# Post ts_110416054902649496

- Post ID: `ts_110416054902649496`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-05-23T04:14:50.867Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110416054902649496
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110416054902649496/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110416054902649496.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Thank you Greg and Byron!

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/416/054/444/275/103/original/8e3aecd89da26f29.qt

## Engagement

- Likes: 16,119
- Reposts: 4,583
- Replies: 391
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.411Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T05:16:09.040Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Post Analysis: ts_110416054902649496
**Platform:** Truth Social | **Date:** 2023-05-23 | **UTC:** 04:14:50

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### Overview

This post consists of six words — "Thank you Greg and Byron!" — plus an attached QuickTime video file. The extreme brevity renders most analytical frameworks inapplicable. This is among the least psychologically informative post types possible; it functions as a social acknowledgment, likely tied to a golf context given the contemporaneous PGA Championship (Brooks Koepka's win at Oak Hill) and Trump's well-documented involvement in golf culture and LIV Golf affiliation. "Greg" most plausibly references Greg Norman (LIV Golf CEO, Trump ally); "Byron" is unidentifiable without the video content, but may reference a commentator, caddie, or club associate.

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### Authorship Attribution

**Local time:** UTC 04:14 converts to approximately 12:14 AM Eastern (Trump was almost certainly in New York or Mar-a-Lago on May 23, 2023). Midnight timing is consistent with authentic Trump posting patterns. However, the post's terse polish — no typos, no stream-of-consciousness elaboration, no self-insertion — cuts against pure authentic authorship. Most plausibly: Trump provided a short verbal directive ("post a thank you to Greg and Byron with that video") and an aide executed it cleanly. Confidence: **medium-low**.

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### Psychological State

No meaningful inference is possible from six words of social courtesy. The surrounding post cluster is far more informative: Trump was in a manic-defensive cycle regarding DeSantis polling, amplifying favorable data (the Rust Belt poll showing Trump +9 over Biden) while attacking Fox News and DeSantis with signature nickname deployment ("DeSanctimonious," "Rob," "DeSanctus"). This post is an emotional island within that cycle — either a deliberate palate cleanser to project normalcy, or simply an aide-executed courtesy disconnected from Trump's psychological state at that hour.

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### Rhetorical Analysis

No rhetorical techniques of note. A simple social acknowledgment. The exclamation mark is consistent with Trump's baseline punctuation style but carries no rhetorical weight here.

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### Danger Assessment

None. No threatening content, targets, or grievance articulation present.

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### Limitations

The attached `.qt` video file cannot be retrieved or analyzed here. Its content could significantly alter interpretation — particularly if it contains speech, event footage, or visual messaging. If the video contains substantive content, re-analysis is warranted.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Midnight local time (12:14 AM ET) aligns with authentic Trump posting window
- Absence of typos, ALL CAPS, or stream-of-consciousness is atypical for authentic late-night posts
- Brevity and polish consistent with aide execution of verbal directive
- No self-referential content, grievance, or opinion — unusual for authentic Trump

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Golf/social event acknowledgment)

Sentiment: +0.65

### Clinical

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 5%

## Tags

- golf (70%)
- social_courtesy (90%)
- analytically_sparse (100%)
- aide_possible (60%)

## That day

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

**Legal Siege and Rival Warfare: A Day of Dual-Front Narcissistic Defense on the Eve of DeSantis's Launch**

Trump spent May 23 toggling between two preoccupations: defending himself against the E. Jean Carroll verdict and preemptively attacking Ron DeSantis on the eve of his presidential announcement. The morning opened with an extended, emotionally charged denial of the Carroll case that included a racially charged aside and a factual conflation with the Lewinsky scandal. By afternoon, attention shifted to a coordinated burst of articles urging DeSantis to stand down, interspersed with a grievance about a New York court hearing he framed as election interference. The mood swung repeatedly between combative self-defense and confident dominance displays, with the Carroll response marking the day's most intense and reckless moment.

Full digest for 2023-05-23: https://trump.fm/date/2023-05-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, May 23). Thank you Greg and Byron! [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110416054902649496
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Thank you Greg and Byron!" Truth Social, 23 May. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110416054902649496. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Thank you Greg and Byron!," Truth Social, May 23, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110416054902649496.

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