# Post ts_110860821852336800 - Post ID: `ts_110860821852336800` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-08-09T17:24:55.942Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110860821852336800 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110860821852336800/analysis ## Post text > https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/keith-kellogg-mike-pence-donald-trump/2023/08/07/id/1129955/ ## Engagement - Likes: 13,275 - Reposts: 3,903 - Replies: 530 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.403Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T07:03:24.192Z (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_110860821852336800 — Newsmax Link Share (2023-08-09) ### Overview This post consists **solely of a Newsmax URL** linking to an article about Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg — Mike Pence's former National Security Advisor — endorsing Trump over his former boss. There is no original text authored by the poster. A near-identical post appeared minutes/hours earlier linking the same story via *Just The News*, suggesting coordinated multi-outlet amplification by a social media operation rather than spontaneous personal posting. --- ### Authorship Attribution **UTC 17:24:55 = approximately 1:24 PM EDT** (Trump was likely at Bedminster, NJ or Trump Tower, NY in early August 2023). This falls squarely within business hours. The format — bare URL, no accompanying text, no emotional coloring, no typos or stream-of-consciousness framing — is a textbook Scavino/aide curation post. Confidence: **high** this is not personally authored. The companion post (justthenews.com link to the same Kellogg story, also on this date) reinforces the coordinated amplification pattern. Both posts serve the same strategic function through different outlets. --- ### Psychological Function: Proxy Devaluation Despite zero original content, this post carries meaningful psychological architecture. It executes **devaluation of a rival (Pence) through a third-party proxy**, thereby achieving the hostile communicative goal while maintaining deniability ("I'm just sharing the news"). This is strategically cleaner than a direct attack: it lets Pence's own former subordinate deliver the humiliation. **Timing context is critical:** Mike Pence had just qualified for the August 23 Milwaukee GOP debate by reaching the 40,000-donor threshold. The Kellogg endorsement story is a rapid counter-move, designed to deflate the significance of Pence's debate qualification by signaling that even his inner circle has defected. --- ### Narrative Identity The post advances two core narrative threads simultaneously: 1. **Winner archetype**: Even the people who worked closely with Pence recognize Trump's superiority. The defection narrative affirms Trump's gravitational dominance. 2. **Contamination sequence for Pence**: What was Pence's inner circle is now Trump's validator. The implicit story: Pence's orbit is collapsing inward. This is consistent with the broader posting day's pattern — the surrounding posts construct an embattled but righteous Trump who nonetheless commands loyalty, while enemies (Pence, Biden, J6 committee, prosecutors) are exposed as illegitimate or abandoned. --- ### Defense Mechanisms - **Devaluation by proxy** (immature): Pence's worth is diminished not through direct confrontation but through his own former associate's public rejection. - **Displacement** (neurotic): The competitive aggression toward Pence as a debate rival is channeled through curated "news" rather than overt attack. --- ### Rhetorical Techniques - **Appeal to authority** (military figure, former insider): Kellogg's credentials as NSA and military officer lend the endorsement weight. - **Implicit comparison**: The article headline frames Trump vs. Pence as a binary in which Kellogg has chosen — making Pence the loser without Trump saying so. - **Multi-outlet saturation**: Posting the same story from two sources (Newsmax + Just The News) on the same day is consistent with RAND Firehose volume tactics — repetition across channels amplifies the message without escalating its emotional register. --- ### Cognitive Markers No original text means no cognitive data can be extracted from this post. Analysis of language production, complexity, or coherence is not applicable. The pattern of curated link-only posts (appearing across this posting day) may itself reflect a managed communication strategy that insulates authentic speech production from public view. --- ### Danger Assessment **None.** Content is standard competitive political amplification with no threatening or eliminationist language, no dehumanizing framing, no stochastic terrorism indicators. --- ### Summary *Not generated — post lacks clinically significant original content.* ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Keith Kellogg (former Pence NSA) endorsed Trump over Pence" | **True** | Corroborated by parallel Just The News post on same date linking identical story, and consistent with contemporaneous reporting on Kellogg's public statements during the 2023-24 primary cycle | Overall Veracity: 100% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 5%) ### Indicators - Post during business hours (1:24 PM EDT) - Bare URL with zero accompanying text - Identical story simultaneously shared from second outlet (Just The News) - No typos, emotional language, ALL CAPS, or stream-of-consciousness markers - Coordinated multi-outlet amplification pattern consistent with Scavino operation ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Comparison (Mike Pence qualifying for August 23 GOP debate) Sentiment: +0.25 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 40% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 10% - Sadism: 10% **Defense Mechanisms:** - devaluation (immature) - displacement (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Proxy validation from credentialed military insider - Implicit winner/loser framing without personal responsibility for the claim ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Keith Kellogg (former Pence NSA) endorsed Trump over Pence **TRUE** Corroborated by parallel Just The News post on same date linking identical story, and consistent with contemporaneous reporting on Kellogg's public statements during the 2023-24 primary cycle Sources: Newsmax article linked; Just The News parallel post on same date Overall Veracity: 100% ## Tags - aide-authored (95%) - link-share (100%) - pence-rivalry (90%) - proxy-devaluation (80%) - multi-outlet-amplification (70%) - no-original-text (100%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Indictment Siege Drives Obsessive J6 Records Fixation, DARVO Cycling, and Sustained Target-Labeling Across 13-Post Day** Trump spent the day consumed by his recent federal indictment, returning again and again to the claim that the January 6th Committee destroyed its records. Late-night posts showed sustained anger and a striking pivot from legal grievance to mocking Chris Christie with barely-disguised cruelty. The morning brought a rapid-fire burst of posts rehitting indictments, border security, and the committee -- with the committee posts reaching the day's emotional peak. News that the DOJ had obtained a warrant for his Twitter account sparked another angry response in the afternoon. Notably absent from the day's 13 posts: any mention of the deadly Maui wildfires that were killing over 100 people. Full digest for 2023-08-09: https://trump.fm/date/2023-08-09/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, August 9). https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/keith-kellogg-mi... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110860821852336800 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/keith-kellogg-mike-pence-d..." Truth Social, 9 Aug. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110860821852336800. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/keith-kellogg-mike-pence-d...," Truth Social, August 9, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110860821852336800. ## For agents - Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt - API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json - MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth) - This post as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/ts_110860821852336800 - Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/ts_110860821852336800 - All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/ts_110860821852336800 - Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2023-08-09 - The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110860821852336800.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. Post, analysis, date, feed, contradictions, search and about pages answer in markdown at their URL with `.md` appended (`/index.md` for the home page), or when sent `Accept: text/markdown`._