# Post ts_109435781845192720

- Post ID: `ts_109435781845192720`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-01T01:18:31.065Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/109362593724961016 Our great Senator from Alabama—Thank you to Tommy Tuberville!

## Reposted post

Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109362593724961016 (2022-11-18T03:05:48.978Z (UTC))

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- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/109/362/593/684/593/518/original/9f25f3d3259ac2c6.jpg

## Engagement

- Likes: 26,659
- Reposts: 5,232
- Replies: 578
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.427Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:36:33.374Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: RT of Self-Praise for Tommy Tuberville

This post is a retweet of Trump's own earlier post praising Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama. The content is minimal — a brief expression of gratitude toward a loyal ally.

### Context
Tuberville was notably one of the few Republican senators who did NOT condemn Trump's dinner with Nick Fuentes. During a period when senior Republicans (McConnell, Pence, McCarthy, Romney) were publicly criticizing Trump, this RT serves to spotlight loyalty and implicitly contrast Tuberville's support with others' criticism.

### Authorship
Posted at 8:18 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago in late November/early December). Evening timing is consistent with personal posting, though the content is brief enough to be either. The "RT" format and broken URL (the URL runs into the text without a space) suggest a somewhat hasty or technically unsophisticated post, leaning toward authentic.

### Psychological Function
This is a supply-maintenance and loyalty-reward post. During a period of narcissistic injury (widespread Republican condemnation of the Fuentes dinner), Trump highlights an ally who remained supportive. This serves dual purposes: rewarding loyalty publicly (reinforcing the loyalty schema) and implicitly punishing disloyal Republicans by contrast.

### Rhetorical Notes
- "Our great Senator" — possessive framing, idealizing language for in-group loyalist
- Minimal content; functions more as a signal than substantive communication

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Evening posting time (8:18 PM ET)
- Broken URL formatting suggests low technical care
- Brief, simple content

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Republican leaders condemning Fuentes dinner)

Sentiment: +0.50

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- loyalty signaling
- in-group reward

## Tags

- loyalty-reward (80%)
- Tuberville (70%)
- in-group signaling (60%)

## That day

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

**Legal Anxiety Dominates as Trump Org Trial Triggers Three-Post Defensive Barrage**

Trump's day was dominated by anxiety over the Trump Organization criminal tax fraud trial, which he attacked in three rapid-fire posts that grew increasingly heated before pulling back. He opened the evening before with self-congratulatory endorsement posts and late-night shots at Karl Rove and Mitch McConnell, but the morning shift to the trial revealed real vulnerability underneath the bravado. He closed with a lengthy deflection of the Kanye West–Nick Fuentes dinner controversy, attacking the AP reporter by name while conspicuously avoiding any mention of Fuentes or white nationalism.

Full digest for 2022-12-01: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-01/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 1). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109435781845192720
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 1 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109435781845192720. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1...," Truth Social, December 1, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109435781845192720.

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