# Post ts_114783756690101088

- Post ID: `ts_114783756690101088`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-07-02T12:58:51.211Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114783756690101088
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114783756690101088/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114783756690101088.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> EPA Administrator, Lee Zeldin: “Don't you love the fact we have this President who wants to unleash American energy dominance? He wants America to be the AI capital of the world, he wants to advance permitting reform, he wants to advance cooperative federalism and he's consistent in pushing it through…”

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (1:17), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> I mean, don't you love the fact that we have this president who wants to unleash American energy dominance? He wants America to be the AI capital of the world. He wants to advance permitting reform. He wants to advance cooperative federalism, and he's consistent in pushing it through. We do need more base load power. I was just in Alaska with Secretaries Burgum and Wright, where there's an opportunity to be able to double, triple the amount of oil that is going through the trans-Alaska pipeline to build a several hundred mile new gas pipeline. There's a push to get natural gas into New England. There are all these different requests across the country, big vision, companies that want to invest in this country, but in one respect, they need federal government to get out of the way. And in other respect, they need the federal government to be a willing partner. And President Trump's message to me as administrator of EPA is that President Trump wants me to do everything in my power to make sure that we are both protecting the environment and growing the economy. We don't have to choose between the two. Getting to yes is an important part of our job, and Americans win as a result.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/783/756/477/234/505/original/4e79ce7a99b66626.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 663
- Reposts: 171
- Replies: 53
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.306Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T02:34:38.778Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Zeldin Quote Post (2025-07-02)

A straightforward supply-seeking post in which Trump shares a video of EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin praising his energy, AI, and permitting reform agenda. The post is entirely a direct quote from Zeldin — Trump adds no original commentary.

### Authorship
This is almost certainly aide-written (likely Scavino). The post appears at ~8:59 AM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or White House), uses proper formatting with attribution, and is a polished media clip share — a hallmark of staff-managed content.

### Psychological Function
This is a narcissistic supply operation. Trump (or his team) curates praise from a subordinate who delivers it in the form of rhetorical questions to an audience ("Don't you love the fact..."), modeling the admiration response Trump seeks. Zeldin's quote hits multiple narcissistic supply nodes: energy dominance, AI leadership, reform, and consistency.

### Rhetorical Notes
Zeldin's quote uses the parasocial "we have this President" framing — positioning himself as audience surrogate rather than subordinate, which amplifies the supply effect. The quote constructs Trump as a man of vision and follow-through across multiple domains.

### Context
This post fits a pattern visible in the day's other posts: a coordinated messaging push around economic wins (gas prices, permitting reform) ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend. The cluster suggests a deliberate communications strategy rather than impulsive posting.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 10%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (8:59 AM ET)
- Clean formatting with proper attribution
- Video clip share with no personal commentary
- Professional media management pattern
- Part of coordinated daily messaging push

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Lee Zeldin praise)

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Third-party testimonial framing
- Subordinate-as-audience-surrogate technique

## Tags

- supply_seeking (80%)
- aide_written (90%)
- energy_policy (60%)
- subordinate_praise (70%)

## That day

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

**Victory Lap Day: Trump Floods Feed With Legislative Wins, Trade Deals, and an Omnipotence Fantasy About Saving New York**

Trump spent the day in full celebration mode, pushing hard for his "One Big Beautiful Bill" in the Senate while announcing a trade deal with Vietnam and sharing a torrent of favorable media links. A rapid-fire morning session saw over a dozen posts in under an hour, mostly amplifying allies and sharing links about immigration enforcement facilities, gas prices, and legislative progress. The only real flash of anger came in the evening with a renewed call for Fed Chair Powell to resign. The overall mood was relentlessly self-congratulatory, with one notable moment where he declared himself the sole savior of New York City while calling an unnamed opponent a "Communist Lunatic."

Full digest for 2025-07-02: https://trump.fm/date/2025-07-02/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, July 2). EPA Administrator, Lee Zeldin: “Don't you love... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114783756690101088
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "EPA Administrator, Lee Zeldin: “Don't you love the fact..." Truth Social, 2 Jul. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114783756690101088. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "EPA Administrator, Lee Zeldin: “Don't you love the fact...," Truth Social, July 2, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114783756690101088.

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