# Post ts_114563539540146112

- Post ID: `ts_114563539540146112`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-05-24T15:34:44.098Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114563539540146112
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114563539540146112/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114563539540146112.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> As you receive your commissions as Second Lieutenants, each of you continues down the same hallowed path walked by the titans and legends of U.S. Military lore…

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:57), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> As you receive your commissions as second lieutenants, each of you continues down the same hallowed path, walked by titans and legends of U.S. military law, giants like Ulysses S. Grant, John "Black Jack" Pershing, Dwight "David" Eisenhower, the one and only Douglas McArthur, old blood and guts George Patton, and Norman Schwarzkopf, all great. So many more. They and countless other patriots before you have walked out of these halls and straight into history. And today you officially join those immortal heroes in a proud ranks of the long gray line. You know that term. So beautiful. The long gray line.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/563/539/355/654/203/original/479a782058732380.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 4,289
- Reposts: 1,092
- Replies: 366
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.309Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T01:41:03.451Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: West Point Commencement Address Excerpt (2025-05-24)

This post is a brief excerpt from Trump's commencement address at the United States Military Academy at West Point, as confirmed by the companion post referencing "every cadet on the field before me." The video attachment and formal register make this a prepared ceremonial speech clip shared to social media.

### Authorship
This is unambiguously aide-composed content — both the speech itself (written by speechwriters) and the social media post (formatted as a promotional clip). The elevated, formal register ("hallowed path," "titans and legends," "U.S. Military lore") is entirely inconsistent with Trump's authentic posting style. Posted at 11:34 AM ET, consistent with staff social media management during a public event.

### Psychological Significance
Minimal. This is institutional ceremonial rhetoric with no personal psychological content. The post functions as routine presidential image maintenance — associating the subject with military prestige and tradition. There is no emotional reactivity, no targets, no grievance, and no spontaneous self-expression to analyze.

### Rhetorical Notes
Standard commencement rhetoric: appeal to tradition, flattery of audience, association with greatness. The words "titans and legends" and "hallowed path" are stock military ceremony language.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 5%)

### Indicators

- Formal elevated register entirely unlike Trump's natural voice
- Prepared speech excerpt with video attachment
- 11:34 AM ET posting time during public event
- No typos, ALL CAPS, or emotional reactivity
- Stock ceremonial language (hallowed, titans, legends)

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 70%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- association with military prestige

## Tags

- military (100%)
- ceremony (100%)
- west-point (90%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet Ceremonial Saturday: West Point Commencement and Morning Reposts**

A low-key Saturday centered on a military academy commencement address. The morning began with a quick burst of reposted supportive content from a fan account, followed by a link to a live ceremony stream and excerpts from a graduation speech to newly commissioned Army officers. No anger, no controversy, no engagement with any of the week's major news events -- one of the calmest days in recent memory.

Full digest for 2025-05-24: https://trump.fm/date/2025-05-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, May 24). As you receive your commissions as Second... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114563539540146112
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "As you receive your commissions as Second Lieutenants, each..." Truth Social, 24 May. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114563539540146112. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "As you receive your commissions as Second Lieutenants, each...," Truth Social, May 24, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114563539540146112.

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