# Post ts_111746994133094587 - Post ID: `ts_111746994133094587` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-01-13T05:30:11.845Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111746994133094587 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111746994133094587/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111746994133094587.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Thank you to Senator Mike Lee of Utah - A GREAT HONOR! ## What the media says **Video transcript** (1:27), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Whom you're going to endorse in the Republican primary? Are you going to share it with us tonight? Yeah, I have made that decision. And as I get into that, I want to be clear. This is a choice. American people have a choice to make. In this circumstance, they have a rare, historically unusual chance to choose between two presidents. They have a chance to choose between order and lawlessness. They have an opportunity to choose between putting America first and America last. I choose first and always to put America first. Look, whether you like Donald Trump or not, whether you agree with everything he says or not, he is our one opportunity to choose order over chaos and putting America first over America last. It's time to get behind him. And look, in presidential campaigns, there are always a lot of promises made. My favorite kinds of political promises are promises kept. Donald Trump has kept promises that he's made as he's campaigned in the past. We know what kind of president he will be. And so whether you agree with him on every point or not, if you are not content with the status quo, the status quo of lawlessness, of putting America last, it's time to get behind Donald Trump. And I wholeheartedly endorse Donald J. Trump and his bid for the presidency in 2024. -Well, Senator, we really appreciate you joining us tonight, and I'm interested in seeing -- ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/746/994/083/581/140/original/49809dc794f2249d.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 14,082 - Reposts: 3,428 - Replies: 373 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.378Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T16:07:24.757Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Post Analysis: ts_111746994133094587 — "Thank you to Senator Mike Lee of Utah - A GREAT HONOR!" ### Overview This is an extremely brief endorsement-acknowledgment post, likely timed as part of a pre-Iowa-caucus social proof accumulation sequence. The subject is 77 years old; the Iowa caucuses are approximately 48 hours away (January 15, 2024). The post is low in clinical signal but reveals characteristic narcissistic inversion in its framing. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Timing:** UTC 05:30 = 11:30 PM CST (Iowa, where Trump was likely campaigning) or 12:30 AM EST (Mar-a-Lago). Either way, this falls squarely in the late-night window associated with authentic Trump posting. Given the Iowa caucuses on Jan 15 and his messaging to Iowa voters ("A MESSAGE TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF IOWA!" posted same day), Trump was likely in Iowa or en route. **Style markers:** ALL CAPS emphasis ("A GREAT HONOR!"), exclamatory brevity, absence of grammatical complexity, superlative adjective — all consistent with authentic Trump voice. No polished sentence structure or event-announcement scaffolding characteristic of aide-written posts. **Confidence: High** — authentic Trump. --- ### Psychological State and Trigger **Trigger type:** Supply-seeking / pre-election maintenance. With the Iowa caucuses imminent, Trump is in an endorsement-collection phase, publicly broadcasting social proof of political support to signal dominance and inevitability. The endorsement from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), a prominent constitutional conservative, serves as validation of political legitimacy at a moment of concentrated legal pressure (NY fraud closing arguments, Fani Willis case developments). **Narcissistic state:** Grandiose. The phrasing "A GREAT HONOR!" is a characteristic narcissistic inversion: in conventional social grammar, an endorsement is an honor conferred *on the endorsed candidate by the endorser*. Trump's framing reverses this — it is an honor *to Trump himself*, implicitly reinforcing self-elevation above the endorser. The senator is cast as lucky to be associated, not the other way around. **Intensity:** Low — this is a content post, not a reactionary one. There is no visible rage, grievance, or injury response. The psychological temperature is warm and self-assured. --- ### Multi-Level Personality Framework **Level 1 — Dispositional Traits:** - *Extraversion*: High. Positive affect, public gratitude performance, social assertion. - *Agreeableness*: Superficially present (gratitude) but subordinated to status display. - *Conscientiousness*: Low evidence — the post is minimal and unpolished. - *Neuroticism*: Absent in this instance. - *Openness*: Low — formulaic content. **Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations:** - Dominant motive: **Status/power**. Endorsement collection is status-accrual behavior, not genuine communion. - Schema revealed: "Powerful people aligning with me confirms my specialness." Social proof functions as narcissistic supply. **Level 3 — Narrative Identity:** - Protagonist role: The Inevitable Winner, collecting tributes before a decisive contest. - No redemption or contamination sequence — this is a victory-maintenance post. - Identity claim: "I am someone upon whom great honors are bestowed by powerful senators." - Contrasting other (implicit): Haley, DeSantis — who are conspicuously *not* receiving such honors. --- ### Defense Mechanisms Minimal in this post. Light **idealization** of the endorser ("GREAT HONOR") serves to magnify the supply received. No immature or pathological defenses are active here — the post reflects a grandiose state, not a defensive one. --- ### Rhetorical Techniques - **Superlative/hyperbole**: "GREAT HONOR" — inflates routine political endorsement to signal high stakes and prestige. - **Social proof**: Public display of endorsement functions as persuasion by authority. - **Pre-caucus momentum signaling**: Part of a coordinated sequence (Landry, Rogers, Barrasso, Lee) establishing bandwagon effect. - **Parasocial intimacy**: First-person "Thank you" personalizes a broadcast to create intimacy at scale. --- ### Cognitive Status No cognitive markers assessable from a six-word post. Insufficient data for deviation assessment. --- ### Danger Assessment **None.** No violent language, no dehumanization, no target identification, no eliminationist rhetoric. Benign endorsement acknowledgment. --- ### Gaslighting / Reality Distortion Absent. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Mike Lee is a Senator from Utah" | **True** | Mike Lee (R-UT) has served as U.S. Senator from Utah since January 2011, elected in the 2010 Tea Party wave. | Overall Veracity: 100% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 82%) ### Indicators - Late night local time (~11:30 PM CST / ~12:30 AM EST) - ALL CAPS emphasis ('A GREAT HONOR!') - Exclamatory brevity characteristic of authentic posts - Superlative adjective without polished sentence structure - No event-announcement scaffolding or professional formatting ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Senator Mike Lee endorsement ahead of Iowa caucuses) Sentiment: +0.72 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 40% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 10% **Parasocial Techniques:** - First-person 'Thank you' personalizes broadcast to create intimacy at scale - Public gratitude performance signals desirability and social proof to followers ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Mike Lee is a Senator from Utah **TRUE** Mike Lee (R-UT) has served as U.S. Senator from Utah since January 2011, elected in the 2010 Tea Party wave. Sources: General knowledge — public record Overall Veracity: 100% ## Tags - endorsement (90%) - iowa-caucus-prep (85%) - social-proof (80%) - supply-receiving (75%) - narcissistic-inversion (65%) - authentic-trump (82%) - late-night-post (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Legal Siege on Two Fronts: Late-Night Mob Proxy, Daytime Iowa Confidence, Evening Rage Spiral** Trump spent the day toggling between Iowa caucus confidence and escalating fury over two simultaneous legal battles — the New York civil fraud trial and the E. Jean Carroll defamation case. The most alarming moment came after midnight, when he publicly thanked a former mob underboss while naming both judges presiding over his cases. Campaign messaging was mostly handled by staff during travel hours, while the most raw and personal attacks came directly from Trump late at night and into the evening, culminating in a rapid-fire cluster of posts savaging Carroll, Judge Kaplan, and the attorney general with peak-level intensity. The day's mood landed somewhere between defiant campaign rally and courthouse hallway meltdown. Full digest for 2024-01-13: https://trump.fm/date/2024-01-13/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, January 13). Thank you to Senator Mike Lee of Utah - A GREAT... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111746994133094587 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Thank you to Senator Mike Lee of Utah - A GREAT HONOR!" Truth Social, 13 Jan. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111746994133094587. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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