# Post ts_111574866546088593 - Post ID: `ts_111574866546088593` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-12-13T19:55:53.307Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111574866546088593 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111574866546088593/analysis ## Post text > https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/dr-ben-carson-and-rep-matt-gaetz-set-to-stump-for-trump/ ## Engagement - Likes: 10,529 - Reposts: 2,827 - Replies: 322 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.387Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T15:27:52.852Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: URL Share — Carson/Gaetz Stumping for Trump (2023-12-13) ## Post Overview This post consists solely of a hyperlink to an RSB Network article reporting that Dr. Ben Carson and Rep. Matt Gaetz are set to campaign for Trump. There is no original text, commentary, or affect expressed by the poster. It is among at least three RSB Network link-shares posted on the same day, flanked by emotionally charged original posts (the ALL CAPS mail-in ballot tirade, the Politico/DISINFORMATION response). --- ## Authorship Attribution **Verdict: Aide-written (high confidence)** UTC timestamp 19:55:53 converts to **2:55 PM Eastern Time** on December 13, 2023. Trump was in New York attending the civil fraud trial on this date. This falls squarely within business hours — a strong aide-authorship indicator. The post contains zero original text, no typos, no emotional markers, and follows a pattern of routine campaign-surrogate promotion. The identical posting pattern (bare RSB Network URLs, no commentary) appears at least twice more in the session log, consistent with a social media staffer's content queue. --- ## Psychological State & Triggers Given that this post is aide-managed content, inferring Trump's direct psychological state is not warranted. In campaign terms, the post serves a **supply-seeking / maintenance** function: amplifying signals of political strength (notable surrogates Carson and Gaetz) during a period of intense legal pressure (Jack Smith's SCOTUS immunity petition, Judge Chutkan's pause of the election interference case, NYC civil fraud trial attendance). The implicit message — "powerful allies are rallying" — functions as compensatory grandiosity scaffolding during a period when the principal's own posts the same day show significant narcissistic injury responses (the mail-in ballot ALL CAPS post, the Politico DISINFORMATION post). --- ## Rhetorical Techniques Minimal direct rhetorical content. The link itself activates **social proof** (prominent surrogates = legitimate candidacy) and **authority** (Dr. Carson = credentialed establishment-crossover appeal; Gaetz = populist base energizer). No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism indicators present. --- ## Cognitive Assessment No language production observable in an aide-authored bare URL post. No cognitive markers assessable. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** Routine campaign promotion of surrogate activity. --- ## Longitudinal Note When viewed against the same-day posting sequence, this link-share is a mechanical content-queue item that contrasts sharply with the raw emotional intensity of the principal's own posts that day. The juxtaposition is itself informative: the aide-managed layer provides professional scaffolding while the principal's direct posts (ALL CAPS election fraud claims, DISINFORMATION accusations) reveal acute stress responses to concurrent legal developments. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 10%) ### Indicators - Posted at 2:55 PM Eastern Time (business hours, New York) - Zero original text — bare URL only - Part of a same-day pattern of multiple bare RSB Network link shares - No typos, emotional markers, or stream-of-consciousness style - Event/surrogate announcement format consistent with aide content queue ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance (Campaign surrogate promotion queue) Sentiment: +0.30 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 10% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Social proof via surrogate endorsement ## Tags - aide-authored (95%) - surrogate-promotion (90%) - supply-seeking (40%) - social-proof (60%) - content-queue (85%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Legal Siege Day: Fraud Trial Rage and Jack Smith Fury Bracket an Iowa Rally Pivot** Trump spent a legally intense day oscillating between courthouse fury and campaign trail bravado. The morning opened with an explosive reaction to his New York civil fraud trial, claiming his expert witness demolished the prosecution, before pivoting to all-caps boasts about dominating every poll. The afternoon brought a recycled 2020 election fraud narrative, a gleeful "WHERE'S HUNTER?" taunt timed to Hunter Biden's subpoena defiance, and a combative defense against a Politico report on North Korea. The day closed with a sharp attack on Jack Smith's push to fast-track presidential immunity to the Supreme Court, posted shortly after landing in Iowa for an evening rally. Throughout it all, aides padded the feed with dozens of supportive article links and endorsement announcements. Full digest for 2023-12-13: https://trump.fm/date/2023-12-13/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, December 13). https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/dr-ben-carson-and-... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111574866546088593 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/dr-ben-carson-and-rep-matt-g..." Truth Social, 13 Dec. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111574866546088593. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/dr-ben-carson-and-rep-matt-g...," Truth Social, December 13, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111574866546088593. ## For agents - Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt - API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json - MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth) - This post as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/ts_111574866546088593 - Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/ts_111574866546088593 - All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/ts_111574866546088593 - Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2023-12-13 - The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111574866546088593.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. 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