# Posts from Thursday, April 23, 2026 22 posts on 2026-04-23. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2026-04-23/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-09-09T17:44:05.878Z (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 shoot-to-kill order at 8:45 AM, ribbon-cuttings by dinner — escalation walled off inside an otherwise disciplined day** Trump spent the morning running a war from his phone, ordering the Navy to shoot and kill any boat laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, then declaring he had "total control" of the waterway. Within ninety minutes he had pivoted to demanding an apology from Chuck Schumer over a border-patrol remark, and by afternoon was insisting to the press that he was "possibly the least pressured person ever" to hold the job. The back half of the day looked like a completely different person: ceasefire announcements, a farewell note to his departing Navy Secretary, a CBD policy plug, and a meeting readout on the Los Angeles fires. Despite 22 posts, the pattern was unusually disciplined — he slept nearly ten hours, stopped posting before 7 PM, and roughly half the output was recycled links and staff-written statements rather than his own writing. The day's real story is a short, intense burst of self-authored escalation walled off cleanly on either side by routine governing. - Posts analyzed: 19 - Dominant state: grandiose - Narrative arc: mixed - Aggregate rage level: 0.25 - Max danger level: critical - Escalation detected - Claims: 35 (6 false) - Era: Second Term ## Daily Digest — Thursday, April 23, 2026 ### 0. Frame: location, timezone, and what the calendar day actually contains External events place him in Washington on this date: an Oval Office session with Israeli and Lebanese delegations (with Vance, Rubio, Huckabee, and Ambassador Issa), a White House drug-pricing ceremony, and a meeting with Los Angeles officials. **Working timezone: EDT (UTC−4).** Converted, the UTC calendar day maps to a local window of **10:58 PM ET on April 22 → 6:51 PM ET on April 23**. This matters: the four op-ed link-drops and one video at 02:58–03:02 UTC are a *late-evening* cluster belonging to the prior local day, not a pre-dawn one. Read in local time, April 23 proper begins at **8:45 AM ET** and ends at **6:51 PM ET** — a conventional working day. **Volume: 22 posts.** Nineteen carry individual analysis; three are reposts. Note an artifact worth recording: all three unanalyzed reposts (ts_116451791676032346, ts_116454085728043553, ts_116455074765622801) are same-minute self-reposts of @realDonaldTrump carrying transcripts identical to the analyzed video posts they shadow (ts_116451790242657015, ts_116454084432361586, ts_116455073673687636). They are duplication events, not independent content. Effective distinct output is therefore ~19 items, and the 22-post total should not be read as evidence of elevated generativity. --- ### 1. Psychological state **Dominant state: grandiose** (17 of 19 analyzed posts). The two exceptions (ts_116451790242657015, ts_116455073673687636) are both bare video amplifications coded mixed — a state read driven by borrowed content rather than by his own composition, and thus weakly evidenced. Authorship attribution splits the day cleanly. The overnight link cluster (ts_116451778358145321, ts_116451779493321892, ts_116451783206320481, ts_116451794319444191) and the evening administrative posts (ts_116456113408853958 at 0.10, ts_116456468852658900 at 0.15, ts_116456354024090916 at 0.25) score low on authorship — stylistically inert, no caps, no first-person voice, several recycling January–March articles. These are best read as staff-queued or staff-drafted. The high-authorship band is narrow and concentrated: **ts_116454087460626531 (0.90), ts_116454200707517482 (0.90), ts_116454478250206122 (0.90), ts_116454250724920799 (0.85), ts_116455405423651208 (0.75)** — all between 8:45 AM and 2:21 PM ET, all his own hand. The psychologically informative day is roughly five and a half hours wide. **Transitions.** Four are identifiable, three of them format-driven rather than affect-driven: grandiose → mixed at ts_116451790242657015 (ceding voice to a Fox segment on the Supreme Court leak), grandiose → mixed again at ts_116455073673687636 (amplifying a critic's grudging credit for the psychedelics executive order — a notable choice: he redistributed praise framed as an exception to hostility), and back to grandiose at ts_116455187676369886. The one substantive transition is the morning shift at ts_116454087460626531, where a curated, low-arousal feed becomes an operational-command register within a single post. --- ### 2. Escalation **Escalation detected — but as a spike, not a spiral.** The distinction matters. A rage spiral shows progressive amplification across a sequence; here, peak intensity arrives essentially at onset. The window opens at 8:45 AM ET (ts_116454084432361586, intensity 0.55, danger **high**) with an amplified interview clip explicitly advocating killing Iranian officials opposed to a deal and claiming ~50 have already been killed. Seconds later, at the same timestamp, ts_116454087460626531 hits **intensity 0.85, danger critical** — a public shoot-to-kill order to the Navy against any vessel, "small boats though they may be," suspected of mining the Strait of Hormuz, with "no hesitation." That is the day's peak, at minute zero of the window. What follows is decay, not escalation: ts_116454200707517482 at 0.75 (29 minutes later), ts_116454250724920799 at 0.35, ts_116454478250206122 at 0.70 with rage 0.60, then ts_116455405423651208 at 0.65 nearly four hours later. Total escalated window ≈ 100 minutes (12:45–14:25 UTC), followed by a five-hour taper into routine governance posting. **Proportionality.** The Schumer post (ts_116454478250206122) is the clearest disproportion: rage 0.60 and a capitalized apology demand aimed at a paraphrase rendered inside quotation marks — the commentary's "quotation-laundering" observation. Its timing, ninety minutes after a live kill order, reads as displacement onto a familiar and safer target. The Hormuz posts, by contrast, are high-intensity in a genuinely high-stakes context; intensity there is not prima facie disproportionate, though the *channel* is (see §8). --- ### 3. Themes - **Iran / Strait of Hormuz coercion (6 posts, 27%)** — ts_116454084432361586, ts_116454087460626531, ts_116454200707517482, ts_116454250724920799, ts_116455405423651208, plus the mirrored repost. Owns the entire high-authorship band. - **Curated third-party amplification (8 posts)** — the overnight op-ed drops, the Thiessen share, the Fox and late-night clips and their reposts. Low authorship throughout; this is feed management, not composition. - **Administrative / statesman output (4 posts)** — ts_116455187676369886 (Navy Secretary Phelan's departure), ts_116456113408853958 (Israel-Lebanon talks), ts_116456354024090916 (CBD executive order), ts_116456468852658900 (LA fires meeting). Uniformly low intensity (0.20–0.40) and low authorship. - **Domestic adversary attack (1 post)** — ts_116454478250206122. - **Election integrity / lawfare (2 posts)** — ts_116451779493321892, ts_116451783206320481, both recycled from months-old articles, consistent with a staged content push rather than live preoccupation. **Obsession: not established.** Iran recurs across the day, but it is a live conflict he is actively commanding and hosting talks about; return to the topic is contextually explained rather than anomalous. Theme distribution is broad — five distinct clusters, none exceeding 27% — and the day ends on unrelated domestic material. The evolution is coherent: amplified content overnight → self-authored escalation mid-morning → self-authored injury-response mid-afternoon → delegated governance output by evening. --- ### 4. Contradictions Three internal tensions, none rising to major: 1. **Naval annihilation vs. active maritime threat.** ts_116454087460626531 asserts Iran's ships are "ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea," and ts_116454200707517482 claims "total control" with "no ship can enter or leave without the approval of the United States Navy" — yet the same morning post issues standing orders against boats actively laying mines and describes sweepers working the strait. Total control and an ongoing mining campaign requiring shoot-on-sight are difficult to hold simultaneously. *Moderate.* 2. **Enemy characterization.** ts_116454200707517482 describes Iranian "Moderates" as "gaining respect," a framing incompatible with the amplified clip in ts_116454084432361586 calling for killing whichever faction won't come to the table. The wording is not his in the second case, but the selection is. 3. **Behavioral self-refutation.** ts_116455405423651208 insists he is "possibly the least pressured person ever to be in this position," in a post whose existence is a rebuttal to a media characterization he says he does not care about. *Minor* — but a clean specimen of the pattern. Reported claims: approximately **14** checkable assertions surfaced across the analyzed posts (159 ships destroyed, total control of Hormuz, gatekeeping of all transit, ~50 Iranian leaders killed, the Schumer quotation, NYT/CNN readership causation, one-in-five-adults CBD usage, Biden-depleted Navy, "strongest Navy in the World," the Iran executions reversal, and others). Of these, roughly **4** are flagged in the post-level fact-checking as false or materially distorted — the sweeping annihilation claims, the media-decline causation, the laundered Schumer quotation, and the totalizing control assertion. These counts reflect what the commentary tier surfaced, not an exhaustive audit; no per-claim veracity scores were available, so no average is reported. --- ### 5. Hypomanic indicators — **negative** This is the section that most resists the day's surface appearance. - **First local post:** 10:58 PM ET (Apr 22). **Last:** 6:51 PM ET (Apr 23). - **Longest gap:** 11:02 PM ET → 8:45 AM ET, **9 hours 43 minutes** with zero activity of any kind — no text, no video, no reposts. This is a normal, arguably generous, sleep window. - **Evening termination:** last post 6:51 PM ET. No late-night tail whatsoever. For this subject that is unusual restraint, not disinhibition. - **Distribution:** two tight bursts (four posts in four minutes overnight; three in one minute at 8:45 AM) separated by long quiet stretches. Burstiness reflects queued/batched publishing, not sustained drive. - **Volume:** 22 posts, of which 3 are duplicate self-reposts and ~8 are low-authorship curated shares. **Sleep deprivation: not indicated. Hypomanic episode: threshold not met.** No baseline frequency distribution was supplied, so no percentile is asserted here; on the internal evidence alone the day looks moderate. --- ### 6. Narrative arc — **mixed** The day does not resolve into a single shape. It contains a compressed contamination sequence in the afternoon (ts_116454250724920799 approvingly shares a column titled "Trump doesn't need a deal to get what he wants from Iran"; four hours later ts_116455405423651208 is defending himself against the press for allegedly wanting one) and a redemption template inside a single post (ts_116455187676369886: inherited ruin → restoration → strongest Navy in the world). But the overall trajectory — curated feed, kinetic spike, injury response, then a calm evening of ceasefire announcements, CBD policy, wildfire recovery, and a five-word "I LOVE TRUTH SOCIAL!" (ts_116456358242090182) — is a return to baseline rather than a descent or a comeback. The most clinically interesting feature of the day is how *cleanly* the escalation was walled off: a critical-danger military directive at 8:45 AM did not contaminate the 5:21 PM diplomatic readout. --- ### 7. Event correlation - **Hormuz orders / "total control"** — *offensive*. ts_116454087460626531, ts_116454200707517482. The posts do not react to the event; they *are* the event, which is itself notable — policy announced through the feed, then reported outward. - **"Don't rush me" / no Iran timeline** — *defensive*. ts_116455405423651208 is the same posture in written form: pressure denied by inversion. - **Bloomberg report that his posts are dividing advisers and undercutting talks** — *defensive*, with ts_116454250724920799 functioning as pre-emptive counter-framing (a mainstream column arguing his no-deal posture is correct) and ts_116455405423651208 as direct rebuttal. - **Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extension after Oval Office talks** — *amplifying*. ts_116456113408853958, low intensity (0.20), low authorship (0.10) — a formal readout, third-person, staff-shaped. - **Senate defeats Iran war powers resolution 46-51 (fifth time)** — **no response detected.** A favorable outcome on his central issue drew nothing. Worth flagging: the silence suggests his attention was on operational and reputational fronts, not legislative ones. - The Schumer attack (ts_116454478250206122) corresponds to no event in the researched set; its trigger is unverified here. --- ### 8. Danger assessment **Maximum: critical**, at ts_116454087460626531. The clinical concern is less the intensity than the channel: a standing lethal-force authorization with an explicit "no hesitation" instruction, covering small boats in a crowded waterway, broadcast on a social platform rather than transmitted through military command. Two features compound it — the pre-authorization removes the discretionary threshold that normally governs ambiguous maritime encounters, and the grandiose parenthetical ("159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!") embedded mid-directive shows operational and self-aggrandizing registers fused rather than separated. **High:** ts_116454084432361586 — amplification, without disclaimer, of explicit advocacy for assassinating foreign officials, distributed by the person holding command authority over the means described. **Elevated:** ts_116454200707517482 (public ultimatum framing that narrows diplomatic off-ramps and makes climb-down narcissistically costly), ts_116454478250206122 (opposition framed as existentially hostile to law enforcement, with readers implicitly conscripted into the demand), ts_116455405423651208 (explicit escalation tolerance — "only gets worse"). **Stochastic terrorism pattern: not established for this day.** Individual posts carry structurally adjacent features — the Iran content identifies a target class and supplies justification, the Schumer post builds an us-versus-them law-enforcement frame — but the lethal material is state-directed against a foreign adversary through official channels, and the domestic post contains no eliminationist language or call to action. One adjacent post does not make a pattern. This assessment is day-scoped; the underlying frame is worth tracking longitudinally. --- ### 9. Cognitive Post-level analysis reports **no cognitive markers of concern** across every high-authorship post, with explicit "no marked deviation from baseline" findings at ts_116454200707517482, ts_116454478250206122, and ts_116455405423651208. The mid-sentence syntactic break in ts_116454200707517482 is characterized as an established baseline stylometric marker, not decline. Syntactic cleanliness in the evening posts should be discounted entirely — it reflects staff drafting (authorship 0.10–0.25), not improved executive function. **Complexity trend: stable.** One methodological caution: with only five genuinely self-authored posts, the sample supporting any cognitive inference on this date is thin, and a stable reading here carries correspondingly limited weight. --- ### Summary metrics | Metric | Value | |---|---| | Total posts | 22 (19 analyzed, 3 duplicate self-reposts) | | Local window (ET) | 10:58 PM Apr 22 → 6:51 PM Apr 23 | | Longest inactive gap | 9h 43m (overnight) | | Dominant state | Grandiose (17/19) | | Posts with rage | 3/19 (peak 0.60, ts_116454478250206122) | | Mean intensity | 0.37 | | Peak intensity | 0.85 (ts_116454087460626531) | | Max danger | Critical | | Elevated+ danger posts | 5 | | Hypomanic episode | No | | Complexity trend | Stable | ### Narrative The day opens with a queued late-evening block of recycled op-ed links, sleeps nearly ten hours, then detonates at 8:45 AM ET with an amplified clip advocating assassination of Iranian officials and a self-authored, publicly broadcast shoot-to-kill order for the Strait of Hormuz — the day's peak, arriving at minute zero of the escalation rather than building toward it. Intensity decays over the next hundred minutes through a "total control" ultimatum and a displaced rage attack on Schumer, then surfaces once more mid-afternoon as a narcissistic-injury rebuttal to press claims that he is anxious to end the war. From roughly 3 PM the register changes entirely: ceasefire readouts, a loyalist farewell, a CBD policy note, and a wildfire-recovery meeting, all low-intensity and largely staff-drafted, ending before 7 PM. The arc is neither redemption nor contamination but a containment structure — a short, genuinely dangerous self-authored spike sealed on both sides by delegated, routine governing output. ### Dominant themes - Iran conflict and Strait of Hormuz coercion (1 post) - Curated third-party amplification (op-eds, clips, favorable coverage) (1 post) - Administrative and statesman output (personnel, diplomacy, domestic policy) (1 post) - Election integrity / lawfare messaging push (1 post) - Domestic adversary attack (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [ts_116454087460626531](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454087460626531): Iran's entire navy — "ALL, 159 of them" — is at the bottom of the sea, and the U.S. has total control of the Strait vs. [ts_116454200707517482](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454200707517482): Same morning describes an active mining campaign requiring shoot-on-sight standing orders and ongoing minesweeper operations in that same strait - [ts_116454084432361586](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454084432361586): Amplifies a clip calling for killing whichever Iranian faction refuses a deal vs. [ts_116454200707517482](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454200707517482): Describes Iran's "Moderates" as "gaining respect" and frames Iranian infighting as favorable - [ts_116455405423651208](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116455405423651208): Claims to be "possibly the least pressured person ever to be in this position" and indifferent to media framing vs. [ts_116455405423651208](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116455405423651208): The post exists solely as a rebuttal to that media framing, naming the outlets it dismisses as irrelevant ### Cognitive concerns - No cognitive deterioration markers reported in any high-authorship post; explicit 'no marked deviation from baseline' findings at ts_116454200707517482, ts_116454478250206122, and ts_116455405423651208 - Mid-sentence syntactic break in ts_116454200707517482 is an established baseline stylometric marker rather than evidence of decline - Syntactic cleanliness of the evening posts should be discounted — authorship scores of 0.10-0.25 indicate staff drafting, not improved executive function - Small inference base: only about five posts are genuinely self-authored, so any day-level cognitive reading carries limited weight - Fusion of operational and self-aggrandizing registers within a single lethal directive (grandiose parenthetical embedded mid-order in ts_116454087460626531) — a judgment/register concern rather than a cognitive-capacity one ## Posts ### [ts_116456468852658900](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116456468852658900) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T22:51:33.187Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > It was my Great Honor to meet with the Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger (Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors), and the Supervisor’s Chief of Staff, Anna Mouradian, to discuss the progress made on the horrific fires that ravaged Los Angeles, and the surrounding area. Since my strong action and statements with respect to Insurance Companies, and the way they were treating the Home Owners, that aspect of this Disaster has proceeded well — Big progress has been made, and those Companies are “stepping up to the plate,” as they should be. The Banks, however, have a long way to go, and we will be looking into their actions, effective immediately. Wells Fargo, in particular, has been very difficult to deal with. The Banks must treat those people, who so horribly lost their Homes in this tragic fire, very fairly and well. I will be working with the Mayor, Supervisor, and everyone else to help this tragic situation go smoothly. In particular, I want to thank our Great EPA Administrator, Lee Zeldin, for the incredible speed with which he has already accomplished his very complex Environmental work. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP 11,743 likes · 2,931 reposts · 2,377 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116456468852658900.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116456468852658900/analysis --- ### [ts_116456358242090182](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116456358242090182) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T22:23:25.402Z (UTC) > I LOVE TRUTH SOCIAL! President DONALD J. TRUMP 19,083 likes · 3,990 reposts · 2,261 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116456358242090182.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116456358242090182/analysis --- ### [ts_116456354024090916](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116456354024090916) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T22:22:21.041Z (UTC) > In December, I signed a very important Executive Order calling for Research and Innovation for Hemp-derived CBD — Something that has made a HUGE difference for so many people. In fact, ONE in FIVE adults used it in the past year, and many say it improved their chronic pain enormously. Our wonderful Dr. Mehmet Oz moved fast to follow the directive in the Executive Order, and launched a model for some Seniors earlier this month. But more must be done! I am calling on Congress to update the Law to ensure that Americans can continue to access the full-spectrum CBD products they have come to rely on, and that help them, while preserving Congress's intent to restrict the sale of products that pose Health risks. We must get this done RIGHT and FAST, especially for those who saw that CBD helps them. Plus, I am told it will also help our GREAT FARMERS, who we love, and will always be there for. Please get it done, and SOON. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP 11,509 likes · 2,910 reposts · 692 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116456354024090916.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116456354024090916/analysis --- ### [ts_116456113408853958](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116456113408853958) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T21:21:09.544Z (UTC) > The President of the United States, DONALD J. TRUMP, Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, and Ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa, met today with High Ranking Representatives of Israel and Lebanon in the Oval Office. The Meeting went very well! The United States is going to work with Lebanon in order to help it protect itself from Hezbollah. The Ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended by THREE WEEKS. I look forward in the near future to hosting the Prime Minister of Israel, Bibi Netanyahu, and the President of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun. It was a Great Honor to be a participant at this very Historic Meeting! President DONALD J. TRUMP 15,020 likes · 3,704 reposts · 1,082 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116456113408853958.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116456113408853958/analysis --- ### [ts_116455604892115486](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116455604892115486) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T19:11:50.195Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (3:13), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > - I thought I'd bring up a subject of interest. I do a lot of this as president and try and save money. And one was the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which everybody knows. That's where Martin Luther King made his great speech and where others have likewise made great speeches and great events held there. It's very famous. It was built in 1922 and it's more than 2000 feet long. It's 167 feet wide. It's very big. That's like taller than any skyscraper, 2000 feet. And here's a picture of it. You probably recognize it. Right now it's got no water in it because it was in terrible shape. It was filthy dirty. And it leaked like a sieve for many years. So I actually went over, went with Secret Service and a group of people and I took a look at it. One of the people with me was Doug Burgum, our great secretary of the interior. This comes under his purview. And he said, yes, we've had a lot of problems with it. It's not working, it hasn't worked for many years. And it's always filthy dirty. And I said, well, we're gonna solve the problem. And they had bids to fix it. They were going to take the stone out, which was granite, very expensive, very thick, and replace it with stone. And it w… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116455604892115486) 15,681 likes · 4,340 reposts · 1,841 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116455604892115486/analysis --- ### [ts_116455405423651208](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116455405423651208) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T18:21:06.547Z (UTC) > For those people, fewer in number now than ever before, that are reading The Failing New York Times, or watching Fake News CNN, that think that I am “anxious” to end the War (if you would even call it that!) with Iran, please be advised that I am possibly the least pressured person ever to be in this position. I have all the time in the World, but Iran doesn’t — The clock is ticking! The reason some of the Media is doing so poorly with Subscribers and Viewers is because they no longer have credibility. Iran’s Navy is lying at the bottom of the Sea, their Air Force is demolished, their Anti Aircraft and Radar Weaponry is gone, their leaders are no longer with us, the Blockade is airtight and strong and, from there, it only gets worse — Time is not on their side! A Deal will only be made when it’s appropriate and good for the United States of America, our Allies and, in fact, the rest of the World. President DONALD J. TRUMP 18,424 likes · 4,702 reposts · 2,007 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116455405423651208.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116455405423651208/analysis --- ### [ts_116455187676369886](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116455187676369886) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T17:25:43.988Z (UTC) > John Phelan is a long time friend, and very successful businessman, who did an outstanding job serving as my Secretary Of The Navy for the last year. John helped my Administration rebuild Sleepy Joe Biden’s rapidly depleted, and almost abandoned, Navy. Now, because of John, and all of the Great Men and Women lovingly and tirelessly involved, we have the strongest Navy in the World — BY FAR! John Phelan is smart, tough, and respected by all, and although he has decided to move on from his position as Secretary Of The Navy, I very much appreciate the job that he has done, and would certainly like to have him back within the Trump Administration sometime in the future. A very special thank you to John for his service to the United States of America! President DONALD J. TRUMP 15,521 likes · 3,532 reposts · 820 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116455187676369886.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116455187676369886/analysis --- ### [ts_116455074765622801](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116455074765622801) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T16:57:01.108Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/116455073673687636 Reposted [ts_116455073673687636](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116455073673687636) (2026-04-23T16:56:44.445Z (UTC)) - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/455/073/313/392/312/original/bd3ee7c210d11153.mp4 **Video transcript** (reposted clip, 1:15), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Ladies and gentlemen, I want to start the program tonight in a slightly different place. I want to give credit where credit is due. We don't obviously often do this. The president did a solid over the weekend. President Trump signed an executive order in front of his fraternity brothers, fast-tracking the FDA process for novel psychedelic drug treatments for veterans suffering from all forms of PTSD and other psychiatric conditions, including addiction. I'll, you know, I'm sorry, I'll let the president explain off the cuff as he does. In a 2024 study from Stanford University, 30 special operation veterans with traumatic brain injuries underwent, it's called iBogaine treatment, iBogaine. Remember the name, is that pronounced relatively properly what you said? Yes. I don't want to get it wrong, iBogaine. Body, body, body, iBogaine, iBogaine, Rogaine with an eyeball. It's easy. I'm sorry. I'm falling into old habits. It's good. You did a good thing. I'm nitpicking. I, I apologize. A lot of the people are going to get the help they need. 10,463 likes · 2,757 reposts · 626 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_116455073673687636](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116455073673687636) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T16:56:44.445Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (1:15), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Ladies and gentlemen, I want to start the program tonight in a slightly different place. I want to give credit where credit is due. We don't obviously often do this. The president did a solid over the weekend. President Trump signed an executive order in front of his fraternity brothers, fast-tracking the FDA process for novel psychedelic drug treatments for veterans suffering from all forms of PTSD and other psychiatric conditions, including addiction. I'll, you know, I'm sorry, I'll let the president explain off the cuff as he does. In a 2024 study from Stanford University, 30 special operation veterans with traumatic brain injuries underwent, it's called iBogaine treatment, iBogaine. Remember the name, is that pronounced relatively properly what you said? Yes. I don't want to get it wrong, iBogaine. Body, body, body, iBogaine, iBogaine, Rogaine with an eyeball. It's easy. I'm sorry. I'm falling into old habits. It's good. You did a good thing. I'm nitpicking. I, I apologize. A lot of the people are going to get the help they need. 7,205 likes · 1,578 reposts · 242 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116455073673687636/analysis --- ### [ts_116454478250206122](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454478250206122) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T14:25:19.001Z (UTC) > Wow! Cryin’ Chuck Schumer just said, for the whole World to hear, that “NOBODY RESPECTS BORDER PATROL OR ICE.” That is one of the most egregious, incorrect, unpatriotic, and dangerous statements I have EVER heard from a “professional” politician. HE MUST IMMEDIATELY APOLOGIZE TO THESE GREAT PATRIOTS, AND I MEAN NOW! President DONALD J. TRUMP 27,454 likes · 7,999 reposts · 3,814 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116454478250206122.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454478250206122/analysis --- ### [ts_116454250724920799](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454250724920799) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T13:27:27.243Z (UTC) > Very true!!! President DJT > > Marc Thiessen: Trump doesn’t need a deal to get what he wants from Iran: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/22/trump-best-move-iran-negotiations/ 16,868 likes · 3,800 reposts · 1,065 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116454250724920799.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454250724920799/analysis --- ### [ts_116454200707517482](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454200707517482) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T13:14:44.035Z (UTC) > Iran is having a very hard time figuring out who their leader is! They just don’t know! The infighting is between the “Hardliners,” who have been losing BADLY on the battlefield, and the “Moderates,” who are not very moderate at all (but gaining respect!), is CRAZY! We have total control over the Strait of Hormuz. No ship can enter or leave without the approval of the United States Navy. It is “Sealed up Tight,” until such time as Iran is able to make a DEAL!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP 37,807 likes · 8,257 reposts · 4,181 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116454200707517482.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454200707517482/analysis --- ### [ts_116454087460626531](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454087460626531) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T12:45:56.028Z (UTC) > I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. There is to be no hesitation. Additionally, our mine “sweepers” are clearing the Strait right now. I am hereby ordering that activity to continue, but at a tripled up level! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP 24,269 likes · 5,971 reposts · 1,592 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116454087460626531.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454087460626531/analysis --- ### [ts_116454085728043553](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454085728043553) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T12:45:29.593Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/116454084432361586 Reposted [ts_116454084432361586](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454084432361586) (2026-04-23T12:45:09.820Z (UTC)) - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/454/084/290/675/905/original/ce88089dd5920377.mp4 **Video transcript** (reposted clip, 1:36), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > - It's up to 72 hours if they don't come to the table. What do you think should happen? - Well, look, if there are two factions in Iran, one that wants a deal and one that doesn't want a deal, let's kill the ones that don't want a deal. And it's that simple. We've killed over 50 Iranian leaders so far. Let's go back, let's end the ceasefire and finish the job. Admiral Cooper has taken out about 70 to 80% of the targets he was assigned. There's another 20 to 30% to be done. Let's finish that. Let's take out the leaders who don't want a deal. And then we threaten to destroy Kargh Island if they don't give us the nuclear dust and bring them back to the table then. I mean, it's clear that they're-- - You say Admiral Cooper has a plan to open up the strait quickly. - Absolutely. Look, Iran needs a deal. Trump does not. Trump can end this war without a deal. You go back, you finish the target list that he gave Admiral Cooper. You open up the Strait of Hormuz. Admiral Cooper has a plan to do that. He's got electronic warfare, counter-drone technology, and once you take out the remaining 20 to 30% of their ballistic missile capacity, the threat dissipates. And then we've already blockaded… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454085728043553) 13,477 likes · 3,469 reposts · 704 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_116454084432361586](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454084432361586) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T12:45:09.820Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (1:36), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > - It's up to 72 hours if they don't come to the table. What do you think should happen? - Well, look, if there are two factions in Iran, one that wants a deal and one that doesn't want a deal, let's kill the ones that don't want a deal. And it's that simple. We've killed over 50 Iranian leaders so far. Let's go back, let's end the ceasefire and finish the job. Admiral Cooper has taken out about 70 to 80% of the targets he was assigned. There's another 20 to 30% to be done. Let's finish that. Let's take out the leaders who don't want a deal. And then we threaten to destroy Kargh Island if they don't give us the nuclear dust and bring them back to the table then. I mean, it's clear that they're-- - You say Admiral Cooper has a plan to open up the strait quickly. - Absolutely. Look, Iran needs a deal. Trump does not. Trump can end this war without a deal. You go back, you finish the target list that he gave Admiral Cooper. You open up the Strait of Hormuz. Admiral Cooper has a plan to do that. He's got electronic warfare, counter-drone technology, and once you take out the remaining 20 to 30% of their ballistic missile capacity, the threat dissipates. And then we've already blockaded… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454084432361586) 9,017 likes · 1,975 reposts · 255 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116454084432361586/analysis --- ### [ts_116451794319444191](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116451794319444191) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T03:02:45.507Z (UTC) > Trump says Iran won’t execute 8 women after he demanded their release: https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/us-news/trump-says-iran-wont-execute-8-women-after-he-pleaded-for-their-release/ 20,002 likes · 4,662 reposts · 2,187 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116451794319444191.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116451794319444191/analysis --- ### [ts_116451791676032346](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116451791676032346) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T03:02:05.229Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/116451790242657015 Norm Eisen is a major Sleazebag. You don’t get much lower than him!!! Reposted [ts_116451790242657015](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116451790242657015) (2026-04-23T03:01:43.329Z (UTC)) - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/451/789/116/654/421/original/f3b93eb17fdf046b.mp4 **Video transcript** (reposted clip, 0:40), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > He's got to call him up on foxnews.com. He says that Chief Justice John Roberts has to bring in the FBI here to try to find these leakers. He writes in part, quote, "For the future of the court and the faith of the public, Roberts has to set his reservations aside and bring in the FBI to find the culprit. Most importantly, he has to guarantee total transparency and allowing the public to see the results wherever they may lead." Molly, we've got about 30 seconds left. Final word to you here. Do you agree with Jonathan? If you do not punish people for breaking the norms and the procedures and maybe even the laws that are governing the court here, you're going to see more of that. And the failure to really do a good investigation for the Dobbs leaker, I think we're seeing the fallout right now. 16,518 likes · 5,438 reposts · 1,230 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_116451790242657015](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116451790242657015) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T03:01:43.329Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (0:40), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > He's got to call him up on foxnews.com. He says that Chief Justice John Roberts has to bring in the FBI here to try to find these leakers. He writes in part, quote, "For the future of the court and the faith of the public, Roberts has to set his reservations aside and bring in the FBI to find the culprit. Most importantly, he has to guarantee total transparency and allowing the public to see the results wherever they may lead." Molly, we've got about 30 seconds left. Final word to you here. Do you agree with Jonathan? If you do not punish people for breaking the norms and the procedures and maybe even the laws that are governing the court here, you're going to see more of that. And the failure to really do a good investigation for the Dobbs leaker, I think we're seeing the fallout right now. 11,624 likes · 3,017 reposts · 349 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116451790242657015/analysis --- ### [ts_116451783206320481](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116451783206320481) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T02:59:55.934Z (UTC) > DAVE BOSSIE: At Trump’s War Department, The Arsenal Of Freedom Roars Again: https://dailycaller.com/2026/03/14/opinion-at-trumps-war-department-the-arsenal-of-freedom-roars-again-dave-bossie/ 12,835 likes · 3,164 reposts · 415 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116451783206320481.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116451783206320481/analysis --- ### [ts_116451781911005042](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116451781911005042) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T02:59:36.170Z (UTC) > DAVE BOSSIE: Senate Republicans Must Stand Tall And Pass SAVE America Act: https://dailycaller.com/2026/02/14/opinion-senate-republicans-must-stand-tall-and-pass-the-save-america-act-dave-bosie-opinion/ 15,872 likes · 4,514 reposts · 862 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116451781911005042.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116451781911005042/analysis --- ### [ts_116451779493321892](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116451779493321892) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T02:58:59.278Z (UTC) > Federal government must step up for election integrity: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/27/federal-government-must-step-election-integrity/ 14,033 likes · 3,935 reposts · 536 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116451779493321892.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116451779493321892/analysis --- ### [ts_116451778358145321](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116451778358145321) Truth Social · 2026-04-23T02:58:41.954Z (UTC) > DAVE BOSSIE: One Year Since Taking Office, Trump Is Decimating Failed DC Status Quo: https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/18/opinion-one-year-since-taking-office-trump-is-decimating-failed-dc-status-quo-dave-bossie/ 11,858 likes · 2,814 reposts · 254 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116451778358145321.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116451778358145321/analysis ## For agents - Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt - API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json - MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth) - This day as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/date/2026-04-23 - Day analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/date/2026-04-23 - The posts alone, without the day analysis: https://trump.fm/date/2026-04-23.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. 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