# Post ts_110687788703126093

- Post ID: `ts_110687788703126093`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-07-10T04:00:19.659Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110687788703126093
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110687788703126093/analysis

## Post text

> https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/ufc-fighter-dricus-du-plessis-jumps-cage-shakes/

## Engagement

- Likes: 16,781
- Reposts: 3,353
- Replies: 259
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.406Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T06:13:34.758Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Gateway Pundit URL Share — July 10, 2023

## Post Overview

This post contains no original text — it is a bare URL share to a Gateway Pundit article about UFC fighter Dricus du Plessis jumping the cage to greet Trump at UFC 290 in Las Vegas. The content is entirely referential, requiring contextual reconstruction from surrounding posts.

## Authorship Attribution

**Local time calculation:** Trump was in Las Vegas for UFC 290 (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-7). UTC 04:00 → **9:00 PM PDT on July 9, 2023** (Saturday evening). This is early-evening timing, not the late-night window most associated with authentic personal posts.

**Style assessment:** A bare URL with no accompanying text, caption, or emotional commentary is atypical of authentic Trump posts, which almost universally include superlatives, exclamation points, or personal endorsements even when sharing media. The stripped-down format, combined with early evening posting, points toward **aide attribution** — consistent with a social media handler circulating favorable press coverage. The parallel Breitbart post from the same period ("Donald Trump Rocks UFC Fight Crowd") follows an identical pattern of curated press amplification.

**Confidence:** Medium. The timing is borderline; late evening is not outside Trump's personal activity window. However, the complete absence of original text is the strongest indicator.

## Psychological State & Dynamics

**Primary function:** Narcissistic supply harvesting. The article documents a public figure (a professional fighter) performing an unsolicited, dramatic act of deference — jumping the cage fence specifically to approach and greet Trump. This is archetypal supply material: spontaneous, physical, witnessed by a stadium crowd, and captured on video. Sharing it constitutes indirect self-aggrandizement without requiring Trump to state it explicitly.

**Trigger type:** Supply-seeking / maintenance. No injury precipitates this post. The UFC attendance itself was a calculated supply-gathering exercise — a venue where crowd reaction is unambiguous, visceral, and photographable.

**Narcissistic state:** Grandiose. The narrative implicit in sharing this coverage is one of a figure so magnetically significant that trained combat athletes abandon professional protocol to pay tribute.

**Archetypal resonance:** The scene activates the **King** archetype — subjects voluntarily approaching to demonstrate loyalty and reverence, with the arena crowd as witness. UFC as venue is also significant: it is culturally coded as masculine, physically dominant, anti-establishment, and working-class — demographics Trump cultivates. Attendance signals identity alignment.

## Defense Mechanisms

- **Rationalization (neurotic):** The share implicitly frames the fighter's greeting as organic public affirmation, obscuring that Trump's team curated and amplified the moment.
- **Idealization (immature):** Gateway Pundit as source choice signals in-group media hierarchy — only certain outlets are legitimized as truth-tellers.

## Rhetorical Techniques

- **Implicit self-elevation via third-party testimony:** Rather than claiming greatness directly, the post lets a subordinate figure's deferential act speak. This is a softer, more deniable form of self-aggrandizement.
- **Source selection as framing:** Gateway Pundit carries strong signal value to the base — it functions as a tribal marker indicating the story's meaning (positive Trump coverage from a trusted in-group source).
- **No rhetorical escalation:** The absence of text prevents analysis of language-level persuasion techniques.

## Cognitive Status

No text present; cognitive assessment is not possible from this post. No deviation from baseline is observable or inferrable.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "UFC fighter Dricus du Plessis jumped the cage to greet Trump at UFC 290 in Las Vegas" | **True** | Corroborated by parallel Breitbart post from same date confirming Trump's UFC 290 attendance; the du Plessis cage-jump greeting was widely reported |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Danger Assessment

No danger indicators present. This is benign supply-seeking content.

## Summary

*Not generated — post does not exhibit clinically significant patterns. It is a bare URL share of favorable press coverage, functioning as supply harvesting with no original content for psychological analysis.*

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 25%)

### Indicators

- No original text — bare URL only
- 9 PM local time (early evening, not late night)
- Part of a series of curated positive press shares
- Pattern consistent with aide-managed press amplification

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (UFC 290 crowd response and fighter's spontaneous deference)

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Third-party deference as implicit status signal
- Tribal source selection (Gateway Pundit) as in-group identity marker

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> UFC fighter Dricus du Plessis jumped the cage to greet Trump at UFC 290 in Las Vegas

**TRUE**

Corroborated by parallel Breitbart post from same date confirming Trump's UFC 290 attendance; the du Plessis cage-jump greeting was widely reported

Sources: Contextual: prior post linking Breitbart UFC 290 coverage; UFC 290 occurred July 8, 2023 in Las Vegas

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- supply_seeking (80%)
- aide_authored (70%)
- ufc_attendance (90%)
- press_amplification (70%)
- grandiose_state (50%)
- gateway_pundit (60%)
- bare_url_share (90%)

## That day

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

**UFC Afterglow Gives Way to Cocaine-Fueled Counteroffensive Against Biden**

Trump rode a post-UFC celebration high through Sunday evening, sharing links and praise from the Las Vegas event. By midday Monday, the mood shifted sharply: he lashed out at Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds for not endorsing him and seized on the White House cocaine story to accuse Biden of drug use and criminal conduct. The afternoon featured back-to-back aggressive posts making false claims about his own legal cooperation while projecting criminality onto Biden. The day ended quietly with a routine endorsement, but the middle hours were defined by disproportionate retaliation and escalating accusation.

Full digest for 2023-07-10: https://trump.fm/date/2023-07-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, July 10). https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/ufc-fight... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110687788703126093
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/ufc-fighter-dricus-..." Truth Social, 10 Jul. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110687788703126093. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/ufc-fighter-dricus-...," Truth Social, July 10, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110687788703126093.

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