# Post ts_111404975747646813

- Post ID: `ts_111404975747646813`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-11-13T19:50:25.441Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111404975747646813
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111404975747646813/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111404975747646813.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> The holidays are around the corner, did you get your copy of LETTERS TO TRUMP? Makes a GREAT gift! https://45books.com/

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/404/975/717/896/278/original/b3df943b50b52c7e.jpg

## Engagement

- Likes: 8,962
- Reposts: 2,249
- Replies: 788
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.391Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T10:50:42.334Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: ts_111404975747646813 — Book Promotion Post (2023-11-13)

## Authorship Attribution

**Strong aide-written indicators.** UTC timestamp 19:50:25 converts to **2:50 PM EST** in New York, where Trump was actively attending and testifying in the NY civil fraud trial. This falls squarely in business hours. The post is grammatically complete, commercially polished, contains no typos, no ALL-CAPS emotional outburst (the single "GREAT" is conventional ad-copy emphasis, not rage-driven), and serves a purely transactional function — driving traffic to 45books.com. This is the fingerprint of a communications/social media aide (most likely Scavino's shop) executing a pre-planned holiday promotional calendar.

Contrast with the same day's authentic-pattern posts: the Jack Smith/"TDS" post and the NY fraud trial post both display stream-of-consciousness syntax, mid-sentence ellipses, accumulating ALL-CAPS, and emotional disinhibition consistent with Trump's personal authorship. This post is categorically different.

## Psychological State

Because authorship is attributed to an aide with high confidence, direct inferences about Trump's psychological state from *this specific text* are not warranted. The post is a scripted artifact of the campaign/commercial apparatus, not an emotional window into the subject.

What *is* notable is the juxtaposition: within the same 24-hour window, the subject produces or co-produces rage-saturated attacks on prosecutors, judges, and the legal system — then this frictionless, cheerful holiday promotion surfaces. The tonal whiplash is not psychologically meaningful in this post; it reflects the parallel operation of two different communication tracks (personal/reactive vs. organizational/commercial).

## Rhetorical Techniques

Minimal and purely commercial:
- **Seasonal urgency framing:** "holidays are around the corner" — standard retail scarcity/occasion trigger
- **Direct address:** "did you get your copy" — inclusive, creates mild social-proof implication
- **Mild superlative:** "GREAT gift" — brand-consistent, low-intensity boosterism
- **No propaganda techniques, no dehumanizing language, no threat framing**

## Clinical Indicators

None applicable. This post does not provide signal for cognitive assessment (aide-authored), narcissistic dynamics, rage, defense mechanisms, or reality distortion. It is a holiday marketing post and should be weighted accordingly in longitudinal datasets — flagged as organizational output, not personal expression.

## Danger Assessment

**None.** No threat language, no target identification, no eliminationist framing.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The holidays are around the corner" | **Mostly True** | Posted November 13, approximately 6 weeks before Christmas. Standard seasonal marketing framing; accurate in conventional retail terms. |
| "LETTERS TO TRUMP is a book available at 45books.com" | **True** | Letters to Trump is a real published book collecting correspondence sent to Donald Trump, sold through the 45books.com storefront. |
| "Makes a GREAT gift" | **Unverifiable** | Subjective marketing claim; gift suitability is a matter of opinion and recipient preference. |

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 10%)

### Indicators

- 14:50 EST — mid-business-hours posting
- Grammatically complete, no typos or misspellings
- Pure commercial transaction: URL + product name + call to action
- No emotional disinhibition or stream-of-consciousness syntax
- Conventional ad-copy capitalization (GREAT) vs rage-driven ALL CAPS in same-day authentic posts

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.35

### Clinical

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- direct address ('did you get your copy')
- seasonal shared-experience framing

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> The holidays are around the corner

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Posted November 13, approximately 6 weeks before Christmas. Standard seasonal marketing framing; accurate in conventional retail terms.

> LETTERS TO TRUMP is a book available at 45books.com

**TRUE**

Letters to Trump is a real published book collecting correspondence sent to Donald Trump, sold through the 45books.com storefront.

> Makes a GREAT gift

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Subjective marketing claim; gift suitability is a matter of opinion and recipient preference.

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Tags

- aide-authored (95%)
- commercial-promotion (95%)
- holiday-marketing (90%)
- low-psychological-signal (90%)
- book-promotion (85%)

## That day

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

**Courtroom Rage Gives Way to Shallow Recovery as Civil Fraud Trial Grinds On**

Trump spent the midday hours lashing out at the prosecutors and judge overseeing his New York civil fraud trial, naming specific officials as criminals and calling the proceedings a political witch hunt. The two opening posts were dense and angry, targeting Jack Smith, Andrew Weissmann, and the presiding judge with escalating accusations of fraud and illegality. After venting, the tone shifted abruptly to lighter fare — retweeting a UFC appearance with Dana White and plugging his book as a holiday gift. The pattern was classic: discharge fury, then seek applause.

Full digest for 2023-11-13: https://trump.fm/date/2023-11-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, November 13). The holidays are around the corner, did you get... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111404975747646813
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The holidays are around the corner, did you get your copy..." Truth Social, 13 Nov. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111404975747646813. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The holidays are around the corner, did you get your copy...," Truth Social, November 13, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111404975747646813.

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