# Post ts_113620436504734105

- Post ID: `ts_113620436504734105`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-12-09T02:11:13.814Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113620436504734105
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113620436504734105/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113620436504734105.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Tonight the Patriot Awards are being rebroadcast, 10:00 P.M., on FoxNews!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 20,918
- Reposts: 3,551
- Replies: 789
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.326Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T19:01:24.777Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Overview

An extremely brief promotional post directing followers to watch a Fox News rebroadcast of the Patriot Awards. The post is non-confrontational, low-affect, and functionally routine — a TV listings announcement with three appended exclamation points. It requires only minimal psychological analysis.

## Authorship Attribution

**Timestamp conversion:** 2024-12-09T02:11 UTC. Trump attended the Notre Dame Cathedral reopening in Paris on December 7. By December 8–9, he had likely returned to the US, placing him at Mar-a-Lago or New York (EST = UTC−5). This converts to **December 8 at 9:11 PM EST** — early evening, an ambiguous window for authorship.

**Indicators assessed:**
- Three exclamation points are consistent with authentic Trump stylistics
- The clean, declarative announcement format is more consistent with aide production
- Crucially, the contemporaneous Mark Levin post from the same day bears a "DJT" signature, a strong marker of authentic Trump composition; this post lacks that signature
- No typos, no stream-of-consciousness construction, no emotional escalation

**Assessment:** Slight lean toward aide-written, low confidence. The absence of the DJT signature — present on the same-day Levin post — is the most diagnostic feature.

## Psychological Analysis

The post functions as **maintenance** — routine audience engagement through redirection to Trump-aligned media. The Patriot Awards (a Fox Nation production honoring military and first responders) carries implicit brand alignment with Trump's identity infrastructure and "America First" aesthetic. Promoting it constitutes mild, ambient narcissistic supply-seeking with no overt grandiosity.

No narcissistic injury trigger, no rage, no identifiable defense mechanisms. No targets, no enemies, no hierarchy dynamics.

## Rhetorical Analysis

Minimal. Three exclamation marks provide performative enthusiasm to an otherwise flat announcement. No propaganda techniques, no dehumanization, no violent imagery, no dangerous rhetoric.

## Narrative Identity

The post performs a protagonist role of **benefactor/curator** — directing the audience toward content it will presumably enjoy. This is low-level identity maintenance rather than active narrative construction.

## Clinical Significance

**None.** This post does not warrant extended clinical analysis or a summary. It is among the most psychologically inert posts in Trump's output typology.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Tonight the Patriot Awards are being rebroadcast at 10:00 P.M. on FoxNews" | **Unverifiable** | Schedule claim for a specific broadcast time on a specific date; cannot be confirmed from available information without external verification. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Absence of DJT signature (present on same-day Levin post, a strong differentiator)
- Clean declarative announcement format consistent with aide production
- Three exclamation marks are consistent with authentic Trump stylistics
- 9:11 PM EST timing is ambiguous — neither strongly authentic (late night) nor strongly aide (business hours)
- No typos, misspellings, or stream-of-consciousness construction

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Fox News / Patriot Awards brand alignment)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 5%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Audience direction to affiliated media content

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._

> Tonight the Patriot Awards are being rebroadcast at 10:00 P.M. on FoxNews

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Schedule claim for a specific broadcast time on a specific date; cannot be confirmed from available information without external verification.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- media_promotion (90%)
- fox_news (80%)
- patriot_awards (70%)
- routine_maintenance (80%)
- possible_aide_authored (50%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet Maintenance Day: Patronage, Promotion, and One Surgical Reality Inversion**

Trump had a low-key day, mostly spent endorsing allies and announcing government appointments. The evening included formal nominations for DOJ Civil Rights and OMB roles, plus an endorsement for RNC co-chair. The most notable moment was a late-night post that completely flipped the real positions of Democrats and Republicans on the Electoral College versus popular vote -- a move that reads as deliberate rather than confused. He stayed silent on brewing controversies around his cabinet picks Hegseth and Gabbard.

Full digest for 2024-12-09: https://trump.fm/date/2024-12-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, December 9). Tonight the Patriot Awards are being rebroadcast,... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_113620436504734105
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Tonight the Patriot Awards are being rebroadcast, 10:00..." Truth Social, 9 Dec. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113620436504734105. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Tonight the Patriot Awards are being rebroadcast, 10:00...," Truth Social, December 9, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113620436504734105.

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