# Posts from Friday, May 16, 2025 24 posts on 2025-05-16. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2025-05-16/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-08T13:57:24.953Z (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._ **Historic Middle East Trip Hijacked by Supreme Court Rage and Celebrity Grudges** Trump spent the day in Saudi Arabia on what his team billed as a historic diplomatic tour, but the trip's narrative was repeatedly overtaken by personal grievances. He returned four separate times to attacking the Supreme Court over immigration rulings, escalating from accusation to outright fury by late evening. In between, he took unprompted shots at Taylor Swift and launched a lengthy, blistering takedown of Bruce Springsteen -- the day's most intense burst of anger. The final hours produced a split-screen effect: rage-posting about the Court past midnight local time, then pivoting to self-congratulatory speech clips about the trip's success into 2 AM. - Posts analyzed: 16 - Dominant state: grandiose - Narrative arc: contamination - Aggregate rage level: 0.35 - Max danger level: elevated - Escalation detected - Sleep deprivation likely - Theme obsession: Supreme Court and judicial authority over executive power - Claims: 25 (11 false) - Era: Second Term # Daily Digest: May 16, 2025 ## Location & Timezone Context Trump was in Saudi Arabia on his multi-nation Middle East diplomatic tour (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE). All analysis uses Arabia Standard Time (AST, UTC+3). Local posting window: **7:26 AM to 2:05 AM AST** — a span of nearly 19 hours. --- ## I. Psychological State Tracking ### Dominant State: **Grandiose** Ten of sixteen posts exhibit grandiose features, though this headline number is misleading. The grandiose posts are overwhelmingly low-intensity maintenance items (senator endorsements, staff-drafted trip summaries, speech excerpts) while the psychologically significant posts — the ones bearing clear authorial voice — are dominated by narcissistic injury responses. ### State Oscillation Pattern The day reveals a characteristic **grandiose-vulnerable oscillation** that intensified as the day progressed: **Morning (7:26–11:38 AST):** The day opens with a mixed-state post attacking the "Radical Left" for pressuring the Supreme Court (ts_114515613065520300, rage 0.60), followed by a staff-drafted economic summary of the Middle East trip (ts_114516603030095775, authorship 0.15). This sets the template for the entire day: personal grievance → institutional PR. **Afternoon (16:21–18:02 AST):** A grievance-processing cluster emerges. The Taylor Swift post (ts_114517718765768352) surfaces entirely unprompted — no external trigger — revealing persistent narcissistic preoccupation with the 2024 endorsement injury. This is immediately followed by an ALL CAPS Supreme Court attack (ts_114517773720445162, rage 0.70), the day's most vitriolic personal attack on Bruce Springsteen (ts_114517896576879203, rage 0.80), and a pivot to legislative messaging (ts_114517897638237566). Four posts in 46 minutes, three driven by narcissistic injury. The rapid cycling suggests a grievance-processing session — likely during diplomatic downtime. **Late Night (00:12–02:05 AST, May 17):** The most psychologically revealing segment. Two Supreme Court rage posts (ts_114519567610751944, ts_114519753109701350) show a shift to **vulnerable narcissistic state** — the framing moves from "they're trying to play the Court" (morning) to "the Court WON'T ALLOW US" (midnight), indicating the narcissistic defenses failed to metabolize the institutional injury. This is followed by a rapid-fire sequence of six grandiose speech excerpts (01:45–02:05 AST), creating a jarring juxtaposition: midnight rage about judicial betrayal, followed immediately by self-congratulatory clips about diplomatic triumph. --- ## II. Escalation Detection ### Supreme Court Rage Arc A clear escalatory trajectory across four posts targeting the Supreme Court: | Time (AST) | Post ID | Rage | Framing | |---|---|---|---| | 07:26 | ts_114515613065520300 | 0.60 | Opponents are "PLAYING THE REF" | | 16:35 | ts_114517773720445162 | 0.70 | ALL CAPS; Court is being "INTIMIDATED" | | 00:12 | ts_114519567610751944 | 0.70 | Terse, frustrated: "WON'T ALLOW US" | | 00:59 | ts_114519753109701350 | 0.70 | Extended, detailed; delegitimizes due process | The escalation is **gradual in framing** rather than raw rage intensity. The locus of blame shifts from external actors manipulating the Court → the Court itself as the obstructing agent. By the final SCOTUS post, Trump has fully recast constitutional judicial review as an enemy operation against public safety. The rage plateau at 0.70 across three posts suggests sustained rather than spiking anger. ### Celebrity Grievance Spike The Springsteen post (ts_114517896576879203) represents the day's **peak rage at 0.80** — notably higher than any SCOTUS post. The disproportionate response to a musician's criticism (systematic devaluation of talent, intelligence, appearance, and character, plus a veiled threat) suggests celebrity criticism triggers a more visceral narcissistic wound than institutional resistance. This is consistent with the longitudinal pattern: cultural rejection by entertainment figures (who represent popular admiration, a core narcissistic currency) produces more intense reactions than political/legal opposition. --- ## III. Theme Analysis ### Dominant Themes 1. **Supreme Court / Judicial Delegitimization** (4 posts — ts_114515613065520300, ts_114517773720445162, ts_114519567610751944, ts_114519753109701350): The day's obsessive theme. Returned to across a 17-hour span, with each iteration escalating in directness. By midnight, the framing had shifted from the Court being manipulated to the Court being the enemy. 2. **Middle East Diplomatic Trip** (6 posts — ts_114516603030095775, ts_114519933006186542, ts_114519940139500510, ts_114519952063614449, ts_114519965289784767, ts_114519975763098371): Overwhelmingly staff-drafted or speech excerpts (average authorship 0.33). These serve as narcissistic supply infrastructure but lack personal psychological investment. 3. **Celebrity Devaluation** (2 posts — ts_114517718765768352, ts_114517896576879203): Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen targeted in back-to-back posts. Both are cultural figures who publicly opposed Trump, and both are reduced to physical/aesthetic dimensions (Swift's "hotness," Springsteen as a "dried out prune"). The sexual objectification and physical devaluation serve as narcissistic defense mechanisms. 4. **Congressional Maintenance** (3 posts — ts_114517897638237566, ts_114518115625400272, ts_114519155449905842): Template-style endorsements and legislative whipping. Low authorship scores suggest staff production. ### Obsession Assessment **The Supreme Court constitutes a clear obsessive focus.** Four posts across the full day, with escalating directness, qualifies as abnormal thematic return. The persistence is particularly notable because it occurred during a major diplomatic trip that should have dominated cognitive bandwidth. The SCOTUS injury was so potent that it could not be suppressed by even the grandiose supply of a multi-trillion-dollar deal-making tour. --- ## IV. Contradiction Detection ### Contradiction 1: Court as Victim vs. Court as Perpetrator - **ts_114515613065520300** (07:26 AST): The Supreme Court is "BEING PLAYED" by the radical left — the Court is a passive victim of manipulation. - **ts_114519567610751944** (00:12 AST): "THE SUPREME COURT WON'T ALLOW US" — the Court is an active agent blocking the president. These represent incompatible framings. In the morning, the Court deserves sympathy (it's being duped); by midnight, the Court deserves condemnation (it's the obstructor). The shift reveals that the initial framing was strategic — attempting to influence the Court before a ruling — while the later framing is the authentic emotional response once the ruling arrived. ### Contradiction 2: Grueling Schedule vs. 2 AM Grievance Posting - **ts_114519975763098371** (01:55 AST): "It's a pretty grueling schedule, people say how the hell do you do it…Genetics!" - The posting record itself shows him rage-posting about the Supreme Court at midnight and still active at 2:05 AM local time, suggesting either the schedule isn't as grueling as claimed or he is not managing rest appropriately during it. --- ## V. Hypomanic Indicators ### Post Frequency & Timing - **16 posts** across the day — moderately elevated but not extreme - **Local time window:** 7:26 AM to 2:05 AM (18 hours, 39 minutes) - **Late-night burst:** 8 posts between 00:12 and 02:05 AST — half the day's output in the final 2 hours - **Longest gap:** 4 hours 25 minutes (18:02 → 22:27 AST) — likely corresponds to an evening diplomatic event ### Sleep Assessment Given the diplomatic context (Saudi Arabia), the posting pattern suggests: - Active from at least 7:26 AM local time - Still posting at 2:05 AM local time - The previous day's posting pattern would need to be checked for sleep window, but a 19-hour active window on a "grueling" diplomatic schedule is concerning - The midnight SCOTUS rage posts (00:12, 00:59) were clearly personal composition (authorship 0.90, 0.60), not staff-scheduled content - **Sleep deprivation: Likely.** The combination of a demanding travel schedule and posting past 2 AM local time is consistent with reduced sleep. ### Hypomanic Assessment While the late-night burst and extended active window are suggestive, the overall post count (16) is not dramatically elevated, and the late-night speech excerpts may reflect a scheduled event rather than spontaneous output. **Does not meet threshold for hypomanic episode**, though the pattern warrants monitoring in context of subsequent days. --- ## VI. Narrative Arc: **Contamination** The day's arc is a textbook contamination narrative: what should be a triumph (a historic Middle East trip producing $2 trillion in deals) is repeatedly contaminated by personal grievances that cannot be suppressed. **The Structural Pattern:** 1. Staff posts grandiose trip achievement → Trump rage-posts about enemies 2. Staff posts senator endorsement → Trump attacks celebrities 3. Staff posts speech highlights → Trump already posted midnight SCOTUS rage The Middle East trip provides an ideal narcissistic supply environment (world leaders, massive deals, media attention), yet it proves insufficient to metabolize three active narcissistic injuries: (a) Taylor Swift's 2024 endorsement of his opponent, (b) Bruce Springsteen's current criticism, and (c) the Supreme Court's constitutional check on executive power. The contamination is so thorough that the trip's narrative never achieves independent momentum — every diplomatic post is bracketed by grievance. The late-night sequence crystallizes this: at 00:12 AST, he's raging about the Court; by 01:45, he's celebrating the trip. The two realities coexist without integration. This inability to sustain a positive narrative without intrusion from persecutory themes is the defining psychological feature of the day. --- ## VII. Event Correlation ### Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Arguments (May 15) **Reaction type: Defensive → Offensive** The May 15 oral arguments in *Trump v. CASA* are the clear trigger for the day's dominant theme. The initial response (ts_114515613065520300) adopts a defensive posture — the Court is being manipulated, we must protect it. By midnight, the response has shifted to offensive — the Court itself is the enemy, blocking the president from protecting the country. This defensive-to-offensive arc is consistent with narcissistic injury processing: initial attempts to maintain the idealized object (the Court as ally) give way to devaluation when the object fails to comply. ### Bruce Springsteen Foreign Criticism **Reaction type: Offensive** The Springsteen post (ts_114517896576879203) is a pure offensive response — no defensive framing, no attempt to address the substance of criticism. Instead, it's a systematic character demolition covering talent, intelligence, appearance, and implied future consequences. The intensity (0.82) and the closing veiled threat ("we'll all see how it goes for him") suggest this criticism — from abroad, on foreign soil — activated a patriotic-narcissistic schema where criticism of the president from foreign territory feels like treason-adjacent betrayal. ### Middle East Trip (Ongoing) **Reaction type: Amplifying** The trip itself generated amplifying responses — the staff-drafted posts and speech excerpts serve to magnify the diplomatic achievements. However, the trip's supply function was clearly insufficient to suppress grievance processing. --- ## VIII. Danger Assessment ### Maximum Danger Level: **Elevated** (4 posts) Four posts reached elevated danger status, all sharing a common thread: **delegitimization of co-equal government branches and intimidation of private citizens.** **Judicial delegitimization cluster:** Posts ts_114517773720445162, ts_114519567610751944, and ts_114519753109701350 progressively reframe the Supreme Court's constitutional function as obstruction, culminating in the characterization of due process as a threat to public safety. This rhetorical pattern — when judicial review is recast as enemy action — has historically preceded democratic erosion. **Private citizen targeting:** Post ts_114517896576879203 directs presidential attention and implied threat at Bruce Springsteen, a private citizen exercising First Amendment rights. While not reaching "high" danger, the power asymmetry between the presidency and an individual citizen, combined with the veiled threat language, creates chilling-effect potential. **Dehumanizing language:** Multiple posts characterize immigrant populations as uniformly criminal, "mentally insane," and dangerous. This rhetorical dehumanization, combined with attacks on the judicial protections available to these populations, represents a sustained pattern of concern. ### Stochastic Terrorism Pattern: **Not Detected** While the delegitimization language and private citizen targeting are concerning, the posts do not cross into explicit or implicit calls for audience action against specific individuals. The Springsteen threat is veiled and the SCOTUS attacks target an institution rather than individual justices (though Alito and Thomas are named favorably, creating an implicit contrast with unnamed majority justices). This warrants continued monitoring but does not meet the stochastic terrorism threshold for this day. --- ## IX. Cognitive Concerns ### Observed Markers 1. **Magical thinking:** The Taylor Swift post (ts_114517718765768352) asserts that Trump's verbal declaration caused a global celebrity's cultural decline — a clinically notable example of omnipotent causation. 2. **Reality distortion in legal characterization:** The SCOTUS posts progressively distort the actual legal proceedings. The *Trump v. CASA* case concerned nationwide injunction authority, not whether criminals can be deported. By the midnight posts, the legal reality has been fully replaced by a persecution narrative. 3. **Inability to compartmentalize:** The most significant cognitive concern is the failure to suppress personal grievances during a high-stakes diplomatic mission. This is not a matter of choice (strategic posting); the authorship scores (0.90+ on grievance posts vs. 0.10-0.25 on trip posts) indicate these are personally composed, emotionally driven outputs. 4. **Late-night disinhibition:** The midnight SCOTUS posts show more direct, less strategically framed language than the morning versions, consistent with fatigue-related reduction in executive function and impulse control. ### Complexity Trend: **Stable** The posts maintain a consistent complexity level throughout the day. The morning SCOTUS post and the midnight SCOTUS post show comparable rhetorical structure. No evidence of progressive cognitive decline within this single day, though the late-night posts are somewhat more blunt in construction. --- ## X. Claims & Veracity ### Notable Claims 1. "Since I said 'I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,' she's no longer 'HOT'" — **False.** Swift's Eras Tour was the highest-grossing concert tour in history, and her commercial metrics remained at peak levels through 2025. 2. Springsteen is "not a talented guy" with "a very low I.Q." — **Subjective/devaluative.** Springsteen is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, 20-time Grammy winner, and Kennedy Center honoree. 3. "THE SUPREME COURT WON'T ALLOW US TO GET CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY" — **False/distorted.** The Court was hearing arguments about nationwide injunction authority, not blocking deportation of criminals. Existing law enforcement deportation mechanisms remained intact. 4. "The worst murderers, drug dealers, gang members, and even those who are mentally insane, who came into our Country illegally, are not allowed to be forced out" — **False.** The ruling concerned due process protections, not a blanket prohibition on removal proceedings. 5. Trump "won all 77 out of 77 Counties" in Oklahoma and "Ronald Reagan was second with 56 Counties" — **Plausible but unverified.** Trump won Oklahoma decisively in all three elections; the specific county-level claim requires verification. 6. "$2 trillion in trade and investment" from Middle East trip — **Claimed by administration.** The figure aggregates announced commitments and intentions, which frequently do not materialize at stated levels. ### Narrative A historic Middle East diplomatic tour generating trillions in announced deals is repeatedly contaminated by personal grievances — attacks on Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, and above all the Supreme Court. The diplomatic supply environment proves insufficient to suppress narcissistic injuries, and by midnight local time, the president is rage-posting about judicial obstruction before pivoting to self-congratulatory speech clips at 2 AM. The triumph never achieves narrative independence from the persecution. ### Dominant themes - Supreme Court / Judicial Delegitimization (1 post) - Middle East Diplomatic Trip (1 post) - Celebrity Devaluation (1 post) - Congressional Maintenance / Legislative Agenda (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [ts_114515613065520300](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114515613065520300): The Supreme Court is being played/manipulated by the radical left — the Court is a passive victim vs. [ts_114519567610751944](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519567610751944): The Supreme Court WON'T ALLOW US to get criminals out — the Court is an active obstructor - [ts_114519975763098371](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519975763098371): The diplomatic schedule is grueling and requires extraordinary genetics to endure vs. [ts_114519567610751944](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519567610751944): Posting personal grievance content about the Supreme Court past midnight local time suggests either the schedule is not grueling or rest is not being prioritized ### Cognitive concerns - Magical thinking: belief that verbal declaration caused Taylor Swift's cultural decline (omnipotent causation) - Reality distortion: progressive mischaracterization of Supreme Court proceedings from injunction authority question to blanket deportation ban - Compartmentalization failure: inability to suppress personal grievances during high-stakes diplomatic mission despite staff-managed messaging - Late-night disinhibition: midnight SCOTUS posts show more direct, less strategically framed language consistent with fatigue-reduced executive function - Sexual objectification as devaluation: reducing cultural figures to physical/aesthetic dimensions as narcissistic defense ## Posts ### [ts_114520015165633741](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114520015165633741) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T23:05:54.926Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/peace-officers-memorial-day-and-police-week-2025/ 6,451 likes · 1,544 reposts · 455 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114520015165633741/analysis --- ### [ts_114519975763098371](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519975763098371) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T22:55:53.691Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > It’s a pretty grueling schedule, people say how the hell do you do it…Genetics! **Video transcript** (0:56), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > it's a pretty grueling schedule a lot of people said how the hell do you do it by the way how the hell do you do it I don't know I think it's genetics it's genetics I had a father was very strong and I had a mother was very strong they lived to ripe old ages and they were great people and it's meeting after meeting and not only that it's speech after speech it's not like big ones like last night if you look he got up made a beautiful speech Muhammad he got up and made a beautiful speech I wasn't thought I even had a speech to make so I didn't make a speech off the cuff do you think Biden could do that actually was pretty good speech I looked at it it was pretty good I didn't know I was doing it so but you know it's meeting after meeting with the highest level people these are great people they love us again they were not feeling love at all they were going to China they're not going to China anymore 8,201 likes · 1,873 reposts · 660 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114519975763098371.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519975763098371/analysis --- ### [ts_114519965289784767](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519965289784767) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T22:53:13.881Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Air Force One is 42 years old—The plane is not for me, it goes to the United States Air Force, for whoever is president… **Video transcript** (4:35), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > But a lot of the coverage back home was about this donation of the Qatar Boeing jet. And I've heard you talk about it. - You know, until you bring this up now, I haven't heard about it for three days. - I know, but I mean, I'm just-- - I mean, we could talk about it again. You ready? - Not briefly. - You ready? - No, no, no. I heard all the answers. - Well, no, but your audience has to hear the answers. - They're giving it to the Defense Department. - I mean, to be very simple. - Yeah. - They're giving it to the United States Air Force slash Defense Department of the United States. They're not giving it to me. I made a good deal. We need a plane for a couple of years before we get the other ones, 'cause Boeing is very late. - 'Cause Boeing is-- - Boeing is sadly-- - Did you talk to the CEO while you were-- - I did, I said, let's get, you know, in the meantime, I got 'em 160 planes to build. I said, "How about the two that you're supposed to build for our country?" Now, they are different. They're extremely complex, and I'm not gonna go into it, but they're not like a normal plane. You know, it's not like building a 747 normal. - I mean, we could put people on the moon before the Bo… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519965289784767) 7,441 likes · 1,828 reposts · 478 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114519965289784767.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519965289784767/analysis --- ### [ts_114519952063614449](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519952063614449) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T22:49:52.065Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Ending the sanctions on Syria… **Video transcript** (1:31), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Now when you get to Syria, so I did something with Syria because the future king, and you have a wonderful king right now, he's an older man, he's also a friend of mine, and he's a hundred percent sharp, he's great, and he's got a great son, the crown prince, and he has actually many titles, he's prime minister, he's crown prince, and he's doing a great job running it, but he called me, and he spoke to me, and he said, "Could you do me a favor? Could you, and do the world a favor, could you take the sanctions off Syria, because the only way they're going to have a chance, the sanctions are crippling, really biting." Well, that's what I did with Iran, and they came to a point where they were, they were bust. Could you take the sanctions off? I hadn't thought about it much, and he said it in a way that, you know, he's got a great heart. He said, "They can't make it with those sanctions." I said, "Let's give them a chance." I met the leader, I met the new leader, and handsome guy, by the way, young, handsome, and I said, "You know, you have quite a past, got a tough past, but when you think about it, are you going to put a choir boy in that position?" I don't think so, you know, it's… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519952063614449) 5,281 likes · 1,221 reposts · 203 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114519952063614449.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519952063614449/analysis --- ### [ts_114519940139500510](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519940139500510) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T22:46:50.122Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > There has never been a trip like this by any President… **Video transcript** (1:22), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > massive amount of business investment coming back to the U.S. and they're still adding it up in each country. Which, by the way, most importantly, that's why I came here. I didn't come here to say, gee, you guys are rich and you have a lot of oil. You know, they have a lot of money, and I want them to spend the money in the United States. And we set records. There's never been a trip like this by any president or anybody ever before. And I'd ask him, how about doubling it up? Okay, oh, I should have asked for more because they said, okay, they're good people and they love our country. And look, they have great danger because of Iran. That's their primary danger. And that makes them vulnerable. But I don't see them as being vulnerable because I think we have the greatest military in the world and we're adding to it now at levels that nobody's ever seen. We're going to build the Iron Dome. We deserve an Iron Dome. You know, see, we call it two names. So I was going to call it the Iron Dome because that's the name everyone has heard of for years. But to me, it was old fashioned. So we changed it recently to the Golden Dome, the beautiful Golden Dome. And Ronald Reagan, you know, Ronal… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519940139500510) 6,371 likes · 1,550 reposts · 269 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114519940139500510.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519940139500510/analysis --- ### [ts_114519933006186542](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519933006186542) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T22:45:01.269Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > I’ve always considered the Middle East to be a very important region… **Video transcript** (1:54), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > - Well, I always considered it to be a very important region. I know all three leaders, as you could see, very well. In all three cases, I knew them long before I ran for politics, which is sort of something. It makes it a little bit more special. They're great people. The three of them, they're great people. And it's a great region, but it was never treated properly. And it was certainly not treated well by Biden, who didn't know he was alive, frankly. So, you know, you can understand that. But he was not, he didn't treat, they didn't treat this group well. And I think they were being, and I guess you know, 'cause you've reported on it, they were being coaxed very strongly by China, 'cause that solves China's fuel problem forever. And it wasn't their preference, but they were on their way, they were going to China, and that was going to be their parent. And that's not happening anymore. - Do you think you've shifted the paradigm on that? - No, I don't think, I know. We are as close, we're closer now to them than ever before. You could see the relationship. You could get a body expert and pay them a lot of money, they could tell you. No, there's just a relationship that I have with… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519933006186542) 5,645 likes · 1,269 reposts · 185 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114519933006186542.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519933006186542/analysis --- ### [ts_114519753109701350](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519753109701350) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T21:59:16.235Z (UTC) > The Supreme Court has just ruled that the worst murderers, drug dealers, gang members, and even those who are mentally insane, who came into our Country illegally, are not allowed to be forced out without going through a long, protracted, and expensive Legal Process, one that will take, possibly, many years for each person, and one that will allow these people to commit many crimes before they even see the inside of a Courthouse. The result of this decision will let more CRIMINALS pour into our Country, doing great harm to our cherished American public. It will also encourage other criminals to illegally enter our Country, wreaking havoc and bedlam wherever they go. The Supreme Court of the United States is not allowing me to do what I was elected to do. Sleepy Joe Biden allowed MILLIONS of Criminal Aliens to come into our Country without any “PROCESS” but, in order to get them out of our Country, we have to go through a long and extended PROCESS. In any event, thank you to Justice Alito and Justice Thomas for attempting to protect our Country. This is a bad and dangerous day for America! 28,154 likes · 10,347 reposts · 11,272 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114519753109701350.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519753109701350/analysis --- ### [ts_114519567610751944](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519567610751944) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T21:12:05.749Z (UTC) > THE SUPREME COURT WON’T ALLOW US TO GET CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY! 12,200 likes · 4,697 reposts · 4,071 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114519567610751944.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519567610751944/analysis --- ### [ts_114519155449905842](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519155449905842) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T19:27:16.669Z (UTC) > Senator Markwayne Mullin is doing a tremendous job representing the wonderful People of the Great State of Oklahoma, where I was the only person to win all 77 out of 77 Counties (Ronald Reagan was second with 56 Counties) — I did it in 2016, 2020, and 2024! A MAGA Warrior, and former undefeated professional MMA fighter, Markwayne brings that same Fighting Spirit to the U.S. Senate, where he works tirelessly to Advance our America First Agenda. As the only actual Native American in the Senate (now that Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren has been determined not to be one!), Markwayne is a fantastic advocate for our Incredible Tribal Communities. Additionally, Markwayne is relentlessly focused on helping us Grow the Economy, Champion American Energy DOMINANCE, Support our Amazing Farmers and Ranchers, Help Secure our now VERY Secure Southern Border, Stop Migrant Crime, Murderers, and other Criminals from illegally entering our Country, Strengthen our Military/Veterans, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment, which has not been attacked, amended, or changed while I was President. Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election – HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN! 6,207 likes · 1,333 reposts · 461 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114519155449905842.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519155449905842/analysis --- ### [ts_114519109371060351](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519109371060351) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T19:15:33.706Z (UTC) · 4 media attachments 5,089 likes · 1,413 reposts · 379 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_114518436239928350](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114518436239928350) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T16:24:22.433Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (1:54), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > It's quite possible that I could go to work and not come home and people who have paid that ultimate sacrifice deserve to be honored by their community, by our country. So we are honoring Adam Buckner and Jason Southerd from my department from the Tucson police and I wish that we didn't have to add them to the wall but it is an amazing honor to have them there and that they will never be forgotten. It's an honor to be here and pay the respects to the people who paid the ultimate price and gave their life in the line of duty. We're here to represent one of our guys that was killed last year. Last year we lost Jamal Mitchell in a shooting. All the law enforcement from all over the world, you know, that come here to support this event. It's a huge lift for the families to be a part of it. It's a total honor for us just to be out here just to continue to honor those that have fallen and given their lives. There definitely is a renewed sense of energy for law enforcement in this nation. It's night and day. What the changes that are already seen in the past several months, you know, the support that we did not have and now we do have. It's wonderful to know that we have a president who s… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114518436239928350) 2,597 likes · 816 reposts · 253 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_114518115625400272](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114518115625400272) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T15:02:50.209Z (UTC) > Senator Shelley Moore Capito is doing a tremendous job representing the Wonderful People of West Virginia, a State I love and WON BIG in 2016, 2020, and 2024! As the Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Shelley is working to advance Pro Growth policies, unleash America’s Energy Dominance, and prioritize Clean Air, Clean Water, Clean Soil, and BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL for ALL Americans. Shelley is fighting tirelessly to Grow the Economy, Secure the Border, Stop Migrant Crime, Support our Great Military/Vets, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment. Senator Shelley Moore Capito has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election – SHE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN! 6,246 likes · 1,359 reposts · 452 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114518115625400272.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114518115625400272/analysis --- ### [ts_114517897638237566](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114517897638237566) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T14:07:23.987Z (UTC) > Republicans MUST UNITE behind, “THE ONE, BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL!” Not only does it cut Taxes for ALL Americans, but it will kick millions of Illegal Aliens off of Medicaid to PROTECT it for those who are the ones in real need. The Country will suffer greatly without this Legislation, with their Taxes going up 65%. It will be blamed on the Democrats, but that doesn’t help our Voters. We don’t need “GRANDSTANDERS” in the Republican Party. STOP TALKING, AND GET IT DONE! It is time to fix the MESS that Biden and the Democrats gave us. Thank you for your attention to this matter! 16,620 likes · 4,564 reposts · 1,846 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114517897638237566.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114517897638237566/analysis --- ### [ts_114517896576879203](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114517896576879203) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T14:07:07.791Z (UTC) > I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States. Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy — Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden, a mentally incompetent FOOL, and our WORST EVER President, who came close to destroying our Country. If I wasn’t elected, it would have been GONE by now! Sleepy Joe didn’t have a clue as to what he was doing, but Springsteen is “dumb as a rock,” and couldn’t see what was going on, or could he (which is even worse!)? This dried out “prune” of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country, that’s just “standard fare.” Then we’ll all see how it goes for him! 15,263 likes · 3,741 reposts · 2,237 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114517896576879203.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114517896576879203/analysis --- ### [ts_114517773720445162](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114517773720445162) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T13:35:53.152Z (UTC) > THE SUPREME COURT IS BEING PLAYED BY THE RADICAL LEFT LOSERS, WHO HAVE NO SUPPORT, THE PUBLIC HATES THEM, AND THEIR ONLY HOPE IS THE INTIMIDATION OF THE COURT, ITSELF. WE CAN’T LET THAT HAPPEN TO OUR COUNTRY! 32,499 likes · 7,399 reposts · 2,245 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114517773720445162.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114517773720445162/analysis --- ### [ts_114517718765768352](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114517718765768352) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T13:21:54.613Z (UTC) > Has anyone noticed that, since I said “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,” she’s no longer “HOT?” 27,063 likes · 4,615 reposts · 4,318 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114517718765768352.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114517718765768352/analysis --- ### [ts_114516950857800746](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114516950857800746) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T10:06:37.295Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 6,098 likes · 1,228 reposts · 331 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_114516949850486061](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114516949850486061) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T10:06:21.929Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 6,737 likes · 1,341 reposts · 183 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_114516948832938418](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114516948832938418) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T10:06:06.400Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment 5,620 likes · 1,086 reposts · 133 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_114516603030095775](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114516603030095775) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T08:38:09.790Z (UTC) > “The president has traveled to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates so far this week to sign agreements and receive commitments that will generate roughly $2 trillion in trade and investment. At the same time, major companies have announced plans to invest billions more dollars into the United States.” https://www.dailywire.com/news/while-trump-pulls-in-investments-in-middle-east-trip-white-house-touts-investments-on-home-front 520 likes · 159 reposts · 80 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114516603030095775.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114516603030095775/analysis --- ### [ts_114516597454580457](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114516597454580457) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T08:36:44.713Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (1:27), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > -These are all American companies. They're doing very well here. We work together. So it's not only the investment coming in by the hundreds of billions into our country, like you see in Oklahoma, like you see all over many of the jobs with Exxon and Boeing and so many great companies, but we work together, and the money that's made here comes back to us, and many of the contractors, I would imagine, come even for this. Plus, a lot of the entertainment itself comes here, so it's an incredible thing. Now, here's the good news. I've been doing this for four days. I leave now and get onto a 42-year-old Boeing, but new ones are coming. New ones are coming, and it's been an incredible -- actually, an incredible four days. I want to thank your family. It's so unbelievable the job they've done, and your father has been really incredible. The job they've done here is incredible, and we've made it work. And, you know, they were being wooed by others, but there's no more wooing. I think we're in pretty good shape. There's no more wooing. I've been friends with these leaders -- three leaders, in particular, that we saw over the last three, four days, five days, and they're great people. They'… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114516597454580457) 438 likes · 119 reposts · 57 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_114516596261120299](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114516596261120299) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T08:36:26.504Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (1:59), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Hello, my name is Jame from EGA. I'm a global aluminum. Yes, pleasure. You do a good job with the aluminum. This is a very special project. Here's a big, very special project. Please, go ahead. So, this is UAE technology. It's been developed over 55 years. We're exporting it to the world. And the first big project in our group is the U.S. State of Oklahoma. We're going to invest $4 billion in Oklahoma, Doug. So, if you want to move after you finish with the camera stuff, you can get a part-time account. I don't think you're going to be giving up the camera, right? Go ahead. So, today, the U.S. produced about 700,000 tons. We're almost doubling that capacity in 2030. So, what percentage will there be of the market in the U.S.? Today, we're proposing 4.2 million tons. This is going to be about 40% now for that capacity. Yes. And what we're doing, Mr. President, is we're actually moving also 150,000 by the end of this year, to recycle the aluminum. So, we're not just waiting for this not to be built in 2030. We're actually building capacity now. So, how much are we spending in the U.S. to make your plants bigger and add a new plant? Another plant? After we complete 75%, we can look at… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114516596261120299) 384 likes · 106 reposts · 28 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_114516588885812991](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114516588885812991) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T08:34:33.965Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (2:00), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > The general electric engine is phenomenal. The big body general electric engine is phenomenal, so it's great to see. Thank you. So you focus on Boeing, then? Yes, sir. And the We burn 20% less fuel, which is really, really important in terms of efficiency and emissions. It's a hot engine. It's a very hot engine. That's a very hot engine. That's great. 20% less fuel. That sounds good. Mr. President, how many engines will they be behind that, ultimately? About 100, all three of them, about 100. Are they the biggest engines at this point? The 307X, yes. That's the biggest one. That's the one we're hearing about. And it's an amazing place. We're really excited to announce-- They had a breakthrough GE on engines. And their big engine is the hottest engine there is. It's through the roof. And general electric, you talk about a comeback. General electric has made one of the great comebacks. And it's both in health care and other things. But on your engine, I think that's really maybe the greatest story of them all. They came out with a way to make a better engine with 20% less fuel. And that's a tough combination. So congratulations. I was with Larry yesterday, and he's done a fantastic j… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114516588885812991) 443 likes · 123 reposts · 38 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_114515613065520300](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114515613065520300) Truth Social · 2025-05-16T04:26:24.173Z (UTC) > The Radical Left SleazeBags, which has no cards remaining in its illegal bag of tricks, is, in a very coordinated manner, PLAYING THE REF with regard to the United States Supreme Court. They lost the Election in a landslide, and with it, have totally lost their confidence and reason. They are stone cold CRAZY! I hope the Supreme Court doesn’t fall for the games they play. The people are with us in bigger numbers than ever before. 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