# Post ts_110979217965179554 - Post ID: `ts_110979217965179554` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-08-30T15:14:37.300Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110979217965179554 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110979217965179554/analysis ## Post text > https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/trump-is-beating-biden-big-in-2024-general-polling/ ## Engagement - Likes: 5,196 - Reposts: 1,308 - Replies: 87 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.400Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T08:01:16.642Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: Truth Social Post — 2023-08-30 (URL Share, RSB Network Polling Article) ## Overview This post consists entirely of a bare URL to an RSB Network article claiming Trump leads Biden "big" in 2024 general election polling. There is zero original textual content from the subject. The analytical yield is consequently low; most frameworks cannot be meaningfully applied. The post is best understood as a supply-seeking media amplification, part of a broader same-day pattern of aide-curated favorable coverage following the Fulton County mugshot. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Verdict: Almost certainly aide-written (Scavino pattern)** - UTC timestamp 15:14:37 converts to **11:14 AM EDT** on August 30, 2023. Trump was likely at Bedminster, NJ (his summer residence) at this time — mid-morning business hours, not his known late-night posting window. - Zero original text; purely a URL drop. Authentic Trump posts at minimum append brief commentary ("So true!", "Fake news!", ALL CAPS reactions). - This post is structurally identical to four other same-day posts (Fox News fundraising, Spectator/Gingrich, Newsmax ×2) — a batch-curated media amplification pattern consistent with Scavino's known operation of scheduling favorable press clips. - No typos, no emotional punctuation, no characteristic rhetorical signatures. --- ## Psychological State & Trigger **Trigger type: Supply-seeking (validating/grandiose)** Coming six days after the historic Fulton County mugshot (August 24) and amid the reported $7.1M fundraising surge, this post participates in a narrative consolidation effort: the indictments, rather than being defeats, are being framed as proof of political persecution that drives supporters toward the subject. Sharing favorable polling is consistent with grandiose narcissistic state maintenance — broadcasting validation rather than defending against attack. No narcissistic injury is detectable in this post. The grandiose pole is operative. --- ## Narrative Identity (Level 3) The RSB headline ("Trump is beating Biden big") does rhetorical work the subject does not need to perform himself — the headline's framing mirrors his characteristic competitive/superlative idiom ("big," "beating") while being attributable to a third party. This is a common delegated self-aggrandizement pattern: outsource the boast to a news source, amplify it, maintain deniability about the grandiosity. **Protagonist role activated:** Winner/frontrunner. **Contrasting other:** Biden (implicit, embedded in the article headline). --- ## Rhetorical & Propaganda Techniques Minimal — the post itself has no text. However, source selection constitutes a rhetorical act: - RSB Network (Right Side Broadcasting) is a pro-Trump media outlet; selecting this source over neutral polling aggregators signals audience capture reinforcement. - Headline language ("beating Biden **big**") mirrors Trump's own hyperbolic register, creating seamless rhetorical continuity. - **No dehumanizing language. No violent imagery. No stochastic terrorism indicators.** --- ## Cognitive Status **Insufficient data.** No text = no language to assess. Cannot meaningfully score vocabulary, syntax, or coherence. N/A for this post. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Trump is beating Biden big in 2024 general election polling" | **Half True** | Some August 2023 polls showed Trump competitive with or marginally ahead of Biden in swing-state surveys, but national polling averages were mixed and near the margin of error. The characterization 'big' overstates what aggregated polling showed. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Danger Assessment **Level: None.** No targets identified, no eliminationist language, no calls to action. --- ## Summary Post is not clinically significant. No original text; no behavioral patterns beyond supply-seeking media amplification. Aide-authored, batch-scheduled, consistent with routine favorable press curation during the post-mugshot consolidation period. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 10%) ### Indicators - 11:14 AM EDT local time — business hours, not Trump's late-night window - Zero original text, bare URL only - Structurally identical to four other same-day batch posts (Fox, Spectator, Newsmax x2) - No typos, ALL CAPS, or emotional punctuation - Pattern consistent with Scavino scheduled media amplification ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Favorable polling coverage) Sentiment: +0.50 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Delegated self-aggrandizement via third-party headline amplification ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Trump is beating Biden big in 2024 general election polling **HALF TRUE** Some August 2023 polls showed Trump competitive with or marginally ahead of Biden in swing-state surveys, but national polling averages were mixed and near the margin of error. The characterization 'big' overstates what aggregated polling showed. Sources: RealClearPolitics polling averages August 2023; RSB Network article (pro-Trump outlet, selective sourcing) Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - aide-authored (90%) - supply-seeking (70%) - poll-amplification (60%) - post-mugshot-consolidation (60%) - grandiose-state (50%) - no-original-text (100%) - batch-post-pattern (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Post-Mugshot Counteroffensive: 99-Post Barrage Converts Criminal Booking Into Campaign Ammunition** Six days after his historic Fulton County mugshot, Trump flooded Truth Social with 99 posts — one of his highest-volume days on record. The morning was a staff-produced wall of favorable links building a persecution-meets-triumph narrative, but the afternoon turned personal and heated, with escalating all-caps attacks on Jack Smith, the DOJ, Biden, Rupert Murdoch, and Bill Barr. The most alarming moment came when he amplified an article explicitly calling the indictments a "declaration of war" requiring a "fight fire with fire" response. Throughout it all, the dominant mood was defiant grandiosity — the mugshot had already been converted into a fundraising bonanza and cultural weapon, with poll leads and the $20 million August haul cited as proof that persecution only makes him stronger. Full digest for 2023-08-30: https://trump.fm/date/2023-08-30/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, August 30). https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/trump-is-beating-b... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110979217965179554 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/trump-is-beating-biden-big-i..." Truth Social, 30 Aug. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110979217965179554. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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