# Post ts_109792301990830663

- Post ID: `ts_109792301990830663`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-02-02T00:26:16.764Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109792301990830663
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109792301990830663/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109792301990830663.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> My weekend visit to New Hampshire and South Carolina was record setting business on social media! Over 80 million watched. It is no surprise now why the Fake News Media ratings are SO BAD. People want honest coverage. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/109/792/301/959/792/464/original/c795004a6eadd11d.jpg

## Engagement

- Likes: 14,357
- Reposts: 3,372
- Replies: 268
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.421Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T02:02:17.338Z (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_109792301990830663

### Overview
A self-congratulatory post about Trump's first 2024 campaign events in New Hampshire and South Carolina, pivoting from self-praise to an attack on mainstream media. This is a routine supply-seeking post with standard rhetorical patterns.

### Authorship
Posted at 7:26 PM ET (Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago in early February 2023). Evening timing falls in a gray zone but the content—boasting about rally performance with an attached image—is consistent with either Trump or an aide. The polished grammar and complete sentences suggest possible aide involvement, but the emotional arc (boast → attack → slogan) is classic Trump. Mixed signals.

### Psychological State
Post reflects grandiose narcissistic state. The trigger is supply-seeking: converting campaign events into validation metrics. The "80 million watched" claim serves as narcissistic supply, reinforcing the fantasy of unlimited popularity and relevance.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Distortion**: "Record setting" and "over 80 million" likely inflates actual engagement metrics
- **Splitting**: Fake News Media (bad) vs. the people who "want honest coverage" (good)

### Rhetorical Devices
Standard Trump template: hyperbolic claim → media attack → MAGA slogan. The logical bridge ("no surprise why... ratings are SO BAD") implies causation between his popularity and media decline—a false equivalence serving self-aggrandizement.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Over 80 million watched his NH and SC visits on social media" | **Unverifiable** | Likely aggregates impressions/views across platforms rather than unique viewers. Campaign social media metrics are routinely inflated by counting total impressions. |
| "Fake News Media ratings are SO BAD" | **Half True** | Cable news ratings did decline post-2020 election cycle, but the implied causation with Trump's popularity is unsupported. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 50%)

### Indicators

- Evening posting time (7:26 PM ET)
- Complete sentences with correct grammar
- But classic Trump emotional arc: boast → attack → slogan
- Attached media suggests planned content

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (NH/SC campaign events)

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared identity via MAGA slogan
- flattering audience as truth-seekers

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Over 80 million watched his NH and SC visits on social media

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Likely aggregates impressions/views across platforms rather than unique viewers. Campaign social media metrics are routinely inflated by counting total impressions.

> Fake News Media ratings are SO BAD

**HALF TRUE**

Cable news ratings did decline post-2020 election cycle, but the implied causation with Trump's popularity is unsupported.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- media-attack (50%)
- campaign (70%)
- self-aggrandizement (70%)

## That day

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

**Campaign Machine on Autopilot: A Grandiose Link-Dump Day With Eliminationist Undertones**

Trump spent the day in full campaign mode, mostly sharing flattering articles and attacking media outlets. The morning was quiet after a late-evening burst the night before, but the afternoon saw a rapid-fire dump of over two dozen posts in about two hours — nearly all shared links with little original commentary. Brief flashes of anger surfaced over the Manhattan DA investigation, Fox News polling choices, and the Whitmer kidnapping sentencing, but none spiraled. The most notable posts promoted a book calling for purging government "gangsters" and reframed convicted domestic terrorism plotters as victims of federal overreach.

Full digest for 2023-02-02: https://trump.fm/date/2023-02-02/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, February 2). My weekend visit to New Hampshire and South... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109792301990830663
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "My weekend visit to New Hampshire and South Carolina was..." Truth Social, 2 Feb. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109792301990830663. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "My weekend visit to New Hampshire and South Carolina was...," Truth Social, February 2, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109792301990830663.

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