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May saw Trump 861 posts on Truth Social in May according to an analysis from The Daily Beast.
The burden of high-stakes leadership can follow public figures into the quiet hours of the night.
While some people find ways to detach from the relentless pressure of their daily lives, others leave a digital trail that reveals their inner thoughts.
Donald Trump has a reputation for using social media, especially his own platform, Truth Social, to make political announcements, endorsements, and personal statements, but his Truth Social feed has been particularly busy lately.
Compared to his activity on Truth Social in April, May saw a significant increase in activity from the POTUS. A Daily Beast analysis revealed an average of 27 posts per day from Trump throughout May — 861 posts in total.
For comparison, Trump made an average of 18 posts per day on Truth Social in April, according to the Daily Beast analysis.
And according to Michael Wolff, who has written four books about Trump, this is a sign of a president spiraling.
Behind the screen
In the podcast “Inside Trump’s Head,” which Wolff co-hosts with Joanna Coles of The Daily Beast, Wolff suggested that Donald Trump’s online behavior signals a deep sense of stress and anxiety hiding beneath the surface.
Wolff has written four books about Trump and believes these late-night Truth Social rants reveal a hidden side of the president.
They show a man who feels the crushing weight of his current situation.
Spiraling under pressure
The biographer noted a sharp difference between how the president behaves during the day and how he acts online when the sun goes down.
“There is actually an interesting contrast between the posting frenzy and then going out on the golf course,” Wolff said in the podcast. “Going out on the golf course is like, ‘I really don’t care.’ The posts mean, ‘I am spiraling. I’m on my own. I’m anxious.'”
Breaking the rules
According to Wolff, the president’s behavior shows that Donald Trump fears losing a core part of his signature public brand.
The author explained that Trump handles his massive responsibilities far differently from traditional leaders.
“His relationship to this job is different from any other professional politician’s relationship to this job,” Wolff said. “And I think it’s more dominant. It’s more, ‘I can do whatever I want to do.’ I mean, it’s that fundamental thing, you know, ‘You can’t hold me to account. I do what I want to do. Don’t even try to pin me down or make me follow your rules.'”
The episode of the “Inside Trump’s Head” podcast in question is available on YouTube.
Who is Michael Wolff?
Michael Wolff is a prominent American journalist and author whose relationship with Donald Trump transitioned from unprecedented access to fierce public hostility.
Intrigued by Trump’s political rise, Wolff initially leveraged flattering commentary to secure extensive, “fly-on-the-wall” access to the West Wing during the first year of Trump’s presidency. However, this access culminated in his explosive 2018 bestseller, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, which painted a deeply unflattering portrait of an erratic and ill-prepared president.
In response, Trump aggressively criticized the book as a “work of fiction” full of lies, attempted to legally block its publication, and publicly severed ties with key sources such as Steve Bannon.
Wolff has sustained his career as a leading Trump antagonist, publishing subsequent chronicles such as Siege (2019) and All or Nothing (2025).
Sources: The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Inside Trump’s Head podcast
