# Post ts_110879585456338028

- Post ID: `ts_110879585456338028`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-08-13T00:56:45.951Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110879585456338028
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110879585456338028/analysis

## Post text

_A repost of his own earlier post, with nothing added._

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/110879481090895553

## Reposted post

Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110879481090895553 (2023-08-13T00:30:13.334Z (UTC))

> Official Registration For President Trump’s Iowa Caucus Team!—> http://ia.donaldjtrump.com/

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/879/480/527/929/398/original/5d184c48c3fa1b0e.mp4

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:34), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> (crowd cheering) - There he is. (crowd cheering) - Side by side. - Lean on me. (crowd cheering)

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/879/583/897/433/507/original/ae02942af7de8ec6.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 11,426
- Reposts: 2,866
- Replies: 431
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.402Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T07:06:16.075Z (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_110879585456338028 — Retruth of Own Post (2023-08-13, 00:56:45 UTC)

### Overview

This post presents the minimum possible analyzable signal: it is a mechanical retruth (RT) of Trump's own earlier Truth Social post (ts_110879481090895553), accompanied by a video file. No original text is produced. The post is effectively a content amplification action — resharing campaign footage, almost certainly from the Iowa State Fair visit documented in surrounding posts. Academic analysis must therefore rely heavily on contextual inference rather than direct textual evidence.

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### Authorship Attribution

**Timing conversion:**
- UTC: 2023-08-13T00:56:45Z
- Trump's likely location: Traveling back from Iowa, or recently returned; Iowa is CDT (UTC−5), New York/NJ is EDT (UTC−4)
- Local time range: 7:56 PM CDT (Iowa) to 8:56 PM EDT (New York)

This falls in early-to-mid evening — not the late-night/early-morning window strongly associated with authentic impulsive posts. Sharing polished video content during prime evening hours is characteristic of **aide-managed campaign operations** (consistent with Dan Scavino or campaign social media staff practices). The action itself — a retruth with video attachment — requires minimal authorial input and is easily queued or scheduled. 

**Assessment:** Likely aide-initiated or aide-facilitated, possibly with Trump's nominal approval. Low authorial fingerprint. The surrounding posts ("THANK YOU IOWA—MAGA!!!", Iowa State Fair announcement) show a mix of authentic emotional bursts and structured campaign content; this post aligns with the latter.

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### Psychological State & Trigger

**Trigger type:** Supply-seeking / Maintenance — routine audience engagement following a perceived triumph (the Iowa State Fair visit).

The broader posting cluster (August 12–13) reveals a **post-rally grandiose state**: large crowds validated, polling leads asserted, policy accomplishments claimed ("28 Billion Dollars from China"). This retruth feeds that loop by visually amplifying the crowd/event imagery for followers unable to attend. It is functionally a trophy display.

**Narcissistic state:** Grandiose phase. The Iowa campaign stop appears to have generated positive narcissistic supply (crowd size, favorable coverage per the rsbnetwork.com link). No injured/vulnerable state indicators are present in this cluster, despite significant external stressors (Judge Chutkan's protective order, multiple legal pressures).

The **conspicuous absence of any response** to the Chutkan protective order (a direct restraint on Trump's public statements about witnesses) in this posting cluster is itself notable — a form of compartmentalization or strategic silence, possibly aide-managed.

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### Defense Mechanisms

Given the absence of original text, defenses cannot be identified in this post directly. The surrounding cluster employs:
- **Denial by omission**: No acknowledgment of the protective order or Maui wildfire death toll
- **Reaction formation via triumphalism**: Iowa celebration posts flood the timeline during a period of acute legal pressure

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### Rhetorical Analysis

This post, standing alone, deploys no identifiable rhetorical devices — it is a video reshare. The video content itself (Iowa State Fair footage) would serve as:
- **Social proof**: crowd size as evidence of popularity
- **Visual appeal to nostalgia/authenticity**: state fair imagery connotes "real America" and rural legitimacy

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### Cognitive Status

Insufficient original text for cognitive assessment. No word-finding difficulties, paraphasias, tangentiality, or other markers can be evaluated from a null-text retruth.

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### Danger Assessment

**Level: None.** This post contains no eliminationist language, no target identification, no dehumanization, and no stochastic terrorism indicators.

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "BIG lead in the Polls (from adjacent post, same cluster)" | **Mostly True** | Trump held substantial Republican primary polling leads of 30-40+ points over nearest rivals in August 2023 |
| "Got our great Farmers 28 Billion Dollars from China (adjacent post)" | **Mostly True** | USDA Market Facilitation Program paid approximately $28 billion to farmers 2018-2019 to offset Chinese retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural exports |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Evening timing (7:56-8:56 PM local) falls outside late-night authentic window
- Mechanical retruth action with video — easily queued by staff
- Video content sharing is characteristic of polished campaign operations (Scavino pattern)
- Part of structured Iowa State Fair content series
- No typos, impulsive text, or emotional outburst — zero original text produced

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Iowa State Fair rally — crowd validation, poll leads)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- denial (immature)
- reaction formation (neurotic)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Visual crowd documentation as social proof for remote followers
- Campaign footage as surrogate rally experience

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> BIG lead in the Polls (from adjacent post, same cluster)

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Trump held substantial Republican primary polling leads of 30-40+ points over nearest rivals in August 2023

Sources: General polling knowledge, August 2023

> Got our great Farmers 28 Billion Dollars from China (adjacent post)

**MOSTLY TRUE**

USDA Market Facilitation Program paid approximately $28 billion to farmers 2018-2019 to offset Chinese retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural exports

Sources: USDA program data

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- retruth (100%)
- iowa_campaign (80%)
- supply_seeking (60%)
- aide_authored (70%)
- grandiose_phase (50%)
- denial_by_omission (40%)

## That day

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

**Eve of Indictment: Legal Siege Fractures Campaign Triumphalism as Willis Becomes Target**

Trump spent the day swinging between campaign celebration and legal dread as the Georgia RICO indictment loomed less than 24 hours away. The morning brought a burst of raw emotion — personal attacks on prosecutor Fani Willis, "Rigged Election" grievances, and apocalyptic warnings about the country dying — before the mood shifted to golf hospitality at his Bedminster club. The afternoon featured a rapid-fire dump of over a dozen defensive news links targeting prosecutors, rivals, and the media, almost certainly queued by staff. The day closed with a crowd-size boast aimed at DeSantis. Notably absent from all 28 posts: any mention of the Maui wildfires that had just killed over 100 Americans.

Full digest for 2023-08-13: https://trump.fm/date/2023-08-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, August 13). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110879585456338028
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 13 Aug. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110879585456338028. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1...," Truth Social, August 13, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110879585456338028.

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