# Post ts_114472881476812761

- Post ID: `ts_114472881476812761`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-05-08T15:19:11.833Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114472881476812761
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114472881476812761/analysis

## Post text

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

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/114472814702179777

## Reposted post

Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114472814702179777 (2025-05-08T15:02:12.932Z (UTC))

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- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/472/814/549/292/030/original/074abaa17aaf0a94.jpg

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (2:05), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> The deal includes billions of dollars of increased market access for American exports, especially in agriculture, dramatically increasing access for American beef, ethanol, and virtually all of the products produced by our great farmers and our secretary, as you know, of agriculture is here. Brooke, thank you very much. Being here? You'll let the farmers know. In addition, the U.K. will reduce or eliminate numerous non-tariff barriers that unfairly discriminated against American products. But this is now turning out, I think, really to be a great deal for both countries, because it'll be really great for the U.K. also. So they're opening up the country. Their country is a little closed, and we appreciate that. They'll also be fast-tracking American goods through their customs process, so our exports go to a very, very quick form of approval. And there won't be any red tape. Things are going to move very quickly both ways. The final details are being written up in the coming weeks. We'll have it all very conclusive, but the actual deal is a very conclusive one. We think just about everything has been approved. So good for both countries. And we'll also receive new market access for American chemicals, machinery, and many other industrial products that weren't allowed, and they'll end up getting products that they'll be able to price and, if they like them better and we make great products, they'll be buying those products, but they were not available in the U.K. Furthermore, in a historic step, the deal includes plans that will bring the United Kingdom into the economic security alignment with the United States. That's the first of its kind. So we have a big economic security blanket, and that's very important, and we feel very, very comfortable with that because it's been a great ally. Truly one of our great allies. I mean, a lot of people say our greatest ally. I don't want to insult people by saying that, but I can say it's certainly one of our greatest.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/472/880/713/031/195/original/db26bc945876e4b2.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 5,269
- Reposts: 1,515
- Replies: 325
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.311Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T01:24:32.172Z (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)

This post is a self-retweet of an earlier post from the same day, accompanied by a video attachment (likely trade deal announcement footage). The RT references post `114472814702179777`, which appears to be one of several posts from this date related to the US-UK trade deal announcement.

### Authorship Attribution
Posted at 15:19 UTC = ~11:19 AM ET. Trump was likely in Washington, D.C. or Mar-a-Lago. Business-hours posting of a self-RT with polished video content is consistent with aide/staff operation—amplifying the day's messaging. The mechanical "RT:" format is standard Scavino-style boosting.

### Psychological State
This is a **maintenance/supply-seeking** post. The day's narrative is grandiose self-congratulation around the UK trade deal ("incredible day for America," "historic Trade Deal since Liberation Day"). The self-RT functions as narcissistic supply amplification—ensuring maximum reach for the grandiose messaging.

### Rhetorical Function
Self-retweeting serves as repetition/reinforcement—a basic propaganda technique ensuring the message saturates the feed. The video attachment adds multimedia amplification.

### Clinical Significance
Minimal. This is routine self-promotion behavior consistent with baseline patterns. The self-RT mechanism is a well-established Trump social media habit reflecting narcissistic supply-seeking but not at clinically notable intensity for this subject.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (11:19 AM ET)
- Mechanical RT: format
- Video attachment suggesting coordinated media push
- Part of multi-post messaging campaign

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

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

Sentiment: +0.30

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Multiple posts in rapid succession on same topic

### Clinical

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

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- repetition for saturation

## 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_114472881476812761
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 8 May. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114472881476812761. 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_114472881476812761.

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