# Post ts_109781130721543296

- Post ID: `ts_109781130721543296`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-31T01:05:16.720Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109781130721543296
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109781130721543296/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109781130721543296.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> WOW, BIG news just in! My weekend visit to New Hampshire and South Carolina was record setting business on social media! Over 80,000,000 watched. It is no surprise now why the Fake News Media ratings are SO BAD. People want honest coverage!

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/109/781/130/712/327/980/original/d809b8e44fdcf4ab.jpg

## Engagement

- Likes: 26,198
- Reposts: 6,587
- Replies: 854
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.422Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T02:02:05.938Z (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: Post ts_109781130721543296

### Overview
A self-congratulatory post boasting about social media engagement from recent campaign visits to New Hampshire and South Carolina — his first 2024 campaign events. The post pivots from self-aggrandizement to attacking mainstream media, a classic supply-seeking pattern.

### Authorship
Posted at 1:05 AM UTC = 8:05 PM ET. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago following his weekend campaign swing. Evening but not late-night timing. The tone is unmistakably Trump — "WOW, BIG news," ALL CAPS emphasis, exclamation-heavy, stream-of-consciousness pivot from boast to media attack. The "80,000,000" figure is characteristically inflated/unverifiable. Highly likely authentic.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is textbook narcissistic supply-seeking following his campaign launch events. The post functions as self-validation: converting weekend rallies into a quantified metric of adoration. The pivot to attacking "Fake News Media" serves dual purpose — explains why external validation metrics matter and positions any lack of positive coverage as the media's failure rather than his.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Grandiosity**: "record setting" without context or comparison
- **Splitting**: His social media = honest/good; mainstream media = fake/bad
- **Rationalization**: Low media ratings explained as consequence of dishonesty rather than market forces

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Hyperbole ("record setting," "80,000,000")
- False causation (media ratings are bad *because* people want honesty, implying he provides it)
- In-group/out-group framing (the people vs. fake news)

### Cognitive Notes
Nothing notable. Standard Trump syntax and vocabulary. Coherent, on-message.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Over 80,000,000 watched his NH and SC campaign visits on social media" | **Unverifiable** | No independent verification of this figure. Trump routinely inflates audience metrics. The attached image likely shows some social media analytics but the specific claim is not independently confirmable. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- Exclamation-heavy style
- ALL CAPS emphasis (SO BAD)
- WOW opener
- Unverifiable round number boast
- Evening posting time consistent with personal use

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Post-rally high from first 2024 campaign events)

Sentiment: +0.60

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Elevated, expansive mood
- Grandiose self-assessment

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 5%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- distortion (pathological)
- splitting (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Sharing impressive-sounding metrics to create bandwagon effect
- Positioning audience as truth-seekers aligned with him against dishonest media

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._

> Over 80,000,000 watched his NH and SC campaign visits on social media

**UNVERIFIABLE**

No independent verification of this figure. Trump routinely inflates audience metrics. The attached image likely shows some social media analytics but the specific claim is not independently confirmable.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- media-attack (50%)
- audience-metrics-boast (70%)
- campaign-2024 (60%)

## That day

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

**Legal Siege Mentality: Five-Post Barrage on Stormy Daniels Grand Jury Reveals Genuine Anxiety Beneath Combative Surface**

Trump spent most of the day consumed by his mounting legal problems, firing off a sustained barrage of posts defending himself against the Manhattan grand jury investigation into the Stormy Daniels hush money case, the Georgia election call probe, and a lawsuit against Bob Woodward. The mood started with a brief burst of self-congratulation over weekend rally numbers, then spiraled into an increasingly agitated legal defense that peaked around midday with broad attacks on all Democratic prosecutors and an implicit call for his supporters to act. The afternoon brought a noticeable shift as he pivoted to gleeful commentary on media layoffs at the Washington Post and CNN's downsizing -- a transparent attempt to change the subject and reclaim a sense of dominance after hours of visible anxiety.

Full digest for 2023-01-31: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-31/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 31). WOW, BIG news just in! My weekend visit to New... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109781130721543296
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "WOW, BIG news just in! My weekend visit to New Hampshire..." Truth Social, 31 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109781130721543296. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "WOW, BIG news just in! My weekend visit to New Hampshire...," Truth Social, January 31, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109781130721543296.

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