# Post ts_113008454310672959

- Post ID: `ts_113008454310672959`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-08-23T00:16:06.604Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113008454310672959
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113008454310672959/analysis

## Post text

_A repost of his own earlier post, with nothing added._

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/113006342066945550

## Reposted post

Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113006342066945550 (2024-08-22T15:18:56.324Z (UTC))

> Join me live from the Southern Border in Arizona at 2:30pmEDT. Will be on @RSBN, @NewsMax, @realAmericasVoice, and Donald J. Trump @Rumble, among others. See you soon—MAGA2024! https://rumble.com/v5by1cy-live-president-trump-in-montezuma-pass-az.html

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:57), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

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## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/113/008/454/223/237/951/original/2012ad69fb37761e.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 9,498
- Reposts: 2,007
- Replies: 282
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.338Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-26T06:26:18.394Z (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_113008454310672959 — Self-Retruth with Video (2024-08-23)

## Methodological Note

This post contains **no original text** — it is a bare retruth (`RT:`) of Trump's own earlier post (113006342066945550) accompanied by a video attachment. Psychological, rhetorical, and cognitive analysis is severely constrained; all substantive inferences are drawn from contextual evidence rather than the post's own language.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Verdict: Aide-likely (Scavino), confidence medium.**

UTC 00:16 on August 23 converts to **17:16 MST on August 22** in Arizona (no DST observed). This falls squarely within business hours. The post format — a clean mechanical retruth with no original text — is structurally consistent with social media staff executing a content amplification task rather than an impulsive, emotionally-driven authentic Trump post.

However, confidence is capped at medium because:
- Trump was documented posting at an extraordinary rate (~50+ times) during Harris's DNC acceptance speech on the same evening
- The 17:16 timing predates Harris's prime-time address, placing it in a transitional window where staff execution is more plausible
- Self-retruthing one's own content is a known Trump social media behavior, though typically accompanied by original commentary

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## Contextual Reconstruction

Based on prior same-day posts ("I'm in Arizona. LOOK AT ALL THE WALL THAT I BUILT. HUNDREDS OF MILES, AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE"), the attached video almost certainly depicts the Arizona border wall — functioning as visual corroboration of the grandiose achievement claims made in text earlier in the day.

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## Strategic Logic

The retruth serves a **counter-programming function**: as the Democratic National Convention concluded its final night (August 22 prime time, featuring Harris's formal acceptance speech), boosting border-security imagery redirects attention to Trump's core contrast message. This is a mechanically sound campaign tactic — visually anchoring the "builder/achiever" narrative against a backdrop of Democratic momentum — regardless of whether Trump himself or an aide executed it.

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## Psychological Assessment

The post is too thin to support robust psychological profiling. In the broader context of the 24-hour window, Trump's mode is clearly **grandiose** (Arizona wall pride, 50+ DNC live-commentary posts, Eric Trump promotion) with **supply-maintenance** as the dominant drive. This particular post contributes to that pattern passively.

**Narcissistic state**: grandiose (inferred from session context, not this post)
**Trigger**: maintenance/counter-programming
**Defense mechanisms**: not assessable from this sample

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## Cognitive Status

No language production to evaluate. No markers assessable. Not factored into longitudinal trajectory.

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## Danger Assessment

**None.** No eliminationist language, dehumanization, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism indicators present.

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## Summary

*Not generated — post does not meet threshold for clinical significance. The absence of original content makes this an analytically thin data point whose primary value is contextual (timing, strategic placement in DNC counter-cycle) rather than psychological.*

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Timestamp converts to approximately 17:16 MST on August 22 (Arizona does not observe DST, UTC-7), placing this squarely in business hours
- RT-only format with no original text is mechanically clean — consistent with Scavino amplification workflow
- No typos, emotional outbursts, or stream-of-consciousness hallmarks of authentic Trump posts
- However, the self-retruth pattern (retruthing his own earlier post) could reflect Trump directing an aide to boost his own content

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.20

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Visual evidence deployment — video functions as 'proof' reinforcing prior grandiose claims about wall construction

## Tags

- retruth (100%)
- border-wall (80%)
- aide-likely (75%)
- counter-programming (70%)
- DNC-period (90%)

## That day

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

**50+ Post Overnight Tirade During Harris DNC Speech Reveals Acute Narcissistic Crisis, Followed by Coordinated Swing-State Fear Campaign**

Trump spent the day consumed by Kamala Harris's DNC acceptance speech, firing off more than 50 posts during and after her address in a marathon late-night session that stretched past 2 AM. The tone ranged from mocking commentary to genuine fury, with attacks escalating from sarcastic jabs to the claim that Harris personally caused the October 7th attack. By morning, the mood shifted to recovery mode with friendly media endorsements and aide-crafted policy messaging. The afternoon brought a coordinated series of identical posts blaming Harris for a "migrant crime epidemic" in six battleground states, followed by rally promotions as RFK Jr. endorsed Trump at an Arizona event.

Full digest for 2024-08-23: https://trump.fm/date/2024-08-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, August 23). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_113008454310672959
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 23 Aug. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113008454310672959. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1...," Truth Social, August 23, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113008454310672959.

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