# Post ts_110217151923391630

- Post ID: `ts_110217151923391630`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-04-18T01:11:12.269Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110217151923391630
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110217151923391630/analysis
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## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/gregsteube/statuses/110216894400882466 Thank you @gregsteube!

## Engagement

- Likes: 17,606
- Reposts: 4,331
- Replies: 445
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.414Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T04:25:01.835Z (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 RT — April 17, 2023 (~9:11 PM ET)

### Overview

This post is structurally minimal: a retweet of Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL-17) with a brief acknowledgment. The underlying content of Steube's post is inaccessible due to a malformed URL (the word "Thank" is concatenated to the URL string), preventing full contextual analysis. The post therefore must be assessed primarily on form rather than substance.

### Authorship Attribution

**Local time:** UTC 01:11 on April 18 = approximately 9:11 PM EDT on April 17 at Mar-a-Lago (Trump's likely location, given his ongoing Florida residence during this period and the NRA convention in Indianapolis having apparently concluded based on preceding posts).

Evening timing (9:11 PM local) is within Trump's active posting window but not his characteristically late-night/early-morning authentic range. The post is clean, brief, and formulaic — consistent with aide-assisted management of the RT queue. However, Trump does personally post brief gratitude RTs in the evening. The lack of typos, ALL CAPS, or emotional elaboration slightly favors aide or at minimum aide-assisted composition, though confidence is low.

### Psychological State

Essentially unassessable from this post alone. In the longitudinal context of the surrounding posts — rage-charged attacks on Fox News (ALL CAPS, repeated, escalating), devaluation of Mulvaney and DeSantis, and election denialism — this RT represents a sharp tonal discontinuity. It reads as supply maintenance (acknowledging a loyal ally) rather than any primary emotional expression. No injury, rage, or grievance is visible here.

### Defense Mechanisms

None identifiable in this post.

### Rhetorical Techniques

Minimal: simple social reciprocity ("Thank you"), implicit appeal to in-group solidarity by amplifying a supportive congressman. No propaganda techniques, dehumanizing language, or threat markers.

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## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 35%)

### Indicators

- Evening local time (9:11 PM ET) is within Trump's active window but not peak late-night authentic range
- Clean formatting, no typos, no ALL CAPS — consistent with aide-assisted RT queue management
- Brief formulaic gratitude ('Thank you @gregsteube!') is a common RT pattern used by both Trump and aides
- Malformed URL concatenation may suggest manual or automated posting artifact
- Sharp tonal discontinuity from surrounding ALL CAPS rage-posts suggests possible channel switch

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Greg Steube (loyal congressional ally))

Sentiment: +0.50

### Clinical

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- In-group solidarity signaling by amplifying a loyal ally

## Tags

- retweet (100%)
- ally-acknowledgment (80%)
- congressional-support (60%)
- maintenance-posting (70%)
- tonal-discontinuity (50%)

## That day

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

**Deposition Day Displacement: Rival Attacks and Trading Card Triumph Mask Legal Pressure**

Trump spent the day of his seven-hour civil fraud deposition with the New York Attorney General without ever mentioning it, instead channeling his energy into attacks on DeSantis and a brief dust-up over Elon Musk's loyalties. The mid-morning was the most heated stretch, with a pointed DeSantis takedown and a flash of anger at Musk, but the mood shifted by midday as Trump pivoted to promoting his second series of digital trading cards. He ended the day on a triumphant note, celebrating a $4.6 million sell-out and capping a pattern of displacement and compensatory self-promotion that defined the entire session.

Full digest for 2023-04-18: https://trump.fm/date/2023-04-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, April 18). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/gregsteube/statu... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110217151923391630
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/gregsteube/statuses/110216..." Truth Social, 18 Apr. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110217151923391630. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/gregsteube/statuses/110216...," Truth Social, April 18, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110217151923391630.

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