# Posts from Friday, May 22, 2026 18 posts on 2026-05-22. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2026-05-22/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-09-16T20:56:49.117Z (UTC): a model's reading of the day's posts, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ **Trump skips Don Jr.'s wedding to "remain in Washington" on a day he twice celebrated the end of Colbert's show** Trump posted 18 times, starting late the night before and running into the evening, all from Washington. The sharpest material was personal: two gloating posts about Stephen Colbert's CBS show ending, one calling him "like a dead person" and another wishing all late-night hosts "Rest in Peace," plus a morning broadside at retiring Senator Thom Tillis. Midday brought news in a much more formal, staff-sounding voice: he would miss his son Don Jr.'s wedding because of government business, and Tulsi Gabbard is leaving the administration to care for her husband, who has cancer. The evening was mostly pictures, including a golden missile-defense dome over the White House and a giant Trump head looming over a Greenland town, along with a tribute to NASCAR driver Kyle Busch. - Posts analyzed: 17 - Dominant state: grandiose - Narrative arc: mixed - Aggregate rage level: 0.25 - Max danger level: elevated - Claims: 25 (6 false) - Era: Second Term ## Location and clock The 17:11 UTC post places him in Washington, D.C. ("I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C."), and the 22:13 UTC press-gaggle photographs show an outdoor lawn setting consistent with the White House. Times below are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4). The full 18-post timeline runs from 10:00 PM on the evening of May 21 (ts_116615755510809391, "Have it!!! Great.") to 7:25 PM on May 22. Two posts fall in the small hours: a repost of his own Iran surrender ultimatum at 1:29 AM (ts_116616577018871879) and the first Colbert post at 1:52 AM (ts_116616669222083429). The next post is the 7:26 AM "NEW STOCK MARKET RECORD!" (ts_116617983460296482), so the longest possible rest window was about five and a half hours. That is short, and the 1:52 AM post is fully in his own voice (authorship 0.92), so he was awake then. One short night does not by itself show sleep deprivation, and the rest of the day's pacing is not pressured. Posting came in clusters with long pauses: a five-post burst from 8:50 to 9:49 AM, two announcements around 1:15 PM, then seven posts between 5:57 and 7:25 PM. At 18 posts the day falls below the 27-a-day May average the historian events record, so volume alone does not point to hypomania. ## Two registers: his own voice early, an institutional one at midday The posts split cleanly by voice, and the split matters for reading them. **His own register (late night through mid-morning).** The Colbert posts carry the day's strongest contempt. At 1:52 AM: "No talent, no ratings, no life. He was like a dead person. You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk." At 9:37 AM he widened the target from one host to the whole genre: "untalented, nasty, highly overpaid, not funny, and very poorly rated Late Night Television Hosts. Others, of even less talent, to soon follow. May they all Rest in Peace!" (ts_116618496946919115). That second post drew the day's only elevated danger rating. The basis is the mock-funeral closer applied to living, named-category people. It reads as sardonic, but it applies funeral language to a whole group while predicting more of them will "soon follow." The move from "dead person" at night to "Rest in Peace" in the morning shows the death imagery persisting across a seven-hour gap. The grudge did not fade overnight. The 7:25 PM video, whose only transcribed line is "welcome back to our final broadcast ladies and gentlemen" (ts_116620810357086038, authorship 0.40), may close the same loop if it is a clip from Colbert's last show, but the excerpt is too short to confirm that. The Tillis post at 9:15 AM (ts_116618410517308849) is the day's one rage-flagged item and its clearest case of narrative repair. The senator's retirement is recast as flight from Trump: "the weak and ineffective Senator... didn't have the courage to fight it out," with the aside that North Carolina is "a State I won, including primaries, 6 consecutive times." The post commentary reads this as reassigning agency ("he immediately quit") after coverage that framed Tillis as brave to oppose him. The injury is a settled matter being relitigated, which fits long-running grudge maintenance better than a fresh provocation. One minute later came "Stop playing games and PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT!" (ts_116618415603465868), and earlier the endorsement-style "Glenn Jacobs has a BIG political future in Tennessee" (ts_116618310463377683). The morning cluster is about party loyalty: reward the loyal, shame the defector, pressure Congress. The 9:49 AM Anti-Weaponization Fund post (ts_116618545735076530) is where the state shifts to mixed. It combines sacrifice and grievance in one frame: "I gave up a lot of money... I could have settled my case, including the illegal release of my Tax Returns and the equally illegal BREAK IN of Mar-a-Lago, for an absolute fortune. Instead, I am helping others." The court-authorized Mar-a-Lago search is described as a "BREAK IN," the one characterization in the day's posts that the fact-checked commentary identifies as a clear distortion. The victim note is steady and familiar. It carries no escalation. **The institutional register (early afternoon).** Two announcements with very low authorship scores (0.15 each) follow. At 1:11 PM (ts_116619340468924220): "While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest member of the Trump Family, his soon to be wife, Bettina, circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so." At 1:36 PM (ts_116619437706453945), Tulsi Gabbard "will be leaving the Administration on June 30th" because her husband "has been recently diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer." Both are measured, courteous and free of superlatives. The day's most personal disclosure, missing a son's wedding, arrives in its least personal prose. The unnamed "circumstances pertaining to Government" are left unexplained. The historian's events include NATO ministers discussing Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which fits that phrasing, but no post draws the link. ## Evening: images in place of words From 5:57 to 7:25 PM the feed turns mostly visual. A Texas Senate primary poll graphic shows Ken Paxton at 56.8% over John Cornyn at 35.4% (ts_116620463232274800). Given the morning's Tillis attack, it again favors the challenger over an establishment Republican senator. Two press photographs of himself follow (ts_116620525492424497, ts_116620525956578737), then the "GOLDEN DOME FOR THE WHITE HOUSE" rendering (ts_116620534139904929). The commentary notes that the dome sits over the building he occupies rather than over the country, fusing a defense program with an image of personal protection. Next is a composite of a giant Trump head and a hand reaching down over a Greenland coastal town (ts_116620553611959468). Its state was not scored, but the image plainly shows territorial reach. Between these came a condolence post for Kyle Busch, "Kyle was a WINNER!" (ts_116620613069778717). Its low authorship score places it with the midday staff-voiced posts, though the "WINNER" framing of a death is on brand. The Greenland and Golden Dome images, like the 1:29 AM Iran repost ("their Navy is gone and resting at the bottom of the sea"), show dominance themes delivered as finished graphics or recycled text rather than new writing. None names a target for followers. ## Arc, contradictions, danger, cognition The day has no single rage spiral. Hostility peaked in the morning (the Tillis post plus the second Colbert post) and then fell away rather than building. Triumph came first (stock record, Colbert "finally gone"), then a victim-benefactor turn with the Fund post, then formal duty and loss (the wedding, Gabbard, Busch), then self-display. That is a mixed arc with no clean redemption or contamination shape. No two posts directly contradict each other. The closest tension is one of framing. He tells readers that government duties keep him from his son's wedding, and during the same afternoon and evening the account posted a poll graphic, two photos of himself, and two self-aggrandizing composites. Those posts may have been queued by staff, so they do not show how he spent the hours. A smaller inconsistency: Colbert is "finally finished at CBS" overnight and then the subject of a "firing" by morning, which hardens a scheduled show ending into a dismissal. The elevated danger rating rests entirely on "May they all Rest in Peace!" No post calls for action against a person, and the group-directed funeral language does not recur later in the day, so the pattern falls short of repeated incitement. Syntax stays coherent throughout. The Tillis post is long and full of asides but holds its thread. Complexity is stable. The evening's shift to wordless images reduces how much can be assessed, but it does not show any decline. ### Narrative He opened with late-night victory posts: an old Iran ultimatum reposted, then a crude gloat that Colbert was "finally gone." The morning brought the day's sharpest writing: a second Colbert post wishing late-night hosts "Rest in Peace," a takedown of Thom Tillis as a quitter, and a claim that he gave up a fortune so others could be compensated. By early afternoon the voice turned formal and staff-like to announce that he would miss Don Jr.'s wedding for government reasons and that Tulsi Gabbard was leaving to care for her sick husband. The evening was mostly images: a Paxton poll, press photos, a golden dome over the White House, a giant Trump over Greenland, and a tribute to Kyle Busch. ### Dominant themes - Colbert and late-night hosts: gloating over the show's end (1 post) - Party loyalty: punishing defectors, backing challengers, pressuring Congress (1 post) - Personal sacrifice and duty to government (1 post) - Formal announcements of departure and death (1 post) - Dominance and self-display imagery (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [ts_116616669222083429](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116616669222083429): Colbert is finally finished at CBS... Thank goodness he's finally gone! vs. [ts_116618496946919115](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116618496946919115): Stephen Colbert's firing from CBS was the 'Beginning of the End' ### Cognitive concerns - Posting at 1:29 and 1:52 AM ET, then again by 7:26 AM, capped the rest window at about five and a half hours - Evening shift to wordless images limits assessable language for the back half of the day ## Posts ### [ts_116620810357086038](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116620810357086038) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T23:25:45.603Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Video transcript** (0:22), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > welcome back to our final broadcast ladies and gentlemen 30,603 likes · 7,996 reposts · 4,135 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116620810357086038/analysis --- ### [ts_116620613069778717](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116620613069778717) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T22:35:35.172Z (UTC) > The LEGENDARY NASCAR Driver Kyle Busch tragically and unexpectedly passed away yesterday. He was a true talent who loved NASCAR and its fans. Kyle was a WINNER! He was a two time Cup Champion, and holds the All Time Record for WINS in NASCAR’s Top Three series, and even won another just last weekend. Kyle’s wife, Samantha, and their two beautiful children are in our thoughts and prayers. Samantha was at the White House in October, for IVF. She truly loved Kyle! Rest in Peace Kyle Busch. You will always be a LEGEND! President DONALD J. TRUMP 25,098 likes · 5,103 reposts · 1,044 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116620613069778717.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116620613069778717/analysis --- ### [ts_116620553611959468](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116620553611959468) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T22:20:27.982Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Image** (meme), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's: > A political meme/photo illustration. A giant, digitally composited head of Donald Trump looms over a small Greenland coastal town of colorful houses (yellow, blue, red, white, green buildings with a church) set against mountains, blue sky, and clouds. His head is scaled to the size of the mountains, with a hand reaching down toward the town as if about to pick something up, giving the impression of him looming over and about to grab the town. Bold dark green text at the top reads "Hello, Greenland!" on a white banner. Text in the image: "Hello, Greenland!" 24,339 likes · 5,139 reposts · 1,677 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116620553611959468/analysis --- ### [ts_116620534139904929](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116620534139904929) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T22:15:30.861Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Image** (other), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's: > A digitally rendered, illustrative image depicting the White House at night, encased in a large glowing golden/translucent dome. A bright starburst light source sits at the apex of the dome. Multiple satellites or missile-defense-style spacecraft with cross-shaped solar panels orbit around the dome against a starry night sky, with several leaving glowing orange/gold trails suggesting motion or interception paths. Bold white capitalized text is overlaid at the bottom of the image. Text in the image: "GOLDEN DOME FOR THE WHITE HOUSE" 22,139 likes · 4,702 reposts · 1,075 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116620534139904929/analysis --- ### [ts_116620525956578737](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116620525956578737) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T22:13:25.994Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Image** (photo), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's: > A news photograph of an older man with light/gray hair, wearing a white cap reading "USA" with a small American flag graphic, a dark navy suit jacket, and a white button-down shirt with a small American flag pin on the chest. He is walking outdoors with green trees in the background, gesturing with his left hand raised, and looking off to the side with a serious expression. A thin diagonal cable or wire crosses the background above him. Text in the image: "USA" 15,932 likes · 2,740 reposts · 535 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116620525956578737/analysis --- ### [ts_116620525492424497](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116620525492424497) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T22:13:18.912Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Image** (photo), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's: > A news photograph of a man resembling Donald Trump, wearing a dark navy suit, white shirt, and gold/yellow patterned tie, standing outdoors in front of green trees. He is surrounded by press with cameras, boom microphones, and handheld microphones/recorders held up toward him; one man's arm points toward him. The setting resembles a White House lawn press gaggle. 15,018 likes · 2,543 reposts · 396 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116620525492424497/analysis --- ### [ts_116620463232274800](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116620463232274800) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T21:57:28.897Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment **Image** (chart), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's: > A graphic titled "Texas Republican Senate Primary Poll" showing two candidates with photos, set against a sunset background with a Texas flag on a pole at left and a windmill at right. Ken Paxton's photo and name appear on a red bar with 56.8%. John Cornyn's photo and name appear on a gold/yellow bar below with 35.4%. Text in the image: "TEXAS REPUBLICAN SENATE PRIMARY ★ POLL ★ KEN PAXTON 56.8% JOHN CORNYN 35.4%" 21,567 likes · 4,885 reposts · 1,123 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116620463232274800/analysis --- ### [ts_116619437706453945](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116619437706453945) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T17:36:40.549Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Unfortunately, after having done a great job, Tulsi Gabbard will be leaving the Administration on June 30th. Her wonderful husband, Abraham, has been recently diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer, and she, rightfully, wants to be with him, bringing him back to good health as they currently fight a tough battle together. I have no doubt he will soon be better than ever. Tulsi has done an incredible job, and we will miss her. Her highly respected Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Aaron Lukas, will serve as Acting Director of National Intelligence. President DONALD J. TRUMP 45,129 likes · 10,278 reposts · 5,813 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116619437706453945.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116619437706453945/analysis --- ### [ts_116619340468924220](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116619340468924220) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T17:11:56.824Z (UTC) > While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest member of the Trump Family, his soon to be wife, Bettina, circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so. I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time. Congratulations to Don and Bettina! President DONALD J. TRUMP 30,058 likes · 5,947 reposts · 2,469 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116619340468924220.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116619340468924220/analysis --- ### [ts_116618545735076530](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116618545735076530) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T13:49:50.147Z (UTC) > I gave up a lot of money in allowing the just announced Anti-Weaponization Fund to go forward. I could have settled my case, including the illegal release of my Tax Returns and the equally illegal BREAK IN of Mar-a-Lago, for an absolute fortune. Instead, I am helping others, who were so badly abused by an evil, corrupt, and weaponized Biden Administration, receive, at long last, JUSTICE! President DJT 45,219 likes · 10,391 reposts · 4,961 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116618545735076530.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116618545735076530/analysis --- ### [ts_116618496946919115](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116618496946919115) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T13:37:25.699Z (UTC) > Stephen Colbert’s firing from CBS was the “Beginning of the End” for untalented, nasty, highly overpaid, not funny, and very poorly rated Late Night Television Hosts. Others, of even less talent, to soon follow. May they all Rest in Peace! President DONALD J. TRUMP 26,423 likes · 5,255 reposts · 2,061 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116618496946919115.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116618496946919115/analysis --- ### [ts_116618415603465868](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116618415603465868) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T13:16:44.493Z (UTC) > Stop playing games and PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT! 31,699 likes · 8,545 reposts · 2,541 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116618415603465868.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116618415603465868/analysis --- ### [ts_116618410517308849](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116618410517308849) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T13:15:26.884Z (UTC) > People don’t remember that Thom Tillis, the weak and ineffective Senator from the Great State of North Carolina, a State I won, including primaries, 6 consecutive times, didn’t have the courage to fight it out in the Senate, remain in place, and run again for office, a thing he desperately wanted to do. I called him a “Nitpicker,” always fighting against the Republican Party, and ME, mostly on things that didn’t matter. When I told him that I would not, under any circumstances, endorse him for another run, too much work and drama (he couldn’t have won, anyway!), he immediately quit the race and publicly announced that he was going to “retire.” I said, “Wow, great news, that was easy!” The media said how brave he was to take me on, but he wasn’t brave, he was just the opposite - HE WAS A QUITTER! Now he can have all the fun he wants for a few months, with some of his RINO friends, screwing the Republican Party. In the end it will only get bigger, and better, and stronger, than ever before!!! President DJT 23,047 likes · 5,609 reposts · 1,334 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116618410517308849.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116618410517308849/analysis --- ### [ts_116618310463377683](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116618310463377683) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T12:50:00.186Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Glenn Jacobs has a BIG political future in Tennessee - A great guy!!! President DJT 13,474 likes · 3,053 reposts · 347 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116618310463377683.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116618310463377683/analysis --- ### [ts_116617983460296482](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116617983460296482) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T11:26:50.514Z (UTC) > NEW STOCK MARKET RECORD! 19,501 likes · 3,919 reposts · 1,418 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116617983460296482.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116617983460296482/analysis --- ### [ts_116616669222083429](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116616669222083429) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T05:52:36.828Z (UTC) > Colbert is finally finished at CBS. Amazing that he lasted so long! No talent, no ratings, no life. He was like a dead person. You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk. Thank goodness he’s finally gone! 26,444 likes · 5,171 reposts · 2,812 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116616669222083429.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116616669222083429/analysis --- ### [ts_116616577018871879](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116616577018871879) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T05:29:09.933Z (UTC) · repost > RT @realDonaldTrump If Iran surrenders, admits their Navy is gone and resting at the bottom of the sea, and their Air Force is no longer with us, and if their entire Military walks out of Tehran, weapons dropped and hands held high, each shouting “I surrender, I surrender” while wildly waving the representative White Flag, and if their entire remaining Leadership signs all necessary “Documents of Surrender,” and admit their defeat to the great power and force of the magnificent U.S.A., The Failing New York Times, The China Street Journal (WSJ!), Corrupt and now Irrelevant CNN, and all other members of the Fake News Media, will headline that Iran had a Masterful and Brilliant Victory over The United States of America, it wasn’t even close. The Dumacrats and Media have totally lost their way. They have gone absolutely CRAZY!!! President DJT Reposted [ts_116596094940250402](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116596094940250402) (2026-05-18T14:40:18.205Z (UTC)) > If Iran surrenders, admits their Navy is gone and resting at the bottom of the sea, and their Air Force is no longer with us, and if their entire Military walks out of Tehran, weapons dropped and hands held high, each shouting “I surrender, I surrender” while wildly waving the representative White Flag, and if their entire remaining Leadership signs all necessary “Documents of Surrender,” and admit their defeat to the great power and force of the magnificent U.S.A., The Failing New York Times, The China Street Journal (WSJ!), Corrupt and now Irrelevant CNN, and all other members of the Fake News Media, will headline that Iran had a Masterful and Brilliant Victory over The United States of America, it wasn’t even close. The Dumacrats and Media have totally lost their way. They have gone absolutely CRAZY!!! President DJT 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_116615755510809391](https://trump.fm/post/ts_116615755510809391) Truth Social · 2026-05-22T02:00:14.770Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > Have it!!! Great. President DJT 17,544 likes · 3,869 reposts · 1,257 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116615755510809391.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116615755510809391/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/2026-05-22 - Day analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/date/2026-05-22 - The posts alone, without the day analysis: https://trump.fm/date/2026-05-22.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. 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