# Post ts_109838767729172186 - Post ID: `ts_109838767729172186` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-02-10T05:23:07.666Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109838767729172186 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109838767729172186/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109838767729172186.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/Kanesmydog/statuses/109836709654398300 No, Tom is the GOAT, but thanks anyway! ## Engagement - Likes: 11,537 - Reposts: 1,863 - Replies: 343 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.420Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T00:47:09.112Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: Truth Social Post — 2023-02-10T05:23:07Z ## Overview A brief, casual repost-with-comment in which Trump deflects an apparent "GOAT" compliment from a follower — almost certainly suggesting Trump is the Greatest of All Time — by redirecting the honor to Tom Brady ("No, Tom is the GOAT, but thanks anyway!"). Brady had announced his final retirement on February 1, 2023, just nine days prior, making this timely sports commentary. The post is low-stakes and clinically non-significant. Its primary analytic value lies in authorship attribution and what the casual register reveals about Trump's psychological state during a moderately turbulent period (E. Jean Carroll trial looming, LeBron's record, SOTU week). --- ## Authorship Attribution **Local time:** UTC 05:23 → EST (UTC−5) = **00:23 AM** at Mar-a-Lago (Palm Beach, Florida), where Trump was almost certainly based in early February 2023. Strong authentic-Trump indicators: - **Timing:** 12:23 AM local — squarely in his documented late-night posting window. - **Malformed URL:** The word "No," is concatenated directly to the URL without a line break or space (`...109836709654398300No,`), a classic mobile-posting error consistent with Trump's documented careless copy-paste habits. - **Colloquial register:** "GOAT," "thanks anyway!" — informal, unpolished, spontaneous. - **Brevity and affect:** Short reactive quip with no strategic messaging; aides wouldn't construct a 2:00 AM sports remark this way. Confidence: **High** that this is authentic Trump. --- ## Level 1 — Dispositional Traits (Big Five) - **Extraversion (high):** Engaged, publicly playful, seeking social interaction at midnight. - **Agreeableness (atypically elevated for Trump):** Gracious acceptance of compliment followed by generous redirection. The "thanks anyway" registers as mildly warm rather than dismissive. - **Neuroticism (low signal):** No anger, no grievance, no threat perception. - **Conscientiousness (low):** Careless formatting; no editorial review. - **Openness:** Neutral; sports fandom is a comfort zone, not ideational exploration. --- ## Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations **Motives:** Mild **supply-seeking** — the interaction begins because someone nominated Trump as GOAT, a direct admiration bid. Trump engages the supply but paradoxically deflects it. This is an unusual pattern: by saying "No, Tom is the GOAT," he implicitly accepts the premise that he *was* in consideration, absorbing the compliment while projecting magnanimity — a sophisticated double-play that nets supply either way. **Schema:** Self as peer-to-peer arbiter of greatness. He does not claim the GOAT label but positions himself as the authority *granting* it — which is arguably a higher-status position. --- ## Level 3 — Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** Benevolent authority / magnanimous judge. The post casts Trump as the one who decides who is great, not merely one who *is* great. - **Contrasting other:** Tom Brady (positive contrast — elevated, not attacked). - **Narrative sequence:** Neutral to slightly redemptive; a lighthearted moment amid a stressful week (Carroll trial, SOTU, ongoing legal battles). - **Identity claims:** Implicitly positions himself as someone *deserving* of GOAT comparison; the deflection itself signals confidence he needn't claim the title. --- ## Level 4 — Clinical Indicators No clinically significant features in this post. The interaction is socially appropriate, warm by Trump's baseline standards, and internally coherent. **Narcissistic state:** Neither grandiose nor vulnerable. Unusually balanced — possibly reflecting a relaxed off-duty moment at Mar-a-Lago. **Rage:** Absent. **Defense mechanisms:** Minimal. Mild **rationalization** in structuring the deflection as principled judgment ("Tom is the GOAT") rather than pure modesty. --- ## Cognitive Status Post is short but coherent. The malformed URL reflects inattention to formatting, not cognitive disorganization — this is a recurrent surface-level pattern across authentic posts and does not constitute a cognitive marker. Language is simple and consistent with his baseline. No word-finding difficulty, perseveration, or temporal confusion observed. Complexity score: Low (consistent with baseline for casual reactive posts). --- ## Rhetorical Analysis Minimal rhetorical technique deployment — this is not a persuasion-oriented post: - **Social proof / affiliation:** Aligning with Tom Brady (universally admired figure) transfers some of Brady's cultural capital. - **False modesty as supply mechanism:** Accepting the "thanks anyway" framing confirms the compliment was received and processed. - No propaganda techniques, dehumanizing language, or violent imagery. --- ## Danger Assessment **Level: None.** Sports commentary, no threat signals, no targets, no mobilization language. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Tom is the GOAT" | **Unverifiable** | Tom Brady retired February 1, 2023 with 7 Super Bowl championships, most in NFL history. Widely regarded by analysts as greatest quarterback of all time. As a subjective sports opinion this cannot be objectively verified. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Summary Not generated — post does not meet threshold for clinical significance. Casual, authentic, low-affect midnight sports commentary with no significant psychological content beyond mild supply-seeking dynamics and Trump's characteristic self-positioning as arbiter of greatness rather than mere claimant to it. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 10%) ### Indicators - 12:23 AM local time (EST) at Mar-a-Lago — squarely in documented late-night posting window - Malformed URL: 'No,' concatenated directly to URL without space or line break — classic mobile copy-paste error - Colloquial register: 'GOAT,' 'thanks anyway!' — informal and unpolished - Short reactive quip with no strategic messaging — inconsistent with aide authorship - No event announcements, no professional formatting ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Kanesmydog follower nominating Trump as GOAT) Sentiment: +0.50 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 10% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 15% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Reciprocal engagement with follower compliment - Public display of sports fandom to signal relatability ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._ > Tom is the GOAT **UNVERIFIABLE** Tom Brady retired February 1, 2023 with 7 Super Bowl championships, most in NFL history. Widely regarded by analysts as greatest quarterback of all time. As a subjective sports opinion this cannot be objectively verified. Sources: General sports knowledge — Brady's February 1, 2023 retirement announcement Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - sports-commentary (90%) - supply-seeking (40%) - authentic-trump (95%) - late-night-post (85%) - low-intensity (90%) - tom-brady (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **A quiet day of self-promotion with no engagement on major national security events** An unusually quiet day with just five posts, all positive and self-promotional. Trump shared praise from allies, boosted Truth Social's traffic numbers, and promoted a campaign energy policy ad. Despite the U.S. military shooting down an unidentified object over Alaska that same day, he made no mention of it or any other news event. The mood was calm and controlled throughout, with no attacks, grievances, or controversy. Full digest for 2023-02-10: https://trump.fm/date/2023-02-10/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, February 10). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/Kanesmydog/statu... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109838767729172186 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/Kanesmydog/statuses/109836..." Truth Social, 10 Feb. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109838767729172186. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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