# Post ts_113613535242740192 - Post ID: `ts_113613535242740192` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-12-07T20:56:08.915Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113613535242740192 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113613535242740192/analysis ## Post text _A repost of his own earlier post, with nothing added._ > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/113613526389467746 ## Reposted post Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113613526389467746 (2024-12-07T20:53:53.823Z (UTC)) > https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-jill-biden-attend-notre-dame-reopening-france-world-leaders ## What the media says **Video transcript** (1:18), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > (coughing) (coughing) ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/113/613/535/163/452/403/original/94587f9cb70eec40.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 17,232 - Reposts: 4,359 - Replies: 1,296 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.326Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T19:00:41.234Z (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_113613535242740192 — 2024-12-07T20:56 UTC ## Overview This post is a **self-retruth** — Trump amplifying his own immediately preceding post — with an attached MP4 video and no added text. The referenced URL points to his own account (`realDonaldTrump`), and the video asset originates from Truth Social's CDN. The JavaScript-gated nature of Truth Social prevented retrieval of the original post's text, and the video content is inaccessible for analysis. **All psychological assessments below carry low confidence due to absence of textual content.** --- ## Authorship Attribution **Local time context:** UTC 20:56 on December 7 = **21:56 Paris local time** (UTC+1, CET). Trump was in Paris for the Notre Dame Cathedral reopening, confirmed by the known events log and the immediately preceding posts linking to Fox News and OAN Notre Dame coverage. Late evening in his established location is consistent with the **authentic Trump posting window** (post-10 PM). The self-retruth pattern — amplifying one's own content seconds or minutes after the original post — is a documented authentic behavior. However, the complete absence of any text eliminates the primary stylometric indicators (typos, ALL CAPS, stream-of-consciousness). Event documentation during a high-profile international trip is equally consistent with **Scavino-assisted** sharing of official video. **Verdict:** Timing favors authentic; stylometry is unresolvable. Confidence: **low**. --- ## Contextual Psychological Assessment ### Narcissistic State & Trigger The behavioral context is unmistakably grandiose supply-seeking from a position of strength. On December 7, 2024, Trump traveled to Paris — his **first international trip since winning the 2024 election** — and was received by Macron, Zelenskyy, Prince William, and Meloni at one of the most symbolically loaded events in recent Western cultural memory: the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral. The choice to share video from this occasion serves a textbook **status display and supply-seeking** function (Kohut, 1972). No narcissistic injury trigger is evident; this is maintenance-mode operation from an expansive, grandiose position. The implicit message is visual: *I am received as a sovereign among sovereigns, five weeks before my inauguration.* ### Narrative Identity (Level 3 — McAdams) The post contributes to the **Returning King / Global Statesman** narrative arc that dominated Trump's post-election period. The Notre Dame setting carries civilizational symbolism — resurrection, restoration, Western heritage — that maps directly onto the redemption sequence narrative Trump has cultivated since 2020: **defeat → exile → triumphant return**. Notre Dame's own story (burned 2019, restored 2024) provides powerful, implicit narrative parallelism that a sophisticated communicator would recognize and leverage. The contrasting other is absent from this post; no enemies are named. This is relatively rare for Trump and consistent with a grandiose, unthreatened state. ### Defense Mechanisms No textual content means no defense mechanism analysis is possible with confidence. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis All rhetorical work is in the **visual register**: - **Status elevation by association**: Peer-group imagery with Macron, Zelenskyy, Prince William positions Trump as an incumbent statesman rather than a president-elect. - **Implicit legitimacy construction**: Absence of inaugural ceremony has not prevented international recognition — the imagery argues this without stating it. - **Parasocial inclusion**: Behind-the-scenes video footage creates audience intimacy, sharing a "you were there" experience with supporters. No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or eliminationist rhetoric present. --- ## Cognitive Assessment Zero text. No cognitive markers assessable. Scoring suppressed. --- ## Danger Assessment **Level: None.** No indicators of any kind. --- ## Limitations This analysis is substantially constrained by: (1) no accessible text in the post, (2) inaccessible video content, (3) Truth Social's JavaScript rendering wall blocking original post retrieval. Clinical and stylometric confidence ratings throughout should be treated as provisional. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 60%) ### Indicators - UTC 20:56 = 21:56 Paris local time — late evening consistent with authentic posting window - Self-retruth pattern (amplifying own content seconds later) is documented authentic behavior - Complete absence of text removes primary stylometric signals - Event documentation during official international trip equally consistent with aide-assisted sharing ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Paris/Notre Dame world stage appearance) Sentiment: +0.50 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Behind-the-scenes video sharing creates audience inclusion in historic moment ## Tags - retruth (100%) - paris-notre-dame (90%) - supply-seeking (50%) - status-display (70%) - grandiose-state (40%) - international-diplomacy (80%) - video-only (100%) - redemption-narrative (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). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_113613535242740192 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." 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