# Post ts_112923713260831968 - Post ID: `ts_112923713260831968` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-08-08T01:05:20.801Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112923713260831968 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112923713260831968/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112923713260831968.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > “WALZ HAS STRANGE CONNECTIONS WITH CHINA” ## What the media says **Video transcript** (6:03), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > We're learning a lot more about Tim Walz's Chinese connections. Last night, we told you he's visited China 30 times over the last few decades. He went to China for the first time in '89 through a government program sponsored by Harvard. And when he came back, he spread Chinese propaganda. Quote, "I was treated exceptionally well. They are such kind, generous, capable people. And they just gave and gave and gave to me. Going there was one of the best things I've ever done." Walz loved his time in China so much, he got married on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre because he always wanted to remember the date. For his honeymoon, he went back to China and he took his high school students with him, which would usually cramp your style on a honeymoon, but to each his own. He started a travel company that would send him to China with a bunch of American students every year. And his chips were funded by the Chinese government. Local Chinese kids knew Walz. They called him "the big-nosed one" and "foreign devil." But Walz swears those weren't insults. He loves it when little Chinese boys make fun of him. He spent so much time in China, he learned the language. Listen. Niman Hama, Governor Tim Walz here. Happy Chinese New Year. This spring festival is a time to welcome and celebrate the new year with a smile and let the fortune and happiness continue. Please remember to practice social distancing and wear a mask as you celebrate. Hey, Fatsoi. Walz still has deep connections to the Chinese. In 2019, he delivered a keynote address to the Chinese Friendship Organization, a group with deep ties to Chinese intel. Did the Harris campaign know about this? How can a guy visit China 30 times and pal around with Chai-coms and have Chinese money change hands? And you say to yourself, "I want that guy in the Situation Room with me." This is the second time in a row Democrats have tried to install a guy with China ties inside the White House. And the media isn't digging into this because just like with the China virus, they're afraid of being called racist. Peter Schweitzer is the president of the Government Accountability Institute. How suspicious are you of this Walz-China relationship, Peter? Well, we're basically 48 hours into this, Jesse, and it's already quite disconcerting. Because what I would say, the key component here is not just his ties to China, but his ties to the Chinese Communist Party. As you point out, he had this student exchange program. It was funded by the Chinese government. All exchanges by the Chinese government are managed by the CCP. And if you look at some of the local news reporting in the Midwest of students who attended that program, they explain how Walz told them that they were to "downplay" their Americanness when they visited China, which is an odd thing to say if you're engaging in cultural exchange. I mean, you wouldn't say to a Chinese national coming to the United States, "Downplay your Chinese nature." So, you know, this has all the hallmarks of a close association with the CCP. As you pointed out, he gave a speech in 2019 to a known United Front group that's linked to Chinese intelligence. We also know that when he was inaugurated as governor of Minnesota, he invited Chinese diplomats to attend those events. And then you've got the issue of these Chinese police stations that we've heard about. You've reported on them. There are seven of them in the United States, these illegal police stations that are designed to intimidate Chinese nationals in the United States. One of them is in the Twin Cities. And it's actually run by an entity that has allied with something called Minnesota Global, which is a pro-Waltz organization. Now, Governor Walz has denounced the police department in the Twin Cities for their brutality. He's done nothing about this unofficial Chinese police station. It just shows the willingness he will go to appease the Chinese government. I have no evidence of this, but let's look at it the other way. This is Harvard. This is an army guy. And they send him over there for, what, 30 times. Maybe he's U.S. intelligence. Maybe he's not Chinese intelligence. Maybe the U.S. is sending him over there. Would you ever consider that? Yeah. Yeah, no, I would put that on the on the on the zilch level, the zilch scale. There's no way that's the case. And, you know, Jesse, the thing about it is you look at his statements on China. His defenders will say, oh, well, he raises issues of human rights in China. He really doesn't. He'll talk about an occasional case when he engages in this ridiculous moral equivalence on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. When he was on the floor of the of Congress, when he was serving, he brought this up. He said, yeah, the Tiananmen Square Massacre happened. But every country has done this sort of thing. And he brought up Wounded Knee in the United States. Now, in Wounded Knee, 30, 38 native Americans were were butchered in 1863. And it became a national disgrace in Tiananmen Square. Ten thousand Chinese nationals were butchered. And in fact, the president of China now, President Xi's wife, who's a famous singer in China, she actually serenaded the troops after the massacre. Oh, God. Aborting them for what they had done. So to equate the two and say somehow that that Wounded Knee is like Tiananmen Square is a ridiculous comparison. And he knows better. And got married on the date of Tiananmen Square. Unbelievable. I mean, both incidents despicable, but not comparable. Great investigative reporting, Peter. The only one doing it. Thank God. Thanks, Jesse. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/923/713/029/216/889/original/17770bcc404fdc8f.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 11,640 - Reposts: 4,267 - Replies: 609 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.341Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-25T07:19:00.296Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary "WALZ HAS STRANGE CONNECTIONS WITH CHINA" is a textbook innuendo-by-headline post, arriving two days after Harris selected Walz as VP. Trump deploys the China attack vector — his most potent foreign-compromise frame — against a newly materialized political threat. The post is forensically notable for its projection dynamics: Trump's own documented Chinese business relationships are substantially more extensive than Walz's publicly known educational exchange history, yet the suspicion is externalized entirely onto the opponent. The word "STRANGE" performs the rhetorical function of importing sinister connotation without asserting any falsifiable claim, making the accusation both maximally alarming and minimally rebuttable. Within the same-day posting record, this represents one attack lane in a coordinated multi-vector assault also targeting Walz's military record, abortion record, and ideological positioning. Danger level is elevated — framing a political opponent as holding compromised foreign allegiances positions them as a national security threat rather than a legitimate democratic adversary, a categorization with documented downstream effects on target safety. # Analysis: "WALZ HAS STRANGE CONNECTIONS WITH CHINA" — August 8, 2024 ## Authorship Attribution **Verdict: Likely authentic (medium confidence)** The post was published at 01:05 UTC = **9:05 PM EDT** at Trump's likely location (Bedminster, NJ — his summer residence). This falls within his established authentic late-evening posting window. The ALL CAPS declarative headline format, single-sentence punch, and use of the loaded adjective "STRANGE" are consistent with his documented stylistic baseline. The attached MP4 was almost certainly staff-compiled (Scavino operation), but the caption text reads as authentic Trump voice. Score: 0.75. --- ## Situational Context Harris had announced Tim Walz as her VP selection on **August 6** — just two days prior. This post is one of at least five same-day attacks on Walz covering multiple vectors: military record, abortion record, radical ideology, and here, foreign policy/China. The post represents a coordinated rapid-definition campaign against a newly materialized political threat before favorable media framing can solidify. --- ## Psychological Analysis ### Trigger & State The Walz selection constitutes a composite trigger: it is both a **narcissistic injury** (the Democrats have successfully united behind a ticket with positive media momentum, threatening Trump's perceived dominance) and a **preemptive attack** opportunity (define the new VP negatively before he can introduce himself on his own terms). Trump is in a **grandiose narcissistic state** — going aggressively on offense rather than signaling vulnerability. ### Defense Mechanisms **Projection (immature)** is the most analytically striking feature here. Walz's China connections are educational in origin — he taught English in Foshan, China in 1989–90 and subsequently led student trips. Trump's own China financial relationships are substantially more extensive: documented licensing deals, trademark grants from the Chinese government (including patents approved during trade negotiations), and business interests. The "China suspicion" being directed outward onto Walz while Trump's own entanglements go unaddressed is a textbook projection pattern. **Splitting (immature)** operates in the binary framing — "STRANGE" categorizes Walz as unambiguously deviant, allowing no middle ground or innocent explanation. **Rationalization (neurotic)** provides the surface plausibility — the claim sounds like a national security concern when the underlying dynamic is competitive threat neutralization. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis "WALZ HAS STRANGE CONNECTIONS WITH CHINA" is a precision innuendo instrument. Its four words accomplish the following: 1. **"STRANGE"** does the primary rhetorical work — importing connotations of deviance, abnormality, and hidden threat without asserting a falsifiable fact. The accusation is both maximally alarming and minimally rebuttable. 2. **ALL CAPS** activates alarm-state reading and signals insider revelation ("I'm telling you something important they don't want you to know"). 3. The **MP4 attachment** creates an impression of documented evidentiary substance that the caption alone cannot provide — audiences infer that the video proves what the caption implies. 4. **Vagueness as rhetorical defense**: by not specifying what the "strange connections" are, Trump cannot be fact-checked or forced to defend a specific claim. The burden is shifted to Walz to disprove an unspecified allegation. Within the same-day posting pattern, this is the **foreign policy / national security attack lane** in a multi-vector coordinated assault. RAND Firehose dynamics are evident: volume + variety overwhelms targeted rebuttal. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Walz has strange connections with China" | **Mostly False** | Walz taught English in Foshan, China in 1989–90 through an educational exchange program and subsequently led student trips to China. These connections are documented, public, and educational in character. The word 'strange' implies sinister or suspicious foreign entanglement where none is documented. The connections exist but characterizing them as 'strange' is a deliberate distortion. | Overall Veracity: 20% ## Gaslighting & Reality Distortion The post asks audiences to accept a reframing of banal biography as suspicious foreign entanglement. The vague language prevents direct rebuttal ("I never said he was a spy — I just said STRANGE"). This is a passive gaslighting maneuver that burdens the target with disproving an unspecified allegation. --- ## Narrative Identity Trump positions himself as **National Security Sentinel / Truth-Revealer** — the figure who sees what others won't say. Walz is cast as the **foreign-compromised adversary**. The narrative is contamination-sequence: Walz presents as a normal Midwestern Democrat, but Trump "exposes" that this surface conceals dangerous entanglement. The identity claim is: *I protect Americans from threats the establishment hides.* --- ## Danger Assessment: **Elevated** No violent imagery or eliminationist language is present. However, framing a domestic political opponent as holding compromised foreign (specifically Chinese) allegiances categorizes them as a **national security threat rather than a democratic adversary** — a meaningful escalation. This type of framing has documented downstream effects on the personal safety of political targets. The sustained multi-post attack campaign on a newly announced VP pick amplifies this concern. Danger level: **elevated** (not high, absent specific threat language). --- ## Cognitive Assessment The post is four words — insufficient for meaningful cognitive analysis. No anomalous language production is observable. The brevity is fully consistent with Trump's established attack-headline baseline. No deviation noted. --- ## Summary "WALZ HAS STRANGE CONNECTIONS WITH CHINA" is a textbook innuendo-by-headline post arriving two days after Harris selected Walz as VP. Trump deploys the China attack vector — his most potent foreign-compromise frame — against a newly materialized political threat. The post is forensically notable for its projection dynamics: Trump's own documented Chinese business relationships are substantially more extensive than Walz's publicly known educational exchange history, yet the suspicion is externalized entirely onto the opponent. The word "STRANGE" performs the rhetorical function of importing sinister connotation without asserting any falsifiable claim, making the accusation both maximally alarming and minimally rebuttable. Within the same-day posting record, this represents the foreign policy attack lane in a coordinated multi-vector assault also targeting Walz's military record, abortion record, and ideological positioning. The grandiose narcissistic state is evident in the self-positioning as truth-revealer. Danger level is elevated — framing a political opponent as holding compromised foreign allegiances positions them as a national security threat rather than a legitimate democratic adversary, a categorization with documented downstream effects on target safety. ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 75%) ### Indicators - ALL CAPS declarative headline consistent with authentic Trump style - 9:05 PM EDT local time falls within authentic late-evening posting window - Vague loaded adjective 'STRANGE' is characteristic Trump vocabulary - Brevity and punchy impact-over-substance construction matches baseline - Attached MP4 suggests aide-compiled media; caption text feels authentic ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Comparison (Tim Walz VP selection (August 6, 2024)) Sentiment: -0.65 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 70% - Antisocial: 50% - Paranoid: 55% - Sadism: 20% **Defense Mechanisms:** - projection (immature) - splitting (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 15% **Parasocial Techniques:** - ALL CAPS alarm format creates urgency and insider-knowledge framing - vagueness invites follower imagination to fill in worst-case details - video attachment implies evidentiary substance beyond caption content ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** ### Indicators - Opponent framed as holding foreign (Chinese) allegiances — positions rival as national security threat rather than democratic adversary - No falsifiable claim made, making the accusation immune to rebuttal while maximum suspicion is activated - Part of coordinated multi-post attack campaign against newly announced VP pick ### Gaslighting - Educational exchange and teaching activities characterized as 'strange connections' — reframing mundane biography as sinister without evidence - Vague language prevents direct refutation, placing burden on Walz to disprove an unspecified allegation ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-25._ > Walz has strange connections with China **MOSTLY FALSE** Walz taught English in Foshan, China in 1989–90 through an educational exchange program and subsequently led student trips to China. These connections are documented, public, and educational in character. The word 'strange' implies sinister or suspicious foreign entanglement where none is documented. The connections exist but characterizing them as 'strange' is a deliberate distortion. Sources: Public record of Walz biography; Minnesota Governor disclosed background Overall Veracity: 20% ## Tags - innuendo (90%) - china_threat_activation (85%) - preemptive_attack (85%) - projection (80%) - vp_walz_attack (90%) - all_caps_alarm (70%) - foreign_compromise_framing (65%) - coordinated_multipost (75%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Harris-Walz Ticket Triggers 51-Post Blitz: Multi-Vector Attack Campaign with Sustained Projection Dynamics** Trump unleashed an unusually high-volume day of posting -- 51 in total -- almost entirely focused on defining the newly formed Harris-Walz ticket as dangerous, criminal, and illegitimate. The morning brought a long, emotionally charged attack on Harris that peaked in catastrophist language about national destruction, followed by a midday escalation where he labeled critics of his allied judges as "CRIMINALS" committing "ILLEGAL" acts. A brief flash of vulnerability appeared when he complained about media ignoring his crowd sizes while amplifying Harris's. The day closed with a sweeping demand that all his legal cases be dismissed, revealing the sustained pressure of Jack Smith's revised indictment running beneath the campaign bluster. Full digest for 2024-08-08: https://trump.fm/date/2024-08-08/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, August 8). “WALZ HAS STRANGE CONNECTIONS WITH CHINA” [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112923713260831968 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“WALZ HAS STRANGE CONNECTIONS WITH CHINA”" Truth Social, 8 Aug. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112923713260831968. 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