# Post ts_108785369898477290

- Post ID: `ts_108785369898477290`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-08-08T04:30:12.470Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108785369898477290
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108785369898477290/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108785369898477290.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> A man I know just informed me that his son, a very good student at West Point, is leaving because the school has gone Radical Left and WOKE. He has already picked a very good University!

## Engagement

- Likes: 49,239
- Reposts: 10,302
- Replies: 3,128
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.438Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:04:08.424Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: West Point "Woke" Anecdote

### Overview
A relatively low-intensity post using an unverifiable third-party anecdote to advance the anti-"woke" narrative in military institutions. The post follows a common Trump rhetorical pattern: attributing claims to unnamed sources ("A man I know") to make ideological points while maintaining plausible deniability.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:30 AM EDT (Trump was likely at Bedminster, NJ during this period in August 2022). Late-night timing is consistent with authentic posting. The informal, anecdotal style and lack of polish support authentic authorship, though the post is notably coherent and restrained compared to surrounding posts.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a maintenance-mode post advancing culture war framing. The anecdote serves to delegitimize a prestigious military institution by casting it as ideologically captured. The framing—"very good student" choosing to leave—implies the institution has failed, not the student. The repeated qualifier "very good" (applied to both student and replacement university) reflects characteristic superlative usage.

### Rhetorical Function
The post uses appeal to authority (unnamed insider), testimonial evidence, and in-group signaling. "Radical Left and WOKE" are deployed as condensed ideological markers requiring no elaboration for the target audience. The anecdote is structured to be unfalsifiable—no names, no details, no verifiability.

### Clinical Significance
Low. This is routine ideological messaging with minimal emotional intensity compared to the surrounding posts attacking McConnell, the Jan 6 Committee, and Dan Goldman.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "A man's son, a very good student at West Point, is leaving because the school has gone Radical Left and WOKE" | **Unverifiable** | Anonymous anecdote with no identifying details. Cannot be verified or falsified. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- 12:30 AM EDT posting time consistent with late-night authentic posting
- Informal anecdotal style
- Characteristic use of 'very good' qualifier
- Relatively coherent compared to more emotionally charged surrounding posts

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- distortion (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- insider knowledge claim
- shared grievance framing

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> A man's son, a very good student at West Point, is leaving because the school has gone Radical Left and WOKE

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Anonymous anecdote with no identifying details. Cannot be verified or falsified.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- culture_war (80%)
- military (60%)
- anti_woke (90%)
- unverifiable_anecdote (70%)

## That day

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

**Calm Before the Storm: Routine Late-Night Posts Hours Before Historic FBI Search of Mar-a-Lago**

Trump posted just four times in a brief late-night window, all routine and low-energy. He took a swipe at a congressional candidate who touted impeaching him, retweeted two supporters with brief thanks, and shared a secondhand anecdote about West Point going "woke." Hours later, the FBI would execute a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago in one of the most dramatic moments of his post-presidency — but nothing in these posts hints at any awareness of what was coming.

Full digest for 2022-08-08: https://trump.fm/date/2022-08-08/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, August 8). A man I know just informed me that his son, a... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108785369898477290
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "A man I know just informed me that his son, a very good..." Truth Social, 8 Aug. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108785369898477290. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "A man I know just informed me that his son, a very good...," Truth Social, August 8, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108785369898477290.

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