# Post ts_110075348432207620

- Post ID: `ts_110075348432207620`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-03-24T00:08:42.706Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110075348432207620
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110075348432207620/analysis

## Post text

> https://rumble.com/v2dlcj2-trump-was-right-on-tiktok.html

## Engagement

- Likes: 17,004
- Reposts: 4,546
- Replies: 695
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.416Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T03:45:26.978Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Rumble Link Share — "Trump Was Right on TikTok"

This post is a bare URL share to a Rumble video titled "Trump Was Right on TikTok," posted the same day TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was grilled by Congress for five hours. The post contains no original text — just the link.

### Context
Trump attempted to ban TikTok via executive order in August 2020, citing national security concerns about Chinese data access. The congressional hearing on March 23, 2023, with bipartisan hostility toward TikTok, functionally validated Trump's earlier position.

### Authorship
Posted at 8:08 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago). This is evening but not late-night. The bare link-share format with no commentary, typos, or emotional language is characteristic of aide/Scavino posting — curating content that supports the "Trump was right" narrative. Authentic Trump posts almost always include original commentary, especially on vindication topics.

### Psychological Function
This is a **supply-seeking** post operating through the vindication frame. The video title itself does the psychological work: "Trump Was Right." This is a recurring pattern — sharing third-party content that validates prior positions, outsourcing self-praise to appear more credible.

### Rhetorical Function
Minimal rhetorical complexity. The technique is simply **appeal to authority** (third-party validation) and **narrative of prescience** (I told you so). The choice of Rumble over mainstream platforms signals in-group media ecosystem loyalty.

### Longitudinal Note
This post stands in sharp contrast to the highly emotional, ALL-CAPS posts from the same day about the pending indictment. The tonal whiplash suggests different authorship or a deliberate strategic pivot to project normalcy amid legal crisis.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump was right on TikTok (implicit via video title)" | **Mostly True** | Trump's 2020 executive order to ban TikTok cited national security concerns about Chinese data access. The March 2023 congressional hearing showed strong bipartisan support for restricting or banning TikTok on similar grounds, largely vindicating the core concern if not the specific policy mechanism. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Bare URL share with no original text
- Evening but not late-night posting (8:08 PM ET)
- No typos, ALL CAPS, or emotional language
- Curated content-sharing pattern typical of Scavino
- Strategic timing aligned with news cycle

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (TikTok congressional hearing validating Trump's 2020 position)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

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

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- vindication narrative
- prescience claim

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Trump was right on TikTok (implicit via video title)

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Trump's 2020 executive order to ban TikTok cited national security concerns about Chinese data access. The March 2023 congressional hearing showed strong bipartisan support for restricting or banning TikTok on similar grounds, largely vindicating the core concern if not the specific policy mechanism.

Sources: Congressional hearing March 23, 2023; Executive Order 13942 (August 2020)

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- vindication (80%)
- tiktok (70%)
- link-share (100%)
- likely-aide-written (80%)

## That day

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

**'Death & Destruction' Warning Anchors Day of Indictment Anxiety**

Trump spent the day consumed by the looming Manhattan DA indictment, opening with a 1 AM rant calling the prosecutor a "degenerate psychopath" and warning of "potential death and destruction." The morning brought compressed bursts of rage before the tone shifted to a more calculated defense -- sharing legal documents and promoting a sympathetic book. By mid-afternoon, the mood pivoted to familiar compensatory territory: favorable polls, NATO credit-taking, and mocking a Biden verbal slip during his Canada visit. The day's most striking absence was any mention of the EF4 tornado that killed 17 people in Mississippi just hours earlier.

Full digest for 2023-03-24: https://trump.fm/date/2023-03-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, March 24). https://rumble.com/v2dlcj2-trump-was-right-on-tikt... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110075348432207620
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://rumble.com/v2dlcj2-trump-was-right-on-tiktok.html" Truth Social, 24 Mar. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110075348432207620. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://rumble.com/v2dlcj2-trump-was-right-on-tiktok.html," Truth Social, March 24, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110075348432207620.

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