# Post ts_114885987478070699

- Post ID: `ts_114885987478070699`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-07-20T14:17:29.211Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> The Washington “Whatever’s” should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team. There is a big clamoring for this. Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six original baseball teams, with a storied past. Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen. Their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them. Times are different now than they were three or four years ago. We are a Country of passion and common sense. OWNERS, GET IT DONE!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 11,599
- Reposts: 3,035
- Replies: 1,268
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.302Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T02:54:58.048Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Trump demands NFL and MLB owners restore the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians names, claiming Indigenous peoples want this "in massive numbers." The post exhibits grandiose narcissistic features through performative authority — issuing directives to private business owners as though they are subordinates. Key reality distortions include the fabricated claim that Cleveland was "one of the six original baseball teams" (no such grouping exists) and the unsubstantiated assertion of massive Indigenous support, which contradicts positions of major Indigenous advocacy organizations. The framing that heritage is "being taken away from them" represents a DARVO-adjacent reversal, recasting the original complainants as victims of progressive overreach. Psychologically, the post serves as culture-war audience maintenance, reinforcing anti-"woke" identity markers central to the MAGA coalition. The closing ALL CAPS directive "OWNERS, GET IT DONE!!!" performs executive omnipotence — the fantasy that presidential will extends to private corporate naming decisions. This instrumentalization of Indigenous peoples as props for cultural grievance, combined with casual factual fabrication, is consistent with baseline patterns of distortion in service of narrative control.

## Psychological Analysis: Washington Redskins/Cleveland Indians Name Restoration Post

### Overview
Trump demands NFL and MLB team owners reverse name changes made during the racial reckoning of 2020-2021, framing this as restoring "heritage" to Indigenous peoples. This is a culture-war maintenance post operating in grandiose mode, positioning Trump as the arbiter of what Indigenous people "really" want.

### Authorship
Posted at 10:17 AM ET (Trump likely at Bedminster or Mar-a-Lago in July). Business-hours timing, relatively polished prose, complete sentences, and structured argumentation suggest aide involvement, though the ALL CAPS imperative "OWNERS, GET IT DONE!!!" and the characteristic rhetorical patterns are authentically Trumpian. Likely aide-drafted with Trump's direct input or dictation.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post is a classic power/dominance display — issuing orders to private business owners as though they are subordinates. The framing "Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this" is a textbook example of speaking *for* a group to advance one's own cultural agenda, a form of instrumentalization.

The claim "Times are different now than they were three or four years ago" is self-referential — *he* is what changed. This positions his presidency as the defining variable in cultural permission structures.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Cleveland Indians were one of the six original baseball teams" | **False** | There is no 'six original baseball teams' grouping in MLB history. The Cleveland franchise joined the American League in 1901 as one of eight charter members. The National League had eight teams dating to the 1890s reorganization. 'Six original' appears fabricated. |
| "Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen" | **Mostly False** | Polling is mixed. A 2020 UC Berkeley study found many Native Americans were not bothered by the Redskins name, but major tribal organizations and the National Congress of American Indians supported the changes. 'Massive numbers' is unsubstantiated. |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (10:17 AM ET)
- Relatively structured argumentation
- Complete sentences throughout
- But ALL CAPS directives and triple exclamation marks are authentic Trump markers
- Culture-war topic is core Trump interest

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Culture war audience engagement)

Sentiment: +0.40

Baseline Deviation: slight

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

Cognitive Markers:
- confabulation

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Speaking for a group ('our great Indian people')
- Directive intimacy ('GET IT DONE!!!')
- Shared identity framing ('We are a Country of passion')

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Claiming Indigenous people want name restorations 'in massive numbers' contradicts the positions of major Indigenous advocacy organizations
- Framing name changes as heritage 'being taken away from them' reverses the original grievance direction

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Cleveland Indians were one of the six original baseball teams

**FALSE**

There is no 'six original baseball teams' grouping in MLB history. The Cleveland franchise joined the American League in 1901 as one of eight charter members. The National League had eight teams dating to the 1890s reorganization. 'Six original' appears fabricated.

Sources: MLB historical records

> Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Polling is mixed. A 2020 UC Berkeley study found many Native Americans were not bothered by the Redskins name, but major tribal organizations and the National Congress of American Indians supported the changes. 'Massive numbers' is unsubstantiated.

Sources: National Congress of American Indians positions; UC Berkeley 2020 poll

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- culture-war (90%)
- anti-woke (80%)
- performative-authority (70%)
- sports (60%)
- indigenous-issues (50%)

## That day

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

**Six-Month Victory Lap Derailed by Epstein Defense, Obama Revenge Fantasy, and Afternoon Rage Spiral**

Trump tried to make the day about celebrating six months in office, but the narrative quickly shifted to damage control over the Epstein files and an all-day campaign to relitigate the Obama-era Russia investigation. The afternoon brought the sharpest edges — a demand to prosecute Adam Schiff, dehumanizing language aimed at immigrants after a CBP officer was shot, and a pointed attack on the Wall Street Journal for suggesting his Treasury Secretary had to explain things to him. A recurring thread about restoring the Washington Redskins name escalated into a threat to withhold a government stadium deal. The overall mood was combative self-congratulation laced with defensive grievance.

Full digest for 2025-07-20: https://trump.fm/date/2025-07-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, July 20). The Washington “Whatever’s” should... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114885987478070699
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Washington “Whatever’s” should IMMEDIATELY change..." Truth Social, 20 Jul. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114885987478070699. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The Washington “Whatever’s” should IMMEDIATELY change...," Truth Social, July 20, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114885987478070699.

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