# Post ts_110369349117208819 - Post ID: `ts_110369349117208819` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-05-14T22:16:57.144Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110369349117208819 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110369349117208819/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110369349117208819.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Great LIV Golf Tournament currently in progress. With five holes to play, Dustin Johnson, Cam Smith and Brandon Grace are tied for the lead. A lot of money at stake. Turn to The CW. ## Engagement - Likes: 15,819 - Reposts: 2,733 - Replies: 391 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.412Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T04:43:35.155Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: LIV Golf Promotional Post — 2023-05-14 ## Overview This post is among the most psychologically unremarkable in Trump's Truth Social output. It is a real-time promotional message for LIV Golf, naming live leaderboard standings and directing followers to The CW. Its chief clinical significance lies not in what it contains, but in what it conspicuously omits: five days after a federal civil jury awarded E. Jean Carroll $5 million for sexual abuse and defamation, and four days after a nationally televised CNN Town Hall that generated significant controversy, the post contains zero political content, zero grievance, and zero reactivity. --- ## Authorship Attribution **UTC:** 22:16 — **ET (Eastern, Trump's most probable timezone):** 18:16 (6:16 PM) Trump's location on May 14, 2023 is most plausibly the Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C. (Sterling, VA), which hosted the LIV Golf Invitational DC event in May 2023, or nearby. 6:16 PM ET falls within business hours, which weakly favors aide involvement. However, several features push toward authentic authorship: - **Real-time tournament detail**: Naming specific players (Dustin Johnson, Cam Smith, Brandon Grace) and specifying "five holes to play" reflects live watching, which aides are less likely to track in granular real-time. - **Informal call to action**: "Turn to The CW" is characteristically blunt and directive — aide-written content tends toward more complete constructions ("Tune in to The CW to watch..."). - **Commercial self-interest**: Trump has well-documented financial stakes in LIV Golf through course hosting agreements; he has posted promotional LIV content repeatedly. Personal enthusiasm is a plausible driver. - **Absence of polish test**: Correct grammar and no typos could indicate aide, but this post is also simply too short and too low-complexity to generate errors. **Assessment:** Probable authentic Trump, posting in real time while watching the tournament. Financial self-interest provides strong personal motive. Confidence: **medium**. --- ## Level 1 — Dispositional Traits (Big Five) Trait signals are faint in this brief post. Extraversion is mildly present through assertive promotion ("Great," "Turn to"). Neuroticism is notably **absent** — no angry hostility, no impulsiveness toward grievance despite a highly activated recent news cycle. Conscientiousness is undemonstrable. This post offers nearly no trait-level variance from baseline. --- ## Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations **Dominant motive: Agency through commerce and status.** LIV Golf is not a neutral sporting interest for Trump. His properties host LIV events under revenue-sharing arrangements, and his promotion of the league serves direct financial and reputational interests. The phrase "A lot of money at stake" is characteristic of his achievement/power motive frame — value is indexed to money even in recreational contexts. **Communion motives:** Absent. No appeals to shared identity, no "we," no audience parasocial construction. --- ## Level 3 — Narrative Identity The protagonist role here is the **dealmaker-promoter** rather than fighter, victim, or warrior. There is no antagonist, no contamination sequence, no redemption arc. Trump positions himself implicitly as the man in the room where major money events happen — his association with LIV Golf reflects back on his identity as a power broker. **Notable absence:** The Carroll verdict and CNN Town Hall are entirely unaddressed. This represents a conspicuous narrative gap. Whether this reflects strategic message discipline, aide guidance, or genuine compartmentalization is unresolvable from the text alone. --- ## Level 4 — Clinical Indicators No clinically significant markers in this post. No rage, no paranoid ideation, no grandiosity beyond routine positive framing ("Great"). No cognitive markers (no tangentiality, no perseveration, no word-finding difficulty visible in the short sample). **Narcissistic state:** Indeterminate — the post is too affectively flat to assign grandiose or vulnerable positioning. **Defense mechanisms:** None activated. The calm, promotional tone in the immediate aftermath of a significant legal loss might itself reflect **denial** (avoidance of distressing reality), but this inference is speculative and should not be overstated from a single golf post. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis Minimal rhetorical complexity. "Great" functions as a Trumpian superlative (consistent across his corpus). "A lot of money at stake" deploys implicit status signaling through financial magnitude. "Turn to The CW" is a direct imperative — the simplest rhetorical mode. No propaganda techniques, no dehumanizing language, no fear appeals. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "LIV Golf Tournament in progress on May 14, 2023" | **Unverifiable** | Consistent with LIV Golf's 2023 schedule which included a DC-area tournament at Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C.; specific date confirmation requires tournament records. | | "Dustin Johnson, Cam Smith, and Brandon Grace are LIV Golf players" | **True** | All three are confirmed LIV Golf participants for the 2023 season. Note: correct spelling is 'Branden Grace' not 'Brandon Grace'. | | "LIV Golf broadcast on The CW" | **True** | LIV Golf signed a broadcast agreement with The CW Network for the 2023 season, a major distribution deal announced before the season began. | Overall Veracity: 83% ## Danger Assessment **None.** No eliminationist language, no targets, no mobilization signals. --- ## Summary *Not generated — post does not meet clinical significance threshold.* ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 72%) ### Indicators - Real-time leaderboard specificity (player names + holes remaining) suggests live viewing - Blunt imperative 'Turn to The CW' consistent with authentic Trumpian directness - Strong personal financial motive (LIV Golf course revenue arrangements) - 6:16 PM ET posting time is within business hours, weakly favoring aide - Correct grammar and no typos — consistent with either aide or short authentic post ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (LIV Golf financial and status interests) Sentiment: +0.42 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 10% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - denial (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 100% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct address imperative ('Turn to The CW') to mobilize audience behavior ## Fact Checks (3) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > LIV Golf Tournament in progress on May 14, 2023 **UNVERIFIABLE** Consistent with LIV Golf's 2023 schedule which included a DC-area tournament at Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C.; specific date confirmation requires tournament records. Sources: LIV Golf 2023 schedule > Dustin Johnson, Cam Smith, and Brandon Grace are LIV Golf players **TRUE** All three are confirmed LIV Golf participants for the 2023 season. Note: correct spelling is 'Branden Grace' not 'Brandon Grace'. Sources: LIV Golf 2023 roster > LIV Golf broadcast on The CW **TRUE** LIV Golf signed a broadcast agreement with The CW Network for the 2023 season, a major distribution deal announced before the season began. Sources: LIV Golf/CW Network broadcast agreement, 2023 Overall Veracity: 83% ## Tags - LIV Golf (95%) - self-promotion (75%) - financial-interest (70%) - low-affect (90%) - avoidance (45%) - aide-possible (40%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Mother's Day Weaponized: Carroll Verdict's Unspoken Shadow Drives a Day of Grandiose Repair and Displaced Hostility** Trump spent Mother's Day alternating between self-promotion and political attacks, with the E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse liability verdict from five days earlier casting an unspoken shadow over the entire day. He opened with a book promotion name-dropping Nixon and Princess Diana, then hijacked his Mother's Day greeting into a dehumanizing broadside against political opponents, and taunted Ron DeSantis with a deliberately wrong first name. After a quiet stretch watching LIV Golf, he closed the night by advocating that Republicans force a debt ceiling default. The mood was mostly grandiose with moderate flashes of anger that never escalated into a full spiral. Full digest for 2023-05-14: https://trump.fm/date/2023-05-14/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, May 14). Great LIV Golf Tournament currently in progress.... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110369349117208819 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Great LIV Golf Tournament currently in progress. With five..." 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