# Post ts_112678787801181297

- Post ID: `ts_112678787801181297`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-06-25T18:57:34.876Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112678787801181297
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112678787801181297/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112678787801181297.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Nicky Lucidonio—Owner of Tony and Nick's Steaks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania…

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:53), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> What is it about Philly? Is it really kind of curious about the Trump phenomenon, or do you think they're just going to go back and blue all the way through? No, I think this is going to be different this time around, because people are fed up of the high prices everywhere. I mean, my stake used to be $8. Now it's $14.50. I mean, it's crazy. I hate to give that kind of price out for a cheesesteak. Why has it gone that high? $14.50? When I lived in Philly, it was a long time ago. I know I looked so young. It was like $5. Yeah, it's from the ribeye, the bread, the meat, the cheese, oil. Everything just went sky high in a matter of two years.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/678/787/751/037/376/original/c6cc29a18b8fc785.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 11,076
- Reposts: 2,981
- Replies: 348
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.346Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T10:06:35.902Z (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 — June 25, 2024

## Overview

This post is a single-sentence caption introducing a testimonial video from a Philadelphia cheesesteak restaurant owner. At 14:57 EDT (Trump's local time in Philadelphia, where he held a campaign rally that day), posted during business hours, formatted with professional em-dash punctuation, and devoid of any Trump linguistic markers, it presents as **aide-produced campaign content** with high confidence. No direct psychological signal from the subject is available.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Verdict: Aide-written (confidence: high)**

The post converts to approximately 2:57 PM EDT — deep inside standard working hours for campaign communications staff. The typography (em-dash, ellipsis as deliberate teaser) conforms to polished social media templates. The structure ("Name—Title in Location…") is a standard video-introduction format. Nothing in the text resembles Trump's authentic voice: no hyperbolic superlatives, no ALL CAPS, no emotional reactivity, no typos, no first-person assertion.

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## Contextual Significance

The post is part of a cluster of June 25 content surrounding Trump's Philadelphia rally (confirmed in the events record). The selection of a cheesesteak shop owner as spokesperson is strategically rich: in Philadelphia, the cheesesteak carries heavy symbolic weight as a marker of authentic local identity and working-class culture. The post works to embed Trump in that cultural symbolism on the day of his Temple University rally.

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## Rhetorical Function

Standard testimonial marketing with regional identity anchoring. The symbolic condensation (cheesesteak = Philadelphia working class = the constituency being courted) is the operative persuasion mechanism. The ellipsis drives engagement toward the attached video. No manipulative, dangerous, or clinically notable rhetoric is present.

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## Psychological Assessment

**Not clinically significant.** This post offers no window into the subject's psychological state. The campaign apparatus is doing the communicative work. Examined alongside the same-day posts ("VOTE FOR TRUMP - NO TAX ON TIPS!", the "Cheap Fakes" attack on Biden, the congratulatory College World Series post, the Social Security contrast post), this post reflects a coordinated staff-managed social media cadence running parallel to the Philadelphia rally — routine campaign operations with no noteworthy deviation from baseline patterns.

*No summary generated — post is below clinical significance threshold.*

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Nicky Lucidonio is the owner of Tony and Nick's Steaks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" | **Unverifiable** | Cannot verify business ownership from available knowledge. Tony and Nick's Steaks is a real Philadelphia establishment, but specific ownership attribution is unverifiable without external sources. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 8%)

### Indicators

- Post time converts to ~2:57 PM EDT in Philadelphia (Trump's location for the day's rally), firmly within business hours
- Professional em-dash formatting ('Nicky Lucidonio—Owner of Tony and Nick's Steaks') is uncharacteristic of authentic Trump posts which rarely deploy typographic punctuation correctly
- Structured third-party introduction format ('Name—Title/Role in Location') is a standard social media staff template
- No capitalizations, exclamations, emotional content, or stream-of-consciousness — hallmarks absent from authentic posts
- Ellipsis at end suggests deliberate teaser formatting for video content, a produced-media convention

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Campaign rally in Philadelphia)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Testimonial from local working-class business owner (common man appeal)
- Philadelphia identity anchoring — cheesesteak shop is a potent regional cultural symbol

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._

> Nicky Lucidonio is the owner of Tony and Nick's Steaks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Cannot verify business ownership from available knowledge. Tony and Nick's Steaks is a real Philadelphia establishment, but specific ownership attribution is unverifiable without external sources.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- aide-authored (95%)
- campaign-content (90%)
- testimonial (85%)
- common-man-appeal (80%)
- philadelphia-rally (80%)
- working-class-outreach (75%)

## That day

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

**Pre-Debate Messaging Blitz: Campaign Machine Dominates a Disciplined Day**

Two days before the CNN presidential debate, Trump's feed was dominated by campaign-produced attack posts targeting Biden on Social Security, immigration, and crowd size. The morning ended with a brief, authentic late-night flare over crowd-size comparisons, but the afternoon was almost entirely aide-crafted messaging — polished, on-script, and strategically sequenced. The most notable moment was a lengthy persecution-as-martyrdom post reframing his indictments as badges of honor, which stood out as the day's emotional peak and only real departure from otherwise routine campaign content.

Full digest for 2024-06-25: https://trump.fm/date/2024-06-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, June 25). Nicky Lucidonio—Owner of Tony and Nick's Steaks... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112678787801181297
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Nicky Lucidonio—Owner of Tony and Nick's Steaks in..." Truth Social, 25 Jun. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112678787801181297. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Nicky Lucidonio—Owner of Tony and Nick's Steaks in...," Truth Social, June 25, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112678787801181297.

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