# Post ts_108714552451625475 - Post ID: `ts_108714552451625475` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2022-07-26T16:20:23.883Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108714552451625475 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108714552451625475/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108714552451625475.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Charlie Kirk has a new book! THE COLLEGE SCAM is out today. Universities are indoctrinating our kids, this must stop! Get your copy today! https://45books.com/products/the-college-scam ## Media - image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/108/714/552/435/225/988/original/8baddb1b54b1cbc3.jpg ## Engagement - Likes: 14,819 - Reposts: 4,199 - Replies: 423 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.438Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T21:49:56.846Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: ts_108714552451625475 — July 26, 2022 ## Overview This is a low-intensity, aide-authored promotional post for Charlie Kirk's *The College Scam*, published via Trump's Truth Social account as a commercial endorsement through the 45books.com imprint. The post lacks meaningful psychological signal from Trump himself and functions primarily as ecosystem maintenance within the conservative media-commerce network. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Assessment: Aide-written (confidence: HIGH) — Trump authenticity score: 0.10** Posted at **12:20 PM EDT** (Trump was likely in the New York/New Jersey area following Ivana Trump's funeral on July 20 in Manhattan). Midday posting, correct grammar, polished promotional structure, explicit commercial URL, and complete sentences without emotional reactivity all point to staff authorship — consistent with the Scavino/comms staff signature. No typos, no ALL CAPS emotional bursts, no stream-of-consciousness. This is promotional copy leveraging Trump's follower base for a political ally's book launch. --- ## Psychological Analysis (Level 1–4) ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits The post's psychological content is too thin to reliably index Trump's dispositional traits. The adversarial "indoctrinating our kids" framing is consistent with his low agreeableness baseline, but is likely a staff rendering of a known brand position rather than an authentic in-the-moment expression. ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations The post reflects two characteristic schemas: - **Institutional suspicion**: Universities as malevolent actors targeting children — a well-established schema in Trump's worldview, here deployed in compressed, formulaic form. - **Ecosystem loyalty**: Amplifying a political ally (Kirk) and commercial platform (45books), consistent with agency motives around coalition maintenance and power consolidation. The "our kids" construction is a low-activation communion appeal, positioning Trump as a protective patriarch within the in-group. ### Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role**: Protector/Warrior — briefly cast as defender of American children against corrupt institutions. **Contrasting other**: Universities / higher education establishment. **Identity claim**: Ally of the cultural counter-movement; legitimizing force for conservative media products. **Narrative sequence**: Neutral/flat — no redemption or contamination arc present. ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators No clinical indicators are meaningfully assessable in this post given its aide-authored, formula-driven nature and extremely low length/complexity. The institutional threat framing is consistent with previously documented paranoid-adjacent schemas but is not notable in isolation. --- ## Defense Mechanisms **Rationalization (neurotic)**: "Universities are indoctrinating our kids" is presented as an established, self-evident fact requiring no evidence — a rationalized premise that pre-justifies the call to action. This is genre-normative for culture-war promotional copy. --- ## Rhetorical & Propaganda Techniques - **Appeal to fear**: Children as victims of institutional ideological coercion - **In-group solidarity marker**: "our kids" — activates parental protective schema, creates shared threat perception - **False dichotomy**: Implicit binary between university education and children's ideological safety - **Urgency construction**: "this must stop!" — converts passive agreement into motivated purchase behavior - **Authority transfer**: Trump's endorsement lends political legitimacy to Kirk's commercial product - **Call to action**: Direct "Get your copy today!" closes the persuasion loop No dehumanizing language. No violent imagery. No stochastic terrorism indicators. --- ## Gaslighting & Reality Distortion None present. This post makes no specific falsifiable claims about events or documented reality. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Charlie Kirk has a new book called THE COLLEGE SCAM out today" | **Mostly True** | Charlie Kirk published a book titled 'The College Scam' in 2022. Release date plausible but cannot be independently confirmed from this analysis. | | "Universities are indoctrinating our kids" | **Unverifiable** | Political opinion framed as fact. 'Indoctrination' implies deliberate, coercive ideological programming — a characterization entirely dependent on definitional and evaluative frameworks not empirically resolvable. | Overall Veracity: 65% ## Longitudinal Context The contrast with adjacent posts is instructive. The July 25 "See what I can do to people?" post and the same-day post grievance-scoring Fox News/WSJ/NYPost both carry Trump's authentic psychological signature — supply-seeking, scorekeeping, narcissistic display. This promotional post reads as an interruption of authentic content by operational comms, consistent with how 45books promotions function across his feed. --- ## Summary **Not clinically significant.** Routine aide-authored promotional content. Low psychological signal value. The "indoctrination" framing is standard culture-war boilerplate. No danger indicators, no cognitive markers, no gaslighting. Useful only as a data point in mapping the commercial and alliance infrastructure surrounding Trump's social media presence. --- *Danger Level: None | Hypomanic State: Absent | Narcissistic State: Grandiose (trace) | Deterioration: Stable* ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 10%) ### Indicators - Midday posting (12:20 PM EDT) — business hours - Grammatically clean, no typos or misspellings - Structured promotional format with explicit call-to-action - Commercial URL to 45books.com imprint - No emotional reactivity; ALL CAPS limited to book title only ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance (Charlie Kirk alliance / 45books ecosystem) Sentiment: -0.20 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 10% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 10% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 20% **Parasocial Techniques:** - In-group solidarity via 'our kids' framing - Trump endorsement as legitimizing authority transfer to ally ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-23._ > Charlie Kirk has a new book called THE COLLEGE SCAM out today **MOSTLY TRUE** Charlie Kirk published a book titled 'The College Scam' in 2022. Release date plausible but cannot be independently confirmed from this analysis. Sources: General knowledge — Kirk publication record > Universities are indoctrinating our kids **UNVERIFIABLE** Political opinion framed as fact. 'Indoctrination' implies deliberate, coercive ideological programming — a characterization entirely dependent on definitional and evaluative frameworks not empirically resolvable. Overall Veracity: 65% ## Tags - aide-authored (90%) - book-promotion (90%) - culture-war (80%) - anti-university (70%) - charlie-kirk (80%) - 45books (70%) - low-intensity (80%) - institutional-threat-framing (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Low-Output Midday Session: Grievance Opens, Supply-Seeking Fills a Quiet Day** A quiet, low-energy day with only six posts clustered in a two-hour midday window. Trump opened with a mild grievance about Fox News and other Murdoch outlets turning critical, then quickly shifted into routine promotional activity — plugging a Charlie Kirk book, sharing flattering articles, and streaming a conservative policy summit. The mood was calm and self-congratulatory throughout, with no flashes of anger or escalation. Most notable was what went unmentioned: no reference to the building classified-documents standoff or the deadly Kentucky flooding that dominated the news cycle. Full digest for 2022-07-26: https://trump.fm/date/2022-07-26/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, July 26). Charlie Kirk has a new book! THE COLLEGE SCAM is... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108714552451625475 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Charlie Kirk has a new book! THE COLLEGE SCAM is out today...." Truth Social, 26 Jul. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108714552451625475. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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