# Posts from Tuesday, August 18, 2026

45 posts on 2026-08-18.

## Day analysis

Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2026-08-18/analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-09-13T11:21:07.493Z (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._

**The morning after the Iran agreement lapsed, he posted an uncaptioned map calling the Strait of Hormuz “NEW U.S. Territory”**

It was primary day in Alaska and Florida, and most of his feed was about candidates he had backed and races they won. He began before dawn by warning Alaskans about a supposed “imposter” Dan Sullivan, posted a thousand-word Oklahoma endorsement that doubled as an attack on the rival, and closed the evening with nine judge nominations and a run of matching “WINS!” graphics. The morning after the Iran agreement ran out without a deal, he said no talks were happening or planned and posted a map labeling the Strait of Hormuz “NEW U.S. Territory.” His own vote totals kept turning up in posts about other people, and a late-afternoon claim about noncitizen voters ended with him declaring he had won in 2020. The mood stayed mostly calm and self-congratulatory, and the week's harder stories, from the Navy carrier complaints to the Epstein files, never came up.

- Posts analyzed: 43
- Dominant state: grandiose
- Narrative arc: mixed
- Aggregate rage level: 0.15
- Max danger level: elevated
- Claims: 87 (17 false)
- Era: Second Term

## Primary day, on Eastern time

The posts do not fix his location. Their subjects center on the White House (“The Restoration of the Thomas Jefferson Columns at the White House”; a Fox op-ed arguing “SCOTUS should urgently allow construction at the White House to proceed”), and Bedminster, his usual summer alternative, keeps the same clock. Times below are EDT (UTC−4).

He posted 45 times. The first, a repost of his own earlier post quoting India's election chief, “How can you have Elections in the U.S. without a valid Photo ID?” (ts_117113780858157626), went up at 8:54 p.m. on August 17 by the local clock. The next came at 5:17 a.m., 8 hours 23 minutes later, and the last at 7:54 p.m.

The count overstates how much he wrote. Twenty-nine of the 45 posts (64%) arrived in three bursts that took about 42 minutes combined:

- **5:23–6:00 p.m.** Nine district court nominations, about one every four minutes, built from the same parts: exact court names, degrees, clerkships, and details like “Double-Tiger” for an LSU graduate (ts_117118726898376521).
- **7:07–7:09 p.m.** Thirteen graphics in one template, a stern photo of Trump beside a smiling candidate over a “TRUMP VANCE / MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” logo. The legible ones announce Florida congressional wins (“KAT CAMMACK WINS!”, ts_117119022282550607). They landed minutes after most Florida polls closed at 7 p.m., which points to graphics prepared in advance.
- **7:53–7:54 p.m.** Seven more image posts at the same pace. Their descriptions are not in the record, so they count here as activity only.

The other sixteen posts carry nearly all of the first-person content, with gaps of roughly 90 minutes to three hours between clusters. Both reposts recirculate his own earlier posts, as does a bare 5:25 a.m. link to one of his statuses (ts_117115788618837208). An eight-hour overnight break, an early start, and a volume made mostly of staff batches give no support to a sleep-loss or hypomanic reading.

## Before dawn and at 7 a.m.: endorsements with an enemy attached

The day opened on Alaska's primary, at 1:17 a.m. Alaska time, with ts_117115756665493321: “VOTE FOR THE REAL DAN SULLIVAN TODAY.” It moves the senator's record onto the speaker (“Through me, he’s brought HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BACK TO YOUR STATE”, a sum the post-level check places far above Alaska's federal receipts) and turns a long-standing same-name coincidence into a plot: “The Dumocrats know how good he is and have put up an imposter of the same name.” Alaska's nonpartisan top-four primary gives a party no way to put anyone up. A Byron Donalds endorsement (“He will never let you down!”, ts_117115777270677160) and the self-link followed within eight minutes.

Four posts landed between 7:08 and 7:16. The Mazzei endorsement for Oklahoma governor (ts_117116197583802302) runs about 1,000 words and is the day's most hostile post. Its first three claims are about its author (“I was the ONLY President to win ALL 77 Counties in three straight Elections (Ronald Reagan was second!)”), and later he writes himself into the story as “a young and very handsome gentleman, named, President Donald J. Trump (ME!)”. The attack on Drummond rests on a loyalty test: Drummond's neutrality on the impeachment, retrieved years later, set against “All Republicans feel the opposite.” The devaluation extends to Drummond's wife, and the post sets the rival beside child sexual solicitation by way of the Lincoln Project. That adjacency, with no call to act on it, is the whole basis of the post's risk. A years-old statement of neutrality is a small trigger for a thousand words in which the endorsee has no faults and the opponent no virtues.

Around it came a repost backing the “NO MORE CHANGING THE CLOCKS ACT” (“More sun later in the day is better (including for fighting crime!)”, ts_117116193025089146), the Hormuz graphic discussed below, and a link headlined “NSA sat on election threat reporting over Trump ‘deep state’ label” (ts_117116227337554222). The underlying memo records a 2020 internal dispute over a report proposed in 2018 and an agency anxious about its reputation; the headline claims a suppression the document does not show. Posting it bare collects the vindication without owning the claim. It is the day's one turn toward a wronged self, seven minutes after the attack, and by 9:16 the feed had moved on to a warm caption for Senator Lindsey Graham (“Check out the hat!”, ts_117116699169209088).

## The Iran agreement lapses; the feed answers with a map and a decree

The US–Iran memorandum of understanding expired on August 17. At 7:09 a.m., in the same minute as the Mazzei post, he put up an uncaptioned mock-news graphic circling the Strait of Hormuz under the banner “NEW U.S. Territory” (ts_117116198386080523). With no words attached, it can be defended as a joke while it reads to supporters as a victory claim. It carries the map-expansion pattern of Greenland, the Panama Canal and Canada to a strait on a wartime enemy's coast.

At 9:30 a.m. came ts_117116752164653735: “There are no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled, with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Naval Blockade remains in full force and effect. The Hormuz Strait is open and operating. All water mines have been removed or detonated. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” The phrase “or scheduled” recasts a lapsed deadline as a decision. The post carries no epithet; the injury is handled by proclamation, with a formal signature that dresses a social-media post as an act of state. The statement has three problems:

- A blockade “in full force” and a strait “open and operating” sit side by side, unreconciled. They are compatible only if the blockade is limited to Iranian shipping, which the post does not say.
- The historian's record describes “no talks” as a reversal of what he had claimed the previous day.
- The same record notes minimal shipping through the strait, and a threat to “bomb the shit out of” Oman if it got in the way of efforts to reopen it. If that threat dates to these same days, it presumes a closed strait.

The danger comes from what the post commits him to. A signed public statement that holds the blockade in place and rules out talks raises the price of backing down. Iran had said four days earlier that the strait “cannot be taken over by a tweet”; the map and the decree answered in kind. The day's geopolitical risk sits in these two posts, and neither points supporters at a person.

## Wins that turn back into grievances

At 2:32 p.m. an ally's promotion should have closed a nine-month fight in Indiana. Chris Garten's unanimous election as Senate President Pro Tempore (ts_117117939770163535) is framed as the end of a campaign against legislators who declined his mid-decade redistricting request: “This finishes off my working against Political Leaders in the State Senate who let our Country”. The post returns to that grievance twice, grades Garten on personal service (“Chris led this effort for me”), drops presidential vote superlatives (“six times, in LANDSLIDES”) into a story about state Senate procedure, and ends by demanding that Bray, already displaced, resign. The demand gains him nothing, and that is what makes it informative: the antagonist is kept alive after the win, and the likely audience is other officeholders weighing the cost of refusing him.

At 4:48 p.m. the Census post (ts_117118475271319244) did the same with 2020: “On the first 128,000,000 Voters, the Census Bureau proves that over 24,000 Noncitizens voted illegally!”, then “this number will explode,” then “I WON THE ELECTION!” His own figure is 0.019% of the voters checked. Against a certified popular margin of about 7 million and a roughly 43,000-vote three-state Electoral College margin, the premise cannot reach the conclusion, and the capitals assert it anyway. The Census Bureau holds no voter records, and Title 13 bars it from identifying individuals; the matching he describes is what DHS's SAVE database does. The bill he pushes is called “THE SAVE AMERICA ACT”, merging the SAVE database, the SAVE Act and his Save America PAC. The tone is calm, which makes the post a clean sample of a belief that six years and its own arithmetic have not moved, now put to work as a legislative mandate. With the overnight photo-ID repost and the morning's “imposter” warning, it forms the day's election-integrity thread.

## His vote totals, inside other people's paperwork

Two of the nine nominations break their template in his voice. In ts_117118611688599747 (Trevor Pemberton, Eastern District of Oklahoma) the biography gives way to “I won Oklahoma all three times, with the Highest Vote Total ever recorded in the State’s History, and all 77 out of 77 Counties — SO OBVIOUSLY, I LOVE OKLAHOMA!” The capitalized ending supplies the motive after the fact: Oklahoma is loved for its numbers. In ts_117118691151954389 (Richard Bennett, Southern District of Texas) a parenthetical cuts into the nominee's career: “(A State I love, and won by the Biggest Vote Total in the History of the State, all three times!)”. A third, for Zach West, calls Oklahoma “a place I love!” and stops there (ts_117118626722039422).

His electoral record turns up in five posts on five subjects: a governor's race, a legislative leadership vote, two judgeships, and 2020. The Oklahoma and Texas figures hold on raw votes, so the question is placement. The boast appears unprompted in documents about someone else's career, inside the most controlled format he uses, which marks it as a resting habit rather than a reaction to anything that day.

## The low-arousal middle

The 12:57 p.m. ibogaine post (ts_117117567655907376) promotes an April executive order on psychedelic treatment for veterans (“In April, I signed”, “This is HUGE!”) and names no opponent at all. It overstates the order's regulatory reach on the IND transfer and Right to Try eligibility, and the stranded “and Joe Rogan” reads as a dictated insertion into staff copy. The Washington posts at 2:46 p.m. (“We are making DC / SAFE & BEAUTIFUL”, ts_117117993981850553; “The work turned out beautifully!”, ts_117117994608282703) and the 10 a.m. op-ed link (ts_117116872320047163) stay on building and restoration.

Hostility shows up twice, at 7:09 a.m. (Mazzei) and 2:32 p.m. (Garten), seven hours apart, each time folded into praise of an ally. The two most intense posts, Mazzei and Census, are nine and a half hours apart, and the evening is all templates, so the day has no build.

## What the feed left out

The week offered plenty to answer: families of USS Abraham Lincoln crew saying he should be “ashamed,” a federal judge clearing Epstein victim files for release, a lawsuit over selling advance access to his posts, and Iran's negotiator calling the war “the biggest and most absolute failure.” The historian's active events add the UAE's first missile alert since mid-July and its halt to trade with Iran, Jon Ossoff's speech attacking his record and naming aide Natalie Harp, and an order cutting US–South Korea exercises announced in a post outside this day's set. None of it reaches the 45 posts. The events record has him calling the carrier reports “Fake News” elsewhere, so the avoidance is specific to the feed. What filled the space was material he controls: endorsements, nominations, restored columns, and a six-year-old election.

Of about nineteen checkable factual claims in the analyzed posts, eight fail the post-level checks: Alaska's “HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS,” the “imposter,” “You can't get Aluminum in the United States,” Hormuz as “NEW U.S. Territory” and as “open and operating,” the ibogaine order's reach, the Census Bureau's role, and “I WON THE ELECTION!”

## “Mutilization” and a three-way SAVE mix-up

The hand-written posts are coherent. Mazzei carries the day's markers: the coinage “Mutilization,” “dethrone” applied to a factory, and moderate circumstantiality across its length, though its syntax is more complex than his recent short posts, which argues against acute change. The Census post's SAVE conflation is a mild name-confusion marker. Garten recalls seven names in sequence without error. Complexity reads as stable through 4:48 p.m.; after that the volume is staff templates, which carry no cognitive signal either way.

### Narrative

He opened primary day before dawn with a warning about a fake Dan Sullivan and closed it with a victory lap for Florida winners and a slate of judges. In between, the lapsed Iran agreement got a flat statement that no talks exist and a map claiming Hormuz for the United States. His wins kept sliding back toward old fights: an Indiana ally's promotion ended with a demand that the man he replaced resign, and a claim about noncitizen voters ended with “I WON THE ELECTION!”

### Dominant themes

- Primary-day endorsements and Florida victory graphics (1 post)
- Federal district court nominations (1 post)
- His own electoral record inserted into posts about others, including the 2020 claim (1 post)
- Election integrity and vindication (photo ID, NSA memo, noncitizen voting, Sullivan ‘imposter’) (1 post)
- White House and Washington building and restoration (1 post)
- Iran war and claimed control of Hormuz (1 post)
- Policy promotion (ibogaine order, clock-change bill) (1 post)

### Contradictions that day

- [ts_117116752164653735](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116752164653735): “The Naval Blockade remains in full force and effect.”
  vs. [ts_117116752164653735](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116752164653735): “The Hormuz Strait is open and operating.”

### Cognitive concerns

- Coinage “Mutilization” and “dethrone” applied to a factory in the ~1,000-word Mazzei endorsement
- Moderate circumstantiality and associative drift across the same post, with syntax more complex than recent short posts
- “THE SAVE AMERICA ACT” merges the SAVE Act, the SAVE database and his Save America PAC; voter-record matching attributed to the Census Bureau
- Stranded “and Joe Rogan” in the ibogaine post, read as a dictated insertion into staff copy
- Unprompted vote-total digressions inside judicial nomination templates (Oklahoma, Texas), assessed as motivational rather than disorganized

## Posts

### [ts_117119206919334140](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119206919334140)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:54:33.550Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background bordered by a thin white frame. It features a composited close-up photo of Donald Trump (serious/stern expression) on the left and a smiling Black man in a navy suit with a red tie and American flag pin on the right. At the bottom center is a "TRUMP VANCE / MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" campaign logo flanked by star icons.

Text in the image: "REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR FLORIDA STATE REPRESENTATIVE (FL-HD-87) JON MAPLES WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

12,829 likes · 2,102 reposts · 154 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119206919334140/analysis

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### [ts_117119206141856177](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119206141856177)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:54:21.687Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background and a white border frame. It features large text announcing an election win, above two head-and-shoulders photos: on the left, a serious/frowning older man with light-colored hair in a dark suit and blue tie (resembling Donald Trump), and on the right, a smiling older man with gray hair in a gray suit and a red-and-blue striped tie with a lapel pin. At the bottom center is a "TRUMP VANCE / MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" logo flanked by rows of stars.

Text in the image: "FLORIDA STATE REPRESENTATIVE (FL-HD-23) J.J. GROW WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

12,178 likes · 1,985 reposts · 110 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119206141856177/analysis

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### [ts_117119205242482325](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119205242482325)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:54:07.963Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background, bordered by a thin white/blue frame. It announces an election win for a Florida state representative candidate. Below the text are two head-and-shoulders photos: on the left, a photo of Donald Trump with a serious/stern expression, wearing a dark suit and blue tie; on the right, a smiling woman with shoulder-length dark brown hair, wearing a dark blazer over a red top with a round pin on her lapel. At the bottom center is a "TRUMP VANCE" campaign logo with five stars above and "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" beneath it.

Text in the image: "FLORIDA STATE REPRESENTATIVE (FL-HD-18) KIM KENDALL WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE ★★★★★ MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

11,980 likes · 1,972 reposts · 106 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119205242482325/analysis

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### [ts_117119204688973925](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119204688973925)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:53:59.517Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background. It shows a photo of Donald Trump (in a dark suit with blue tie, unsmiling expression) next to a photo of a smiling woman with brown hair wearing a red blazer and pearl necklace, identified in the text as Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar. A "TRUMP VANCE - MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" campaign logo appears at the bottom center between the two figures.

Text in the image: "CONGRESSWOMAN (FL-27) MARÍA ELVIRA SALAZAR WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

11,721 likes · 1,954 reposts · 388 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119204688973925/analysis

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### [ts_117119203873925166](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119203873925166)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:53:47.081Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background. On the left is a close-up photo of Donald Trump with a stern/serious expression, wearing a dark suit and blue tie. On the right is a photo of a smiling blonde woman in a dark blazer. Below their images is a "TRUMP VANCE / MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" campaign logo with stars and a small American flag icon.

Text in the image: "REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR FL-16 SYDNEY GRUTERS WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

10,808 likes · 1,802 reposts · 93 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119203873925166/analysis

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### [ts_117119203221927549](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119203221927549)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:53:37.132Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background. Large text at top announces a congressional election win, with a red banner noting a presidential endorsement. Below the text are two images side by side: on the left, a close-up photo of Donald Trump with a serious/stern expression, wearing a dark suit and blue tie; on the right, a photo of a smiling man with short dark hair, glasses, and a beard, wearing a navy suit, light blue shirt, and red tie with a small pin on his lapel (a Congressional pin). At the bottom center is a "TRUMP VANCE" campaign logo with five stars above and below, and the tagline "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Text in the image: "CONGRESSMAN (FL-06) RANDY FINE WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE ★★★★★ MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! ★★★★★"

10,896 likes · 1,838 reposts · 161 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119203221927549/analysis

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### [ts_117119202454280113](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119202454280113)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:53:25.419Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background bordered by a thin white/blue frame. Bold white headline text at top announces a congressional election win. Below the headline is a red banner stating the candidate was endorsed by President Trump. Two head-and-shoulders photos are shown side by side: on the left, an older man with light blond/white swept-back hair and a serious/stern expression wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and blue tie (resembling Donald Trump); on the right, an older man with white hair, a white mustache, wire-rimmed glasses, wearing a dark suit, light blue shirt, and a red-and-blue striped tie, with a round pin on his lapel (identified in the caption as John Rutherford). At the bottom center is a "TRUMP VANCE" campaign logo with five stars above and below, and the tagline "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" beneath it.

Text in the image: "CONGRESSMAN (FL-05) JOHN RUTHERFORD WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

10,204 likes · 1,710 reposts · 106 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119202454280113/analysis

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### [ts_117119029592152542](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119029592152542)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:09:27.752Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background and a white border. It shows a close-up photo of Donald Trump (serious/stern expression, wearing a dark suit and blue tie) on the left and a photo of a smiling woman with long brown wavy hair wearing a pink blazer and a dragonfly necklace on the right. At the bottom center is a "TRUMP VANCE / MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" campaign logo with stars.

Text in the image: "FLORIDA STATE REPRESENTATIVE (FL-HD-94) MEG WEINBERGER WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! ★★★★★"

10,505 likes · 1,828 reposts · 229 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119029592152542/analysis

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### [ts_117119029036069385](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119029036069385)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:09:19.266Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign-style graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background. It features headshots of two men side by side: on the left, an older man with light/blond hair in a dark suit and blue tie (resembling Donald Trump), shown with a serious/stern expression; on the right, a younger man with short dark hair and a trimmed beard, wearing a navy suit, white shirt, and light blue tie. At the bottom center is a "TRUMP VANCE" campaign logo with stars and the tagline "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Text in the image: "ATTORNEY GENERAL OF FLORIDA JAMES UTHMEIER WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

10,306 likes · 1,833 reposts · 144 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119029036069385/analysis

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### [ts_117119028477327636](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119028477327636)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:09:10.741Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A blue-to-red gradient political campaign graphic featuring a headshot of Donald Trump (looking down at the camera with a serious expression, wearing a dark suit and blue tie) next to a headshot of an older man with white/gray hair in a dark suit, white shirt, and striped tie, identified by the text as Carlos Gimenez. At the bottom is the "Trump Vance / Make America Great Again" campaign logo with stars.

Text in the image: "CONGRESSMAN (FL-28) CARLOS GIMENEZ WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

6,492 likes · 1,201 reposts · 99 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119028477327636/analysis

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### [ts_117119027928642145](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119027928642145)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:09:02.369Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background. It announces an election win for Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), noting his endorsement by President Trump. Below the headline text are cropped photos of two men side by side: on the left, a man resembling Donald Trump with light blond/orange hair wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and blue tie, with a serious/stern expression; on the right, a smiling man with short dark hair wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and purple striped tie. At the bottom center is a "TRUMP VANCE" campaign logo with five stars above and below, and the tagline "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" beneath it.

Text in the image: "CONGRESSMAN (FL-26) MARIO DÍAZ-BALART WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

5,358 likes · 1,016 reposts · 76 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119027928642145/analysis

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### [ts_117119027372702006](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119027372702006)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:08:53.886Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background, bordered by a thin white rectangle. It features a composited photo of Donald Trump (serious/stern expression, close-cropped headshot on the left) alongside a photo of a bald, smiling man in a dark suit with a red-and-navy striped tie (identified by the on-image text as Brian Mast) on the right. At the bottom center is a "TRUMP VANCE / MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" campaign logo with stars.

Text in the image: "CONGRESSMAN (FL-21) BRIAN MAST WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

5,516 likes · 1,036 reposts · 83 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119027372702006/analysis

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### [ts_117119026889308862](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119026889308862)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:08:46.510Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background bordered by a white/blue frame. It shows a serious/scowling close-up photo of Donald Trump (in a dark suit, white shirt, blue tie) on the left and a smiling headshot-style photo of a gray-haired man in a dark suit with a white shirt and striped tie on the right, identified in the text as Congressman Scott Franklin. Below the two photos is a "TRUMP VANCE / MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" campaign logo with stars on either side.

Text in the image: "CONGRESSMAN (FL-18) SCOTT FRANKLIN WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

4,508 likes · 865 reposts · 53 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119026889308862/analysis

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### [ts_117119025950123947](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119025950123947)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:08:32.179Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue border and a background gradient shifting from dark blue at top to dark red at bottom. It announces an election win for Congressman Greg Steube of Florida's 17th district, endorsed by President Trump. Below the text are two photos side by side: on the left, a serious/scowling headshot of Donald Trump wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and blue tie; on the right, a smiling photo of a man with short brown hair and a beard, wearing a dark plaid suit jacket, light blue shirt, and striped tie with a pin on his lapel (identified in the text as Greg Steube). A "TRUMP VANCE" campaign logo with "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" and stars appears centered at the bottom between the two photos.

Text in the image: "CONGRESSMAN (FL-17) GREG STEUBE WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! ★★★★★"

4,658 likes · 907 reposts · 65 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119025950123947/analysis

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### [ts_117119025318491204](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119025318491204)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:08:22.541Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue-to-maroon gradient background bordered by a thin white rectangle. It shows a photo of a man with light-colored hair (styled to resemble Donald Trump), photographed from the chest up in a dark suit with a white shirt and blue tie, with a stern/serious expression, standing next to a smiling blonde woman wearing a blue top and a pearl necklace. At the bottom center is a "TRUMP VANCE" campaign logo with five stars above and "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" beneath it, alongside a small partial American flag graphic.

Text in the image: "CONGRESSWOMAN (FL-15) LAUREL LEE WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE ★★★★★ MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

2,697 likes · 544 reposts · 35 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119025318491204/analysis

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### [ts_117119024814753227](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119024814753227)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:08:14.855Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background bordered by a white rectangle. It features a photo of Donald Trump (serious/stern expression, wearing a dark suit and blue tie) next to a photo of a smiling dark-haired woman in a gray blazer. At the bottom is a "TRUMP VANCE / MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" campaign logo with five stars above and below, and a small American flag icon.

Text in the image: "CONGRESSWOMAN (FL-13) ANNA PAULINA LUNA WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE ★★★★★ MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! ★★★★★"

3,112 likes · 654 reposts · 81 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119024814753227/analysis

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### [ts_117119024196042249](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119024196042249)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:08:05.414Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A campaign-style graphic on a dark blue-to-red gradient background, framed with a thin white border. It announces an election win for a Florida congressman, with cropped photos of Donald Trump (close-up, serious/unsmiling expression, wearing a dark suit and blue tie) on the left and a smiling man in glasses, dark suit, light checked shirt, and dark red tie on the right (identified in the text as Gus Bilirakis, wearing a small round pin on his lapel). At the bottom center is a "TRUMP VANCE" campaign logo with five stars above and below, and the tagline "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" underneath.

Text in the image: "CONGRESSMAN (FL-12) GUS BILIRAKIS WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

2,623 likes · 537 reposts · 33 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119024196042249/analysis

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### [ts_117119023541992974](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119023541992974)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:07:55.434Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background bordered by a thin white/blue frame. It announces an election win for Congressman (FL-08) Mike Haridopolos with a red banner stating he is endorsed by President Trump. Below the text are two head-and-shoulders photos side by side: on the left, a serious-faced older man with blond/orange-tinted hair and a dark suit and tie, resembling Donald Trump; on the right, a smiling middle-aged man with light brown hair, wearing a dark blue suit, white shirt, and a maroon patterned tie. At the bottom center is a TRUMP VANCE / MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN campaign logo with stars on either side.

Text in the image: "CONGRESSMAN (FL-08) MIKE HARIDOPOLOS WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

2,615 likes · 535 reposts · 36 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119023541992974/analysis

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### [ts_117119023019756903](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119023019756903)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:07:47.465Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background. It shows a serious/scowling headshot of Donald Trump on the left and a smiling headshot of a bearded man in a suit and red tie on the right (labeled as Congressman Aaron Bean). At the bottom center is a "TRUMP VANCE / MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" campaign logo framed by stars.

Text in the image: "CONGRESSMAN (FL-04) AARON BEAN WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

2,587 likes · 515 reposts · 32 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119023019756903/analysis

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### [ts_117119022282550607](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119022282550607)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T23:07:36.216Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political campaign graphic with a blue-to-red gradient background. It features a serious/scowling close-up photo of Donald Trump on the left and a smiling photo of a blonde woman in a red top (identified in the text as Kat Cammack) on the right. At the bottom is a "TRUMP VANCE / MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" logo framed by stars.

Text in the image: "CONGRESSWOMAN (FL-03) KAT CAMMACK WINS! ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP! TRUMP VANCE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

2,769 likes · 549 reposts · 48 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117119022282550607/analysis

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### [ts_117118759965215830](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118759965215830)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T22:00:53.570Z (UTC)

> I am pleased to nominate Robert (Bobby) Long to serve as Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Bobby is currently a Judge on Florida’s First District Court of Appeal. A longtime member of the Navy JAG Corps, Bobby was previously a Trial Judge on Florida’s Second Judicial Circuit Court and, prior to that, General Counsel of the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, where he was a Police Officer before becoming a lawyer. Bobby received his Law Degree from the University of Florida College of Law, and his Undergraduate Degree from Florida State University. Robert Long can always be counted on to protect the Public Safety and Constitutional Rights of Floridians. Congratulations Bobby! President DONALD J. TRUMP

3,790 likes · 883 reposts · 202 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117118759965215830.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118759965215830/analysis

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### [ts_117118742340410434](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118742340410434)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T21:56:24.637Z (UTC)

> I am pleased to nominate Peter Mansfield, who has the strong support of Senator John Kennedy and Senator Bill Cassidy, to serve as Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Peter has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney in New Orleans for more than twenty years, currently working as Chief of the Civil Division and, previously, as First Assistant. He received his Law Degree from Ave Maria School of Law, and his Undergraduate Degree from Franciscan University of Steubenville. The people of Louisiana are lucky to have a dedicated Public Servant like Peter join the Federal Bench. Congratulations Peter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

3,546 likes · 820 reposts · 101 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117118742340410434.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118742340410434/analysis

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### [ts_117118726898376521](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118726898376521)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T21:52:29.010Z (UTC)

> I am pleased to nominate Brad Kelley to serve as Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Brad is a “Double-Tiger,” receiving both his Undergraduate and Law Degrees from LSU. He clerked for Judge Donald Walter of the Western District of Louisiana, was the former Chief Counsel to then EEOC Commissioner, now our Acting Secretary of Labor, Keith Sonderling, and now is a Partner at a major International Law Firm. Brad is also a proud U.S. Army Veteran, and has the strong support of both Louisiana’s Senators for this new position. The people of Louisiana can count on Brad to always protect their Constitutional Rights, and the Rule of Law. Congratulations Brad! President DONALD J. TRUMP

3,366 likes · 789 reposts · 104 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117118726898376521.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118726898376521/analysis

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### [ts_117118710370504523](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118710370504523)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T21:48:16.815Z (UTC)

> I am pleased to nominate Daniel Ballou to serve as Judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Dan is a longtime Circuit Judge for Kentucky’s 34th Judicial Circuit. He received his B.A. from the University of Kentucky, and his J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law, and previously clerked for Judge Eugene Siler of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Dan is also a Marine Corps Veteran — A True Patriot! I have no doubt that Daniel Ballou will be a powerful defender of the Rule of Law on the Federal Bench in the GREAT Commonwealth of Kentucky. Congratulations Dan! President DONALD J. TRUMP

3,369 likes · 781 reposts · 103 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117118710370504523.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118710370504523/analysis

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### [ts_117118691151954389](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118691151954389)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T21:43:23.563Z (UTC)

> I am proud to nominate Richard Bennett to serve as Judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Richard has dedicated his career to protecting the Great People of Texas (A State I love, and won by the Biggest Vote Total in the History of the State, all three times!) working as a County Prosecutor, Assistant United States Attorney, Assistant Chief Counsel of ICE, and currently, as a Magistrate Judge on the Southern District of Texas. Richard is a Graduate of Texas Christian University and Southern Methodist University School of Law, and clerked for Judge Marcia Crone. A true warrior for Public Safety, Border Security, and our Constitution, Richard will deliver strong results in his new role. Congratulations Richard! President DONALD J. TRUMP

3,425 likes · 789 reposts · 63 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117118691151954389.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118691151954389/analysis

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### [ts_117118679309261908](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118679309261908)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T21:40:22.858Z (UTC)

> I am pleased to nominate Courtney Coker to serve as Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Courtney has been a Federal Prosecutor for nearly 20 years, and is currently the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. He has prosecuted some of the toughest criminal cases in the Country, including against cartels, foreign gangs, and drug and human traffickers. Courtney is a Graduate of Centre College (where he was captain of the football team!), and Mississippi College School of Law. The people of Texas (I LOVE TEXAS!) are lucky to have such a strong defender of Law and Order on the Bench. Congratulations Courtney! President DONALD J. TRUMP

3,434 likes · 787 reposts · 76 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117118679309261908.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118679309261908/analysis

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### [ts_117118656507718365](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118656507718365)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T21:34:34.934Z (UTC)

> I have wonderful news for the Great State of Alaska — I am honored to nominate Kyle Reardon to serve as Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Kyle is currently a Magistrate Judge on the Federal Court in Alaska, and previously worked for many years as a Federal Prosecutor in Alaska and California, and as a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Army JAG Corps. He is a Graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and Centre College. The people of Alaska are lucky to have a Public Servant and Patriot like Kyle on the Bench. Congratulations Kyle! President DONALD J. TRUMP

3,902 likes · 889 reposts · 116 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117118656507718365.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118656507718365/analysis

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### [ts_117118626722039422](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118626722039422)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T21:27:00.441Z (UTC)

> I am pleased to nominate Zach West to serve as Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, a place I love! Zach has been a zealous advocate for the Constitution, Religious Liberty, and the Rule of Law as Solicitor General of Oklahoma, and as Director of Special Litigation in the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office. He clerked for Judge J. Leon Holmes of the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Judge Bobby Baldock of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Zach is a double-Sooner, graduating from the University of Oklahoma, and the University of Oklahoma College of Law. A real fighter for the Great People of Oklahoma, Zach will never let you down. Congratulations Zach! President DONALD J. TRUMP

3,005 likes · 676 reposts · 77 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117118626722039422.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118626722039422/analysis

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### [ts_117118611688599747](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118611688599747)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T21:23:11.049Z (UTC)

> I am pleased to nominate Trevor Pemberton to serve as Judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. I won Oklahoma all three times, with the Highest Vote Total ever recorded in the State’s History, and all 77 out of 77 Counties — SO OBVIOUSLY, I LOVE OKLAHOMA! Trevor is a longtime public servant with a strong record as a District Judge for Oklahoma County, an Appellate Judge on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, and General Counsel to the Governor. Trevor received his J.D. from Oklahoma City University, and B.A. from the University of Oklahoma. Trevor will be a Strong Defender of the Constitutional Rights of all Oklahomans. Congratulations Trevor! President DONALD J. TRUMP

2,985 likes · 677 reposts · 73 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117118611688599747.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118611688599747/analysis

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### [ts_117118475271319244](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118475271319244)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T20:48:29.489Z (UTC) · 3 media attachments

> The Census Bureau has begun checking the Voter Records from 2020 against their Citizenship Records. On the first 128,000,000 Voters, the Census Bureau proves that over 24,000 Noncitizens voted illegally! The Census Bureau is going to analyze the next 32,000,000 Voters, and this number will explode. I WON THE ELECTION! We must pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

6,501 likes · 2,478 reposts · 997 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117118475271319244.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117118475271319244/analysis

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### [ts_117117994608282703](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117117994608282703)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T18:46:15.151Z (UTC) · 2 media attachments

> The Restoration of the Thomas Jefferson Columns at the White House — The work turned out beautifully! President DONALD J. TRUMP

9,291 likes · 2,044 reposts · 783 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117117994608282703.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117117994608282703/analysis

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### [ts_117117993981850553](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117117993981850553)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T18:46:05.593Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> An infographic-style promotional image with a dark blue header and red accent bar, titled "We are making DC / SAFE & BEAUTIFUL." Below the header is a bulleted list of statistics in black and red text about civic maintenance work in Washington, D.C. On the right side are four photos with white caption labels: a bronze equestrian statue of a man in colonial-era dress with an American flag ("Caesar Rodney Statue"), the Washington Monument reflected in the Reflecting Pool at night ("Reflecting Pool"), a stone fountain surrounded by trees ("DuPont Circle"), and a gold equestrian statue group on a pedestal ("Art of War Statue"). At the bottom left are three circular emblem/seal logos, including what appears to be a National Park Service arrowhead badge and a "Freedom 250" seal.

Text in the image: "We are making DC SAFE & BEAUTIFUL 2,300 lights fixed 1,460 benches rehabbed/installed 500+ instances of graffiti cleaned 250+ truckloads of debris hauled from the Carp Pond at Constitution Gardens 250+ tons of pothole repair material applied 162 homeless encampments removed 134 rat-resistant trash cans installed 83 statues, monuments, and memorials cleaned 22 fountains fixed 1+ mile of fencing repainted Caesar Rodney Statue Reflecting Pool DuPont Circle Art of War Statue Freedom 250"

7,722 likes · 2,043 reposts · 544 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117117993981850553/analysis

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### [ts_117117939770163535](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117117939770163535)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T18:32:18.387Z (UTC)

> Congratulations to Indiana State Senator Chris Garten, who I was proud to ENDORSE, on being unanimously voted by his colleagues to be the next Senate President Pro Tempore for the State Senate of Indiana! This finishes off my working against Political Leaders in the State Senate who let our Country down. If they did what they should have done, and what every other State did, as requested, we would have had two more seats in the House of Representatives! Chris led this effort for me, along with Trevor De Vries, Brian Schmutzler, Blake Fiechter, Tracey Powell, Paula Copenhaver, and Michelle Davis, who all beat their Opponents. Thank you also to Brenda Wilson. She’ll be back next time where there won’t be two Candidates running with the exact same name, a dirty trick! Rod Bray should resign from Office because he has no chance of winning. Indiana was the only State this happened with, and I won it six times, in LANDSLIDES, including with the Highest Vote in the History of the State. Remember, Bray was responsible for us not having TWO additional Seats, for the Republican Party, in the House of Representatives.
> The Indiana State Senate is in good hands with Chris Garten — HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN! President DONALD J. TRUMP

6,643 likes · 1,493 reposts · 210 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117117939770163535.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117117939770163535/analysis

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### [ts_117117567655907376](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117117567655907376)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T16:57:40.375Z (UTC)

> In April, I signed a very important Executive Order to accelerate medical treatments for serious mental illness — Specifically, psychedelic drugs, including IBOGAINE. This is something that has helped so many of our amazing VETERANS and true American Heroes who were here in the Oval Office with me, and Joe Rogan. Today I am announcing that Secretary Kennedy has received a Historic Gift from the University of Miami, who has given the Federal Government its original 1994 Ibogaine Investigational New Drug application. This will give everyone direct access to the foundational FDA authorization to accelerate its development as a medical treatment in the U.S. This is HUGE! Special THANK YOU to the University of Miami, who has done this to ensure that Americans are helped as quickly as possible. This adds to the INCREDIBLE PROGRESS since April, including huge amounts of HHS research funding, collaboration between HHS and VA, FDA guidance, and more. We are moving FAST, so that our Veterans with serious mental illness have a RIGHT TO TRY here in the U.S. We hope to see more companies and institutions join us in this very important work. Our Veterans DESERVE it! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

10,072 likes · 2,716 reposts · 771 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117117567655907376.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117117567655907376/analysis

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### [ts_117116872320047163](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116872320047163)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T14:00:50.391Z (UTC)

> MORNING GLORY: SCOTUS should urgently allow construction at the White House to proceed: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/morning-glory-scotus-should-urgently-allow-construction-white-house-proceed

11,552 likes · 3,163 reposts · 1,266 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117116872320047163.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116872320047163/analysis

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### [ts_117116752164653735](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116752164653735)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T13:30:16.966Z (UTC)

> There are no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled, with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Naval Blockade remains in full force and effect. The Hormuz Strait is open and operating. All water mines have been removed or detonated. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

31,443 likes · 6,868 reposts · 3,349 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117116752164653735.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116752164653735/analysis

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### [ts_117116699169209088](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116699169209088)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T13:16:48.320Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

> Lindsey having fun just a few weeks ago! Check out the hat! President DJT

12,125 likes · 2,556 reposts · 803 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117116699169209088.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116699169209088/analysis

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### [ts_117116227337554222](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116227337554222)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T11:16:48.739Z (UTC)

> Intel Politics: NSA sat on election threat reporting over Trump ‘deep state’ label, memo shows: https://justthenews.com/government/security/nsa-analyst-agency-sat-2016-election-interference-intel-avoid-trump-era

9,775 likes · 2,961 reposts · 743 replies · unknown views

Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117116227337554222.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116227337554222/analysis

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### [ts_117116198386080523](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116198386080523)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T11:09:26.976Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment

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

> A political graphic styled like a news/infographic banner. It shows a map of the Persian Gulf region with a headline banner reading "NEW U.S. Territory" at top, followed by a red-white striped band with a row of white stars. Below is a light blue map showing the Persian Gulf on the left, the Gulf of Oman on the right, and "Iran" labeled at the coastline between them. A dark circle highlights the narrow waterway connecting the two gulfs, with a line pointing down to a dark blue banner reading "STRAIT OF HORMUZ" at the bottom. The image asserts/jokingly claims that the Strait of Hormuz has become new U.S. territory.

Text in the image: "NEW U.S. Territory Iran Persian Gulf Gulf of Oman STRAIT OF HORMUZ"

14,081 likes · 3,695 reposts · 1,450 replies · unknown views

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116198386080523/analysis

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### [ts_117116197583802302](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116197583802302)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T11:09:14.734Z (UTC)

> MAGA Warrior Mike Mazzei is running for Governor in Oklahoma, where I was the ONLY President to win ALL 77 Counties in three straight Elections (Ronald Reagan was second!). Additionally, I won more votes than any Candidate in the State’s History! I LOVE Oklahoma, and Mike Mazzei has my COMPLETE and TOTAL Endorsement for Governor!
>
> Meanwhile, his Runoff Election Opponent, Gentner Drummond, is a FAKE Republican, who donated to SLEEPY Joe Biden, and the totally corrupt and anti-American “Lincoln Project,” which is now in shambles because of their views on Open Borders, Men playing in Women’s Sports, and Transgender Mutilization of your Children. In fact, the Lincoln Project’s top man and founder, John Weaver, sent unsolicited sexually provocative messages to 21 young men, and supposedly, a 14-year-old boy. Another one of their people, Steve Schmidt, a total loser who has gone down in flames, for lots of bad reasons, was one of the biggest proponents of the failed and highly disgraced Lincoln Project. This is what Drummond, and his equally Liberal wife, Wendy, supported at levels that are shameful and, frankly, that makes them both Radical Left Dumocrats. Additionally, he wants to dethrone a magnificent, Job producing, desperately needed, and brand new, Aluminum Plant that will be one of the best projects ever conceived or built, not only in the Great State of Oklahoma, but in the United States, itself. It will be one of the most successful Job creating Plants ever built in our Country. The group that’s doing it is extraordinarily wealthy and, if they don’t do it in Oklahoma, they have 20 other sites that would love to have them. Our Country needs Aluminum, and the beautiful Town of Inola, Oklahoma (which was very nice to me in all three Elections!), will be the primary beneficiary in terms of Jobs, Lower Taxes, and the funding of Schools. In addition, it helps our Country with regards to National Security — You can’t get Aluminum in the United States, and this Plant will go elsewhere if it’s not approved. Oklahoma can lead the way! Very simply, Mike Mazzei is for this desperately needed Job Producing Aluminum Plant. Drummond, for his own reasons, is not — He even SUED, unsuccessfully, to block it. It’s going to be the Biggest Aluminum Plant in the Country, and it’s all financed and done! It is a financial windfall for the State of Oklahoma, including what will be a major reduction in your Taxes!
>
> Gentner Drummond has also stated publicly he had "no opinion" on the BOGUS IMPEACHMENT of a young and very handsome gentleman, named, President Donald J. Trump (ME!). All Republicans feel the opposite on the Dumocrat inspired Impeachment Hoax. Drummond even SUED to BLOCK a religious based charter school strongly supported by my Administration — Very troubling for Educational Freedom, and an outright attack on Christianity!
>
> Drummond is not the right guy. He’s got a bad attitude, and he doesn’t stand for the Values of Oklahoma, which must VOTE FOR “MIKE MAZZEI FOR GOVERNOR,” on Tuesday, August 25th — MIKE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117116197583802302.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116197583802302/analysis

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### [ts_117116193025089146](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117116193025089146)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T11:08:05.173Z (UTC) · repost

> RT @realDonaldTrump The Senate must vote on the NO MORE CHANGING THE CLOCKS ACT as soon as possible. More sun later in the day is better (including for fighting crime!), but, even more importantly, NO MORE RIDICULOUSLY CHANGING CLOCKS AND WATCHES TWICE YEARLY, with all of the disruption and chaos it causes. FINALLY, GET IT DONE!!! President DJT

Reposted [ts_117102785991799720](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117102785991799720) (2026-08-16T02:18:30.079Z (UTC))

> The Senate must vote on the NO MORE CHANGING THE CLOCKS ACT as soon as possible. More sun later in the day is better (including for fighting crime!), but, even more importantly, NO MORE RIDICULOUSLY CHANGING CLOCKS AND WATCHES TWICE YEARLY, with all of the disruption and chaos it causes. FINALLY, GET IT DONE!!! President DJT

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### [ts_117115788618837208](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117115788618837208)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T09:25:14.424Z (UTC)

> https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/117085266086570209

Reposted [ts_117085266086570209](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117085266086570209) (2026-08-13T00:02:57.542Z (UTC))

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/117/085/258/167/996/179/original/a128d8b02674c75f.mp4

**Video transcript** (reposted clip, 5:50), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> We are now joined by Tom Homan, the Border Czar. Welcome back, sir. How are you? And I guess it's one year later. You guys cleaned up Washington, DC. Well, look, America should be celebrating. President Trump, once again, promises made, promises kept. I mean, a year ago, like you said, he said, let's clean up DC. We're the strongest nation on the face of the earth. We should have the safest capital. This should be a shiny example of the entire world. And it wasn't. I mean, I would not walk the streets of DC two years ago without a concealed weapon. It's dangerous. The crime was rampant. Homicides were rampant. And in the year that President Trump has taken on DC, you're talking over 16,000 of them rest. You're talking almost 2,000 weapons, firearms, taken off the streets of Washington, DC. Now, I work in this city every day. Now, the city, I've never seen it so clean and so safe. Again, promises made, promises kept. I just wish cities like Chicago would take President Trump on his offer and help clean up Chicago and stop them massive shootings every weekend. Let's take a look at some of the numbers. Here's homicide, C03, please. We're talking down a very significant amount so far.… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117115788618837208)

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Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117115788618837208/analysis

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### [ts_117115777270677160](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117115777270677160)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T09:22:21.264Z (UTC)

> Florida, Vote for Byron Donalds for Governor. He has my Complete and total Endorsement. He will never let you down! President DJT

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Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117115777270677160.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117115777270677160/analysis

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### [ts_117115756665493321](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117115756665493321)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T09:17:06.854Z (UTC)

> ALASKA: Be careful, VOTE FOR THE REAL DAN SULLIVAN TODAY. Through me, he’s brought HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BACK TO YOUR STATE. The Dumocrats know how good he is and have put up an imposter of the same name. Vote for the  “INCUMBENT SENATOR.” Don’t let these Fraudsters get away with this HOAX. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117115756665493321.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117115756665493321/analysis

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### [ts_117113780858157626](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117113780858157626)

Truth Social · 2026-08-18T00:54:38.429Z (UTC) · repost · 1 media attachment

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/117113347902795107

Reposted [ts_117113347902795107](https://trump.fm/post/ts_117113347902795107) (2026-08-17T23:04:32.051Z (UTC))

> Earlier this month, India's Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, asked our Administration — How can you have Elections in the U.S. without a valid Photo ID? India's last Election had 646,000,000 Voters! Less than 1% voted by mail, and every single Voter had to have a VALID Photo Identity Document. We need to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, now! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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