# Posts from Monday, August 25, 2025

20 posts on 2025-08-25.

## Day analysis

Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2025-08-25/analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-08T03:39:39.846Z (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._

**Evening Rage Spiral Targets Christie, Media Licenses; Day Resets to Presidential Performance Mode**

Trump's day split into two distinct halves. The evening before featured a rapid-fire series of angry posts attacking Chris Christie, a Republican senator, and broadcast networks — including threats to revoke media licenses and reopen a federal investigation as apparent retaliation. A notable calm settled in by morning, with the tone shifting to presidential business: boasting about the Intel deal, commenting on South Korea's political turmoil ahead of a White House summit, and sharing official executive order links. The afternoon was almost entirely staff-managed content. The sharpest moment was calling for journalism to be "terminated," escalating the media grievance into eliminationist language.

- Posts analyzed: 17
- Dominant state: grandiose
- Narrative arc: mixed
- Aggregate rage level: 0.4
- Max danger level: elevated
- Escalation detected
- Theme obsession: Broadcast media license revocation as punishment for unfavorable coverage
- Claims: 22 (10 false)
- Era: Second Term

# Daily Psychological Digest: August 25, 2025

## Location & Timezone Context

Trump was at the White House in Washington, D.C., hosting South Korean President Lee Jae-myung for an official summit. All analysis uses EDT (UTC−4). In local time, the day's posting spans from 8:26 PM EDT on August 24 to 4:58 PM EDT on August 25.

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## I. Psychological State Tracking

### Dominant State: Grandiose

Fifteen of seventeen posts register as grandiose, with two coded as mixed (grandiose oscillating with vulnerable victimhood). The day divides into three psychologically distinct phases:

**Phase 1 — Evening Grievance Cluster (8:26–10:58 PM EDT, Aug 24):** Five substantive, high-authorship posts (authorship scores 0.80–0.95) reflecting authentic, unmediated psychological output. This phase is dominated by narcissistic injury responses: the Christie attack (ts_115086563627159779), the Grassley/blue slip grievance (ts_115086695163847248), poll number inflation (ts_115086877071260300), and a two-post escalation targeting broadcast media (ts_115086929873163909, ts_115087160158530143). The mixed states appear when grandiose entitlement ("Constitutional Right," "greatest 8 months") collides with persecutory victimhood ("completely taken away from me," "97% BAD STORIES").

**Phase 2 — Morning Presidential Mode (8:42–9:20 AM EDT, Aug 25):** Three posts with moderate intensity and authorship (0.70–0.80). The rage is attenuated — the Chicago mayor attack (ts_115089457027851323) registers only 0.50 rage — and the Intel and South Korea posts are primarily self-aggrandizing without significant anger. This phase suggests the overnight reset partially discharged the evening's agitation.

**Phase 3 — Afternoon Maintenance (11:33 AM–4:58 PM EDT):** Nine posts, almost entirely link shares and retweets with authorship scores of 0.10–0.20. This is staff-managed content dissemination — White House executive order links, YouTube livestreams, and retweets. The authentic psychological signal is minimal.

### State Transitions

The most significant transition occurs across the sleep boundary. The evening cluster demonstrates escalating narcissistic disturbance with rage intensities climbing from 0.70 to 0.75. By morning, the grandiose state persists but the rage valence has largely dissipated. A secondary micro-transition occurs within the evening: posts 3 (ts_115086877071260300) briefly pivots to pure supply-seeking ("Thank you. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!") before the media grievance reasserts itself in posts 4 and 5, suggesting the narcissistic injury was too fresh to be soothed by self-reassurance alone.

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## II. Escalation Detection

**Escalation detected: Yes**

A clear escalation arc emerges within the evening cluster:

- **Start:** ts_115086563627159779 (8:26 PM EDT) — Christie attack with veiled investigation threat. Rage: 0.70.
- **Intermediate:** ts_115086695163847248 (9:00 PM EDT) — Institutional grievance (blue slip). Rage: 0.60. Brief intensity dip as target shifts.
- **Intermediate:** ts_115086929873163909 (9:59 PM EDT) — First media license threat. Rage: 0.70. Returns to peak-adjacent intensity.
- **Peak:** ts_115087160158530143 (10:58 PM EDT) — Second media post with "terminated" language. Rage: 0.75. Highest rage intensity of the day.

**Trajectory: Gradual** — The escalation builds over approximately 152 minutes, with a brief dip during the blue slip post before reasserting on the media theme. The rage is disproportionate to triggers: watching a cable news interview and reading polling coverage do not constitute genuine threats, yet the response escalates to calls for government action (investigation reopening, license revocation, financial penalties, and rhetorical elimination of journalism).

The perseverative return to broadcast media within one hour (posts 4 and 5 target identical networks with escalating demands) is a hallmark of narcissistic rumination — the injury could not be discharged by the first post, necessitating a second, more aggressive formulation.

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## III. Theme Analysis

### Dominant Themes

1. **Media persecution / press punishment** (3 posts): The most psychologically charged theme. Three posts across the evening cluster target ABC and NBC with escalating consequences — from "should lose their Licenses" to "terminated." The 97% figure is a perseverative metric recycled since 2017, suggesting calcified cognitive schemas rather than fresh analysis.

2. **Executive authority assertion** (4 posts): The blue slip grievance, DC crime executive order, cashless bail order, and flag-burning prosecution order collectively project executive power maximalism. The blue slip post frames a longstanding Senate custom as an unconstitutional constraint, while the three EO link-shares demonstrate power in action.

3. **Personal attacks on political figures** (3 posts): Christie, Grassley, and Chicago's mayor each receive targeted devaluation. The Christie post is the most elaborate, combining appearance mockery (of a bystander, Jonathan Karl), fabricated legal claims, and investigation threats. Grassley's treatment is notable — a same-party senator publicly pressured for maintaining institutional norms.

4. **Self-aggrandizement / deal-making** (3 posts): Poll number inflation, the Intel acquisition boast, and the South Korea summit framing all serve grandiose self-image maintenance. The Intel post's "I PAID ZERO" framing reduces a complex government-industry deal to a personal transaction.

### Obsession Assessment

**Media license revocation** qualifies as a within-day obsession. Three posts in 2.5 hours target the same theme with escalating severity. The second media post (ts_115087160158530143) largely replicates the first (ts_115086929873163909) with added financial demands and eliminationist language, indicating the cognitive loop was not broken by the initial post.

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## IV. Contradiction Detection

### Contradiction 1: "No One Is Above the Law" vs. Weaponized Investigation Threats
- **Post ts_115086563627159779:** Signs off with "NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. President DJT" — framing the Christie attack as principled law enforcement.
- **Posts ts_115086929873163909 and ts_115087160158530143:** Demand FCC license revocation as punishment for editorial choices, and the Christie post itself demands reopening an investigation as retaliation for criticism.
- **Severity: Moderate.** The "law" is instrumentalized as a weapon against enemies, not applied as a neutral principle. This is a recurring structural contradiction in Trump's rhetoric rather than a novel inconsistency.

### Contradiction 2: Record Popularity vs. Total Media Persecution
- **Post ts_115086877071260300:** Claims "highest poll numbers I've ever had, some in the 60's and even 70's."
- **Post ts_115086929873163909:** Claims "97% BAD STORIES" from major networks.
- **Severity: Minor.** If poll numbers are genuinely at historic highs despite 97% negative coverage, the media's influence is negligible — which undermines the urgency of the license revocation demand. The two claims serve different psychological functions (grandiose supply vs. persecution narrative) and are not reconciled.

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## V. Hypomanic Indicators

- **Post count:** 17 posts (5 substantive, 12 low-effort shares/links/RTs)
- **Time span (EDT):** 8:26 PM Aug 24 to 4:58 PM Aug 25
- **Sleep window:** Last post 10:58 PM EDT, first next-morning post 8:42 AM EDT — a 9 hour 44 minute gap, consistent with adequate sleep.
- **Evening cluster density:** 5 posts in 152 minutes (one every ~30 minutes) — elevated but not abnormal for a grievance cycle.
- **Afternoon posting:** Largely staff-managed (authorship 0.10–0.20), so not indicative of personal output volume.

**Assessment: No hypomanic episode detected.** The evening cluster shows agitation and perseveration but not the pressured, rapid-fire posting characteristic of hypomanic episodes. The adequate sleep window and moderate morning cadence argue against sleep deprivation or sustained elevation.

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## VI. Narrative Arc

**Classification: Mixed (Contamination → Stable)**

The evening follows a contamination arc: a trigger (watching Christie on television) cascades into increasingly aggressive grievance posts. What begins as a personal attack on a political rival expands into institutional targets (Senate customs, broadcast media), with each post raising the stakes of the threatened consequences. The contamination pattern — where perceived injury drives escalating aggression — reaches its apex with the "terminated" language at 10:58 PM.

The overnight break functions as a narrative reset. Morning posts adopt a presidential register (responding to the Chicago crime debate, announcing the Intel deal, previewing the South Korea summit). The afternoon is entirely performative governance — executive order links and livestream shares. This stabilization is genuine but superficial; the underlying grievance architecture revealed in the evening posts is not resolved, merely dormant.

The day's arc is ultimately one of **oscillation between authentic grievance and performed statesmanship**, with the authentic psychological material concentrated in the evening hours when gatekeeping (staff, scheduling) is minimal.

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## VII. Event Correlation

| Event | Response Post(s) | Reaction Type |
|-------|------------------|---------------|
| Trump-Pritzker clash over National Guard in Chicago | ts_115089457027851323 | Offensive — Reframes debate to attack Chicago mayor's competence |
| Intel deal / CHIPS Act developments | ts_115089582863713336 | Amplifying — Claims personal credit for government equity position |
| South Korea political turmoil / Lee summit | ts_115089605510353605 | Amplifying — Uses "Purge or Revolution" hyperbole to dramatize his diplomatic role |
| Executive orders signed (cashless bail, flag burning, DC crime) | ts_115090409314263578, ts_115090412835301856, ts_115090415354986665, ts_115090417485938276, ts_115091409279960691 | Amplifying — Staff dissemination of official actions |
| Chris Christie TV appearance (likely on ABC's "This Week") | ts_115086563627159779 | Defensive/Offensive — Narcissistic injury triggers counterattack |

The Christie appearance was the primary trigger for the evening's psychological cascade. It is notable that the trigger was not a policy challenge or political setback but a television appearance by a critic — confirming the narcissistic injury mechanism where perceived disrespect activates disproportionate rage.

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## VIII. Danger Assessment

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

- **ts_115086563627159779 (Elevated):** A sitting president publicly threatening to reopen a federal investigation against a political critic. The formal sign-off ("President DJT") blurs the line between personal grievance and official directive.
- **ts_115086929873163909 (Elevated):** First call for FCC license revocation of critical networks. Normalizes state punishment of press criticism.
- **ts_115087160158530143 (Elevated):** Escalated call including "terminated" language applied to journalism. The eliminationist framing, even if directed at "crooked journalism" abstractly, contributes to a hostile environment for press institutions.
- **ts_115090412835301856 (Elevated):** DC crime emergency executive order — rated for the expansion of federal law enforcement authority in a civilian context.

**Stochastic terrorism pattern: Not detected at threshold, but concerning elements present.** The evening posts collectively target named individuals (Christie, Jonathan Karl) and institutions (ABC, NBC) with dehumanizing language and threats of state action. While no direct incitement to violence is present, the pattern of identifying enemies, questioning their right to operate, and invoking "termination" creates conditions that can facilitate stochastic violence. This falls below the formal threshold but warrants monitoring.

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## IX. Cognitive Concerns

### Markers Identified

1. **Perseveration:** The 97% media bias figure has been recycled since 2017 with minimal variation, suggesting rigid schematic processing rather than updated analysis.
2. **Factual confusion:** The FCC does not license broadcast networks (it licenses local affiliate stations). This error, repeated across two posts, indicates impulsive composition without factual verification.
3. **Typo/error:** "United States States" in ts_115089582863713336 suggests hasty composition.
4. **Duplicate posting:** The flag-burning EO link (ts_115090409314263578 and ts_115090417485938276) was posted twice within two minutes — likely a staff error but consistent with monitoring for repetition patterns.
5. **Fabrication:** The claim that Christie "lied to stay out of prison" has no factual basis — Christie was never charged in Bridgegate. The statement is presented with conviction, suggesting either deliberate fabrication or genuine false memory.
6. **Displacement:** Attacking Jonathan Karl's hair — a person not involved in the perceived slight — demonstrates the omnidirectional spillover characteristic of narcissistic rage, though this is more a personality feature than a cognitive deficit.

### Complexity Trend: Stable

The evening posts, while repetitive in theme, maintain structural complexity — multi-clause arguments, named targets, specific (if inaccurate) policy references. The morning posts are somewhat simpler but contextually appropriate. No clear decline in linguistic or argumentative complexity is evident within this day's sample.

### Narrative

The day follows a contamination-to-stable arc: an evening television appearance by Chris Christie triggers a 2.5-hour grievance spiral escalating from personal attacks to institutional threats against broadcast media, peaking with eliminationist language. An overnight reset yields a calmer morning of presidential self-promotion (Intel deal, South Korea summit preview), followed by an afternoon of staff-managed executive order dissemination. The authentic psychological material is concentrated in the evening when editorial gatekeeping is minimal, while the daytime persona projects composed governance.

### Dominant themes

- Media persecution and broadcast license threats (1 post)
- Executive authority assertion (1 post)
- Personal attacks on political figures (1 post)
- Self-aggrandizement and deal-making (1 post)

### Contradictions that day

- [ts_115086563627159779](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115086563627159779): NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW — framing investigation threat as principled enforcement
  vs. [ts_115087160158530143](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115087160158530143): Demands government revoke broadcast licenses and terminate journalism as punishment for unfavorable editorial coverage
- [ts_115086877071260300](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115086877071260300): Highest poll numbers ever, some in the 60s and even 70s
  vs. [ts_115086929873163909](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115086929873163909): 97% BAD STORIES from major networks — implying media persecution is severely damaging

### Cognitive concerns

- Perseverative recycling of '97% bad stories' metric unchanged since 2017, suggesting rigid cognitive schemas
- Factual error about FCC jurisdiction repeated across two posts — FCC licenses local stations, not broadcast networks
- Typo 'United States States' in Intel post indicates hasty, unreviewed composition
- Duplicate flag-burning EO link posted twice within two minutes
- Fabricated claim that Christie 'lied to stay out of prison' — Christie was never charged in Bridgegate
- Displacement of rage onto uninvolved bystander (Jonathan Karl's appearance) during Christie attack

## Posts

### [ts_115091409279960691](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115091409279960691)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T20:58:57.105Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/taking-steps-to-end-cashless-bail-to-protect-americans/

21,431 likes · 5,064 reposts · 1,667 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115091409279960691/analysis

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### [ts_115091405547047211](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115091405547047211)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T20:58:00.143Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/115091353360343813 This is a very special group of people who I have been with from the beginning…

Reposted [ts_115091353360343813](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115091353360343813) (2025-08-25T20:44:43.836Z (UTC))

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/115/091/353/193/591/121/original/f53c51ba89d0a6aa.mp4

**Video transcript** (12:49), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Thank you very much. This is a very special group of people. I've been with them from the beginning. Abbeygate, you know, Abbeygate, one of the dumbest days in the history of our country by a previous administration, getting out of a place that we shouldn't have been. At a minimum, they should have been at Bagram, the big field, where, you know, we have hundreds of acres around it. Nobody's going to get near it. They left from a small airfield, and the consequences were horrible. And these people have been, my friends, have been with me, and I've been with them 100%. And we meet more than once a year, actually. I think our all-time meeting was in Bedminster, where we played music, right? Right. Late into the night. They thought I'd be there maybe for five minutes, maybe not at all, and I showed up for like four hours. We were listening to music all night long, and they were all crying because they lost their loved ones. But it's a lot of, it's four years, it's a four-year anniversary. So we're signing a proclamation honoring them, and honoring you, and honoring your loved one, and so sad, and so unnecessary. And you know, what people don't know, there were a lot of other people kil… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115091405547047211)

17,280 likes · 4,132 reposts · 675 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115091405547047211.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115091405547047211/analysis

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### [ts_115091353360343813](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115091353360343813)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T20:44:43.836Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (0:45), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> There are some great souls that are looking down on you right now and they're very proud of their parents and brothers and sisters and but moms and dads especially that's what I seem to have dealt with mostly that's a tough there's nothing tougher so thank you very much of the media I want to thank you because you've been very respectful of this group of people and they deserve it they went through hell for no reason it should have never happened and I'm gonna sign the proclamation now and we will have our we will have a very special proclamation done and completed okay

14,007 likes · 3,114 reposts · 413 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_115090484564215860](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090484564215860)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T17:03:47.061Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/115090458296153017

Reposted [ts_115090458296153017](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090458296153017) (2025-08-25T16:57:06.243Z (UTC))

> Live in the Oval Office: https://www.youtube.com/live/mRBy-v6mn08?si=cedriccsmuxJKwPf

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/115/090/454/844/590/986/original/f8f71a4981f2c27a.mp4

**Video transcript** (2:51), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> It's an honor to be with President Lee of South Korea. We've known each other and gotten along very well. We have some additional trade because I hear they want to renegotiate the deal, but that's okay. I don't mind that. That doesn't mean they're going to get anything, but I don't mind. But we're going to have some very serious discussions about different things, including trade, where we do a lot of trade with South Korea, as you know. We are thinking about contracting some ships. They build them very well in South Korea. They're also thinking about coming to our country with some shipyards to start us on the process of building ships again. You know, in World War II, we'd build a ship a day. And today we don't build ships anymore, which is ridiculous. We're going to start that again. But we were like you. We were building ships all the time for everybody. And presidents and people allowed that to slip by. And now we buy ships. But we're going to be buying ships from South Korea. We're also going to have them make ships here with our people, using our people. And we're going to go back into the shipbuilding business again, because really, essentially, we don't build ships anymore… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090484564215860)

15,468 likes · 3,619 reposts · 1,302 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090484564215860/analysis

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### [ts_115090458296153017](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090458296153017)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T16:57:06.243Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> Live in the Oval Office: https://www.youtube.com/live/mRBy-v6mn08?si=cedriccsmuxJKwPf

**Video transcript** (0:22), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> We're gonna have a good meeting. We're gonna have a great meeting.

12,609 likes · 2,695 reposts · 410 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115090458296153017.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090458296153017/analysis

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### [ts_115090419402034936](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090419402034936)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T16:47:12.764Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (0:18), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Mentioned earlier, this is President Lee Jae-young of South Korea. There he is. Take a moment to see if they answer any questions. That was our president saying we're gonna have a great meeting. We're gonna have a good meeting.

13,181 likes · 2,767 reposts · 402 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_115090417485938276](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090417485938276)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T16:46:43.527Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/prosecuting-burning-of-the-american-flag/

18,314 likes · 4,682 reposts · 1,776 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090417485938276/analysis

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### [ts_115090415354986665](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090415354986665)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T16:46:11.011Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/taking-steps-to-end-cashless-bail-to-protect-americans/

16,342 likes · 3,748 reposts · 440 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090415354986665/analysis

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### [ts_115090412835301856](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090412835301856)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T16:45:32.562Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/

14,289 likes · 3,218 reposts · 416 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090412835301856/analysis

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### [ts_115090409314263578](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090409314263578)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T16:44:38.837Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/prosecuting-burning-of-the-american-flag/

13,521 likes · 2,959 reposts · 453 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090409314263578/analysis

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### [ts_115090396320880966](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090396320880966)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T16:41:20.573Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (0:45), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> -One of the executive orders has to do with cashless bail. That was when the big crime in this country started. And I can tell you who did it, when, but I don't want to do that, because others followed pretty quickly. But that was when it happened. Somebody kills somebody, they go in, "Don't worry about it. No cash. Come back in a couple of months. We'll give you a trial. You never see the person again." And, I mean, they kill people, and they get out. Cashless bail. They thought it was discriminatory to make people put up money because they just killed three people lying on a street. Any street all over the country -- cashless bail -- we're ending it, but we're starting by ending it in D.C., and that we have the right to do through federalization.

12,497 likes · 2,871 reposts · 361 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_115090130584962869](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090130584962869)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T15:33:45.765Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> https://www.youtube.com/live/rlPfxyCnxHg?si=J5CXomQHUsOIvUlO

12,477 likes · 2,939 reposts · 816 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115090130584962869/analysis

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### [ts_115089605510353605](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115089605510353605)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T13:20:13.806Z (UTC)

> WHAT IS GOING ON IN SOUTH KOREA? Seems like a Purge or Revolution. We can't have that and do business there. I am seeing the new President today at the White House. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!

36,103 likes · 8,468 reposts · 5,377 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115089605510353605.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115089605510353605/analysis

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### [ts_115089582863713336](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115089582863713336)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T13:14:28.249Z (UTC)

> I PAID ZERO FOR INTEL, IT IS WORTH APPROXIMATELY 11 BILLION DOLLARS. All goes to the USA. Why are "stupid" people unhappy with that? I will make deals like that for our Country all day long. I will also help those companies that make such lucrative deals with the United States States. I love seeing their stock price go up, making the USA RICHER, AND RICHER. More jobs for America!!! Who would not want to make deals like that?

21,579 likes · 5,162 reposts · 1,743 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115089582863713336.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115089582863713336/analysis

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### [ts_115089457027851323](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115089457027851323)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T12:42:28.146Z (UTC)

> The incompetent Mayor of Chicago just stated that, in DC, where crime has been brought down to almost nothing, there have been no murders in 9 days, something which hasn't happened in years, and people are safe again, only nine people have been arrested. That is wrong, hundreds of criminals have been held, captured, and arrested, and their guns have been taken away. DC IS SAFE AND BOOMING!!!

22,341 likes · 5,424 reposts · 1,464 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115089457027851323.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115089457027851323/analysis

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### [ts_115087160158530143](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115087160158530143)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T02:58:20.701Z (UTC)

> Why is it that ABC and NBC FAKE NEWS, two of the absolute worst and most biased networks anywhere in the World, aren't paying Millions of Dollars a year in LICENSE FEES. They should lose their Licenses for their unfair coverage of Republicans and/or Conservatives, but at a minimum, they should pay up BIG for having the privilege of using the most valuable airwaves anywhere at anytime!!! Crooked "journalism" should not be rewarded, it should be terminated!!!

31,893 likes · 7,980 reposts · 3,197 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115087160158530143.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

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### [ts_115086929873163909](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115086929873163909)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T01:59:46.826Z (UTC)

> Despite a very high popularity and, according to many, among the greatest 8 months in Presidential History, ABC & NBC FAKE NEWS, two of the worst and most biased networks in history, give me 97% BAD STORIES. IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEY ARE SIMPLY AN ARM OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY AND SHOULD, ACCORDING TO MANY, HAVE THEIR LICENSES REVOKED BY THE FCC. I would be totally in favor of that because they are so biased and untruthful, an actual threat to our Democracy!!! MAGA

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### [ts_115086877071260300](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115086877071260300)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T01:46:21.133Z (UTC)

> Except what is written and broadcast in the Fake News, I now have the highest poll numbers I've ever had, some in the 60's and even 70's. Thank you. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!

28,770 likes · 6,018 reposts · 1,725 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_115086695163847248](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115086695163847248)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T01:00:05.399Z (UTC)

> I have a Constitutional Right to appoint Judges and U.S. Attorneys, but that RIGHT has been completely taken away from me in States that have just one Democrat United States Senator. This is because of an old and outdated "custom" known as a BLUE SLIP, that Senator Chuck Grassley, of the Great State of Iowa, refuses to overturn, even though the Democrats, including Crooked Joe Biden (Twice!), have done so on numerous occasions. Therefore, the only candidates that I can get confirmed for these most important positions are, believe it or not, Democrats! Chuck Grassley should allow strong Republican candidates to ascend to these very vital and powerful roles, and tell the Democrats, as they often tell us, to go to HELL!

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### [ts_115086563627159779](https://trump.fm/post/ts_115086563627159779)

Truth Social · 2025-08-25T00:26:38.352Z (UTC)

> I just watched Sloppy Chris Christie be interviewed on a ratings challenged "News" Show, "This Week With George Slopadopolus," on ABC Fake News (By the way, what the "hell" happened to Jonathan Karl's hair? He looks absolutely terrible! It's amazing what bad ratings, on a failed television show that was forced to pay me $16,000,000, can do to one's appearance!). Can anyone believe anything that Sloppy Chris says? Do you remember the way he lied about the dangerous and deadly closure of the George Washington Bridge in order to stay out of prison, at the same time sacrificing people who worked for him, including a young mother, who spent years trying to fight off the vicious charges against her. Chris refused to take responsibility for these criminal acts. For the sake of JUSTICE, perhaps we should start looking at that very serious situation again? NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT

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