# Post ts_115182892535295750

- Post ID: `ts_115182892535295750`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-09-11T00:44:20.881Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115182892535295750
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115182892535295750/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115182892535295750.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> TO MY GREAT FELLOW AMERICANS…

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (4:03), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> To my great fellow Americans, I am filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah. Charlie inspired millions and tonight all who knew him and loved him are united in shock and horror. Charlie was a patriot who devoted his life to the cause of open debate and the country that he loved so much, the United States of America. He fought for liberty, democracy, justice, and the American people. He's a martyr for truth and freedom and there's never been anyone who was so respected by youth. Charlie was also a man of deep, deep faith and we take comfort in the knowledge that he is now at peace with God in heaven. Our prayers are with his wife Erica, the two young beloved children and his entire family who he loved more than anything in the world. We ask God to watch over them in this terrible hour of heartache and pain. This is a dark moment for America. Charlie Kirk traveled the nation, joyfully engaging with everyone interested in good faith debate. His mission was to bring young people into the political process, which he did better than anybody ever to share his love of country and to spread the simple words of common sense. On campuses nationwide, he championed his ideas with courage, logic, humor, and grace. It's a long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with whom you disagree day after day, year after year, in the most hateful and despicable way possible. For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we're seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now. My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it, as well as those who go after our judges, law enforcement officials, and everyone else who brings order to our country. From the attack on my life in Butler, Pennsylvania last year, which killed a husband and father to the attacks on ICE agents, to the vicious murder of a healthcare executive in the streets of New York, to the shooting of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and three others, radical left political violence has hurt too many innocent people and taken too many lives. Tonight, I ask all Americans to commit themselves to the American values for which Charlie Kirk lived and died, the values of free speech, citizenship, the rule of law, and the patriotic devotion and love of God. Charlie was the best of America, and the monster who attacked him was attacking our whole country. An assassin tried to silence him with a bullet, but he failed because together we will ensure that his voice, his message, and his legacy will live on for countless generations to come. Today, because of this heinous act, Charlie's voice has become bigger and grander than ever before, and it's not even close. May God bless his memory, may God watch over his family, and may God bless the United States of America. Thank you.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/115/182/883/954/445/284/original/d3ec8f210987addb.mp4

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.297Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T04:04:01.259Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "TO MY GREAT FELLOW AMERICANS…" (9/11 Anniversary Eve Video)

### Context
Posted at 8:44 PM ET on September 10, 2025 — the eve of the 24th anniversary of 9/11. The post consists of a brief ALL CAPS address line followed by a video attachment (likely a pre-recorded 9/11 memorial message). This follows a heavy day: Charlie Kirk was shot and killed, Trump ordered flags to half-mast, Russia violated Polish airspace, and an appeals court upheld the Carroll defamation verdict.

### Authorship
The timing (8:44 PM ET) falls in an ambiguous window — late evening but not the characteristic late-night hours of impulsive authentic posts. The brevity, formal tone, and video attachment strongly suggest a planned, produced communication — likely coordinated by staff (Scavino) with Trump's participation in the video itself. The ALL CAPS is consistent with Trump's style but also standard for formal presidential-style address openings. The ellipsis trailing into a video is a classic Scavino formatting pattern for produced content.

### Psychological State
The post itself is too minimal to extract rich psychological content. The possessive framing "MY GREAT FELLOW AMERICANS" is notable — the possessive pronoun positions the audience as belonging to the speaker, consistent with grandiose-paternalistic self-presentation. "GREAT" functions as a reflexive superlative modifier characteristic of Trump's baseline rhetoric.

### 9/11 + Kirk Convergence
The timing creates a layered emotional context: a national tragedy anniversary arrives on a day when a close political ally has been killed. The flag-lowering order for Kirk now overlaps with the 9/11 commemorative period, blending personal grief performance with national mourning ritual.

### Rhetorical Notes
- Possessive national address ("MY...FELLOW AMERICANS") — claims ownership of the audience
- Superlative modifier ("GREAT") applied reflexively
- Ellipsis creates anticipation/gravitas for the video payload
- ALL CAPS signals formality/importance rather than rage in this context

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Video attachment suggests produced content
- 8:44 PM ET is staff-plausible timing
- Ellipsis-to-video is Scavino formatting pattern
- ALL CAPS consistent with both Trump and formal staff posts
- No typos or stream-of-consciousness

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (9/11 anniversary)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to audience as 'my' people
- Presidential role performance

## Tags

- 9/11 anniversary (90%)
- video message (80%)
- presidential performance (70%)
- staff-produced (70%)

## That day

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

**A Solemn Morning Gives Way to Patronage Politics on 9/11 Anniversary**

Trump spent September 11 split between two modes: somber commemoration and transactional politics. The morning featured formal 9/11 memorial posts from the Pentagon, with polished, aide-drafted language honoring the fallen. By afternoon, the tone shifted sharply to a rapid-fire batch of disaster relief announcements, each one linking federal aid to electoral victories and Republican loyalty. One post falsely claimed victory in Wisconsin in 2020, a state he actually lost that year. The day was calm and rage-free, but the pattern of framing routine government aid as personal favors stood out.

Full digest for 2025-09-11: https://trump.fm/date/2025-09-11/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, September 11). TO MY GREAT FELLOW AMERICANS… [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115182892535295750
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "TO MY GREAT FELLOW AMERICANS…" Truth Social, 11 Sep. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115182892535295750. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "TO MY GREAT FELLOW AMERICANS…," Truth Social, September 11, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115182892535295750.

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