# Post ts_111675243132926950

- Post ID: `ts_111675243132926950`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-12-31T13:22:58.532Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111675243132926950
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111675243132926950/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111675243132926950.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/111675234688792490 Alyssa Farrah: “He’s (Trump) a remarkable man…”

## Reposted post

Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111675234688792490 (2023-12-31T13:20:49.659Z (UTC))

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- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/675/234/602/866/805/original/b3c4ea47fdcc9d52.jpg

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:43), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> - You met the president, if you remember that. - The first time that I met the president, I was working for the vice president, Mike Pence. I was so nervous. He came into a Roosevelt room meeting that the vice president was leading, and he turned to me and said, "Hi, Smiley." I'm guaranteed he does not remember that to this day, but I was smiling so wide because I was just excited to see him. But now I've got to spend quite a bit of time with him. I remember this every day as I walk on a campus, just to stop, say a quick prayer of thank you and gratitude that I get to be there, and that I get to serve this particular president. He's a remarkable man. The more time you spend with him behind closed doors, the more you understand what makes him such a strong leader for our nation.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/675/243/006/347/418/original/99f807e4a20225d5.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 7,457
- Reposts: 2,003
- Replies: 275
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.380Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T15:06:02.283Z (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 RT — Alyssa Farah Griffin Quote (2023-12-31)

## Overview

A minimal repost amplifying a complimentary quote attributed to Alyssa Farah Griffin: *"He's (Trump) a remarkable man…"* The post includes a video attachment (presumably a television or interview clip) and is formatted as a retruth of Trump's own account, consistent with an aide's media-monitoring-and-post workflow.

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## Level 1: Dispositional Traits

**Extraversion (high):** Dominant; the act of broadcasting third-party praise is a high-extraversion behavior — seeking social reward and visibility.

**Agreeableness (low):** No explicit hostility here, but the implicit framing — presenting a former critic's praise — carries a competitive undercurrent.

**Neuroticism (low):** This post is emotionally flat and calm. No anxious or hostile markers. The psychological posture is securely grandiose.

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## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

**Dominant motive: Narcissistic supply collection.** The selection of Farah Griffin as the source is psychologically deliberate (whether by Trump or aide acting on his behalf). She represents the category of "reformed critic" — someone who abandoned the Trump orbit after January 6th, gained mainstream media status on The View, and became associated with anti-Trump Republican commentary. Her endorsement therefore carries premium supply value: it signals that even defectors recognize his extraordinary qualities.

**Schema activated:** *"Even my enemies know the truth about me."* This is a deeply-held schema documented throughout Trump's public communications — the belief that opposition is performative or politically motivated, and that at the level of private truth, everyone acknowledges his greatness.

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## Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role:** The Validated Exceptional — a figure so remarkable that even critics cannot contain their admiration.

**Narrative sequence:** Redemptive undertone. The implicit story: *"They tried to destroy me (ballot removals, fraud trials), but even those who left me confirm my worth."* The contamination sequence (good → betrayal by Farah Griffin's January 6th resignation) is being reversed into a micro-redemption arc.

**Identity claim:** *"I am a remarkable man"* — ventriloquized through Farah Griffin.

**Contrasting other:** Farah Griffin herself functions as the contrasting other whose conversion validates the protagonist.

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## Level 4: Clinical Indicators

### Malignant Narcissism
- **Narcissistic features (0.6/1.0):** Supply-seeking via defector endorsement; grandiose self-concept reinforced through external validation.
- **Antisocial features (0.1):** Not present in this post.
- **Paranoid features (0.0):** Absent; this is a grandiose rather than persecutory post.
- **Sadism (0.0):** Absent.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Idealization:** The validating object (Farah Griffin) is elevated; her full critical record is erased.
- **Denial (pathological):** Farah Griffin's extensive public criticism of Trump — her resignation citing the January 6th assault on the Capitol, her co-hosting role on The View, her book — is implicitly negated by presenting only the flattering fragment.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Assessment: Predominantly aide-authored (confidence: medium)**

Posted at 08:22 EST — squarely in business-hour aide operation territory. The post requires external media sourcing (a video clip likely from a television broadcast), implying a media-monitoring workflow. No linguistic fingerprints of authentic Trump style (no ALL CAPS, no typos, no stream-of-consciousness structure). The *psychological motivation* is entirely consistent with Trump's personality, but the *execution* points to aide curation.

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## Contextual Frame

On New Year's Eve 2023, Trump was facing:
- Ballot removal in Colorado and Maine under the 14th Amendment
- An ongoing NY civil fraud trial
- Kevin McCarthy's resignation from Congress (narrowing the House majority)

This post functions as a psychological counterweight — rather than engaging these pressures directly, it collects social validation to stabilize the grandiose self-state. This is a consistent pattern: under legal or political threat, Trump (or his team) sources supply-rich content to restore psychological equilibrium.

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## Danger Assessment

**None.** No violent imagery, eliminationist language, dehumanization, or mobilization rhetoric. Routine supply-collection post.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Alyssa Farah said Trump is 'a remarkable man'" | **Unverifiable** | Farah Griffin has made mixed public statements about Trump — critical of January 6th and his conduct, but occasionally acknowledging his political instincts. The full context of the clipped quote is inaccessible without the video. Selective quotation from a longer interview is the most probable scenario. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 08:22 EST (Mar-a-Lago / Palm Beach timezone, UTC-5) — morning business hours, consistent with aide scheduling
- No original text beyond RT attribution and a single pull-quote
- Video media attachment implies curation workflow rather than impulsive posting
- Clean formatting, no typos, no ALL CAPS emotional escalation
- Simple RT structure is low-effort but the sourcing of a video clip from a legacy media appearance is consistent with Scavino/aide media monitoring

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Comparison (Alyssa Farah Griffin — former White House Communications Director who resigned post-January 6th and became a public Trump critic)

Sentiment: +0.72

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)
- denial (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Vicarious social proof — 'even my critics say I'm remarkable'
- Endorsement amplification — using a recognizable name from the opposition to strengthen credibility signal

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Alyssa Farah said Trump is 'a remarkable man'

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Farah Griffin has made mixed public statements about Trump — critical of January 6th and his conduct, but occasionally acknowledging his political instincts. The full context of the clipped quote is inaccessible without the video. Selective quotation from a longer interview is the most probable scenario.

Sources: Video clip attached to post — content not independently verifiable

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- narcissistic-supply (90%)
- endorsement-amplification (80%)
- former-critic-conversion (85%)
- aide-authored (65%)
- grandiose-state (70%)
- legal-threat-context (60%)
- selective-quotation (75%)

## That day

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

**New Year's Eve "Receipts" Blitz: Coordinated Loyalty Purges Interrupted by Jack Smith Filing Rage**

Trump spent New Year's Eve morning at Mar-a-Lago running a two-front operation: his team dumped opposition research on Nikki Haley and Alyssa Farah Griffin, weaponizing their own past praise of him against their current criticisms. The controlled messaging was punctured mid-morning when Jack Smith's team filed legal papers on the holiday, triggering a genuine flash of anger and the familiar "ELECTION INTERFERENCE!" cry. Aides quickly restored equilibrium with a sequence of flattering quotes and supportive articles. The day was light on personal expression — nearly everything was staff-curated — but the one authentic outburst revealed the legal pressure simmering beneath the polished surface.

Full digest for 2023-12-31: https://trump.fm/date/2023-12-31/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, December 31). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111675243132926950
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 31 Dec. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111675243132926950. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1...," Truth Social, December 31, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111675243132926950.

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