# Post ts_113613438498618828 - Post ID: `ts_113613438498618828` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-12-07T20:31:32.715Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113613438498618828 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113613438498618828/analysis ## Post text > https://www.foxnews.com/sports/donald-trump-arrives-ufc-309-msg-crowd-roars-president-elect-weeks-after-historic-rally ## Engagement - Likes: 9,921 - Reposts: 2,038 - Replies: 92 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.326Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T18:53:24.790Z (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 — 2024-12-07T20:31:32Z ## Overview This post consists entirely of a URL to a Fox News article covering Trump's attendance at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden. There is no original text, no commentary, no emotional language. The post is a pure media reshare. Psychological signal content is near-zero; analysis necessarily focuses on authorship, implicit motivations behind content selection, and the longitudinal pattern of same-day posts. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Determination of Location:** On December 7, 2024, Trump was in Paris for the reopening ceremony of Notre Dame Cathedral — his first international trip post-election. Paris in December is UTC+1. Post time 20:31 UTC = **21:31 local Paris time** (9:31 PM). **Assessment:** This is a borderline case. 9:31 PM is within Trump's documented posting window (he often posts into late evening), but several features point toward aide curation: - Zero original text — not characteristic of authentic Trump posts, which almost always include at least a brief reactive phrase ("GREAT!", "Fake News!", etc.) - The article being shared is about a *prior event* (UFC 309 was November 16, 2024 — three weeks earlier), suggesting retrospective image-management rather than impulsive emotional reaction - Trump was actively engaged in high-profile diplomatic meetings in Paris that day; cognitive bandwidth for social media management would plausibly be delegated - Link-only reshares of favorable press coverage are a documented Scavino/aide pattern **Verdict:** Aide-written, moderate-to-high confidence. --- ## Content Selection as Psychological Signal Despite the absence of text, *what* is shared is analytically meaningful. The article documents the MSG crowd's enthusiastic reception of Trump — a public, stadium-scale supply event. Sharing this content three weeks after the fact, in the middle of an international trip, signals: 1. **Ongoing supply-seeking:** Positive crowd reception imagery (the UFC attendance generated viral footage) serves as surrogate narcissistic supply for the audience. Resharing it extends the supply-loop. 2. **Grandiose state maintenance:** This post is consistent with a subject in an expansive, triumphant post-election phase. The UFC appearance was itself a deliberate spectacle — public adoration at maximum volume in a hyper-masculine arena. 3. **No vulnerability markers present:** Nothing defensive, no grievance, no counterattack. The longitudinal context of same-day posts is notable: other December 7 posts share Pennsylvania ballot-counting articles (grievance/election integrity frame) and RNC content. This post interrupts that pattern with pure positive imagery — a tonal shift consistent with strategic image management rather than reactive posting. --- ## Personality Analysis (Multi-Level Framework) **Level 1 — Traits (Big Five):** Insufficient original text to score reliably. The *selection* of content implies high Extraversion (public dominance display, stadium approval) and low Agreeableness context (the UFC brand is combative, transgressive). **Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations:** Agency motives dominate: the post reinforces status and power through public acclaim. No communion motives evident. Schema implied: "I am beloved by the real people (sports fans, fighters)." **Level 3 — Narrative Identity:** The UFC event is consistent with a recurring narrative: Trump as the champion who commands arenas, transcending political convention. MSG is a culturally loaded venue (New York, championship fights) that reinforces the "winner" protagonist role. Sharing this during a Paris diplomatic trip creates an implicit contrast narrative: simultaneously operating at world-leader level (Notre Dame) and beloved-populist level (UFC crowd). **Level 4 — Clinical:** No clinically significant content extractable from this post in isolation. --- ## Defense Mechanisms None identifiable in a link-only post. No defensive content. --- ## Rhetorical Techniques The Fox News headline itself ("crowd roars," "historic rally") carries rhetorical freight: - **Hyperbole/superlatives:** "historic" rally embedded in the linked headline - **Social proof:** Crowd enthusiasm as validation mechanism - **Parasocial reinforcement:** Followers vicariously experience the crowd approval --- ## Cognitive Status No original language to analyze. No cognitive markers assessable. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** No violent imagery, no targeting, no eliminationist language. Purely positive valence content. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Trump attended UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden and the crowd roared for the president-elect" | **True** | UFC 309 took place November 16, 2024 at Madison Square Garden. Trump's attendance was widely documented; viral footage of his entrance and crowd reception circulated across major outlets. The Fox News article is factually grounded. | Overall Veracity: 100% ## Summary *Post does not meet threshold for clinical significance. No summary generated.* ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 20%) ### Indicators - Zero original text — pure URL share, atypical of authentic Trump posts which nearly always include reactive commentary - Posted while Trump was in Paris for Notre Dame reopening — high-profile diplomatic engagement suggests delegated social media - Article references an event three weeks prior (UFC 309, Nov 16) — retrospective image management pattern consistent with aide curation - Link-only resharing of favorable press coverage is a documented Scavino posting pattern ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Retrospective crowd-approval imagery from UFC 309) Sentiment: +0.65 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Vicarious crowd-approval: followers experience the stadium adulation second-hand - Social proof via crowd size/reaction as validation mechanism ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._ > Trump attended UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden and the crowd roared for the president-elect **TRUE** UFC 309 took place November 16, 2024 at Madison Square Garden. Trump's attendance was widely documented; viral footage of his entrance and crowd reception circulated across major outlets. The Fox News article is factually grounded. Sources: Multiple contemporaneous news reports, November 2024 Overall Veracity: 100% ## Tags - link-only (100%) - aide-authored (75%) - supply-seeking (70%) - image-management (80%) - ufc-appearance (90%) - crowd-approval (85%) - grandiose-state (50%) - paris-notre-dame-context (60%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Paris at 4 AM: Victory Lap Abroad Masks a Quiet Blueprint for Unchecked Power** Trump spent the day in Paris for the Notre Dame Cathedral reopening, his first international trip since winning the election. The mood was triumphant and self-congratulatory throughout, with early-morning product promotions, a geopolitical riff on Syria, and a steady stream of flattering press clips. The most notable stretch came in the evening, when a rapid-fire batch of shared articles mixed victory-lap coverage with a darker undercurrent: pieces arguing for near-unlimited presidential power, accusing Democrats of counting illegal ballots, and framing American politics as two irreconcilable countries. It was a day of low anger but high grandiosity, with the commercial and the constitutional blurring together seamlessly. Full digest for 2024-12-07: https://trump.fm/date/2024-12-07/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, December 7). https://www.foxnews.com/sports/donald-trump-arrive... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_113613438498618828 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.foxnews.com/sports/donald-trump-arrives-ufc-309-..." Truth Social, 7 Dec. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113613438498618828. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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