# Post ts_110975026866254849 - Post ID: `ts_110975026866254849` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-08-29T21:28:46.160Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110975026866254849 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110975026866254849/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110975026866254849.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > GREG KELLY: “IT SHOWS ONCE AGAIN THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS RIGHT!” ## What the media says **Video transcript** (3:11), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > And if this pans out the way I think it is, it shows once again that Donald Trump was right. I don't make money from China. You do. I don't make money from Ukraine. You do. I don't make money from Russia. You made three and a half million dollars, Joe, and your son gave you. They even have a statement that we have to give 10 percent to the big man. You're the big man, I think. I don't know. Maybe you're not. But you're the big man, I think. Your son said, we have to give 10 percent to the big man. Joe, what's that all about? It's terrible. It is terrible. And he was right. And watch how the media covered up for him. Even in the heat of that moment. Respondent, then we're going to have a follow up question. If this stuff is true about Russia, Ukraine, China, other countries, Iraq, if this is true, then he's a corrupt politician. So don't give me the stuff about how you're this innocent baby. Joe, they're calling you a corrupt politician. Nobody. I want to stay on the issue of race. We're talking about a laptop from hell. President Trump talking about race right now. And I do want to stay on the issue of race. How about that, huh? Wants to stay on the issue of race, the phony issue that they manufacture, that they designed to blow up the country. Fascinating, right? And then the media, of course, spun everything Donald Trump said has been essentially proven by the House Oversight Committee. And what did they accuse him of back then? Last night, Trump made clear his closing argument is just lies, lies and more lies flooding the zone with a deluge of outright false claims. He covers up all those deficits by attacking Hunter Biden and trying to dirty up Biden. He maligned Joe Biden's son tonight, invoked unverified allegations against him, doubled down on this narrative about Hunter Biden, which conservatives have been pushing for years. This time he was just a moving, a slow moving manufacturer of lie after lie after lie after lie. So they actually talked about, they said this out loud, maybe we have to come up with a procedure to cut the microphones every time Donald Trump utters something that's not true. They actually thought about doing that and implemented a system where they could turn off the mics that they didn't like what Trump was saying. Anyway, fast forward three years, three years, and the media, oh yeah, he was right all along. Yeah. On some little watched Sunday show, CNN admitted it. Kessler wrote Hunter Biden reported nearly 2.4 million in income in 2017 and 2.2 million in income in 2018, most of which came from Chinese or Ukrainian interests. But this, and this directly goes against what Joe Biden said in the debate in 2020 with Donald Trump. I mean, Trump was right. I mean, he did make a fortune from China and Joe Biden was wrong. Yeah. They're all like, yeah, yeah. Is that front page news? Is that, no, they still insist vast portions of CNN. The White House, that's fake news. No, it's established. It was admitted by Hunter Biden's own lawyers that they got money from China. Trump was right. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/975/026/618/987/485/original/12d26919e67980f9.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 12,980 - Reposts: 4,362 - Replies: 556 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.400Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T07:57:43.235Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary Posted hours after a historically unique narcissistic injury — the first presidential mugshot and simultaneous multi-front criminal exposure — this post is the fifth in a same-day supply-seeking cluster, all organized around a single reparative theme: vindication. Rather than speaking in his own voice, Trump selects an external media figure's ALL CAPS declaration ("TRUMP WAS RIGHT") to perform the grandiosity on his behalf, a technique that satisfies the mirror dynamic while maintaining surface modesty. The phrase "ONCE AGAIN" is the critical rhetorical load-bearer: it presupposes an established pattern of correctness, transforming the current moment into the latest entry in a record of persecution followed by validation. In isolation the post is minimal; in context, it is the fifth reparative move in a structured, if unconscious, response to a week of extraordinary narcissistic injury. Defense mechanisms present include denial (the surrounding cluster erases any acknowledgment of criminal substance), rationalization (legal proceedings reframed as confirmation of correctness), and idealization (Kelly elevated as authoritative mirror). No rage markers, dehumanizing language, or danger indicators are present. The clinical picture is consistent with grandiose narcissistic state under repair following acute injury, managed through supply acquisition rather than expressed through aggressive discharge. ## Psychological Analysis: Truth Social Post — 2023-08-29T21:28:46Z ### Situational Context This post falls in the immediate aftermath of one of the most legally consequential weeks of Trump's life: the Fulton County surrender, the first-ever presidential mugshot (August 24), and Judge Chutkan's setting of a March 4, 2024 federal trial date — all within days. The post is the fifth in a same-day cluster, each organized around a single psychological theme: *I was right and they were wrong.* --- ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits The post activates the **low-Agreeableness / high-Extraversion** configuration characteristic of Trump's baseline. The assertiveness is redirected outward through a surrogate voice (Kelly), a technique that satisfies the need for admiration while maintaining a surface posture of humility (he is merely sharing another's observation). No Conscientiousness markers are present; this is reactive, not deliberate. --- ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations — Supply-Seeking Under Injury This post is a **narcissistic supply acquisition event**, not a policy or informational communication. Following a multi-front narcissistic injury of unusual severity (criminal booking, public mugshot, aggressive trial scheduling), the poster enters a supply-gathering mode. The five same-day posts function as a reparative cluster: 1. Gingrich: "Trump is getting the last laugh" → temporal vindication 2. McLaughlin/Newsmax: Trump beats Biden in 2024 polling → status superiority 3. Fulton/Biden framing → persecution narrative 4. Charlie Hurt: Trump as "greatest defender of Constitution" → identity grandiosity 5. **Greg Kelly: "Trump was RIGHT" → direct correctness validation** Each post addresses a different wound from the preceding week's events. Collectively they constitute a structured, if unconscious, reparative effort. --- ### Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role:** The Vindicated Prophet — one who was attacked for truth-telling and is now confirmed correct. **Temporal structure:** "ONCE AGAIN" is the critical phrase. It presupposes that Trump has been right repeatedly, transforming this moment into merely the latest entry in an established record. This is a *redemption sequence* operating at scale — not a single comeback but an eternal pattern of persecution → vindication. **Contrasting other:** The "others who were wrong" are left unnamed but structurally required. The post is incoherent without them. The audience is trusted to populate this role (media, Democrats, prosecutors, debate participants). **Identity claim:** *I am the one who is always right.* --- ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators **Malignant Narcissism Assessment:** - *Narcissistic features (high):* Grandiosity and entitlement are expressed through a supply-seeking format. The need for external mirroring is salient. - *Antisocial features (low):* Not activated in this post. - *Paranoid features (low-moderate):* Present in the surrounding cluster ("LEFT'S GOAL: REMOVE TRUMP FROM BALLOT") but not this specific post. - *Sadism (absent):* No derogatory or humiliating content. **Defense Mechanisms:** - **Denial (pathological):** The full-day posting pattern erases acknowledgment of any criminal proceeding substance; every post reshapes reality toward vindication. - **Rationalization (neurotic):** Legal proceedings are recast as confirmation of Trump's correctness. - **Idealization (immature):** Kelly is elevated as authoritative confirming voice. **Narcissistic State:** Grandiose, with reparative urgency. No rage markers present in this specific post. The wound is being managed rather than expressed. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis The post performs no argumentative work. It announces a verdict. "ONCE AGAIN" carries the rhetorical load — a presupposition embedded in the assertion that establishes a pattern of prior correctness without requiring it to be defended. The ALL CAPS format amplifies without adding content. The video clip launders self-aggrandizement through a media-authority proxy, allowing Trump to receive the compliment indirectly — a technique that satisfies the mirror dynamic while maintaining surface modesty. **Propaganda technique:** Third-party validation. The claim "Trump was right" is far more persuasive coming from a named media figure than from Trump himself. The post outsources the grandiosity while fully consuming its supply value. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Probable authentic Trump** (moderate-high confidence). The ALL CAPS quotation style, minimal framing, and clip-sharing format match Trump's established Truth Social behavior. The 5:28 PM ET timestamp is early evening — not the classic late-night authentic window, but the emotional context (post-mugshot supply-seeking day) makes reactive evening posting consistent. The post requires essentially no writing, reducing aide-production incentive. --- ### Danger Assessment **None.** This post contains no eliminationist language, dehumanization, or stochastic terrorism indicators. It is purely reparative and supply-oriented. --- ### Longitudinal Note The supply-gathering cluster pattern observed on this date — five posts in a single day, all organized around vindication themes — would benefit from comparison to posting frequency and thematic concentration during prior legal stress events (e.g., first federal indictment in June 2023, Mar-a-Lago search August 2022) to assess whether reparative supply-seeking intensity is escalating across the legal timeline. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Trump was right (implied across post cluster context)" | **Unverifiable** | Greg Kelly's statement is a vague opinion with no specific referent identified in the post itself. The video content is inaccessible for review. No verifiable factual claim is made. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 72%) ### Indicators - ALL CAPS quotation consistent with authentic Trump formatting style - Simple repost-style post with no polished framing - Video clip attachment from a favored Fox-adjacent personality (Greg Kelly) - UTC 21:28 converts to ~5:28 PM ET — early evening, not late-night but not strict business hours either - No typos or grammatical errors, but post is too short to assess ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Exposure (Fulton County booking / mugshot / legal multi-front pressure) Sentiment: +0.65 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 85% - Antisocial: 20% - Paranoid: 30% - Sadism: 10% **Defense Mechanisms:** - denial (pathological) - rationalization (neurotic) - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 10% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Mirror dynamic — selecting external validator to speak grandiose self-concept - Social proof via media personality endorsement - Implicit group inclusion — followers share in the 'we were right' vindication ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Trump was right (implied across post cluster context) **UNVERIFIABLE** Greg Kelly's statement is a vague opinion with no specific referent identified in the post itself. The video content is inaccessible for review. No verifiable factual claim is made. Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - narcissistic-supply-seeking (90%) - post-injury-reparative-cluster (85%) - third-party-validation (80%) - presupposition-technique (70%) - vindication-narrative (90%) - grandiose-state (75%) - mugshot-week (95%) - mirror-dynamic (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Five Days After His Mugshot, Trump Declares Justice 'Officially Dead' While Flooding the Zone with Vindication** Trump spent the day processing the aftershocks of his historic Fulton County mugshot, alternating between declarations of political persecution and boasts of surging poll numbers. The morning opened with controlled grievance about his indictments before pivoting to claims about rising polls and a record-breaking Tucker Carlson interview. An afternoon attack on Chris Christie and a flurry of shared supportive articles gave way to an evening crescendo in which he declared American justice "officially dead" -- the day's most intense and emotionally flooded moment. The day closed with a breezy announcement about upcoming Truth Social videos, as if none of it had happened. Full digest for 2023-08-29: https://trump.fm/date/2023-08-29/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, August 29). GREG KELLY: “IT SHOWS ONCE AGAIN THAT DONALD... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110975026866254849 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "GREG KELLY: “IT SHOWS ONCE AGAIN THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS..." Truth Social, 29 Aug. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110975026866254849. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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