# Post ts_110687818389490554 - Post ID: `ts_110687818389490554` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-07-10T04:07:52.673Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110687818389490554 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110687818389490554/analysis ## Post text > https://www.the-sun.com/sport/8557598/donald-trump-ufc-290-dana-white/ ## Engagement - Likes: 18,125 - Reposts: 3,859 - Replies: 395 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.406Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T06:14:02.234Z (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_110687818389490554 **Platform:** Truth Social | **Date:** 2023-07-10T04:07:52Z | **Age:** 77 --- ### Overview This post consists entirely of a URL to *The Sun* (UK tabloid) covering Trump's attendance at UFC 290 in Las Vegas with Dana White. There is zero original authored text. The URL could not be fetched (bot verification wall), but surrounding posts provide full context: the subject attended UFC 290 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas on July 8, 2023, received a crowd ovation (per the adjacent Breitbart link), and interacted with fighters including Dricus du Plessis (per the adjacent Gateway Pundit link). This post is the third in a rapid cluster of UFC-related shares within the same session. --- ### Authorship Attribution **UTC:** 04:07:52 — **Local conversion:** Las Vegas (PDT, UTC−7) = 9:07 PM July 9; Eastern (EDT, UTC−4) = 12:07 AM July 10. Trump was in Las Vegas for the event on July 8; by the evening of July 9 he may have been in transit or still there. Either way, the timestamp falls within the late-night/early-morning window strongly associated with authentic Trump activity. The cluster of UFC posts (Breitbart → Gateway Pundit → The Sun) follows a recognizable pattern of self-amplifying positive press in the hours after a public appearance. Inclusion of a mainstream UK tabloid alongside typical MAGA-media sources is mildly atypical but not disqualifying. **Confidence: medium-high authentic.** --- ### Level 1 — Dispositional Traits No authored language is available. Inferences from behavior (choice to share, timing, media selection) only: - **Extraversion / Positive Affect:** Sharing favorable press from a high-energy public appearance reflects elevated positive affect and excitement-seeking engagement with crowd adulation. - **Dominance signaling:** Choice of UFC — a combat sport — as the venue for a political-celebrity appearance is consistent with baseline aggressive-dominant persona, consistent with low agreeableness. --- ### Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations **Motive:** Pure **narcissistic supply acquisition**. The post is a vehicle for absorbing and re-broadcasting admiration — crowd cheering at a major sports event. No persuasion goal, no policy content, no attack target. Motivationally simpler than most posts: positive input → rapid re-amplification. **Schema revealed:** World as audience/stage. The UFC arena, like a rally, functions as a validating arena. Dana White serves as a high-status proxy endorser whose association elevates the subject's own status. --- ### Level 3 — Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** The beloved public figure — the man crowds cheer simply upon arrival. The 'winner' archetype in its most frictionless form: no battle required, just arrival. - **Identity claim (implicit):** "I am so popular that even a sports crowd in Las Vegas stops and celebrates me." - **Redemption sequence:** Minor — the UFC appearance occurred during active federal indictment proceedings (2023). Cheering crowds function as a narrative counter-signal: *they may indict me, but thousands cheer me.* - **Contrasting other:** Absent explicitly, but structurally implied — mainstream media that covers him negatively contrasts with the crowd reality he is broadcasting. --- ### Level 4 — Clinical Indicators **Narcissistic dynamic:** Classic supply-seeking, grandiose state. No injury trigger; this is maintenance/amplification behavior following a positive input event. Narcissistic rage: absent. Vulnerability state: absent. **Defense mechanisms:** The act of sharing functions as mild **distortion by selective reality framing** — curating only affirming coverage, not engaging with any critical coverage of the same event. --- ### Cognitive Status No language to score. N/A for this post. No regression signal available. --- ### Rhetorical & Propaganda Analysis With no authored text, rhetorical technique analysis is limited to **curation as rhetoric**: selecting *The Sun* (high-circulation UK tabloid) alongside Breitbart and Gateway Pundit suggests an intentional or instinctive media-mix strategy — domestic base + international legitimacy signal. No violent imagery, no dehumanizing language, no stochastic terrorism indicators. --- ### Danger Assessment **Level: None.** No eliminationist language, no target identification, no grievance articulation, no mobilization signal. --- ### Archetypal / Order-Chaos Framing This post embodies the **King archetype at leisure** — the sovereign who does not need to fight because the crowd affirms status by acclamation. The UFC setting adds **Warrior archetype** resonance by association: the crowd that watches fighters also cheers him, implying membership in a combat-valorizing cultural tribe. Pure order-as-status-affirmation; no chaos signaling. --- *Summary not generated — post lacks clinically significant or markedly deviant patterns. It is routine supply-seeking link-share behavior following a high-visibility public appearance.* ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Trump appeared at UFC 290 with Dana White in Las Vegas" | **True** | Confirmed by multiple adjacent posts (Breitbart, Gateway Pundit) and publicly documented; UFC 290 took place July 8, 2023 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. | Overall Veracity: 100% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 65%) ### Indicators - Late evening Las Vegas local time (9:07 PM PDT) or just past midnight Eastern — within authentic Trump posting window - Cluster behavior: third in a rapid sequence of UFC-related link shares, consistent with personal curation in hours after a positive appearance - No authored text available for stylometric analysis — limits confidence in either direction - Inclusion of mainstream UK tabloid (The Sun) alongside typical MAGA-media sources is mildly atypical but not conclusive of aide authorship - No event announcement or schedule format that would indicate Scavino-style professional posting ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Crowd reception at UFC 290 / Dana White association) Sentiment: +0.50 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - distortion (pathological) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Inviting followers to vicariously experience crowd adulation through shared media - Status signal through association with high-profile sports figure Dana White ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Trump appeared at UFC 290 with Dana White in Las Vegas **TRUE** Confirmed by multiple adjacent posts (Breitbart, Gateway Pundit) and publicly documented; UFC 290 took place July 8, 2023 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Sources: Adjacent Truth Social posts; Known events context Overall Veracity: 100% ## Tags - supply-seeking (90%) - UFC-290 (90%) - dana-white (80%) - link-share (100%) - grandiose-state (60%) - media-curation (70%) - late-night-post (70%) ## 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.the-sun.com/sport/8557598/donald-trump... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110687818389490554 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.the-sun.com/sport/8557598/donald-trump-ufc-290-d..." Truth Social, 10 Jul. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110687818389490554. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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