# Post ts_108324625980644065

- Post ID: `ts_108324625980644065`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-05-18T19:36:58.118Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108324625980644065/analysis
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## Post text

> …sports, unlimited amounts of money will be available for the players, charity, and likewise the PGA will, because of this new competition, be forced to “pay up,” maybe even having to reduce their very bloated salaries. It was only because of competition that the Players Championship paid a record this year - great going Cam! Professional Golfers should embrace LIV, and just watch what happens - Much more of everything for all!

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T20:21:31.566Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: LIV Golf Advocacy (Part 2)

## Overview
Continuation post (begins with ellipsis) completing the LIV Golf argument started in the previous post. Trump advocates for professional golfers to embrace the Saudi-backed LIV Golf league, framing it as a populist liberation from exploitative PGA institutions.

## Personality Framework

**Level 1 - Traits:** Low agreeableness (adversarial framing of PGA), high extraversion (enthusiastic, directive), moderate conscientiousness (achievement-striving through competition narrative).

**Level 2 - Motives:** Strong agency motives — power and status through positioning as authoritative voice on golf economics. The advice-giving posture ("Professional Golfers should embrace LIV") reflects a control motive.

**Level 3 - Narrative Identity:** Protagonist role is the visionary dealmaker who sees what others cannot. Contrasting other is the bloated PGA establishment. Redemption sequence: golfers currently exploited → liberated by competition. Classic Trump narrative structure transplanted to sports.

## Saudi Arabia Context
Notable absence of any critical framing of Saudi backing. Trump normalizes it by listing other Saudi-backed sports (Formula One, UFC, Boxing, Tennis). This reflects transactional worldview where money laundering concerns are irrelevant next to economic opportunity.

## Archetypal Pattern
**Hero/Savior** combined with **Trickster** — disrupting golf establishment while promising utopian outcomes.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Players Championship paid a record this year" | **True** | The 2022 Players Championship had a record $20M purse, with Cameron Smith winning $3.6M |
| "PGA has maximum Tax Exempt Status" | **True** | PGA Tour operated as a 501(c)(6) tax-exempt organization (referenced in prior post but relevant) |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness continuation from previous post
- Parenthetical asides
- Exclamation marks
- Informal tone ('great going Cam!')
- 3:36 PM ET - business hours but stylistically Trump

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (LIV Golf controversy as vehicle for self-positioning)

Sentiment: +0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Grandiose promises of unlimited wealth
- Enthusiastic exclamatory tone

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Positioning as insider authority
- Direct advice to professionals
- Utopian promises

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._

> Players Championship paid a record this year

**TRUE**

The 2022 Players Championship had a record $20M purse, with Cameron Smith winning $3.6M

> PGA has maximum Tax Exempt Status

**TRUE**

PGA Tour operated as a 501(c)(6) tax-exempt organization (referenced in prior post but relevant)

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- golf (100%)
- LIV Golf (90%)
- populism (70%)
- supply_seeking (60%)
- saudi_normalization (50%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**Primary Night Victory Lap: Trump Claims Kingmaker Crown as Oz Race Remains Razor-Thin**

Trump spent the day celebrating what he called a near-perfect record of primary endorsement wins, posting a running score that inflated from "75 to 1" on election night to "about 85 and 3" by morning. The closest race — Dr. Oz's Senate primary in Pennsylvania — drew the most psychologically revealing moment: Trump urged Oz to declare victory before counting finished, echoing his own 2020 playbook. The mood was triumphant and self-congratulatory throughout, with detours into promoting a children's book casting him as "the handsome King Donald" and weighing in on the PGA-LIV Golf rivalry. No meltdowns, no spirals — just a long, confident strut through what he framed as total vindication.

Full digest for 2022-05-18: https://trump.fm/date/2022-05-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, May 18). …sports, unlimited amounts of money will be... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108324625980644065
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "…sports, unlimited amounts of money will be available for..." Truth Social, 18 May. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108324625980644065. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "…sports, unlimited amounts of money will be available for...," Truth Social, May 18, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108324625980644065.

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