# Post ts_109792363131480939

- Post ID: `ts_109792363131480939`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-02-02T00:41:49.695Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109792363131480939/analysis
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## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/109789201422857786 Thank you @JimBanks!

## Reposted post

Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109789201422857786 (2023-02-01T11:17:45.855Z (UTC))

> Jim Banks is running for the United States Senate from the Great State of Indiana. I know Jim well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and WIN! Strong on the Border, Crime, our Military and our Vets, Jim will fight for low taxes and regulations, Sanity in Government, and our under siege 2nd Amendment. Jim Banks is respected by all, will never let you down, and has my Complete & Total Endorsement!

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/109/792/363/067/240/767/original/916af859d7699111.jpg

## Engagement

- Likes: 15,064
- Reposts: 3,749
- Replies: 227
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.421Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T02:05:00.504Z (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 Thank You to Jim Banks (2023-02-02)

## Overview
A low-content retweet of Trump's own prior post, tagging Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) with a brief thank-you. This is routine alliance-maintenance behavior during the early phase of his 2024 campaign. Banks was a strong Trump ally in the House and had likely made supportive public statements.

## Authorship
Likely aide-composed. The formulaic RT+thank-you format is characteristic of Dan Scavino's management of Trump's social media presence. Posted at ~7:41 PM ET, within normal business hours for staff.

## Psychological State
Baseline supply-seeking/maintenance. No emotional activation, no defensive posture. Consistent with the broader pattern visible in surrounding posts: a mix of sharing favorable media coverage and brief engagement with allies.

## Context
This post sits among several link-shares to favorable articles (Breitbart, Daily Caller, Townhall) and one attack on Chris Wallace. The overall pattern for this period is routine campaign-mode content curation with occasional personal jabs.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- RT format with polished thank-you
- Business hours posting (7:41 PM ET)
- Formulaic engagement pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Jim Banks supportive statement)

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- reciprocal validation

## Tags

- alliance-maintenance (80%)
- supply-seeking (50%)

## 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). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109792363131480939
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 2 Feb. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109792363131480939. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1...," Truth Social, February 2, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109792363131480939.

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