# Post ts_108539447248882475 - Post ID: `ts_108539447248882475` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2022-06-25T18:08:50.531Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108539447248882475 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108539447248882475/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108539447248882475.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Join me tonight in ILLINOIS—LIVE at 8:00PM EDT on @RSBN, @NewsMax, @OAN, @RealAmericasVoice, and Donald J. Trump @rumble among others. Big crowd! https://rumble.com/v19jim1-live-president-donald-j.-trump-in-mendon-il.html ## Engagement - Likes: 20,613 - Reposts: 5,210 - Replies: 812 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.440Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T20:51:24.810Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: Truth Social Post — June 25, 2022 ## Overview This is a low-signal, logistically routine rally promotion post. It warrants brief documentation but exhibits no clinically significant psychological content. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Assessment: Aide-written (high confidence)** Posted at ~1:08 PM CDT (Trump was in the Central Time zone for the Mendon, IL rally), firmly within business hours. The post exhibits all hallmarks of Scavino-authored promotional content: grammatically complete sentences, correct punctuation, structured platform enumeration, a properly formatted URL, and organized handle tagging. The only marginally Trumpian elements — ALL CAPS "ILLINOIS" and the boast "Big crowd!" — are either light Trump stylistic imprints on a Scavino draft or deliberate mimicry. Overall authorship weight is strongly aide. --- ## Psychological State Maintenance/grandiose mode. No narcissistic injury is present or implied. The anticipatory crowd-size claim ("Big crowd!") is the single psychologically relevant marker: Trump (or his team channeling his voice) asserts crowd enthusiasm before the event occurs, pre-empting any potential narrative of low turnout. This is a consistent pattern across his rally communications — crowd size serves as a proxy metric for social dominance and popular legitimacy. Notably, this post makes no reference to the Dobbs ruling (overturning Roe v. Wade, announced the day prior) or the ongoing Jan. 6 hearings — topics consuming his surrounding posts. The promotional post is deliberately compartmentalized. --- ## Rhetorical Structure Minimal rhetorical complexity. The enumeration of five alternative right-wing media platforms (RSBN, Newsmax, OAN, Real America's Voice, Rumble) performs a subtle ideological function: it constructs and reinforces a parallel media ecosystem, signaling to followers that mainstream outlets are bypassed. The direct address ("Join me") maintains parasocial intimacy. No propaganda techniques, dehumanization, or violent imagery present. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Trump rally tonight in Illinois" | **True** | Known events confirm Trump held a rally in Mendon, IL (near Quincy) on June 25, 2022, endorsing Rep. Mary Miller and gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey ahead of Illinois primary. | | "Rally live on RSBN, Newsmax, OAN, Real America's Voice, and Rumble" | **Unverifiable** | These are Trump's standard alternative media broadcast partners for rally coverage; no independent verification available in provided context, but consistent with documented broadcast patterns for Trump events of this period. | Overall Veracity: 75% ## Longitudinal Context The surrounding posts (June 23–24) show elevated agitation directed at the Jan. 6 committee ("Kangaroo Court," "Unselects") and grandiose credit-claiming for Roe overturn. This promotional post represents a tonal reset — operationally focused, emotionally neutral — consistent with the rally-cycle pattern where logistics posts punctuate the more emotionally reactive Truth Social content. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** No eliminationist language, no dehumanization, no stochastic terrorism indicators. Routine event promotion. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 25%) ### Indicators - Posted at 18:08 UTC = approximately 1:08 PM CDT (Trump was in Illinois/Central Time zone for the Mendon rally) — solidly within business hours - Grammatically complete sentence structure with correct punctuation - Professional event-announcement format with platform list - URL inclusion and handle tagging suggests organized social media operation - Only mild authentic Trump markers: ALL CAPS 'ILLINOIS' and the boast 'Big crowd!' which are likely added touches or retained from a draft ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance (Rally promotion) Sentiment: +0.60 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 10% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 20% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct address ('Join me') cultivates intimacy with followers - Anticipatory crowd-size claim ('Big crowd!') primes followers for social proof validation ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._ > Trump rally tonight in Illinois **TRUE** Known events confirm Trump held a rally in Mendon, IL (near Quincy) on June 25, 2022, endorsing Rep. Mary Miller and gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey ahead of Illinois primary. Sources: Pre-researched historian events: 'Trump Rally in Quincy, Illinois' > Rally live on RSBN, Newsmax, OAN, Real America's Voice, and Rumble **UNVERIFIABLE** These are Trump's standard alternative media broadcast partners for rally coverage; no independent verification available in provided context, but consistent with documented broadcast patterns for Trump events of this period. Overall Veracity: 75% ## Tags - rally-promotion (100%) - aide-authored (85%) - alternative-media-ecosystem (60%) - crowd-size-signaling (40%) - maintenance-mode (90%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Post-Dobbs Victory Lap: A Quiet Day of Grandiose Rally Promotion** A light posting day with just two messages, both promoting an evening rally in Illinois. The mood was buoyant and self-congratulatory, with a brief nod to the previous days' Supreme Court rulings on abortion and gun rights. No anger, no combativeness -- just a former president in high spirits heading to a friendly crowd. Full digest for 2022-06-25: https://trump.fm/date/2022-06-25/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, June 25). Join me tonight in ILLINOIS—LIVE at 8:00PM EDT on... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108539447248882475 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Join me tonight in ILLINOIS—LIVE at 8:00PM EDT on @RSBN,..." Truth Social, 25 Jun. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108539447248882475. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Join me tonight in ILLINOIS—LIVE at 8:00PM EDT on @RSBN,...," Truth Social, June 25, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108539447248882475. ## For agents - Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt - API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json - MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth) - This post as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/ts_108539447248882475 - Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/ts_108539447248882475 - All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/ts_108539447248882475 - Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2022-06-25 - The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108539447248882475.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. Post, analysis, date, feed, contradictions, search and about pages answer in markdown at their URL with `.md` appended (`/index.md` for the home page), or when sent `Accept: text/markdown`._