# Post ts_114519940139500510

- Post ID: `ts_114519940139500510`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-05-16T22:46:50.122Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519940139500510/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114519940139500510.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> There has never been a trip like this by any President…

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (1:22), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> massive amount of business investment coming back to the U.S. and they're still adding it up in each country. Which, by the way, most importantly, that's why I came here. I didn't come here to say, gee, you guys are rich and you have a lot of oil. You know, they have a lot of money, and I want them to spend the money in the United States. And we set records. There's never been a trip like this by any president or anybody ever before. And I'd ask him, how about doubling it up? Okay, oh, I should have asked for more because they said, okay, they're good people and they love our country. And look, they have great danger because of Iran. That's their primary danger. And that makes them vulnerable. But I don't see them as being vulnerable because I think we have the greatest military in the world and we're adding to it now at levels that nobody's ever seen. We're going to build the Iron Dome. We deserve an Iron Dome. You know, see, we call it two names. So I was going to call it the Iron Dome because that's the name everyone has heard of for years. But to me, it was old fashioned. So we changed it recently to the Golden Dome, the beautiful Golden Dome. And Ronald Reagan, you know, Ronald Reagan wanted that many years ago, and he was right, except you didn't have anywhere near the technology.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/519/939/799/987/463/original/a9273872ef379ad7.mp4

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.310Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T01:35:38.938Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "There has never been a trip like this by any President…"

### Context
Posted during Trump's Middle East trip to Saudi Arabia (May 2025), this is a brief grandiose caption accompanying a video, likely a highlight reel of the trip. At 6:46 PM ET (Trump in Riyadh, 1:46 AM local May 17), this was likely posted by an aide given the polished brevity and promotional nature, though the late Riyadh hour is notable.

### Personality Analysis
A textbook superlative claim — "never… like this by any President" — consistent with Trump's baseline grandiosity. The ellipsis trailing off invites the viewer to watch the video and fill in the magnitude themselves. This is routine supply-seeking behavior during a high-profile diplomatic trip.

### Rhetorical Function
The post serves as self-promotional content capitalizing on the optics of the Saudi visit ($600B investment commitments). The implicit comparison to all prior presidents is characteristic hyperbole. The video attachment does the heavy lifting; the text is a frame.

### Longitudinal Note
This post sits within a sequence: earlier Supreme Court rage posts (ALL CAPS), a senator endorsement, and a prior Middle East teaser. The oscillation between grandiose self-celebration and furious grievance within hours is consistent with baseline patterns.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "There has never been a trip like this by any President" | **Mostly False** | While the Saudi investment commitments were substantial, numerous presidential trips have been historically significant — Nixon to China, Obama's Cuba visit, various wartime visits. The claim of unprecedented nature is characteristic hyperbole. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 25%)

### Indicators

- Polished brevity suggesting aide composition
- Promotional video attachment typical of Scavino content
- Clean grammar and formatting
- However, ellipsis style is authentically Trump

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Middle East trip diplomatic successes)

Sentiment: +0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Grandiose self-assessment

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- distortion (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Inviting audience into shared awe
- Implicit in-group elevation

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> There has never been a trip like this by any President

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While the Saudi investment commitments were substantial, numerous presidential trips have been historically significant — Nixon to China, Obama's Cuba visit, various wartime visits. The claim of unprecedented nature is characteristic hyperbole.

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- grandiosity (80%)
- middle-east-trip (100%)
- supply-seeking (70%)
- promotional (80%)

## That day

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

**Historic Middle East Trip Hijacked by Supreme Court Rage and Celebrity Grudges**

Trump spent the day in Saudi Arabia on what his team billed as a historic diplomatic tour, but the trip's narrative was repeatedly overtaken by personal grievances. He returned four separate times to attacking the Supreme Court over immigration rulings, escalating from accusation to outright fury by late evening. In between, he took unprompted shots at Taylor Swift and launched a lengthy, blistering takedown of Bruce Springsteen -- the day's most intense burst of anger. The final hours produced a split-screen effect: rage-posting about the Court past midnight local time, then pivoting to self-congratulatory speech clips about the trip's success into 2 AM.

Full digest for 2025-05-16: https://trump.fm/date/2025-05-16/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, May 16). There has never been a trip like this by any... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519940139500510
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "There has never been a trip like this by any President…" Truth Social, 16 May. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519940139500510. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "There has never been a trip like this by any President…," Truth Social, May 16, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114519940139500510.

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