national and personal grievance narratives while containing notable factual errors and internal logical contradictions. No state transitions, no escalation, and conventional sleep patterns throughout. ### Dominant themes - Self-congratulation and 100 Days celebration (1 post) - NFL Draft announcement to Washington D.C. (1 post) - Critic punishment and personal attacks (1 post) - Foreign policy and diplomacy (1 post) - National grievance and WWII revisionism (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [ts_114457666559426766](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114457666559426766): American involvement was essential — victory was only accomplished because of us vs. [ts_114457666559426766](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114457666559426766): Without the United States, the War would have been won by other Countries - [ts_114457666559426766](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114457666559426766): America is the only country that does not celebrate its WWII victory with a national holiday vs. [ts_114457666559426766](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114457666559426766): November 11 (Veterans Day, originally Armistice Day) has been a federal holiday since 1938 specifically commemorating WWI ### Cognitive concerns - Logical self-contradiction within WWII post (claims American involvement essential while stating war would have been won without US) - Factual error claiming no existing holiday for November 11 despite Veterans Day/Armistice Day since 1938 - Impulsive proclamation pattern — declaring national holidays with 'Documentation to follow' indicating announcement preceded policy mechanism - Repetitive posting — same NFL Draft YouTube link shared 3 times in under 2 hours suggesting reduced awareness of prior posts ## Posts ### [ts_114457784776577118](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114457784776577118) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T23:19:54.467Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/national-small-business-week-2025/ 3,441 likes · 954 reposts · 254 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114457784776577118/analysis --- ### [ts_114457666559426766](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114457666559426766) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T22:49:50.616Z (UTC) > We won two World Wars, but we never took credit for it — Everyone else does! All over the World, the Allies are celebrating the Victory we had in World War II. The only Country that doesn’t celebrate is the United States of America, and the Victory was only accomplished because of us. Without the United States, the War would have been won by other Countries, and what a different World it would be. Therefore, I am hereby declaring a National Holiday in celebration of the Victories of World War I, where the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, and World War II, where the Victory date was May 8, 1945. We will not be closing the Country for these two very important Holidays, November 11 and May 8, World War I and World War II, because we already have too many Holidays in America — There are not enough days left in the year. We were Workers then, and we are Workers now! Documentation to follow. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 8,190 likes · 2,192 reposts · 813 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114457666559426766.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114457666559426766/analysis --- ### [ts_114457309826756716](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114457309826756716) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T21:19:07.307Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (0:14), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > -Congratulations. That's very nice. -Thank you so much. -It's a great honor. -It's my honor to meet you. -Now I know why you fought so hard to get around you. So, how long were you in jail? -4 or 15 months. -So long, Deb. And you have -- 8,150 likes · 1,942 reposts · 384 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_114456873219445914](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114456873219445914) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T19:28:05.209Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > https://www.youtube.com/live/EmP6I1ucGRo?si=37LNZUfjamIZsQ47 2,927 likes · 732 reposts · 317 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114456873219445914/analysis --- ### [ts_114456568203695294](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114456568203695294) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T18:10:31.037Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT! **Video transcript** (2:11), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > He's going to do what he promised to do on the campaign trail. He ain't no lame duck, if anything, he's a soaring eagle. 47 means business. He's a man of his word. My administration has launched the most sweeping border and immigration crackdown in American history. We will make America wealthy again. The White House is holding all the cards. My fellow Americans, this is Liberation Day. Our country will be woke no longer. President Trump's been clear, we are turning the page on DEI. We've ended the tyranny of so-called diversity, equity and inclusion policies all across the entire federal government. I'm going to close the Department of Education and move education back to the states. He is gutting liberal Washington, D.C. in a way that they say could be permanent. We're going to also slash something else, the waste in our bloated federal bureaucracy. After that, India has created the brand-new Department of Government Efficiency. Those savings $162 billion. We will strengthen and modernize our military. The U.S. military is on a recruiting comeback. The Navy says it's on track for its best year since 2002. Over 50,000 recruits have raised their right hand to join the Army so far t… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114456568203695294) 7,741 likes · 1,935 reposts · 853 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114456568203695294.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114456568203695294/analysis --- ### [ts_114456528966782457](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114456528966782457) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T18:00:32.331Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > The 2027 NFL Draft | Washington, D.C. https://www.youtube.com/live/EmP6I1ucGRo?si=bt2e0HMJRHqYjZp- **Video transcript** (0:57), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > -Every year, hundreds of young football players have their dreams come true as the NFL teams across the land, and you just saw that last week. Select the best young players in America to join their ranks. Hundreds of thousands of football fans will travel all across our country to cheer them on in person. We expect, would you say, more than 100,000 people. I think -- What is the capacity would you think it can hold? Because them all can actually hold up to a million people, if you go all the way back. What do you think? -Over three days, we'll be over a million. -Oh, yeah, you're gonna be. 5,231 likes · 1,217 reposts · 277 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114456528966782457.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114456528966782457/analysis --- ### [ts_114456520145752092](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114456520145752092) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T17:58:17.731Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > The NFL Draft is coming to Washington, D.C. in 2027! https://www.youtube.com/live/EmP6I1ucGRo?si=NN9Vxvm7tGKDMqQ5 **Video transcript** (0:40), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > I'm pleased to reveal that the 2027 NFL draft, that's a big thing, will be held right here in our nation's capital, Washington, D.C., on the National Mall. And you get a little glimpse of it. I don't think, I was just saying to Roger, I don't think there's ever been anything like that. That's a good idea. Maybe we could use it for other things also. I have an idea. It's going to be beautiful. It's going to be something that nobody else will ever be able to duplicate that. I don't suspect. It's very exciting. 4,539 likes · 1,016 reposts · 195 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114456520145752092.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114456520145752092/analysis --- ### [ts_114456445780203083](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114456445780203083) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T17:39:23.003Z (UTC) > https://www.youtube.com/live/EmP6I1ucGRo?si=Xu5aEKvtCKhUexlX 3,888 likes · 932 reposts · 209 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114456445780203083/analysis --- ### [ts_114456026572229510](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114456026572229510) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T15:52:46.471Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > This was so wonderful, 9 years ago today! 5,234 likes · 1,040 reposts · 624 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114456026572229510.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114456026572229510/analysis --- ### [ts_114455976603502389](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114455976603502389) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T15:40:04.011Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Secretary Scott Bessent: "President Trump has secured more investment for our country in 100 days than President Biden did during all four years." **Video transcript** (0:49), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > >> The president believes we can achieve more together. This is the abundant vision he has for the future. He wants everyone to be a part of it. Thousands of businesses are now catching the president's vision. Since he assumed office in January, companies have pledged to invest trillions into the US economy. President Trump has secured more investment for our country in 100 days than President Biden did during all four years. Entrepreneurs too are starting to understand what the president is trying to accomplish. March saw one of the highest levels ever recorded for new business applications. Many of these men and women, like many of you, are grasping that America First is the blueprint for a more abundant world. 4,968 likes · 1,239 reposts · 321 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114455976603502389.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114455976603502389/analysis --- ### [ts_114455860282159313](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114455860282159313) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T15:10:29.056Z (UTC) > I just had a very good and productive telephone conversation with the President of Turkey, Recep Erdoğan, concerning many subjects, including the War with Russia/Ukraine, all things Syria, Gaza, and more. The President invited me to go to Turkey at a future date and, likewise, he will be coming to Washington, D.C. During my four years as President, my relationship with President Erdoğan was excellent. We worked together closely on numerous things, including the fact that he helped return Pastor Andrew Brunson, who was imprisoned, back to the United States — Immediately upon my request. In any event, I look forward to working with President Erdoğan on getting the ridiculous, but deadly, War between Russia and Ukraine ended — NOW! 16,310 likes · 3,016 reposts · 908 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114455860282159313.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114455860282159313/analysis --- ### [ts_114455776425590388](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114455776425590388) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T14:49:09.461Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > BILL ACKMAN ON HARVARD AND UNIVERSITY FUNDING, THIS MORNING ON SQUAWK BOX… **Video transcript** (4:59), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Bill, I'm just, you know, you're an alumnus. What would, what should Harvard do where you'd say, okay, to get back in your good graces, what does the university need to do at this point? - Sure, so the right thing to do, or I should say the wrong thing to do is receive a letter from the administration and write back saying, we're doing nothing. In fact, we're gonna sue you. Okay, that's what Harvard did. What Harvard should have done, it should have said, you know, President Trump, you make some good points, right? You know, taxpayer money coming to Harvard, that's a privilege, it's not a right. And, you know, taxpayer money, you know, going to an institution, the institution cannot have massive amounts of administrative bloat, waste, bureaucracy, and we're gonna eliminate it. We're gonna hire Alex Partners, a restructuring firm. We're gonna take a 3G, a zero-based budgeting approach to the way we run our, you know, administration. Things that are not, inefficiency is causing harm, and we're wasting taxpayer money. Mr. President, you're right. Harvard has become, you know, there is not viewpoint diversity at Harvard. Students are self-censoring their remarks in classrooms. Faculty… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114455776425590388) 4,918 likes · 1,420 reposts · 414 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114455776425590388.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114455776425590388/analysis --- ### [ts_114455616542958903](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114455616542958903) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T14:08:29.922Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > “Small businesses are back in the driver's seat thanks to President Trump and his belief in the American worker, American industry, and Main Street.” **Video transcript** (0:40), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Our country was hollowed out by losing tens of thousands of factories, five million jobs. We are seeing a renaissance in this country of manufacturing, of onshoring, and strengthening the supply chains that we should have done after we saw the COVID impacts to our supply chains. President Trump is taking action now to do that, because for the last four years, the Biden administration ignored these problems. They let our trade deficits grow to $1.2 trillion. That was a 20 percent increase. This was going in the completely wrong direction. Small businesses are back in the driver's seat thanks to President Trump and his belief in the American worker, American industry, and Main Street. 7,356 likes · 1,884 reposts · 544 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114455616542958903.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114455616542958903/analysis --- ### [ts_114455608513522948](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114455608513522948) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T14:06:27.402Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Senator Markwayne Mullin: “President Trump is the first President we've had that actually has a backbone strong enough to stand up and say we've got to right this wrong, start manufacturing goods here. China has got rich off our country. We have spent trillions of dollars building China's economy…” **Video transcript** (1:30), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > What the president is trying to say is we got to put the American worker back. We're not making things here, and we have lost thousands of jobs because of our unfair trade deals we've had with countries since World War II. Listen, Nixon talked about this, Ford talked about this, Jimmy Carter talked about this, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama. The only president that hasn't talked about this is Biden, how we have been getting ripped off in this country, and we're no longer making products, and it's a serious issue. President Trump is the first one, first president we've had that actually has a backbone strong enough to stand up and say we've got to right this wrong, start manufacturing goods here. China has got rich off of our country. We have spent trillions of dollars building China's economy, 40% of all their goods they manufacture are sold back here in the United States, and they rip us off all the time. They rip off our technology, they rip off our companies that do business there, they have unfair business deals, and then they also take advantage of our farmers that ship goods over there by canceling products all the time, and then renegotiating the deal once they're alread… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114455608513522948) 7,820 likes · 2,053 reposts · 432 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114455608513522948.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114455608513522948/analysis --- ### [ts_114455169386927049](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114455169386927049) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T12:14:46.788Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 2,794 likes · 689 reposts · 390 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_114452877224020351](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114452877224020351) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T02:31:51.157Z (UTC) > I don’t need to have Karl Rove of FoxNews to tell me what to do. The guy’s a total Loser who’s been wrong about almost everything! 8,755 likes · 2,000 reposts · 1,247 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114452877224020351.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114452877224020351/analysis --- ### [ts_114452658413795766](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114452658413795766) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T01:36:12.379Z (UTC) > https://nypost.com/2025/05/04/business/ken-griffin-faces-maga-attack-at-milken-institute-shindig/ 4,098 likes · 1,251 reposts · 338 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114452658413795766/analysis --- ### [ts_114452304743683740](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114452304743683740) Truth Social · 2025-05-05T00:06:15.800Z (UTC) > https://www.alabamagazette.com/story/2025/05/01/opinion/100-days-that-changed-america-president-trumps-historic-start/6351.html 4,203 likes · 1,053 reposts · 406 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114452304743683740/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/2025-05-05 - Day analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/date/2025-05-05 - The posts alone, without the day analysis: https://trump.fm/date/2025-05-05.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. 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