# Posts from Monday, June 9, 2025

14 posts on 2025-06-09.

## Day analysis

Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2025-06-09/analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-08T11:06:16.903Z (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._

**Trump Deploys Troops Against LA Protesters, Then Promises "If They Spit, We Will Hit"**

Trump spent the day consumed by the Los Angeles immigration protests, firing off a late-night barrage demanding troops, mass arrests, and the unmasking of demonstrators before escalating further in the afternoon with an explicit threat of physical force. The mood was dominated by rage and authoritarian command, with Trump labeling protesters "insurrectionists" and "thugs" while literally scripting worship dialogue he wanted California officials to recite in gratitude. A brief midday lull for link-sharing and a note about an athlete coming to the White House did little to break the siege mentality. The day's most alarming moment came when he coined a new slogan — "if they spit, we will hit" — promising disproportionate retaliation while thousands of military personnel were actively deployed against civilian protesters.

- Posts analyzed: 12
- Dominant state: grandiose
- Narrative arc: contamination
- Aggregate rage level: 0.65
- Max danger level: high
- Escalation detected
- Theme obsession: Los Angeles immigration protests and National Guard deployment
- Claims: 14 (4 false)
- Era: Second Term

# Daily Psychological Digest: June 9, 2025

## Location & Timezone Assessment

Based on the "Invest America Roundtable" video shared (ts_114654983454876891) and references to White House activities, Trump was likely in Washington, D.C. All times below are converted to EDT (UTC−4).

## Chronological Overview

The day's 12 posts divide into two distinct clusters:

**Late-Night Cluster (10:03 PM – 12:19 AM EDT):** Five posts in rapid succession, all focused on the Los Angeles immigration protests. This cluster represents a clear escalation spiral, with rage intensity rising from 0.60 to 0.85 over approximately 136 minutes, with dramatic acceleration in the final five minutes (three posts in five minutes).

**Afternoon Cluster (12:10 PM – 3:10 PM EDT):** Seven posts over three hours, mixing self-congratulatory framing, low-effort link-sharing, a brief supply-seeking post about an athlete, and a dramatic re-escalation culminating in an explicit violence threat.

The approximately 12-hour gap between clusters (12:19 AM – 12:10 PM) is consistent with a normal sleep period and does not suggest sleep deprivation.

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## Escalation Analysis

### Late-Night Rage Spiral (10:03 PM – 12:19 AM EDT)

The five-post nocturnal sequence represents one of the clearest escalation spirals observable:

1. **ts_114650947329138948** (10:03 PM, rage 0.60): Demands apology from Newsom and Bass, labels protesters "insurrectionists" — projection of the January 6 label onto opponents. The "NO MASKS!" directive serves dual authoritarian functions: asserting unilateral authority and facilitating surveillance.

2. **ts_114650961444622516** (10:07 PM, rage 0.70): Two-word post — "Paid Insurrectionists!" — extreme brevity indicating high emotional arousal and impulsive expression. The conspiratorial "paid" prefix denies the possibility of genuine opposition.

3. **ts_114651462358753429** (12:14 AM, rage 0.75): Demands troops "RIGHT NOW!!!" — appropriates LAPD chief's statements as post-hoc rationalization for a pre-existing desire for military deployment. Dehumanization escalation reaches "thugs." The MAGA slogan closing transforms military policy into identity-movement obligation.

4. **ts_114651470100085455** (12:16 AM, rage 0.80): "BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!" — just two minutes after the previous post. Pure imperative, maximum urgency, minimal cognitive processing.

5. **ts_114651482271002772** (12:19 AM, rage 0.85): "ARREST THE PEOPLE IN FACE MASKS, NOW!" — targeting by appearance rather than conduct. This represents the climax of the nocturnal spiral, demanding mass arrest based on a visible marker rather than evidence of criminal activity.

**Trajectory:** Gradual escalation over 136 minutes, with sharp acceleration in the final 5 minutes. The dehumanization ladder is textbook: "protesters" → "troublemakers" → "insurrectionists" → "thugs" → arrest targets identified by visible characteristic.

### Afternoon Re-Escalation

After a midday cooldown period dominated by link-sharing (ts_114654288301132872, ts_114654289422549061, ts_114654352161884458) and a brief supply-seeking post about Kayla Harrison (ts_114654569890888217), the rage returns in force.

**ts_114654893116531233** (2:47 PM, rage 0.85) spikes to match the nocturnal peak with "IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT" — an explicit presidential promise of disproportionate physical violence against protesters during active military deployment. This post is arguably more dangerous than the nocturnal peak because: (a) it occurs in operational context with 2,700+ military personnel already deployed, (b) it creates a slogan designed for adoption and repetition, and (c) the self-quoting device ("This is a statement from the President") merges personal rage with institutional authority, making the president's ego and the state's monopoly on violence indistinguishable.

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## Psychological State Analysis

### Dominant State: Grandiose

11 of 12 posts are classified as grandiose, with one mixed (ts_114654277401980803). The grandiosity manifests across multiple registers:

- **Omnipotent command fantasy:** Issuing arrest orders and troop deployment demands via social media as if they carry immediate executive force ("NOW!", "RIGHT NOW!!!")
- **Savior archetype:** Claiming to have saved LA from being "completely obliterated" — catastrophizing the threat to magnify the rescue
- **Narcissistic supply scripting:** In ts_114654277401980803, Trump literally writes dialogue for elected officials to recite: "THANK YOU...YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL. WE WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, SIR." The "SIR" honorific is a recurring marker in Trump's fabricated anecdotes and represents an unusually transparent window into supply needs — moving beyond wanting credit to scripting ritualized submission.
- **Warrior-King positioning:** Self-quoting as "the President of the United States" while issuing violence threats, merging personal identity with state authority

### State Transition

The sole notable transition occurs at ts_114654277401980803 (12:10 PM EDT), where grandiose self-congratulation ("great decision") coexists with narcissistic injury (officials "choose to lie" rather than express gratitude). This mixed state reflects the contamination dynamic: the "victory" of deploying troops is immediately soured by the absence of expected worship. By 2:47 PM, the state has resolved back to full grandiose rage.

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## Theme Analysis

### Dominant Theme: LA Protests / National Guard Deployment (7 of 12 posts, 58%)

This constitutes an obsessive focus by any measure. The theme appears in both clusters and shows no resolution across the day. The framing is consistent throughout: protesters are illegitimate ("insurrectionists," "thugs," "paid" agitators), state officials are incompetent and ungrateful, and military force is the only appropriate response. Notably, Trump's travel ban took effect at 12:01 AM EDT this day but receives zero mentions — the LA protests consumed his attention to the exclusion of a significant policy milestone.

### Secondary Themes:
- **Media amplification** (3 posts): Link-sharing of favorable coverage — immigration vindication, Biden investigation push, Trump administration "wins stacking." Low-engagement, likely staff-assisted or staff-posted.
- **Narcissistic supply** (2 posts): Kayla Harrison White House visit, "wins" article.

### Theme Evolution

The LA protest theme evolves in three phases:
- **Phase 1 (Late night):** Alarm → escalating demands for force → climax at mass arrest demand
- **Phase 2 (Midday):** Retrospective justification and demand for gratitude ("great decision," scripted worship)
- **Phase 3 (Afternoon):** Re-escalation with explicit violence promise, adopting a new slogan

The theme does not resolve; it intensifies. By the afternoon, Trump has moved from demanding troops to promising personal retaliation.

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## Projection Analysis

The day's most prominent defense mechanism is projection. The term "insurrectionists" — indelibly associated with January 6 and Trump's own supporters' actions — is applied to anti-ICE protesters in 4 of 12 posts (ts_114650947329138948, ts_114650961444622516, ts_114654277401980803, ts_114654893116531233). This represents a systematic DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) operation that simultaneously:

1. Dilutes the January 6 characterization by normalizing the term
2. Criminalizes political opposition by equating protest with insurrection
3. Provides rhetorical justification for military-level response to civilian demonstrations
4. Projects the disowned label onto adversaries, completing the reversal

The scare quotes around "Governor" and "Mayor" (ts_114650947329138948, ts_114654277401980803) represent a parallel delegitimization — denying constitutionally elected officials' authority while asserting his own as absolute. This occurs in the specific context of California's lawsuit challenging the legality of his National Guard federalization.

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## Danger Assessment

### High-Danger Posts

Three posts reach HIGH danger level:
- **ts_114651462358753429:** Demands immediate military deployment against civilians, uses "thugs" dehumanization, MAGA slogan closing binds supporters to escalation
- **ts_114651470100085455:** Compressed two-word escalation of troop deployment demand with maximum urgency markers
- **ts_114654893116531233:** Explicit promise of physical violence against protesters during active military deployment, slogan format designed for adoption

### Stochastic Terrorism Framework

The day's posts collectively constitute a stochastic terrorism pattern when analyzed as a sequence:

1. **Target identification:** Masked protesters in Los Angeles, identifiable by visible characteristic
2. **Dehumanization cascade:** "troublemakers" → "insurrectionists" → "thugs" → arrest targets
3. **Conspiratorial delegitimization:** "Paid" — denying genuine opposition exists
4. **Grievance articulation:** Protesters defying federal authority, spitting on troops
5. **Violence authorization:** "ARREST...NOW!", "BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!", "WE WILL HIT"
6. **Operational context:** 2,000+ National Guard and 700 Marines actively deployed

The rhetoric-to-action pipeline is unusually compressed on this day. The military deployment was already underway, meaning the gap between stochastic rhetoric and potential state violence was near-zero.

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## Event Correlation

### Primary: Los Angeles Immigration Protests and National Guard Deployment
- **Reaction type:** Offensive/escalating — Trump does not merely respond to events but actively escalates the framework, demanding military force, mass arrests, and promising violence
- **7 posts** directly reference this event
- California's lawsuit challenging the deployment's legality likely intensifies the narcissistic injury — a judicial challenge to authority is among the most destabilizing triggers in the narcissistic framework

### Notable Absence: Travel Ban Implementation
- Presidential Proclamation 10949 took effect at 12:01 AM EDT on June 9, establishing a full travel ban on 12 countries and partial ban on 7 others. This receives zero mentions in the day's 12 posts, suggesting the LA protest confrontation consumed his attention entirely. The absence of any self-congratulatory posts about a major policy achievement is itself diagnostically significant — the narcissistic injury from ongoing defiance in LA overrode the supply that could have been drawn from the travel ban.

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## Hypomanic Indicators

| Metric | Value | Assessment |
|--------|-------|------------|
| Post count | 12 | Moderate volume |
| Time span (EDT) | 10:03 PM – 3:10 PM | ~17 hours with 12-hour sleep gap |
| Rapid-fire cluster | 3 posts in 5 min (12:14–12:19 AM) | Pressured communication |
| Last post before sleep | 12:19 AM EDT | Within normal range |
| First post after sleep | 12:10 PM EDT | Late start |
| Sleep gap | ~12 hours | Adequate |
| Post brevity | Two-word posts in cluster | Consistent with emotional arousal, not necessarily hypomania |

**Assessment:** Does not meet threshold for hypomanic episode. The late-night rapid-fire posting sequence shows pressured qualities (three posts in five minutes, declining sentence length, escalating emotional intensity), but overall volume and the adequate sleep gap argue against a hypomanic classification. The posting pattern more closely fits narcissistic rage episode with pressured expression during peak arousal.

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## Cognitive Markers

- **Sentence complexity decline:** Posts degrade from full paragraphs (ts_114650947329138948) to two-word utterances ("Paid Insurrectionists!") during emotional escalation, recovering to complex sentence structure in the afternoon before degrading again
- **Projection:** Systematic application of "insurrectionists" label to opponents across 4 posts
- **Catastrophizing:** Claim that LA would have been "completely obliterated" without troops (ts_114654277401980803) — a reality-distorting exaggeration that serves to retroactively justify the deployment
- **Splitting:** Binary categorization (protesters = criminals) with no acknowledgment of protected political expression or legitimate grievance
- **Narcissistic fantasy scripting:** Writing specific dialogue for officials to recite, including the "SIR" honorific — a regression to fantasy-level grandiosity
- **Third-person self-reference:** "This is a statement from the President of the United States" (ts_114654893116531233) — merging personal identity with institutional authority
- **Complexity trend:** Declining during rage episodes, partially recovering during cooler periods, with overall trajectory toward simpler, more imperative constructions

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## Narrative Arc: Contamination

The day follows a contamination arc. Trump's assertion of power (deploying 2,700+ military personnel to Los Angeles) should, within his psychological framework, produce a clean victory narrative. Instead, the "victory" is immediately and repeatedly contaminated by:

1. **Ongoing protests** that defy the troop deployment, denying him the submissive response he requires
2. **California's lawsuit** challenging the legality of his actions — a direct legal challenge to his authority
3. **State officials' refusal** to perform the gratitude ritual he scripts for them (ts_114654277401980803)
4. **The perceived need for further escalation** ("IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT") — if the deployment was the "great decision" that saved LA, why is more force needed?

The contamination is driven by an insatiable need for narcissistic supply: the world refuses to conform to his grandiose self-image as the decisive leader who saved Los Angeles. Each act of defiance triggers further escalation, creating a self-reinforcing cycle in which victory can never be fully claimed because the worship demanded is never provided. The day ends not with resolution but with an explicit promise of violence — the contamination narrative's characteristic trajectory from assertion to grievance.

### Narrative

Trump's assertion of power through military deployment should have produced a victory narrative but was contaminated by ongoing protests, California's lawsuit, officials' refusal to perform gratitude, and the perceived need for further escalation — ending not in resolution but in an explicit promise of violence.

### Dominant themes

- LA immigration protests / National Guard deployment (1 post)
- Media amplification / favorable coverage (1 post)
- Narcissistic supply seeking (1 post)

### Contradictions that day

- [ts_114654277401980803](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654277401980803): National Guard deployment was a 'great decision' that prevented LA from being 'completely obliterated' — framing the situation as resolved
  vs. [ts_114654893116531233](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654893116531233): Promises escalated violence ('IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT... harder than they have ever been hit before') — framing the situation as requiring further force

### Cognitive concerns

- Projection: systematic application of 'insurrectionists' label to opponents across 4 posts — DARVO reversal of January 6 characterization
- Catastrophizing: claim LA would be 'completely obliterated' without troops — gross distortion of reality to justify military deployment
- Splitting: binary categorization of all protesters as criminals with zero acknowledgment of protected political expression
- Narcissistic fantasy scripting: writing specific worship dialogue for officials including ritualized 'SIR' honorific
- Sentence complexity decline: posts degrade from paragraphs to two-word utterances during emotional escalation
- Third-person self-reference: 'This is a statement from the President' — merging personal identity with institutional authority

## Posts

### [ts_114655357860761523](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114655357860761523)

Truth Social · 2025-06-09T20:45:20.567Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

1,140 likes · 329 reposts · 106 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_114654983454876891](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654983454876891)

Truth Social · 2025-06-09T19:10:07.551Z (UTC)

> https://rumble.com/v6uj8fn-president-trump-participates-in-invest-america-roundtable.html

4,010 likes · 1,110 reposts · 441 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654983454876891/analysis

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### [ts_114654893116531233](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654893116531233)

Truth Social · 2025-06-09T18:47:09.049Z (UTC)

> “If they spit, we will hit.” This is a statement from the President of the United States concerning the catastrophic Gavin Newscum inspired Riots going on in Los Angeles. The Insurrectionists have a tendency to spit in the face of the National Guardsmen/women, and others. These Patriots are told to accept this, it’s just the way life runs. But not in the Trump Administration. IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT, and I promise you they will be hit harder than they have ever been hit before. Such disrespect will not be tolerated!

15,035 likes · 4,343 reposts · 2,421 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114654893116531233.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654893116531233/analysis

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### [ts_114654569890888217](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654569890888217)

Truth Social · 2025-06-09T17:24:57.016Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> A true champion, Kayla Harrison, who will soon be coming to the White House to get a special award!

**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:

> [MUSIC]

11,564 likes · 2,334 reposts · 670 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114654569890888217.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654569890888217/analysis

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### [ts_114654352161884458](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654352161884458)

Truth Social · 2025-06-09T16:29:34.736Z (UTC)

> https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/20/wins-trump-white-house-keep-stacking/

2,983 likes · 719 reposts · 289 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654352161884458/analysis

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### [ts_114654289422549061](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654289422549061)

Truth Social · 2025-06-09T16:13:37.409Z (UTC)

> https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/09/david-bossie-terrorism-gangs-and-spies-prove-trumps-point-on-immigration/

4,304 likes · 1,179 reposts · 398 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654289422549061/analysis

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### [ts_114654288301132872](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654288301132872)

Truth Social · 2025-06-09T16:13:20.299Z (UTC)

> https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/03/opinion-time-for-congress-to-pull-back-the-curtain-on-biden-david-bossie/

3,927 likes · 1,113 reposts · 249 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654288301132872/analysis

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### [ts_114654277401980803](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654277401980803)

Truth Social · 2025-06-09T16:10:33.990Z (UTC)

> We made a great decision in sending the National Guard to deal with the violent, instigated riots in California. If we had not done so, Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated. The very incompetent “Governor,”  Gavin Newscum, and “Mayor,” Karen Bass, should be saying, “THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL. WE WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, SIR.” Instead, they choose to lie to the People of California and America by saying that we weren’t needed, and that these are “peaceful protests.” Just one look at the pictures and videos of the Violence and Destruction tells you all you have to know. We will always do what is needed to keep our Citizens SAFE, so we can, together, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

20,020 likes · 4,438 reposts · 2,641 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114654277401980803.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654277401980803/analysis

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### [ts_114651482271002772](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114651482271002772)

Truth Social · 2025-06-09T04:19:43.676Z (UTC)

> ARREST THE PEOPLE IN FACE MASKS, NOW!

7,187 likes · 1,892 reposts · 1,019 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114651482271002772.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114651482271002772/analysis

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### [ts_114651470100085455](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114651470100085455)

Truth Social · 2025-06-09T04:16:37.962Z (UTC)

> Looking really bad in L.A. BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!

7,203 likes · 1,877 reposts · 796 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114651470100085455.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114651470100085455/analysis

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### [ts_114651462358753429](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114651462358753429)

Truth Social · 2025-06-09T04:14:39.839Z (UTC)

> Jim McDonnell, the highly respected LAPD Chief, just stated that the protesters are getting very much more aggressive, and that he would “have to reassess the situation,” as it pertains to bringing in the troops. He should, RIGHT NOW!!! Don’t let these thugs get away with this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!

5,734 likes · 1,352 reposts · 413 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114651462358753429.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114651462358753429/analysis

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### [ts_114651315378595204](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114651315378595204)

Truth Social · 2025-06-09T03:37:17.101Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (1:03), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Well, if you thought it couldn't get any more festive inside Prudential Center, the President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, flanked by our UFC CEO, Daniel Wehr. Well, it's nice to see you.

4,858 likes · 1,085 reposts · 402 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_114650961444622516](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114650961444622516)

Truth Social · 2025-06-09T02:07:16.495Z (UTC)

> Paid Insurrectionists!

17,970 likes · 5,047 reposts · 3,217 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114650961444622516.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114650961444622516/analysis

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### [ts_114650947329138948](https://trump.fm/post/ts_114650947329138948)

Truth Social · 2025-06-09T02:03:41.111Z (UTC)

> Governor Gavin Newscum and “Mayor” Bass should apologize to the people of Los Angeles for the absolutely horrible job that they have done, and this now includes the ongoing L.A. riots. These are not protesters, they are troublemakers and insurrectionists. Remember, NO MASKS!

17,949 likes · 4,678 reposts · 1,917 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114650947329138948.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114650947329138948/analysis

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