# Post ts_116425474897187697

- Post ID: `ts_116425474897187697`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-04-18T11:29:22.958Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: yes
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116425474897187697

## Post text

_A repost of his own earlier post, with nothing added._

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

## Reposted post

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

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

## What the media says

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

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

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/425/397/196/910/358/original/4f984e008817f5f8.png

## Engagement

- Likes: 17,473
- Reposts: 4,679
- Replies: 1,064
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-04-19T02:00:35.705Z (UTC)

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## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, April 18). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116425474897187697
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 18 Apr. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116425474897187697. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1...," Truth Social, April 18, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116425474897187697.

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