# Post ts_112979045967203817

- Post ID: `ts_112979045967203817`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-08-17T19:37:10.898Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112979045967203817
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112979045967203817/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112979045967203817.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/112978887183256558 SEE YOU SOON! MAGA2024!!!

## Reposted post

Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112978887183256558 (2024-08-17T18:56:48.048Z (UTC))

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/112978661675016009 On my way to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. See you soon—Together, WE are going to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/978/884/765/581/181/original/7b58dc6496a5eaf8.mp4

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (3:02), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> >> Okay, drop. [MUSIC] >> So we're going backwards, all right? [LAUGH] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC]

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/979/045/808/994/758/original/cd3faf9beedd1fe7.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 11,363
- Reposts: 2,755
- Replies: 665
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.339Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-25T12:33:02.884Z (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_112979045967203817 — August 17, 2024

## Contextual Framing

This post is a self-retruth (RT of his own prior post) with appended text, timed approximately 23 minutes before a 4:00 PM Eastern rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The original URL appears to be malformed—`112978887183256558SEE` runs the numeric post ID directly into the word "SEE" with no space or line break, suggesting the poster either failed to hit return/space between the URL and the appended message, or the platform concatenated them. The attached MP4 is likely a hype/teaser clip for the rally.

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## Level 1: Dispositional Traits

The post is too brief for robust trait inference. What is present:

- **Extraversion (high):** ALL CAPS enthusiasm, triple exclamation, direct crowd address ("SEE YOU SOON!") — consistent with excitement-seeking and assertiveness.
- **Agreeableness (low signal):** No interpersonal content to rate.
- **Conscientiousness (low signal):** The malformed URL suggests impulsive or careless formatting.
- **Neuroticism (minimal):** No hostility, anxiety, or reactivity visible; this is a positive-valence post.
- **Openness (low signal):** Formulaic campaign language; no novel or flexible thinking.

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## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

**Dominant motive:** Agency/status — this is a crowd-mobilization post in the service of political power. The rally-hype format is a supply-seeking loop: Trump energizes the crowd, the crowd energizes Trump.

**Schema:** The audience is cast as loyal, waiting, beloved; Trump is the main event arriving to deliver. No adversarial schema present in this particular post (compare to the Fox News link posts earlier the same day, which served implicit threat/contrast functions).

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## Level 3: Narrative Identity

- **Protagonist role:** Conquering returnee / crowd magnet — "SEE YOU SOON!" positions him as the awaited figure.
- **Narrative sequence:** Neutral-to-redemptive — the rally circuit post-Butler carries implicit comeback-from-adversity resonance, though this post does not explicitly invoke that.
- **Identity claim:** Implied rather than stated — MAGA2024 functions as tribal badge and identity anchor.
- **Contrasting other:** Absent in this post; unusual for Trump, but consistent with pure mobilization content where no enemy is needed.

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## Level 4: Clinical Indicators

**Narcissistic state:** Grandiose (mild). Pre-rally excitement is routine; no injury or vulnerability visible. Supply-seeking is structural to the rally format.

**Trigger type:** Maintenance — routine audience engagement ahead of scheduled event.

**Rage:** Absent.

**Defense mechanisms:** Minimal/none observable in this micro-post. The prior posts in the session (Fox News links about Newsom, Harris economy critique) served implicit projection/displacement functions, but this post stands apart as operationally simple.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Timing:** UTC 19:37 → EDT (UTC−4) = **3:37 PM Eastern**. Business hours; consistent with campaign-staff posting window. However, several signals point toward authenticity or at minimum dictation/collaboration:

1. **ALL CAPS with triple exclamation marks** is Trump's authentic stylistic register.
2. **Malformed URL** — the concatenation of the numeric post ID with "SEE" (no separating whitespace) is consistent with impulsive mobile posting rather than polished aide formatting.
3. **The content is functionally just a cheer** — no announcements, schedules, or professional formatting that would indicate pure aide authorship.
4. The prior post in this cluster ("On my way to Wilkes-Barre… See you soon—Together, WE are going to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!") is structurally similar, also a self-RT with appended hype text.

**Assessment:** Likely authentic or lightly edited, posted from a vehicle or plane en route to Wilkes-Barre. The formatting error supports impulsive mobile origin. Confidence: **medium**.

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## Rhetorical Techniques

- **Mobilization/rally cry:** Direct address to crowd ("SEE YOU SOON!")
- **Tribal signaling:** "MAGA2024!!!" functions as a shibboleth/in-group marker
- **Brevity as intensity:** The post is almost entirely punctuation and acronym — the emotional payload is carried by capitalization and exclamation density rather than content
- No dehumanizing language; no violent imagery; no adversarial targeting

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## Cognitive Status

The post is too brief for meaningful cognitive assessment. The malformed URL (whitespace omission) is a minor anomaly but not diagnostically significant on its own — platform artifacts and mobile formatting errors are common. No word-finding issues, semantic errors, or temporal confusion detectable. Complexity score is not assessable on a four-word post.

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## Danger Assessment

**None.** Pure mobilization content; no targets, no grievance articulation beyond implicit brand identity, no eliminationist or violent language.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "SEE YOU SOON [Wilkes-Barre rally]" | **True** | Trump held his seventh 2024 Pennsylvania rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, PA on August 17, 2024, confirmed by known events for this period. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Summary

Post is not clinically significant. Routine pre-rally hype post. Summary omitted per protocol.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 65%)

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS with triple exclamation marks consistent with Trump's authentic register
- Malformed URL (no whitespace between post ID and 'SEE YOU SOON') suggests impulsive mobile posting rather than polished aide formatting
- Business hours (3:37 PM EDT) is consistent with aide posting window, but the formatting error and emotional register reduce aide probability
- Content is functionally a crowd cheer with no professional formatting, event details, or structured announcement

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Wilkes-Barre rally crowd)

Sentiment: +0.75

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 5%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to crowd ('SEE YOU SOON!') simulating personal relationship
- Tribal badge use ('MAGA2024!!!') as in-group identity reinforcer

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-25._

> SEE YOU SOON [Wilkes-Barre rally]

**TRUE**

Trump held his seventh 2024 Pennsylvania rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, PA on August 17, 2024, confirmed by known events for this period.

Sources: Known events: Trump Rally in Wilkes-Barre, PA (political)

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- rally-hype (100%)
- supply-seeking (80%)
- mobilization (90%)
- MAGA-branding (70%)
- grandiose-state (40%)
- authentic-authorship-likely (65%)
- pennsylvania-rally (90%)

## That day

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

**Campaign Machine on Autopilot: Endorsement Flood Masks Pre-DNC Anxiety**

Trump spent most of August 17 in campaign operations mode, flooding Truth Social with over 30 formulaic endorsements of Florida, Wyoming, and Alaska Republicans — almost all clearly written by staff. The day's real psychological content came in brief flashes: a late-night post amplifying a legal analyst defending his sentencing delay, an all-caps attack blaming Kamala Harris for "violent illegals," and a morning accusation that Google is running an illegal election interference operation. He held a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, his second visit to the state since the Butler assassination attempt. The overall mood was grandiose but hollow — a day driven by political machinery rather than personal engagement.

Full digest for 2024-08-17: https://trump.fm/date/2024-08-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, August 17). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112979045967203817
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 17 Aug. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112979045967203817. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1...," Truth Social, August 17, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112979045967203817.

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