# Post ts_114978185450691314

- Post ID: `ts_114978185450691314`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-08-05T21:04:38.581Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> They are having the "Hulkster's" funeral today, and I thought everybody would enjoy seeing this picture.

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/978/155/423/828/456/original/d28e1a8bcf28cbce.jpg

## Engagement

- Likes: 33,809
- Reposts: 6,483
- Replies: 1,582
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.300Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T03:19:44.861Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Hulk Hogan Funeral Photo Post (2025-08-05)

## Overview
A low-intensity, sentimental post sharing a photo with Hulk Hogan on the occasion of his funeral. This is one of the least psychologically charged posts in the day's output, which otherwise includes narcissistic attacks (Gayle King), grievance expression (DC crime), and political promotion.

## Personality Levels

**Level 1 (Traits):** Mild warmth/extraversion facet visible. Agreeableness unusually elevated for Trump—rare post without antagonism.

**Level 2 (Motives):** Communion-oriented on the surface (sharing, connecting), but agency operates through implicit self-elevation: *I* have this photo, *I* was at the funeral, *I* thought you'd enjoy it. The audience receives access through Trump's generosity.

**Level 3 (Narrative):** Trump casts himself as the generous insider sharing exclusive content. Hogan—a fellow showman and political ally who endorsed Trump at the 2024 RNC—serves as an idealized association object.

## Archetypal Patterns
Mild **King** archetype: presiding benevolently, granting gifts to subjects. The funeral context invokes gravitas and statesmanship.

## Contextual Note
Hogan was a significant political ally. This post likely serves dual functions: genuine sentiment and public demonstration of loyalty to allies—a message to other supporters about the rewards of allegiance.

## Longitudinal Context
Stands in notable contrast to the attack post on Gayle King from the same day, illustrating the idealization/devaluation split: allies receive warmth, perceived defectors receive contempt.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 50%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (5pm ET)
- Relatively polished sentence structure
- Informal tone with 'Hulkster' nickname and casual phrasing
- Signed without 'President DJT' unlike other posts this day

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Hulk Hogan's death/funeral as occasion for audience engagement)

Sentiment: +0.50

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Sharing personal photo to create intimacy with audience
- Framing as gift to followers ('I thought everybody would enjoy')

## Tags

- celebrity-association (80%)
- supply-seeking (60%)
- maintenance-post (70%)

## That day

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

**A Uniformly Grandiose Day: Loyalty Tests, Federal Power Threats, and Victory Laps**

Trump had a relatively low-key day defined by self-congratulation and score-settling. He opened the evening before with an attack on CBS anchor Gayle King over declining ratings, framing her career failure as punishment for disloyalty. The most notable post came in the afternoon — a lengthy threat to federalize Washington, D.C. over juvenile crime, using racially coded language and positioning himself as the city's only hope. The rest of the day was a mix of alliance maintenance, book plugs, an Olympics executive order, and boasts about the state of the country.

Full digest for 2025-08-05: https://trump.fm/date/2025-08-05/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, August 5). They are having the "Hulkster's" funeral today,... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114978185450691314
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "They are having the "Hulkster's" funeral today, and I..." Truth Social, 5 Aug. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114978185450691314. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "They are having the "Hulkster's" funeral today, and I...," Truth Social, August 5, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114978185450691314.

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