# Post ts_114175855340997773

- Post ID: `ts_114175855340997773`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-03-17T04:21:32.761Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114175855340997773
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114175855340997773/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114175855340997773.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Thank you to my very talented friend, Paul Anka, for doing a new version of “My Way.” What a wonderful guy Paul is!

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (5:00), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> (gentle music) - Unique. Old world misting. It's quietly chic. That's Mar-a-Lago. Serene. This sun-drank scene. And the cuisine. It's better than sparkle. We toast. Our famous host. Even Ms. Post. In her demure way. She'd be thrilled to see how graciously you've redone this your way. The fate of this estate is more than great. It's a sensation. It's sweet. Is a retreat. It's so complete. This transformation. And yes, sweet cheer. What you've done here. It's very clear that you're no novice. I bet you can't wait to renovate. (gentle music) That oval, that oval office. With your vast knowledge, we can bet you could wipe out the national debt. If plans go awry, hey, what the heck? You just sit down and you write a check. We'll all relax. No inheritance tax when we vote your way. With flair and savoir-faire you love to share the best of living like kin. You say, "Join in." You've always been so gracious in giving. And I'm so blessed to be a friend, a guest. But I have one request. Instead of swimming though it's a jewel, I don't need your pool. (gentle music) ♪ All I want, all I want ♪ ♪ Is your women ♪ ♪ As president ♪ ♪ You get things done ♪ ♪ Plus, oh my God ♪ ♪ Would it be fun ♪ ♪ The greatest leader ♪ ♪ There seems aid ♪ ♪ No more first lady ♪ ♪ We'd have first faith ♪ ♪ Nothing could stop ♪ ♪ Our president's run ♪ ♪ You'd lead us ♪ ♪ Your ♪ ♪ Way ♪ - Mr. President, my friend, in many, many years since the '60s, you just do it. You do it. ♪ Your ♪ ♪ Your way ♪

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/175/809/859/006/612/original/fe9314581f8ac147.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 2,022
- Reposts: 571
- Replies: 213
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.316Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T00:00:49.960Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Trump Truth Social Post — March 17, 2025 (04:21 UTC)

## Authorship Attribution

**Verdict: Authentic Trump (High Confidence)**

Trump was at Mar-a-Lago during this period — the previous day's post explicitly references winning the Golf Club Championship at Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach County, Florida. Florida observes Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) in March; the post timestamp of 04:21 UTC converts to **11:21 PM local time** — classic late-night authentic Trump posting window.

Supporting stylistic indicators:
- **Encoding artifact**: The curly quotes around "My Way" appear as `â` — a copy-paste character encoding failure consistent with Trump composing on a mobile device or pasting from an iOS notes/messages app
- **Warmth pattern**: The "my very talented friend… What a wonderful guy X is!" construction is a recurring authentic Trump formula (cf. "What a great guy!", "Such a talent!") used when celebrating celebrity allies
- **Brevity and informality**: No polish, no event structure — purely personal appreciation
- **No aide fingerprints**: Aide-written posts tend to announce events, include schedules, or carry formal structure; this is none of those

## Psychological State and Trigger

The post is low-arousal, positively valenced, and supply-adjacent. Trump is not responding to an injury here — he is basking.

**Trigger: Narcissistic supply, celebrity-tier** — Paul Anka re-recording "My Way" functions as a deeply personal tribute. "My Way" (lyrics written by Anka in 1969 for Sinatra) has been Trump's de facto signature anthem throughout his political career — played at campaign rallies, at his 2017 inaugural ball, and at Mar-a-Lago events. Having Anka himself — the song's English lyricist, now 83 — produce a new version is a layered act of celebrity validation: not just endorsement, but consecration of Trump's personal mythology by the song's author.

This is not incidental. The post arrives amid extraordinary political turbulence (Alien Enemies Act deportation flights, federal court defiance hearings, DOGE's expansion into federal agencies). The juxtaposition with the March 16 post calling deportees "monsters" is striking — within hours Trump oscillates from eliminationist political framing to warm celebrity gratitude, reflecting the compartmentalized emotional functioning characteristic of the narcissistic personality structure.

**Narcissistic state: Grandiose (mild)** — the golf championship win the previous day (also posted with "Such a great honor!") and now the Anka tribute indicate a sustained positive supply period. No vulnerability or paranoid features visible here.

## Multi-Level Personality Analysis

### Level 1: Traits
- **Extraversion**: Elevated — warmth, positive affect, relational emphasis
- **Agreeableness**: Unusually high for Trump in public posts — no outgroup present, no competitive framing; pure in-group warmth
- **Neuroticism**: Absent — calm, elevated mood

### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations
- **Agency motive (status)**: Celebrity friendship is a status display — "my very talented friend" positions Trump as the kind of person whose friends are famous, talented, and devoted
- **Schema of self**: Beloved, surrounded by talent; the person for whom legends re-record their legends

### Level 3: Narrative Identity
- **Protagonist role**: Winner with loyal, talented friends — the man others celebrate
- **"My Way" as identity anchor**: The song is not incidental background music; it is the lyrical expression of Trump's core self-narrative — I did it my way, on my terms, against the world. Having its author gift a new version is the ultimate narrative validation. This is mythopoetic, not merely social.
- **Narrative sequence**: Mildly redemptive — amid a week of legal battles and political chaos, this post asserts personal celebration and cultural status
- **Contrasting other**: None present — notable absence of outgroup in this post

### Level 4: Clinical Indicators
Nothing clinically notable. This is within normal range for positive-affect social posting. The oscillation from the March 16 "monsters" post is characteristic but not anomalous given established baseline patterns.

## Defense Mechanisms
None operationally deployed. This is a positive-valence post with no evident stress requiring defense.

## Cognitive Status
- Brief, coherent, syntactically simple — consistent with baseline casual Trump register
- Encoding artifact (â characters) is technical/platform artifact, not a production error
- No word-finding difficulties, paraphasia, perseveration, or tangentiality observable
- **Complexity score**: Low — appropriate to the register; not indicative of decline

## Rhetorical Techniques
- **Flattery/compliment formula**: "very talented friend… What a wonderful guy" — Trump's standard celebrity appreciation register
- **Possessive intimacy**: "my very talented friend" asserts closeness and ownership of the relationship
- No propaganda techniques, no political framing, no dehumanizing language, no violent imagery

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Paul Anka did a new version of 'My Way'" | **Unverifiable** | Video attached but content not assessable from text alone. Paul Anka is the lyricist of the English-language 'My Way' and has ongoing performing career; a re-recording is plausible. |
| "Paul Anka is Trump's friend" | **Mostly True** | Anka and Trump have a documented social relationship spanning decades; Anka has performed at Trump properties and events. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Danger Assessment
**None.** Purely social/celebratory content. No targets, no grievances, no mobilization cues.

## Summary
*Not generated — post does not exhibit clinically significant patterns or marked deviation from baseline warranting a clinical summary. It is a low-intensity, positively valenced social post consistent with Trump's authentic late-night celebrity appreciation register, notable primarily for the psychologically resonant choice of "My Way" as the subject — a song that functions as the musical embodiment of his core self-narrative — and for the compartmentalized emotional contrast with contemporaneous eliminationist political posts.*

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- 11:21 PM EST local time (Mar-a-Lago) — authentic late-night window
- Character encoding artifact (â for curly quotes) — mobile device copy-paste failure
- Classic 'my very talented friend… What a wonderful guy X is!' formula — recurring authentic pattern
- No aide structural fingerprints (no event announcement, no formal sentence structure)
- Tonally consistent with Trump's celebrity appreciation register

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Paul Anka tribute — re-recording of Trump's signature anthem 'My Way')

Sentiment: +0.82

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Elevated positive affect across multiple same-day posts (golf championship win, celebrity tribute)
- Celebratory, social, energized posting pattern on same evening as awards dinner
- Pattern of high-frequency posting with positive valence following period of intense political activity

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- celebrity friendship display — status elevation through association
- possessive intimacy framing ('my very talented friend')

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._

> Paul Anka did a new version of 'My Way'

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Video attached but content not assessable from text alone. Paul Anka is the lyricist of the English-language 'My Way' and has ongoing performing career; a re-recording is plausible.

> Paul Anka is Trump's friend

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Anka and Trump have a documented social relationship spanning decades; Anka has performed at Trump properties and events.

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- celebrity-validation (80%)
- authentic-trump (90%)
- late-night-post (85%)
- my-way-anthem (90%)
- positive-affect (80%)
- compartmentalization (60%)
- mar-a-lago (90%)
- paul-anka (100%)

## That day

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

**Executive Authority as Personal Weapon: Pardons Voided, Protections Stripped, and an Open-Ended Military Threat to Iran**

Trump's St. Patrick's Day was dominated by a mix of executive power displays and personal grievance, bookended by a late-night declaration that Biden's pardons of January 6th committee members are void. Between rounds of appointments and link-sharing, he issued an open-ended military threat to Iran over Houthi attacks, announced the revocation of Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden, and publicly attacked The Atlantic magazine by name. The day's most notable thread was the repeated return to the autopen pardons argument — raised three separate times across the day — suggesting genuine fixation rather than strategic messaging. A calmer stretch emerged around an announced call with Putin about Ukraine, but the overall tone was one of a president wielding executive authority as both policy instrument and personal weapon.

Full digest for 2025-03-17: https://trump.fm/date/2025-03-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, March 17). Thank you to my very talented friend, Paul Anka,... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114175855340997773
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Thank you to my very talented friend, Paul Anka, for doing..." Truth Social, 17 Mar. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114175855340997773. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Thank you to my very talented friend, Paul Anka, for doing...," Truth Social, March 17, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114175855340997773.

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