# Post ts_113219123691702029 - Post ID: `ts_113219123691702029` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-09-29T05:12:06.251Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113219123691702029 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113219123691702029/analysis ## Post text > https://www.si.com/college/alabama/football/trump-attends-third-crimson-tide-football-game-01j8xhrjb02n ## Engagement - Likes: 11,086 - Reposts: 2,351 - Replies: 220 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.332Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-27T23:54:56.568Z (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 Post — 2024-09-29T05:12:06Z ## Overview This post consists entirely of a bare URL to a Sports Illustrated article documenting Trump's attendance at the Alabama-Georgia SEC football game in Tuscaloosa on September 28, 2024. There is no authored text — no caption, commentary, or framing language. This renders most psycholinguistic and rhetorical frameworks largely inapplicable. Analysis is necessarily constrained to the act of sharing itself, its timing, and its functional role. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Timing:** UTC 05:12 = **12:12 AM CDT** (Trump was in Tuscaloosa/Alabama on Sept 28; even if traveling back to New York overnight, he would still be in the CDT zone at midnight). Late-night posting is a primary authentic Trump indicator. **Content form:** The absence of any text is a complicating factor. Trump characteristically adds at least brief commentary ("Fake News!" / "GREAT game!" / "THANK YOU Alabama!") when sharing press coverage. A bare URL with zero editorial framing is more consistent with aide-posted content, where the article itself is the message. However, Trump is known to occasionally share positive press links without text when the headline alone suffices as the signal — the article title ("Trump Attends Third Crimson Tide Football Game") conveys presence and crowd reception implicitly. **Verdict:** Mixed signal. Midnight local timing favors authentic. Zero-text URL-drop favors aide (Scavino). Confidence is low; estimated probability of authentic authorship ~45%. --- ## Psychological Function: Supply Intake Documentation The core psychological act here is **archiving positive public reception** — sharing third-party media validation of a conspicuously public appearance at a high-prestige, high-visibility sporting event. The known events context notes Trump received "USA chants from the crowd," which constitutes significant narcissistic supply. Sharing the article serves to: 1. Broadcast that supply to his follower base (secondary supply amplification) 2. Assert presence at a culturally significant event (status display) 3. Implicitly contrast with opponent (Harris campaign's overhead trolling plane is not mentioned — Trump's share focuses only on the positive article) This is **maintenance-tier supply-seeking** — routine amplification of favorable coverage — rather than a reactive or triggered post. The narcissistic state suggested is **grandiose**: public adulation, high-status venue, crowd embrace. **No rage, no injury response, no grievance** are present. This is among the psychologically quietest post types in Trump's repertoire. --- ## Level 1 — Big Five Traits Assessable only through the behavioral choice to attend the game and share coverage: - **Extraversion (High):** Attending a nationally broadcast stadium event of ~100,000 people days before a rally is consistent with extreme excitement-seeking and positive affect orientation. - **All other traits:** Unassessable from this post's content. --- ## Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations - **Agency motives (dominant):** Public visibility, status display — attending the Alabama-Georgia game (one of college football's premier annual matchups) maximizes audience exposure and cultural prestige. - **Communion motives:** Crowd chants ("USA") provide belonging/acceptance supply, though this is asymmetric — it is adulation, not reciprocal intimacy. --- ## Level 3 — Narrative Identity The post is too sparse for meaningful narrative analysis. Implicitly, attending major sporting events and receiving crowd adulation fits the **Hero/King** archetype — the public figure who belongs at the center of great spectacles, welcomed by the people. No contamination or redemption sequences are present. --- ## Level 4 — Clinical Indicators **Narcissistic dynamics:** Supply-seeking (maintenance mode). No injury, no rage, no paranoid features detectable. **Defense mechanisms:** None operationally present in a bare URL share. **Cognitive status:** Entirely unassessable. No language sample exists to evaluate. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis Not applicable — no authored text is present. The rhetorical act is the selection and sharing of a favorable article, which is itself a form of **implicit framing by curation** (what one chooses to amplify signals what one values), but no devices are deployed. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** No threatening language, no targets, no dehumanization, no mobilization cues. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Trump attended a Crimson Tide football game (implied by linked article title)" | **True** | Confirmed by historian-provided known events: Trump attended the Alabama-Georgia SEC game in Tuscaloosa on September 28, 2024. | Overall Veracity: 100% ## Summary *Not generated — post does not exhibit clinically significant patterns. It is a bare URL share of positive press coverage with no authored content, representing routine supply-seeking behavior in maintenance mode.* ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 45%) ### Indicators - 12:12 AM CDT local time — late-night timing is a primary authentic Trump indicator - Zero-text bare URL with no commentary is more consistent with aide (Scavino) posting style - Positive press coverage sharing without editorial gloss is more aide-like - Trump typically adds at least brief exclamatory commentary when sharing favorable articles ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (favorable media coverage of high-visibility public appearance) Sentiment: +0.40 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Curated amplification of favorable press coverage to follower base - Implicit status display via high-prestige venue attendance ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-27._ > Trump attended a Crimson Tide football game (implied by linked article title) **TRUE** Confirmed by historian-provided known events: Trump attended the Alabama-Georgia SEC game in Tuscaloosa on September 28, 2024. Sources: Historian event record: Trump Attends Alabama-Georgia Football Game Overall Veracity: 100% ## Tags - supply-seeking (70%) - url-share-only (100%) - positive-press-amplification (60%) - sporting-event-attendance (50%) - low-signal-post (90%) - grandiose-state (40%) - campaign-visibility (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Football to Fear-Mongering: A Day of Escalating Dehumanization Anchored by a Spiritual Warfare Frame** The day began with post-football-game energy after attending the Alabama-Georgia game in Tuscaloosa, then shifted into full campaign attack mode during travel to a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania. The central storyline was a sustained and escalating assault on Kamala Harris, blaming her personally for violent criminals entering the country — culminating in a post citing "13,099 murderers" that was the day's angriest and most dangerous moment. A Catholic exorcism prayer posted mid-afternoon added a spiritual warfare dimension that implicitly framed the election as a battle against evil. Notably, Trump attacked Harris for attending fundraisers during Hurricane Helene's aftermath, despite having attended a college football game himself during the same crisis. Full digest for 2024-09-29: https://trump.fm/date/2024-09-29/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, September 29). https://www.si.com/college/alabama/football/trump-... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_113219123691702029 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.si.com/college/alabama/football/trump-attends-th..." Truth Social, 29 Sep. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113219123691702029. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://www.si.com/college/alabama/football/trump-attends-th...," Truth Social, September 29, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113219123691702029. ## 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_113219123691702029 - Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/ts_113219123691702029 - All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/ts_113219123691702029 - Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2024-09-29 - The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113219123691702029.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`._