# Post ts_110862264016942076 - Post ID: `ts_110862264016942076` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-08-09T23:31:41.632Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110862264016942076 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110862264016942076/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110862264016942076.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > I will be interviewed by Eric Bolling of NewsMax, TONIGHT, 8:00 P.M. ENJOY! ## Engagement - Likes: 20,718 - Reposts: 4,111 - Replies: 1,747 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.402Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T07:03:31.557Z (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: Newsmax Interview Announcement (2023-08-09) ### Overview This is a brief, promotional event announcement with minimal psychological signal. The post reads: *"I will be interviewed by Eric Bolling of NewsMax, TONIGHT, 8:00 P.M. ENJOY!"* It functions as a scheduling notice for a sympathetic media appearance, issued approximately 30 minutes before airtime. Analyzed in isolation, it yields little clinical data; its significance lies primarily in contextual placement — published the same day as highly charged posts about the DOJ's alleged attack on Trump's Twitter account ("DARK DAYS IN AMERICA") and an election-rigging retweet. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Likely Location:** Trump was residing at Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, New Jersey during this period — his customary summer residence. He had been arraigned in Washington, D.C. on August 3 and returned to Bedminster. **Local Time Conversion:** UTC 23:31 → EDT (UTC−4) = **7:31 PM local time** This is early evening, approximately 29 minutes before the scheduled 8 PM broadcast — consistent with a pre-show promotional push during business/evening hours. The post exhibits hallmarks of aide authorship: - Correctly spelled, grammatically complete sentence - Standard event announcement format (who, what, time) - No emotional reactivity, no ALL CAPS rage - No stream-of-consciousness tangentiality The sole Trumpian marker is the terminal "ENJOY!" in all-caps — a stylistic tic occasionally inserted by aides to simulate authenticity, or possibly a brief authentic addition/approval. Insufficient to shift classification toward authentic authorship. **Assessment:** Aide-authored (high confidence), likely Dan Scavino or communications staff, possibly with Trump's verbal sign-off. --- ### Psychological State The post itself offers minimal introspective data. However, within the day's posting sequence it is significant: - The preceding charged posts demonstrate acute **narcissistic injury response** (DOJ/Twitter allegation, victimhood framing, "DARK DAYS") - This Newsmax appearance functions as **narcissistic supply restoration** — a retreat into friendly media where admiration is guaranteed and no hostile questions are posed - Eric Bolling and Newsmax represent a **captive validating audience**, providing the approval and sympathy absent in legal proceedings - The strategic timing (same day as arraignment-period stress posts) suggests media appearances are deployed as **supply-seeking** behavior during legal/psychological stress cycles **Narcissistic State:** Grandiose-maintenance mode for this post specifically; the surrounding day's posts indicate a grandiose-to-vulnerable oscillation driven by legal proceedings. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis The post employs minimal rhetoric but its context is rhetorically meaningful: - **Platform selection as rhetoric**: Newsmax is an ideologically captured outlet; the choice to appear there is itself a signal to the base — "I will speak truth to you, not to fake news" - **"ENJOY!"**: Functions as a parasocial directive, positioning the audience as eager fans anticipating entertainment rather than a citizenry receiving news - **Imperative framing**: The word "ENJOY!" converts a passive announcement into an affirmative command, maintaining the dominant-leader register even in routine scheduling content No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or propaganda techniques are present in this post. --- ### Narrative Identity (Level 3) Even a brief scheduling post reinforces identity claims: - **Protagonist role**: The public figure whose interview is a notable event worth announcing — maintaining the "important person" frame - **Identity claims**: Implicit claim that this interview matters, that followers should tune in, that his voice commands an audience --- ### Cognitive Assessment Insufficient text for meaningful cognitive analysis. The brevity of the post (15 words excluding capitalization artifacts) precludes assessment of syntactic complexity, word-finding, or coherence. No markers of concern are observable. --- ### Danger Assessment **None.** The post is a benign media scheduling announcement with no threatening, eliminationist, or mobilizing content. --- ### Contextual Note The post sequence on this date is more clinically significant than this individual post. The DOJ/Twitter post published the same day demonstrates the characteristic stress-response pattern: acute victimhood narrative → hostile accusations → friendly media flight. This post represents the third phase of that cycle. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Eric Bolling interviews Trump on Newsmax tonight at 8:00 PM" | **Unverifiable** | Interview scheduling claim cannot be independently verified from available knowledge, but is consistent with Trump's frequent Newsmax appearances during this period and no contradicting information exists. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 15%) ### Indicators - Published 7:31 PM EDT — business/evening hours, 29 minutes before interview airtime - Grammatically correct, complete sentence structure - Standard event announcement format (host name, network, time) - No typos, misspellings, or stream-of-consciousness fragmentation - No emotional reactivity beyond terminal 'ENJOY!' in caps ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Friendly media appearance during period of acute legal stress (January 6 indictment/arraignment)) Sentiment: +0.25 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 10% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - displacement (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 10% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Imperative 'ENJOY!' positions followers as eager fans awaiting performance - Implied importance of the interview event — worthy of announcement — reinforces leader-follower dynamic ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Eric Bolling interviews Trump on Newsmax tonight at 8:00 PM **UNVERIFIABLE** Interview scheduling claim cannot be independently verified from available knowledge, but is consistent with Trump's frequent Newsmax appearances during this period and no contradicting information exists. Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - media-appearance (90%) - newsmax (80%) - aide-authored (85%) - supply-seeking (60%) - legal-stress-period (70%) - low-affect (90%) ## 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). I will be interviewed by Eric Bolling of NewsMax,... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110862264016942076 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I will be interviewed by Eric Bolling of NewsMax, TONIGHT,..." Truth Social, 9 Aug. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110862264016942076. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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