# Post ts_113156131603047802 - Post ID: `ts_113156131603047802` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-09-18T02:12:23.262Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113156131603047802 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113156131603047802/analysis ## Post text _A repost of his own earlier post, with nothing added._ > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/113156097673371909 ## Reposted post Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113156097673371909 (2024-09-18T02:03:45.537Z (UTC)) > THANK YOU—FLINT, MICHIGAN! https://www.DonaldJTrump.com - image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/113/156/097/294/715/255/original/840ad56bcef5598b.jpg - image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/113/156/097/393/205/168/original/bc546b447bf1101f.jpg - image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/113/156/097/502/670/814/original/0f6567bc81eb6732.jpg - image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/113/156/097/611/494/383/original/564649fc8b6b1d25.jpg ## What the media says **Video transcript** (0:49), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > [MUSIC] >> Thank you very much, thank you. >> [APPLAUSE] >> Well, thank you very much, it's a lot of people for a town hall. No reason to see a town hall. >> [APPLAUSE] >> Now, the town halls have about 300 people. You have about 8,000 people here. >> [APPLAUSE] ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/113/156/131/470/414/873/original/c0920e65d14158fb.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 22,114 - Reposts: 5,418 - Replies: 2,003 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.334Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-27T10:49:58.518Z (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 with Video — 2024-09-18 (02:12 UTC) ## Overview This post contains essentially zero original text content. It is a repost (RT) of Trump's own earlier Truth Social status (113156097673371909), accompanied by an attached video file (.mp4). No caption, commentary, or hashtags are present. This severely limits direct psychological inference from the post itself; analysis must rely on contextual framing and temporal placement. ## Authorship Attribution **UTC 02:12:23 → EDT 22:12 (10:12 PM) on September 17, 2024.** Trump was in or returning from Flint, Michigan that day (evidenced by the contemporaneous "THANK YOU—FLINT, MICHIGAN!" post in the longitudinal series). Late-evening posting (10 PM local) falls squarely within his authenticated organic window. The surrounding posts — including rapid-fire congressional endorsements and the self-congratulatory debate post — show a characteristic stream-of-consciousness cluster consistent with authentic Trump posting behavior. The RT format requiring no text composition is also consistent with impulsive, low-effort late-night engagement. **Confidence: medium-high for authentic Trump.** An aide-managed post would typically include caption copy and campaign messaging rather than a bare RT. ## Content Inference The attached video (c0920e65d14158fb.mp4 from Truth Social CDN) and surrounding "THANK YOU—FLINT, MICHIGAN!" post strongly suggest this is rally highlight or recap footage from the Flint, Michigan event on September 17, 2024. The RT targets his own earlier post, functioning as an amplification mechanism to maximize reach of rally content — a standard audience-engagement behavior in the maintenance/supply-seeking dynamic. ## Psychological State Given minimal textual signal, inference must be modest. The broader cluster of posts from this date reveals: - **Narcissistic state: Grandiose.** The same-day assertion "Finally everyone is agreeing that I won the Debate with Kamala" and the self-referential "G.O.A.T." quote reflect an expansive, triumphant psychological posture. The rally RT extends this victory-lap dynamic. - **Trigger type: Supply-seeking (maintenance).** No evident narcissistic injury in this specific post; the pattern is consistent with audience mobilization and post-rally validation harvesting. - **Affect: Positive, elevated.** Rally recaps generate high-valence supply from base reinforcement. The RT is celebratory in implicit frame. ## Narrative Identity The bare RT functions as a **Hero/Warrior archetype extension** — the rally video presumably captures Trump in his preferred protagonist role (fighter, dealmaker, crowd-commander). By reposting rally footage, he reinforces the campaign narrative: the embattled outsider champion, victorious in debate, beloved by crowds in battleground Michigan. ## Rhetorical Analysis No original rhetorical content is present. The mechanism of self-RT as amplification is itself a technique: **social proof by volume** — flooding the feed with content signals momentum and ubiquity, consistent with RAND firehose-model volume saturation (though at low individual-post intensity). ## Cognitive Status No language production is present for analysis. No markers assessable from this post. Longitudinal baseline comparison not applicable here. ## Danger Assessment No danger indicators. No dehumanizing language, no eliminationist rhetoric, no target identification. ## Summary Post is not clinically significant in isolation. In longitudinal context, it contributes to a same-day pattern of grandiose, supply-seeking behavior following a rally and claimed debate victory. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 70%) ### Indicators - 10:12 PM EDT posting time within authentic window - No text composition required (bare RT consistent with impulsive posting) - Clusters with other same-night posts including debate self-congratulation - Rally context (Flint) aligns with temporal placement ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Flint Michigan rally) Sentiment: +0.30 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Rally footage amplification for audience validation - Self-RT for feed saturation and momentum signaling ## Tags - rally-recap (80%) - self-retweet (90%) - supply-seeking (60%) - flint-michigan (60%) - late-night-posting (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Routine Campaign Day Mixes Batch Endorsements with Debate Revisionism and Pre-Emptive Fraud Narratives** A conventional campaign day split between a late-evening endorsement dump and afternoon rally promotion in Long Island. The most notable posts were a revisionist claim about winning the Harris debate eight days after the fact, and a heated demand that Republicans block a continuing resolution unless illegal voter registration is stopped -- a claim with no factual basis. The day was otherwise low-intensity and operationally focused, with no real rage spirals and a long overnight quiet period suggesting normal rest. Major world events, including the Fed's first rate cut in four years and a second wave of Hezbollah device explosions in Lebanon, went entirely unacknowledged. Full digest for 2024-09-18: https://trump.fm/date/2024-09-18/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, September 18). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_113156131603047802 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 18 Sep. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113156131603047802. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1...," Truth Social, September 18, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113156131603047802. ## For agents - Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt - API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json - MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth) - This post as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/ts_113156131603047802 - Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/ts_113156131603047802 - All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/ts_113156131603047802 - Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2024-09-18 - The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113156131603047802.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. Post, analysis, date, feed, contradictions, search and about pages answer in markdown at their URL with `.md` appended (`/index.md` for the home page), or when sent `Accept: text/markdown`._