# Post ts_110036557372690472 - Post ID: `ts_110036557372690472` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-03-17T03:43:38.193Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110036557372690472 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110036557372690472/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110036557372690472.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/IAPolls2022/statuses/110024562868345689 Great numbers, and getting better! ## Engagement - Likes: 13,946 - Reposts: 3,298 - Replies: 742 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.417Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T03:34:07.947Z (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: Truth Social Post — 2023-03-17T03:43:38Z ## Contextual Frame This post arrives on one of the more legally consequential days of Trump's post-presidency: Michael Cohen testified for three hours before the Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. The same afternoon, Trump delivered a campaign rally in Davenport, Iowa. The post is a retruth of **IAPolls2022**, an Iowa-focused polling aggregator, with the six-word addendum: *"Great numbers, and getting better!"* The broken URL — `statuses/110024562868345689Great` — is the single most diagnostically rich element in the post. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Assessment: Authentic Trump (confidence: high, score: 0.88)** Three converging indicators: 1. **Malformed URL.** The word "Great" is concatenated directly onto the status ID string, rendering the link non-functional. This is a careless copy-paste error — the user began typing the addendum before properly closing the URL field. This pattern is incompatible with aide management (Scavino et al. would not publish broken links) and is highly consistent with impulsive, unreviewed posting. 2. **Local timing.** UTC 03:43 converts to approximately 10:43 PM Central (Iowa, site of the day's rally) or 11:43 PM Eastern. This falls squarely within the authentic late-night window and aligns with post-rally unwinding behavior. 3. **Stylistic fingerprint.** Terse exclamatory annotation with no event-announcement structure, no policy framing, and no grammatical polish — consistent with habitual authentic posting style. --- ## Psychological State & Trigger Analysis **Primary trigger: Supply-seeking under narcissistic injury** Cohen's testimony represented a compound narcissistic injury: exposure of alleged financial misconduct, public humiliation, and the implicit threat of accountability. Rather than addressing this directly (as adjacent posts do regarding the Dershowitz article), this retruth deploys the countermeasure of **narcissistic supply injection** — amplifying evidence of public approval to restore equilibrium. **Narcissistic state: Grandiose** (not vulnerable) The tone is confident and forward-leaning rather than defensive or wounded. The DeSantis-targeting posts in the same cluster show more evident irritability; this post reflects the dominant self-image: *I am winning, I remain popular, the legal attacks are background noise.* **Defense mechanisms:** - **Denial (immature):** The simultaneous reality of Cohen's testimony and surging poll numbers is resolved by elevating one and implicitly erasing the other. No acknowledgment of the legal proceeding exists in this post or the broader cluster except through the Dershowitz repost, which reframes it as "targeted injustice." - **Rationalization (neurotic):** Strong polling functions implicitly as meta-evidence — the logic being that popular figures are not guilty figures, and that public vindication precedes legal vindication. --- ## Narrative Identity (McAdams Level 3) The protagonist role is *winner-in-motion* — not merely winning but accelerating. The phrase "getting better" is narratively significant: it transforms a static data point into a trajectory, positioning the subject as ascending rather than embattled. This is a micro-instance of the **redemption sequence** framework: the implied bad moment (legal threat, DeSantis challenge) is being narratively superseded by upward momentum. The contrasting other is diffuse here — implicitly the Manhattan DA, DeSantis, skeptics — but none are named. The post is addressed to the in-group as affirmation rather than to enemies as threat. --- ## Rhetorical Structure Functionally minimalist. The retruth does the substantive work (poll data); the addendum functions as interpretive framing. "Great" applies a superlative Trump-brand imprimatur; "getting better" adds momentum. Two exclamation points provide emotional punctuation without argument. The brevity is itself a rhetorical choice — confident figures don't over-explain favorable news. In the context of the day's posting cluster (DeSantis attack, Dershowitz defense, Tampa Bay article on insurance), this post serves as the **emotional anchor**: amid threat and counter-threat, here is pure positive signal. --- ## Cognitive Status The six-word addendum is insufficient for meaningful cognitive assessment. The broken URL reflects impulsivity and careless execution rather than language production deficit. No paraphasia, perseveration, or temporal confusion detectable. Baseline deviation: none. --- ## Danger Assessment **Level: None.** No eliminationist language, no targets, no violent imagery, no mobilization cues. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Great numbers, and getting better" | **Unverifiable** | Refers to IAPolls2022 Iowa polling data (source post not fetchable due to broken URL). Iowa 2024 primary polling in March 2023 did generally show Trump leading, with DeSantis as principal challenger. Whether a specific poll showed improvement at this exact moment cannot be verified from the post alone. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 88%) ### Indicators - Malformed URL — 'Great' appended directly to status URL string, a careless copy-paste error characteristic of authentic Trump posting - UTC 03:43 converts to ~10:43 PM CT (Iowa, site of Davenport rally that day) or ~11:43 PM ET — solidly within authentic late-night window - Terse, exclamatory addendum ('Great numbers, and getting better!') matches stream-of-consciousness style - No polished formatting, no event announcement structure ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Criticism (IAPolls2022 Iowa polling account) Sentiment: +0.72 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 50% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - denial (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 15% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Invites audience to share in the celebratory framing — collective validation ritual - Signals confidence and momentum to discourage supporters from defecting amid legal news ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Great numbers, and getting better **UNVERIFIABLE** Refers to IAPolls2022 Iowa polling data (source post not fetchable due to broken URL). Iowa 2024 primary polling in March 2023 did generally show Trump leading, with DeSantis as principal challenger. Whether a specific poll showed improvement at this exact moment cannot be verified from the post alone. Sources: IAPolls2022 Truth Social account (broken URL) Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - supply_seeking (90%) - grandiose_state (70%) - authentic_authorship (88%) - malformed_url (85%) - polling (90%) - iowa_2024 (80%) - legal_stress_context (75%) - late_night_post (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **DeSantis Devaluation Blitz Dominates as Trump Sidesteps Grand Jury Pressure** Trump spent the day locked in on Ron DeSantis, launching a coordinated barrage of attacks hitting his rival's record on Social Security, ethanol, and personal charisma. The Manhattan DA's grand jury heard from Michael Cohen that same day, but Trump barely acknowledged it, sharing one legal-defense article and otherwise steering the conversation toward primary politics. The mood was confident and aggressive throughout, with no outbursts and a fundraising push in the afternoon. Major world events -- an ICC arrest warrant for Putin, the Credit Suisse emergency bailout -- went entirely unacknowledged. Full digest for 2023-03-17: https://trump.fm/date/2023-03-17/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, March 17). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/IAPolls2022/stat... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110036557372690472 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/IAPolls2022/statuses/11002..." Truth Social, 17 Mar. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110036557372690472. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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