# Post ts_114472878202272119

- Post ID: `ts_114472878202272119`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-05-08T15:18:21.985Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114472878202272119
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114472878202272119/analysis

## Post text

_A repost of his own earlier post, with nothing added._

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/114472802068018414

## Reposted post

Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114472802068018414 (2025-05-08T14:59:00.195Z (UTC))

> Today is an incredible day for America as we deliver our first Fair, Open, and Reciprocal Trade Deal — Something our past Presidents never cared about. Together with our strong Ally, the United Kingdom, we have reached the first, historic Trade Deal since Liberation Day. As part of this Deal, America will raise $6 BILLION DOLLARS in External Revenue from 10% Tariffs, $5 BILLION DOLLARS in new Export Opportunities for our Great Ranchers, Farmers, and Producers, and enhance the National Security of both the U.S. and the UK through the creation of an Aluminum and Steel Trading Zone, and a secure Pharmaceutical Supply Chain. This Deal shows that if you respect America, and bring serious proposals to the table, America is OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Many more to come — STAY TUNED!

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (1:05), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> This morning, I'm thrilled to announce that we have reached a breakthrough trade deal with the United Kingdom, an incredible country. Today is a victory day for World War II. We won the war together exactly 80 years ago, so there could be no more perfect morning to reach this historic agreement. And it's beautiful weather out. I will tell you that, Kier. Beautiful weather. It's so perfect outside. But it's really, in particular, the agreement with one of our closest and most cherished allies. And we're so happy that that's the way it worked out. I want to thank Prime Minister Starmer and his very talented team for their outstanding work and partnership. Today's agreement with the UK is the first in a series of agreements on trade that my administration has been negotiating over the past four weeks. With this deal, the UK joins the United States in affirming that reciprocity and fairness is an essential and vital principle of international trade.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/472/877/946/476/501/original/3ed4e085d7fa72b9.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 5,100
- Reposts: 1,220
- Replies: 203
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.311Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T01:24:10.261Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Self-Retweet with Video (2025-05-08)

## Overview
A self-retweet of Trump's UK trade deal post with an attached video. This is a low-content amplification post typical of social media management strategy.

## Authorship
Likely aide-posted (Scavino). The timing (11:18 AM ET), RT format, and video coordination point to staff managing the news cycle around the UK trade deal announcement.

## Psychological Function
Pure supply-seeking: maximizing audience exposure to the trade deal announcement. Fits the grandiose pattern across the day's posts (trade deal celebration, attacking Powell, promising to fix air traffic control). The self-RT is a minor but consistent indicator of narcissistic need—the original post isn't enough; it must be amplified.

## Longitudinal Context
This post is part of a grandiose cluster on 2025-05-08 where Trump frames himself as achieving historic trade breakthroughs while attacking perceived incompetents (Powell, Buttigieg). The self-RT serves the day's dominant narrative: Trump as dealmaker-savior.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- RT/repost format is minimal-effort sharing
- Business hours posting (11:18 AM ET)
- Video attachment suggests media team coordination
- Amplification of formal trade deal announcement

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (UK trade deal announcement)

Sentiment: +0.60

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire posting pattern across the day
- Self-amplification behavior

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 5%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- self-amplification

## Tags

- self-retweet (100%)
- trade-deal (80%)
- supply-seeking (60%)

## That day

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

**UK Trade Deal Victory Lap Fuels All-Day Grandiose State With Minimal Rage**

Trump had a genuinely good day by his own standards, anchored by the announcement of a US-UK trade deal from the Oval Office. The mood was celebratory from early morning through the evening, with only one brief flash of anger directed at Fed Chair Jerome Powell. He congratulated the newly elected first American pope, weighed in on Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks, and capped the evening with a rapid-fire batch of congressional endorsements and two notable DOJ appointments — including naming Judge Jeanine Pirro as DC's interim US Attorney and creating a "Weaponization Working Group" to investigate the prior administration.

Full digest for 2025-05-08: https://trump.fm/date/2025-05-08/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, May 8). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114472878202272119
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 8 May. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114472878202272119. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1...," Truth Social, May 8, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114472878202272119.

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