# Posts from Saturday, April 18, 2026

39 posts on 2026-04-18.

## Day analysis

Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2026-04-18/analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-09-23T12:45:05.154Z (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._

**A Saturday that ended with "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT" back on his feed, in someone else's handwriting**

He spent Friday night and the early hours letting other people do his talking: Fox-style clips declaring the Iran campaign an unconditional surrender, supporter videos calling him divinely protected, and a rapid run of friendly headlines about tax refunds and a Texas refinery. Only four posts all day were actually written by him — a claim that the Strait of Hormuz was open and that Xi was happy about it, a jab at Spain's economy, a late-night swipe at Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings, and a one-line "sick of winning" boast. Then he went quiet for most of Saturday, nearly half a day with nothing. He reappeared just before 8 in the evening and fired off nine posts in eleven minutes, almost all of it stolen-election material: a list of states that "cheated," a fraud allegation about a Democratic figure, and a supporter's post reviving "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT." Every word of that closing burst belonged to someone else.

- Posts analyzed: 29
- Dominant state: grandiose
- Narrative arc: contamination
- Aggregate rage level: 0.08
- Max danger level: elevated
- Sleep deprivation likely
- Theme obsession: Stolen-election claims — seven of the nine posts in the day's closing eleven-minute burst
- Claims: 24 (11 false)
- Era: Second Term

## Two evenings inside one UTC day

The calendar box labeled 2026-04-18 UTC does not line up with a day of his life. Washington was on EDT (UTC−4) and there is no indication of travel; the post at 01:12 UTC is read in its own commentary as "~9:12 PM ET," which anchors the conversion. So the day's window of 00:41–23:50 UTC is really 8:41 PM Friday through 7:50 PM Saturday, local. April 18, 2026 was a Saturday.

Converted, the 39 posts fall into four blocks with nothing between them:

- **8:41–11:25 PM Friday** — 13 posts, all analyzed.
- **12:12–1:15 AM Saturday** — 14 posts (8 analyzed, 6 reposts).
- **7:09–8:14 AM Saturday** — 3 posts (2 analyzed, 1 repost).
- **7:39–7:50 PM Saturday** — 9 posts (6 analyzed, 3 reposts).

Any reading taken off the UTC clock alone puts his heaviest hour at "5 AM" and his quiet stretch in the middle of the night. Both are backwards.

## Four posts he wrote; thirty-five he chose

The volume is the least interesting number here. Of 39 posts, **four** contain a sentence he composed: the Xi/Hormuz post at 02:25, the Reed Hastings jab at 02:55, "ANYONE SICK OF WINNING YET?" at 03:25, and the Spain attack at 12:14. The other 35 are sixteen wordless video or image posts, nine bare headline links, and ten reposts. Three of those four carry authorship confidence at 0.85 or above; the rest rest on timing alone.

That ratio is the day. The triumph is real in volume and almost entirely in other people's mouths. A Fox-style segment declares the Iran campaign "about as close to an unconditional surrender as you" can get (ts_116423050201559655). A supporter video calls him "the goat right there," a man who "took a bullet for this country" and has "God on his side" (ts_116423967114156778). A commentator names him "the most effective and capable political athlete we have ever seen" (ts_116425396492356069). A clip — plausibly his own voice, in the third person — has "Donald Trump, in less than six weeks" having "demolished" Iran while the UN, NATO and the EU arrive as "opportunistic, carrion-length people" (ts_116423987219362297). Six friendly headlines about tips refunds, a Texas refinery and a Cincinnati plant tour get posted in a four-minute run (01:33–01:37, 02:11, 02:27), two of them articles from the prior month.

The psychological reading that fits is compensatory: praise sourced from outside, at volume, during a week the historian record shows going badly. His own officials were telling CNN that his Iran posts were damaging the negotiations; Iranian negotiators objected to him "negotiating through social media." Nothing in the day's feed acknowledges any of it.

## The one seam, at 10:17 PM

Between a refinery headline and the Xi post sits a March story about a whistleblower claiming the Mueller probe "cut corners, broke rules to 'get Trump'" (ts_116423303405254078) — the day's only post scored vulnerable, dropped without comment into a run of victory laps. Two hours later, another wordless clip re-litigates the Russia investigation as a Clinton-orchestrated "hoax," complete with file-timestamp forensics and a Seth Rich reference (ts_116423801851760712, scored mixed). Neither has a same-day trigger. Both are the persecution frame idling in the background of a victory narrative, which is what makes the evening cluster twelve hours later less of a swerve than it looks.

## What he actually said

The Xi post (ts_116423336936103421, authorship 0.85) is the day's most consequential sentence: "President Xi is very happy that the Strait of Hormuz is open and/or rapidly opening." Iran had reopened the strait and then closed it again after the US refused to lift the blockade; Iran's negotiator said it was "impossible for others to pass through the Strait of Hormuz while we cannot." The "and/or" is doing load-bearing work — it keeps the sentence from ever being wrong, while leaving the audience with "open." Xi's emotional state is asserted on no public record.

"ANYONE SICK OF WINNING YET?" (ts_116423572074498917) lands at 11:25 PM against 39% approval, 65% public opposition to the Iran war, and crude above $103. It is a 2016 catchphrase used as an entire post.

The Hastings post (ts_116423452270235983) is the day's only rage-flagged item at 0.50: "Was Reed Hastings forced to leave the Netflix Board because he's a SLEAZEBAG? What was his Crime, and how many did he commit?" The second question presupposes what the first only asks.

Spain, at 8:14 AM (ts_116425653087220924), gets called "absolutely horrendous" financially while "contributing almost nothing to NATO," closed with "Sad to watch!!!" Both central claims are mostly false — Spain has been outgrowing the Eurozone and hosts major US naval facilities — and the sign-off performs pity while inviting the audience to enjoy the spectacle.

## Six hours, then eleven hours of nothing

The gap from 1:15 AM to 7:09 AM local is 5 hours 54 minutes — the only plausible sleep window on the day, and under six hours. The second gap is larger and means something different: 8:14 AM to 7:39 PM, 11 hours 25 minutes with no post of any kind on a Saturday.

Against an April baseline of roughly 18 posts a day, 39 is about 2.2×, and two stretches are genuinely rapid (seven posts in four minutes at 01:33–01:37; nine in eleven minutes at 23:39–23:50). But the case for a hypomanic episode does not close. The volume is carried by link-drops and reposts that cost almost nothing to produce; average intensity across the 29 analyzed posts is 0.30; one post in 29 registers rage; and an 11-hour daytime blank is hard to reconcile with sustained activation. The short sleep window and the burst pacing are worth recording. The syndrome is not established by them.

## Eleven minutes at dusk

He returns at 7:39 PM and posts nine times in eleven minutes. The first is a clip alleging Stacey Abrams' NGO took "$2 billion" it didn't earn, framed with "You know who complains the loudest, and with the most amount of fake, righteous indignation? The fraudsters" (ts_116428347307445462). Then a bare x.com link. Then a screenshot claiming Democrats oppose the "Save America Act" over voter fraud (ts_116428368589554834). Then a supporter's tweet to Senator Mike Lee: "if they hadn't stolen the election and @POTUS didn't fight back, voting would be the least of our concerns. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT" (ts_116428369346021412). Then a list of state names, each followed by the word "cheated" (ts_116428386907912654). Three reposts are interleaved.

Seven of the nine are election-theft material, and every word of it belongs to someone else. The historian record for the same date carries a ProPublica investigation into his effort to "nationalize" the 2026 midterms and the firing of six more immigration judges, including the Boston judge who blocked a student deportation. He commented on neither, and on the psychedelics executive order signed that day. The cluster sits beside those stories without touching them.

## Where danger sits, and where it doesn't

Two posts reach elevated, and they bookend the day. The 8:41 PM clip (ts_116422927270730327) includes a guest's approving line about IRGC personnel being "stabbed," broadcast to a mass following during an active blockade. The 7:45 PM repost revives "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT," a phrase inseparable from January 6, attached to a stolen-election premise.

Neither names a target or an action, and neither is in his voice — which is precisely the structure that makes the second one worth logging. Whether two such items constitute a day-level pattern of stochastic incitement is a judgment call; the honest answer is that they don't yet. One amplification aimed at a foreign military and one slogan revived without commentary is thinner than the pattern the term describes. The trend line is what to watch, not this day's total.

## No spiral, a slide

Intensity peaks twice at 0.55 — at 00:41 and 03:25, both in the first three hours — and never reaches that again. The evening cluster tops out at 0.45. There is no rage spiral on this day; there is a drift from triumph to grievance with a quiet Saturday in the middle, which is a different shape and a slower one.

Three contradictions sit inside it. The 1:11 AM clip dismisses NATO and the EU as parasites arriving after the risk has passed; nine hours later NATO contribution is the yardstick by which Spain is found wanting. The same-day pairing of "most successful first year of any administration in the history of our country, acknowledged by everybody" with a Mueller-persecution link and a "stolen election" repost asks the audience to hold total victory and total victimhood at once. And a clip crediting him with "ten wars ended and many, many millions of lives saved" runs a few hours after one whose guest saw no problem with enemy soldiers being stabbed.

## Cognitive read

Four composed posts is a thin sample, and any conclusion drawn from it should be held loosely. Within that sample the syntax is simple and intact, with no word-finding trouble, derailment or repetition artifacts, consistent with his recent baseline. What is more visible than any decline in capacity is the substitution of formula for composition: a 2016 catchphrase standing alone as a post, a sign-off ("President DONALD J. TRUMP") used as punctuation, and a hedge ("and/or") that keeps a claim from ever being checkable.

### Narrative

The day opens as a victory lap and closes as a complaint about being cheated. From late Friday evening through 1 AM he pushes out a steady stream of other people's praise — Iran declared won, the first year declared the most successful ever, himself declared divinely protected — with only four short posts of his own mixed in. After a sub-six-hour sleep window and a Saturday that passes almost entirely without posting, he comes back at dusk and spends eleven minutes on stolen-election material, all of it borrowed from supporters. The thread connecting the two ends was already visible overnight in a Mueller-whistleblower link and a Russia-hoax video: the triumph never displaced the grievance, it just sat on top of it for a few hours.

### Dominant themes

- Amplified third-party praise and achievement inventory (1 post)
- Iran victory and the Strait of Hormuz (1 post)
- Stolen 2020 election and voter fraud (1 post)
- Russia-hoax persecution and vindication (1 post)
- Devaluation of allies and multilateral institutions (1 post)

### Contradictions that day

- [ts_116423987219362297](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423987219362297): Amplified clip dismissing the UN, NATO, the EU and individual European states as 'opportunistic, carrion' latecomers with no legitimate role in the Iran outcome
  vs. [ts_116425653087220924](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116425653087220924): Spain judged 'absolutely horrendous' partly for 'contributing almost nothing to NATO and their military defense' — NATO contribution invoked as a binding standard
- [ts_116423985260460652](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423985260460652): 'the most successful first year of any administration in the history of our country, acknowledged by everybody'
  vs. [ts_116428369346021412](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428369346021412): Reposted claim that the election was stolen and that without him 'voting would be the least of our concerns'
- [ts_116423985260460652](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423985260460652): Credit claimed for ending eight wars, potentially ten, and saving 'many, many millions of lives'
  vs. [ts_116422927270730327](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116422927270730327): Amplified segment in which a guest's approving remark that IRGC personnel would be 'stabbed' passes without qualification

### Cognitive concerns

- Only 4 of 39 posts contain composed prose, so the sample available for cognitive assessment is thin and any inference should be held loosely.
- Within that sample the syntax is simple and internally coherent, with no word-finding difficulty, derailment, or repetition artifacts.
- A 2016 catchphrase used as an entire post ('ANYONE SICK OF WINNING YET?') and the 'President DONALD J. TRUMP' sign-off as punctuation continue a long-running substitution of formula for composition.
- The 'open and/or rapidly opening' construction in the Hormuz post is grammatically intact but leaves no falsifiable version of the claim standing.

## Posts

### [ts_116428390999409071](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428390999409071)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T23:50:59.241Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/116428389676890619 https://x.com/real_robn/status/2045552110100758533?s=10

Reposted [ts_116428389676890619](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428389676890619) (2026-04-18T23:50:38.967Z (UTC))

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/428/389/413/223/371/original/838f44dc43068606.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 1:18), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> A short while ago, just the news obtained this email. This is a very important email. It comes from the former CIA director, Mike Morrell. Yes, the guy that organized that letter from the 51 intelligence professionals who tried to fake you into thinking that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation when it wasn't. It is between him and John Brennan, one of the signatories, you know who John Brennan is. He was Obama's CIA director, right? He's the guy that told Obama, hey, Hillary Clinton is doing a dirty trick on Donald Trump called Russia collusion. Well, this is just before the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Hunter Biden's laptop is flinging out there. This is what Mike Morrell, former CIA director, tells his successor, John Brennan, hey, sign this letter because I'm, quote, trying to give the campaign, particularly during the debate on Thursday, a talking point to push back on Trump on this issue. A man with a security clearance, a man with the title of CIA director, knew that he wasn't creating an intelligence product, an American civic duty with 51 people. He was trying to create a political moment. Damning evidence, we'll try to find out if… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428390999409071)

5,418 likes · 2,269 reposts · 878 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_116428389676890619](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428389676890619)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T23:50:38.967Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (1:18), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> A short while ago, just the news obtained this email. This is a very important email. It comes from the former CIA director, Mike Morrell. Yes, the guy that organized that letter from the 51 intelligence professionals who tried to fake you into thinking that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation when it wasn't. It is between him and John Brennan, one of the signatories, you know who John Brennan is. He was Obama's CIA director, right? He's the guy that told Obama, hey, Hillary Clinton is doing a dirty trick on Donald Trump called Russia collusion. Well, this is just before the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Hunter Biden's laptop is flinging out there. This is what Mike Morrell, former CIA director, tells his successor, John Brennan, hey, sign this letter because I'm, quote, trying to give the campaign, particularly during the debate on Thursday, a talking point to push back on Trump on this issue. A man with a security clearance, a man with the title of CIA director, knew that he wasn't creating an intelligence product, an American civic duty with 51 people. He was trying to create a political moment. Damning evidence, we'll try to find out if… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428389676890619)

3,624 likes · 1,087 reposts · 202 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428389676890619/analysis

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### [ts_116428386907912654](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428386907912654)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T23:49:56.715Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Image** (screenshot), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's:

> A screenshot of a social media post (appears to be from X/Twitter) by an account named "Janie Johnson – America is Exceptional" (handle @jjauthor), which has a blue verified checkmark and a profile photo of a blonde woman. The post consists of a list of state names each followed by the word "cheated," asserting without further explanation or evidence that these states committed election fraud.

Text in the image: "Janie Johnson - America is Exceptional @jjauthor Michigan cheated. Arizona cheated Colorado cheated Nevada cheated. Louisiana cheated Washington cheated. California cheated."

5,691 likes · 1,872 reposts · 703 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428386907912654/analysis

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### [ts_116428370306928773](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428370306928773)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T23:45:43.469Z (UTC) · repost

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/116428368589554834 A RIGGED ELECTION!!!

Reposted [ts_116428368589554834](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428368589554834) (2026-04-18T23:45:17.265Z (UTC))

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/428/367/937/212/663/original/bbccb0e324b1a564.png

6,530 likes · 2,290 reposts · 602 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_116428369346021412](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428369346021412)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T23:45:28.805Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Image** (screenshot), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's:

> A screenshot of a tweet/post from a verified account named "@Paeonia" (handle @MaximusPaeonia), whose profile picture shows a peony flower. The post is addressed to @SenMikeLee and mentions @POTUS, referencing a claim of a stolen election. The post is timestamped 6:49 AM · Apr 17, 2026, with 128 views shown.

Text in the image: "@Paeonia [verified checkmark] @MaximusPaeonia @SenMikeLee, in hindsight, if they hadn't stolen the election and @POTUS didn't fight back, voting would be the least of our concerns. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT 6:49 AM · Apr 17, 2026 · 128 Views"

4,673 likes · 1,223 reposts · 166 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428369346021412/analysis

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### [ts_116428368589554834](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428368589554834)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T23:45:17.265Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Image** (screenshot), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's:

> Screenshot of a tweet/post from user "TNMaineiac" (handle @TNMaineiac, profile picture shows a landscape/sky scene, with US and Italian flag emojis next to the display name). The post text claims Democrats oppose the "Save America Act" because of alleged voter fraud. Below the text is an embedded image/video-style graphic with a black background: on the left is a blurred, edited photo of Albert Einstein (white hair, mustache, tapping his temple with one finger, in a black tuxedo with bow tie), overlaid with what appears to be a video play button icon. The graphic presents numbers claiming a mismatch between registered voters and vote totals for Trump and Biden, framed as evidence of "voter fraud." The post is timestamped 1:26 PM · Apr 18, 2026 with 24 views shown.

Text in the image: "TNMaineiac 🇺🇸🇮🇹 @TNMaineiac Well between the dead people and the illegals voting and the rigged mail in ballots it's no surprise that Democrats are fighting tooth and nail against the Save America Act. They know if that happens they will actually have to have a real platform other than "get Trump". 133 MILLION REGISTERED UNITED STATES VOTERS 74 MILLION TRUMP 81 MILLION BIDEN 74 + 81 = 155 MILLION YOU DONT NEED TO BE EINSTEIN TO SEE VOTER FRAUD 1:26 PM · Apr 18, 2026 · 24 Views"

4,024 likes · 1,141 reposts · 175 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428368589554834/analysis

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### [ts_116428350579951040](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428350579951040)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T23:40:42.459Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> https://x.com/thescif/status/2045034437813903700?s=10

4,924 likes · 1,679 reposts · 332 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428350579951040/analysis

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### [ts_116428348509835258](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428348509835258)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T23:40:10.900Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/116428347307445462

Reposted [ts_116428347307445462](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428347307445462) (2026-04-18T23:39:52.460Z (UTC))

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/428/345/251/937/997/original/3483cdeb9b11b0ff.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 0:23), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> You know who complains the loudest, and with the most amount of fake, righteous indignation? The fraudsters. It's a tell. It's the NGOs that are crazy, like the $2 billion to Stacey Abrams' NGO that basically didn't exist and suddenly gets $2 billion awarded from the federal government. She says, "Why?" And there are many such cases like that.

5,168 likes · 1,810 reposts · 266 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_116428347307445462](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428347307445462)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T23:39:52.460Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (0:23), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> You know who complains the loudest, and with the most amount of fake, righteous indignation? The fraudsters. It's a tell. It's the NGOs that are crazy, like the $2 billion to Stacey Abrams' NGO that basically didn't exist and suddenly gets $2 billion awarded from the federal government. She says, "Why?" And there are many such cases like that.

3,894 likes · 1,085 reposts · 137 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116428347307445462/analysis

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### [ts_116425653087220924](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116425653087220924)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T12:14:41.918Z (UTC)

> Has anybody looked at how badly the country of Spain is doing. Their financial numbers, despite contributing almost nothing to NATO and their military defense, are absolutely horrendous. Sad to watch!!!

37,836 likes · 7,807 reposts · 6,617 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116425653087220924.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116425653087220924/analysis

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### [ts_116425474897187697](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116425474897187697)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T11:29:22.958Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/116425396492356069

Reposted [ts_116425396492356069](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116425396492356069) (2026-04-18T11:09:26.594Z (UTC))

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/425/392/360/013/977/original/49044ef049d3e870.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 1:09), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> I think the best way to think about our current political climate in the United States is we are led by a transcendent political athlete. Donald Trump is the most effective and capable political athlete we have ever seen. Why? He understands how to connect at the one-on-one level. He understands retail politics better than, frankly, anybody. He has an app ability that's very disarming, and yet because of his business acumen, he has a way of negotiating that I think is just very hard for the learned non-business person to compete with. You know, there's a very famous Mike Tyson quote, "Everybody's got a plan until they get punched in the face." I think the president has an incredible ability to negotiate. Howard Luttnick has an incredible ability to negotiate, Scott Besson has an ability to negotiate because of their grounding in business.

17,473 likes · 4,679 reposts · 1,064 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_116425396492356069](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116425396492356069)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T11:09:26.594Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (1:09), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> I think the best way to think about our current political climate in the United States is we are led by a transcendent political athlete. Donald Trump is the most effective and capable political athlete we have ever seen. Why? He understands how to connect at the one-on-one level. He understands retail politics better than, frankly, anybody. He has an app ability that's very disarming, and yet because of his business acumen, he has a way of negotiating that I think is just very hard for the learned non-business person to compete with. You know, there's a very famous Mike Tyson quote, "Everybody's got a plan until they get punched in the face." I think the president has an incredible ability to negotiate. Howard Luttnick has an incredible ability to negotiate, Scott Besson has an ability to negotiate because of their grounding in business.

12,736 likes · 2,855 reposts · 548 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116425396492356069/analysis

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### [ts_116424006276973261](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116424006276973261)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T05:15:53.593Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/116424005080834976

Reposted [ts_116424005080834976](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116424005080834976) (2026-04-18T05:15:35.337Z (UTC))

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/424/004/091/175/401/original/c15ab8e7db09bb87.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 2:05), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> ♪ But you only need the light when it's burning low ♪ ♪ Only miss the sun when it starts to snow ♪ ♪ Only know your lover when you let her go ♪ ♪ Only know you've been high when you're feeling low ♪ ♪ Only hate the road when you're missing home ♪ ♪ Only know your lover when you let her go ♪ To me, he's just a normal grandma. ♪ Staring at the ceiling when her parents are looking ♪ ♪ Seem old empty feeling in your heart ♪ ♪ It's like going slow when it goes so fast ♪ When I made the high honor roll, he printed it out so he was ready. ♪ When you see you when you fall asleep ♪ ♪ And never to touch and never to keep ♪ ♪ 'Cause you loved her too much and you died too deep ♪ ♪ The way you only need the light when it's burning low ♪ ♪ Only miss the sun when it starts to snow ♪ ♪ Only know your lover when you let her go ♪ ♪ Only know you've been high when you're feeling low ♪ ♪ Only hate the road when you're missing home ♪ Wow, look at that, he's got that G. ♪ Only know your lover when you let her go ♪ Thank you, thank you, love. ♪ And you let her go ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ And you let her go ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ And we let her go ♪ ♪ 'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low ♪… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116424006276973261)

29,058 likes · 6,424 reposts · 1,733 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_116424005080834976](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116424005080834976)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T05:15:35.337Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (2:05), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> ♪ But you only need the light when it's burning low ♪ ♪ Only miss the sun when it starts to snow ♪ ♪ Only know your lover when you let her go ♪ ♪ Only know you've been high when you're feeling low ♪ ♪ Only hate the road when you're missing home ♪ ♪ Only know your lover when you let her go ♪ To me, he's just a normal grandma. ♪ Staring at the ceiling when her parents are looking ♪ ♪ Seem old empty feeling in your heart ♪ ♪ It's like going slow when it goes so fast ♪ When I made the high honor roll, he printed it out so he was ready. ♪ When you see you when you fall asleep ♪ ♪ And never to touch and never to keep ♪ ♪ 'Cause you loved her too much and you died too deep ♪ ♪ The way you only need the light when it's burning low ♪ ♪ Only miss the sun when it starts to snow ♪ ♪ Only know your lover when you let her go ♪ ♪ Only know you've been high when you're feeling low ♪ ♪ Only hate the road when you're missing home ♪ Wow, look at that, he's got that G. ♪ Only know your lover when you let her go ♪ Thank you, thank you, love. ♪ And you let her go ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ And you let her go ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ And we let her go ♪ ♪ 'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low ♪… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116424005080834976)

18,381 likes · 3,297 reposts · 598 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116424005080834976/analysis

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### [ts_116423988271914275](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423988271914275)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T05:11:18.951Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/116423987219362297

Reposted [ts_116423987219362297](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423987219362297) (2026-04-18T05:11:02.793Z (UTC))

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/423/986/673/111/641/original/f8c0934af22a88e4.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 0:58), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> But you know, Sean, I think now that all the heavy lifting has been done and Iran is flat on its back, I think you're going to see all these opportunistic, carrion-length people come in. You're going to see the U.N. say, well, we're going to be in charge of the peace, or you're going to see people say, this is what we're going to do with Lebanon or individual European states or the EU or the NATO. But none of them were to be found when it was very unpopular, very risky, and Iran had this reputation, I think, unfounded. But it was the terror of the Middle East. We were told it was indomitable. For 47 years, you might want to go to Iraq or Afghanistan, but you don't get near Iran. They're too crazy. They're too dangerous. And Donald Trump, in less than six weeks, with the help of the Israeli Air Force, demolished it. And now all of a sudden, everybody wants to pile on and think that they're somewhat responsible for the future of the new Middle East. It's really shameless. - It really is.

18,917 likes · 5,451 reposts · 1,095 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_116423987219362297](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423987219362297)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T05:11:02.793Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (0:58), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> But you know, Sean, I think now that all the heavy lifting has been done and Iran is flat on its back, I think you're going to see all these opportunistic, carrion-length people come in. You're going to see the U.N. say, well, we're going to be in charge of the peace, or you're going to see people say, this is what we're going to do with Lebanon or individual European states or the EU or the NATO. But none of them were to be found when it was very unpopular, very risky, and Iran had this reputation, I think, unfounded. But it was the terror of the Middle East. We were told it was indomitable. For 47 years, you might want to go to Iraq or Afghanistan, but you don't get near Iran. They're too crazy. They're too dangerous. And Donald Trump, in less than six weeks, with the help of the Israeli Air Force, demolished it. And now all of a sudden, everybody wants to pile on and think that they're somewhat responsible for the future of the new Middle East. It's really shameless. - It really is.

12,505 likes · 2,746 reposts · 268 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423987219362297/analysis

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### [ts_116423986073917126](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423986073917126)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T05:10:45.319Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/116423985260460652

Reposted [ts_116423985260460652](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423985260460652) (2026-04-18T05:10:32.905Z (UTC))

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/423/983/781/592/351/original/c116aae932bc1d05.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 4:32), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> "This has been by far the most successful first year of any administration in the history of our country, acknowledged by everybody. To begin with, I ended eight wars, and it may be a little early to say this, but if we add Iran and Lebanon, that will be ten wars ended and many, many millions of lives saved. Every lives we've saved. Starting on day one, we ended the illegal invasion of America. That's an invasion by criminals, many, many criminals, murderers, drug dealers, prisoners. They emptied out their prisons into our country. And we took the most dangerous, unsafe, violent and open border and created the most secure border in U.S. history, one of the most secure borders anywhere in the world, with zero illegal aliens coming into our country in the past 11 months, zero. And in 2025, we achieved the largest drop in violent crime ever recorded. That's despite all of these people that came into our country. Many of them are now gone, I'm pleased to tell you. The murder rate, isn't it a terrible thing to be talking about murder, but you got to say it. At least if it's good news. I guess it's good news. But the murder rate reached the lowest level in over 125 years, 1900, the year… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423986073917126)

16,918 likes · 4,235 reposts · 810 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_116423985260460652](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423985260460652)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T05:10:32.905Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (4:32), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> "This has been by far the most successful first year of any administration in the history of our country, acknowledged by everybody. To begin with, I ended eight wars, and it may be a little early to say this, but if we add Iran and Lebanon, that will be ten wars ended and many, many millions of lives saved. Every lives we've saved. Starting on day one, we ended the illegal invasion of America. That's an invasion by criminals, many, many criminals, murderers, drug dealers, prisoners. They emptied out their prisons into our country. And we took the most dangerous, unsafe, violent and open border and created the most secure border in U.S. history, one of the most secure borders anywhere in the world, with zero illegal aliens coming into our country in the past 11 months, zero. And in 2025, we achieved the largest drop in violent crime ever recorded. That's despite all of these people that came into our country. Many of them are now gone, I'm pleased to tell you. The murder rate, isn't it a terrible thing to be talking about murder, but you got to say it. At least if it's good news. I guess it's good news. But the murder rate reached the lowest level in over 125 years, 1900, the year… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423985260460652)

11,101 likes · 2,332 reposts · 272 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423985260460652/analysis

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### [ts_116423970008317740](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423970008317740)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T05:06:40.270Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/116423967114156778 THANK YOU!

Reposted [ts_116423967114156778](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423967114156778) (2026-04-18T05:05:56.015Z (UTC))

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/423/966/560/388/869/original/bbe16720f58c45b6.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 1:23), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> - Do you think that this person is a patriot or a traitor? - That's the goat right there. Donald Trump literally took a bullet for this country. This man has God on his side. He shouldn't even be alive. But he is, because God knew that we needed Trump to make America great again. - This is the guy who gave up everything to try to save this country. And everyone came after him, tried to put him in prison, tried to kill him twice, and still became the president of the United States twice. - He's a unique individual. He's a force of nature. Unlike most politicians, because he's not a politician, he's a political leader. It's different. He's not scripted. He's not handled. He's not managed. When Trump speaks, those words come from the heart. He's authentic. He's courageous. And I think he's going to go down in history as the greatest president in our entire country's history. - Do you think that this person is a patriot or a traitor? - He's been devoting his life to the country when he made all those billions of dollars and could have been set off to some private island somewhere, enjoying the money and all the hard work he did. Instead, he gave up his life to work for this country, an… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423970008317740)

17,599 likes · 4,894 reposts · 685 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_116423967114156778](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423967114156778)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T05:05:56.015Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (1:23), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> - Do you think that this person is a patriot or a traitor? - That's the goat right there. Donald Trump literally took a bullet for this country. This man has God on his side. He shouldn't even be alive. But he is, because God knew that we needed Trump to make America great again. - This is the guy who gave up everything to try to save this country. And everyone came after him, tried to put him in prison, tried to kill him twice, and still became the president of the United States twice. - He's a unique individual. He's a force of nature. Unlike most politicians, because he's not a politician, he's a political leader. It's different. He's not scripted. He's not handled. He's not managed. When Trump speaks, those words come from the heart. He's authentic. He's courageous. And I think he's going to go down in history as the greatest president in our entire country's history. - Do you think that this person is a patriot or a traitor? - He's been devoting his life to the country when he made all those billions of dollars and could have been set off to some private island somewhere, enjoying the money and all the hard work he did. Instead, he gave up his life to work for this country, an… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423967114156778)

11,270 likes · 2,554 reposts · 265 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423967114156778/analysis

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### [ts_116423807916848984](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423807916848984)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T04:25:26.950Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/116423805453465694

Reposted [ts_116423805453465694](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423805453465694) (2026-04-18T04:24:49.334Z (UTC))

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/423/805/121/076/156/original/fef4d7b07fede93d.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 1:28), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> >> Being nicer to Russia is because, and China's freaking out about this, Russia is now willing to start trading on the US dollar again and not in the BRICS currency to join the global market. This would absolutely spell the end of China as we know it. Russia is the last piece of the puzzle to bring China to its knees. And we don't actually have a problem with what we shouldn't have a problem with Russian values, they're pre-people, Putin's a Cold War relic, but beyond the neocons and what they want you to believe because they want to keep sending unaccountable money to Ukraine, we should actually have a relationship with Russia, very similar values amongst the people. And Trump is willing to gamble 30 cents more a gallon at the pump for like a few weeks to do that. Again, trust the guy, oil is still remarkably cheaper right now than it was under Joe Biden. But here's the other side that's not entirely public yet. What's China doing right now? They already know they're not in a position to do anything militarily against us. Opponents of the Iran strike are whining that we're depleting our munition reserves. Well, not nearly as much as China's depleted theirs. This attack showed Chi… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423807916848984)

15,215 likes · 4,405 reposts · 606 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_116423805453465694](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423805453465694)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T04:24:49.334Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (1:28), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> >> Being nicer to Russia is because, and China's freaking out about this, Russia is now willing to start trading on the US dollar again and not in the BRICS currency to join the global market. This would absolutely spell the end of China as we know it. Russia is the last piece of the puzzle to bring China to its knees. And we don't actually have a problem with what we shouldn't have a problem with Russian values, they're pre-people, Putin's a Cold War relic, but beyond the neocons and what they want you to believe because they want to keep sending unaccountable money to Ukraine, we should actually have a relationship with Russia, very similar values amongst the people. And Trump is willing to gamble 30 cents more a gallon at the pump for like a few weeks to do that. Again, trust the guy, oil is still remarkably cheaper right now than it was under Joe Biden. But here's the other side that's not entirely public yet. What's China doing right now? They already know they're not in a position to do anything militarily against us. Opponents of the Iran strike are whining that we're depleting our munition reserves. Well, not nearly as much as China's depleted theirs. This attack showed Chi… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423805453465694)

10,227 likes · 2,352 reposts · 238 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423805453465694/analysis

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### [ts_116423804513065079](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423804513065079)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T04:24:35.013Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/116423801851760712

Reposted [ts_116423801851760712](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423801851760712) (2026-04-18T04:23:54.376Z (UTC))

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/423/800/703/547/122/original/9afb7b4e5853df86.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 12:42), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> The CIA knew Hillary started the Russia collusion story and then went in and told Barack Obama all about it, that she was trying to link Trump with Russia to distract from her email scandal. Hillary Clinton's role in creating the Russia hoax, one declassified email exposes how she orchestrated the entire plot. Former House Freedom Caucus chair and Trump's former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows joined us last night to detail how Clinton's campaign is working with the Deep State. The CNN article from 2022, okay, it says Hillary Clinton personally approved plan to share Trump Russia allegation with the press in 2016 campaign manager says. So this is not some right wing conspiracy. This is not some Republican talking points. This is a CNN article from three years ago. So I think I wouldn't be surprised if she could be indicted and finally have to answer some of these questions about this Russia collusion narrative and this dossier. This idea that the Hillary Clinton campaign spent some $10 million to generate this fictitious documentation that they could then use to change an election, thank goodness it didn't work though. The documents contain emails allegedly from the senior… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423804513065079)

15,879 likes · 5,340 reposts · 1,277 replies · unknown views

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### [ts_116423801851760712](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423801851760712)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T04:23:54.376Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (12:42), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> The CIA knew Hillary started the Russia collusion story and then went in and told Barack Obama all about it, that she was trying to link Trump with Russia to distract from her email scandal. Hillary Clinton's role in creating the Russia hoax, one declassified email exposes how she orchestrated the entire plot. Former House Freedom Caucus chair and Trump's former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows joined us last night to detail how Clinton's campaign is working with the Deep State. The CNN article from 2022, okay, it says Hillary Clinton personally approved plan to share Trump Russia allegation with the press in 2016 campaign manager says. So this is not some right wing conspiracy. This is not some Republican talking points. This is a CNN article from three years ago. So I think I wouldn't be surprised if she could be indicted and finally have to answer some of these questions about this Russia collusion narrative and this dossier. This idea that the Hillary Clinton campaign spent some $10 million to generate this fictitious documentation that they could then use to change an election, thank goodness it didn't work though. The documents contain emails allegedly from the senior… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423801851760712)

10,064 likes · 2,735 reposts · 472 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423801851760712/analysis

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### [ts_116423800077115968](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423800077115968)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T04:23:27.298Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Image** (screenshot), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's:

> Screenshot of a social media post (X/Twitter) from an account named "Toxic Cowboy" (@toxiccowboy1), whose avatar shows a person in a cowboy hat and jacket, with a verified checkmark badge. The post's text is "Yep." above an attached graphic. The graphic is a political comparison meme titled "GAS PRICE FACT CHECK," contrasting gas prices attributed to Trump versus Biden, with a photo of Joe Biden standing arms-crossed next to a gas station price sign showing $5.39 and $5.57 per gallon. The post shows a timestamp of 8:52 PM, Apr 17, 2026, and 6,960 views.

Text in the image: "Toxic Cowboy @toxiccowboy1 Yep. TRUMP GAS PRICES ROSE TO $3.96 DUE TO HIS ATTACK ON IRAN. BIDEN GAS PRICES ROSE TO $5.02 DUE TO HIS ATTACK ON AMERICANS! 5.39 9/10 Plus 5.57 9/10 Premium GAS PRICE FACT CHECK: TRUMP: $3.96 | BIDEN: $5.02 8:52 PM · Apr 17, 2026 · 6,960 Views"

13,754 likes · 4,350 reposts · 548 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423800077115968/analysis

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### [ts_116423756564080425](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423756564080425)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T04:12:23.342Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Image** (screenshot), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's:

> This is a screenshot of a social media post (X/Twitter) from the account "Trump War Room" (@TrumpWarRoom), which has a verified checkmark badge and a profile picture showing a man wearing a red "USA" or MAGA-style cap. The post text reads "TRUST TRUMP." on one line and "NOT PANICANS." on the next. Below the text is an embedded promotional/poster-style image of Donald Trump: a serious, unsmiling close-to-medium shot of him in a dark suit with a white shirt and red tie, an American flag pin on his lapel, standing against a dark, moody background with small illuminated particles/embers floating around him. Large gold stylized text overlaid on the image reads "THE PEACE President" (with "PEACE" in large bold gold block letters and "President" in gold cursive script beneath it). A small watermark logo reading "TEAM TRUMP" appears in the lower left of the image. Below the post, the timestamp and engagement metric read "1:51 PM · Apr 17, 2026 · 116.3K Views".

Text in the image: "Trump War Room @TrumpWarRoom TRUST TRUMP. NOT PANICANS. THE PEACE President TEAM TRUMP 1:51 PM · Apr 17, 2026 · 116.3K Views"

12,679 likes · 3,007 reposts · 666 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423756564080425/analysis

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### [ts_116423572074498917](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423572074498917)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T03:25:28.252Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> ANYONE SICK OF WINNING YET?

**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:

> We're gonna win so much you may even get tired of winning and you'll say please please it's too much winning We can't take it anymore Mr.. President it's too much, and I'll say no it isn't we have to keep winning. We have to win more We're gonna win more

17,669 likes · 4,375 reposts · 3,007 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116423572074498917.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423572074498917/analysis

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### [ts_116423452270235983](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423452270235983)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T02:55:00.156Z (UTC)

> Was Reed Hastings forced to leave the Netflix Board because he’s a SLEAZEBAG? What was his Crime, and how many did he commit?

12,453 likes · 3,231 reposts · 688 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116423452270235983.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423452270235983/analysis

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### [ts_116423346036127010](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423346036127010)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T02:27:59.152Z (UTC)

> Trump Tours Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Site in Cincinnati, Gives Update on Iran: 'Way Ahead of Schedule’: https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2026/03/11/trump-tours-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-site-in-cincinnati-gives-update-on-iran-way-ahead-of-schedule/amp/

10,677 likes · 2,486 reposts · 314 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116423346036127010.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423346036127010/analysis

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### [ts_116423336936103421](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423336936103421)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T02:25:40.296Z (UTC)

> President Xi is very happy that the Strait of Hormuz is open and/or rapidly opening. Our meeting in China will be a special one and, potentially, Historic. I look forward to being with President Xi — Much will be accomplished! President DONALD J. TRUMP

10,247 likes · 2,302 reposts · 592 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116423336936103421.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423336936103421/analysis

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### [ts_116423303405254078](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423303405254078)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T02:17:08.656Z (UTC)

> Mueller probe cut corners, broke rules to ‘get Trump,’ whistleblower claims: https://nypost.com/2026/03/16/us-news/mueller-probe-cut-corners-broke-rules-to-get-trump-whistleblower-claims/

7,617 likes · 2,403 reposts · 446 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116423303405254078.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423303405254078/analysis

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### [ts_116423281657895037](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423281657895037)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T02:11:36.818Z (UTC)

> Trump touts ‘historic’ $300B Texas refinery as first new US plant in nearly 50 years: https://www.foxbusiness.com/energy/trump-touts-historic-300b-texas-refinery-first-new-us-plant-nearly-50-years

8,818 likes · 2,318 reposts · 337 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116423281657895037.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423281657895037/analysis

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### [ts_116423145937825528](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423145937825528)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T01:37:05.893Z (UTC)

> Trump: Policies Like No Tax on Tips, Overtime Show GOP Is Party of Working Class: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/16/trump-policies-like-no-tax-on-tips-overtime-show-gop-is-party-of-working-class/

6,961 likes · 1,650 reposts · 461 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116423145937825528.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423145937825528/analysis

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### [ts_116423143761972299](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423143761972299)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T01:36:32.693Z (UTC)

> Trump: Tax Deductions Deliver 'Biggest Refunds' for Tipped Workers: https://www.newsmax.com/us/las-vegas-donald-trump-tips/2026/04/17/id/1253271/

5,975 likes · 1,362 reposts · 222 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116423143761972299.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423143761972299/analysis

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### [ts_116423140793678361](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423140793678361)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T01:35:47.401Z (UTC)

> Trump credits Las Vegas as the ‘birthplace’ of no tax on tips policy, touts up to ‘$8,000′ refunds for workers: https://nypost.com/2026/04/16/us-news/trump-credits-las-vegas-as-the-birthplace-of-no-tax-on-tips-policy-touts-up-to-8000-refunds-for-workers/

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### [ts_116423134926254421](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423134926254421)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T01:34:17.871Z (UTC)

> Trump reflects on Charlie Kirk at TPUSA rally: 'Charlie's voice is not silenced, it's roaring': https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-reflects-charlie-kirk-tpusa-rally-charlies-voice-not

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Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423134926254421/analysis

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### [ts_116423133703021080](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423133703021080)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T01:33:59.206Z (UTC)

> Trump reveals 'very interesting' findings in top secret government UFO files and says they'll be released 'very soon': https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15743779/donald-trump-pete-hegseth-ufo-files.html

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Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423133703021080/analysis

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### [ts_116423050201559655](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423050201559655)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T01:12:45.105Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (4:09), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> The Iranian excursion could be over in a matter of days, maybe hours. Our boys have been quick, decisive, and lethal. The straits secured, and the regime's teetering. The president says Iran's agreed to his terms. No nukes, hand over the uranium, and knock off the terrorism. Their military's been blown to smithereens, and they can't rearm. That's about as close to an unconditional surrender as you can get. If these are the terms they agreed to. But Democrats say it wasn't worth it. There was really no definition of success that really would have made this a worthwhile endeavor at the cost in lives and treasure for the American people and people throughout the region. Here we are, you know, the president celebrating the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which as we've just said was open before this war started, but without the huge costs that we've incurred in the meantime. U.S. senators are supposed to look out for the national interest. But Van Allen sounds like he's auditioning to be Tehran's top model. Next thing you know, he's going to go have Mark's with the gay Ayatollah. Cha-ching! Operation Epic Fury only lasted 38 days. It was so quick, Democrats blinked and they missed i… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116423050201559655)

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### [ts_116422927270730327](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116422927270730327)

Truth Social · 2026-04-18T00:41:29.327Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

**Video transcript** (5:21), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Mike Sorelli is a retired Navy SEAL officer. All right, Mike, you just heard Chuck say that there could be a little bit of a problem between the guys doing the negotiating and the Army back home. There could be some throat slit when they get back from Pakistan. The Army could cheat on the deal. I mean, it's a little haywire. How do you see it? You're mayhem and if anyone from the IRGC is stabbed, they're not going to get any tears from myself or a lot of Americans. This is complete turmoil. Jesse, this is what I'll say. How can you not be proud of our president and to be an American right now? I mean, even this cabinet, Scott Besset was waging economic fury, Pete, epic fury, Rubio verbal fury. I mean, this has been fifth generation warfare, Trump style. The world is watching. But what's even more impressive is Trump has dismantled the financial institutions and systems that have propped up Iran for 47 years to include other belligerents. And the EU, I'm sorry, the economic I'm sorry, the European Globalist Union formerly known as the EU and even Lloyd's of London are watching the very system that they've profited off of for the last decades be destroyed. This is a great thing. And… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116422927270730327)

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