# Post ts_110754183498400185 - Post ID: `ts_110754183498400185` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-07-21T21:25:23.794Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110754183498400185 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110754183498400185/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110754183498400185.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/DanScavino/statuses/110696160389854060 Great Patriots! ## Engagement - Likes: 6,505 - Reposts: 1,322 - Replies: 111 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.405Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T06:31:04.470Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: "Great Patriots!" — July 21, 2023 ## Post Overview An extremely minimal post: a retruth of Dan Scavino's own content with a two-word appended comment, "Great Patriots!" The URL structure indicates this is a retruth of a Scavino post (ID 110696160389854060), with Trump (or an aide) appending the brief label as commentary. The original Scavino post content is unknown without fetching, but the label is consistent with generic audience validation. ## Contextual Backdrop This post lands on a day of significant legal stress: Trump received a **target letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith** in the January 6 investigation, and a federal judge had just (July 19) denied his bid to move the hush money case to federal court. The same-day posting session is dominated by election-denial content — retruths of "RIGGED ELECTIONS!," "Cheaters!," and "Every State should withdraw from ERIC, NOW" — a clear pattern of defensive, grievance-activating retruthing consistent with narcissistic injury response. This post stands apart from that cluster as a moment of audience appreciation. ## Authorship Attribution **Timestamp:** 21:25:23 UTC → **17:25 EDT** (Trump was almost certainly at Bedminster, NJ, his summer residence, in mid-July 2023). This falls squarely within business hours (5:25 PM), which is a mild indicator of aide authorship. However, the specific act of retruthing **Scavino's own post** and adding only "Great Patriots!" is somewhat unusual — aides rarely have Trump appear to amplify their boss's aide's content unless intentional optics are at play, or Trump himself pressed retruth and added his stock label. The phrase "Great Patriots!" is characteristically Trumpian in its brevity, superlative warmth, and exclamation mark. **Assessment: ambiguous, slight lean toward authentic quick engagement** — Trump browsing and tapping through Scavino's feed, possibly while Scavino was present. Confidence: **low**. ## Level 1 — Dispositional Traits Minimal signal from two words. The phrase projects warm **extraversion** (positive affect, audience embrace) and low **agreeableness in the conventional sense** — the term "Patriots" carries implicit exclusion (non-patriots are implicitly contrasted). No measurable **neuroticism** or **openness** signal here. ## Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motive:** mild — the labeling of followers as "Great Patriots" reflects a status-conferring gesture that simultaneously elevates the speaker as the one *worthy of such followers*. **Communion motive:** dominant in this specific post — bonding with the audience, parasocial reciprocity. **Supply-seeking** is the operative dynamic: validating followers who validate back. ## Level 3 — Narrative Identity The narrator casts followers as heroic actors ("Great Patriots"), implicitly positioning himself as their natural leader and champion. The **protagonistRole** is *commander/validator* rather than victim or fighter — a brief departure from the day's predominantly victimhood-and-grievance narrative. No redemption or contamination sequence is discernible in two words. ## Clinical Assessment Insufficient text for meaningful clinical analysis of this isolated post. In the context of the day's session, the oscillation between "RIGGED ELECTIONS!" / "Cheaters!" (narcissistic rage, victim state) and "Great Patriots!" (grandiose supply-seeking) reflects the **mixed narcissistic state** typical of posts on high-stress legal days. The brief burst of affirmation likely serves a self-soothing function alongside the grievance retruths. ## Defense Mechanisms Not assessable from two words. Within the day's broader session, the heavy retruth pattern (delegating emotional expression to others' content) functions as a mild form of **displacement** — channeling legal-stress anxiety into audience-engagement rituals. ## Rhetoric "Great Patriots!" deploys simple **parasocial bonding** (audience flattery), implicit **in-group/out-group framing** (Patriots vs. implied others), and **hyperbolic superlative** ("Great"). No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism indicators. ## Cognitive Markers Insufficient sample. Two words yield no assessable language-production data. ## Danger Assessment **None.** Post is affirmative validation with no threat signaling. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 50%) ### Indicators - Business hours post (17:25 EDT) mildly suggests aide involvement - Retruthing Scavino's own content is an unusual pattern - Phrase 'Great Patriots!' is characteristically brief and Trumpian in register - Exclamation mark usage consistent with Trump's authentic style - No typos or misspellings, but sample is too small to weight this ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Scavino post (content unknown)) Sentiment: +0.70 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - displacement (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 10% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Audience flattery ('Great Patriots!') - Status conferral on followers - Implicit reciprocal validation loop ## Tags - supply_seeking (70%) - parasocial_bonding (60%) - audience_validation (60%) - scavino_retruth (50%) - election_denial_session (40%) - jan6_target_letter_context (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Under Legal Siege, Trump Attacks Everything But the Target Letter** Trump spent the day deflecting from a major legal blow — his target letter from the January 6 special counsel — by attacking political rivals, grieving Fox News's alleged disloyalty, and firing off election fraud claims. A late-night cluster of posts mocked DeSantis, Christie, and Hutchinson while boasting about poll numbers, followed by a morning broadside against Fox. The afternoon brought a burst of retruths hitting election integrity themes, sandwiched between a polite Tony Bennett tribute and a cheerful arrival in North Carolina. The mood was combative and scattered, with the legal threat hovering over everything but never once directly acknowledged. Full digest for 2023-07-21: https://trump.fm/date/2023-07-21/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, July 21). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/DanScavino/statu... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110754183498400185 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/DanScavino/statuses/110696..." Truth Social, 21 Jul. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110754183498400185. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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