# Post ts_115958967310904799

- Post ID: `ts_115958967310904799`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-01-26T02:10:22.143Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115958967310904799
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115958967310904799/analysis
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## Post text

> I can't watch the new NFL Kickoff. Like many others, I just turn my head. Who has the right to make such a change? So disparaging to the game! The original was Big Time, Strong, Glamorous, and Exciting. The ridiculous new Kickoff Rule takes away the prestige and power of the game. I hope College Football doesn't follow suit!

## Engagement

- Likes: 25,669
- Reposts: 5,305
- Replies: 3,326
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.284Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T07:15:06.817Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: NFL Kickoff Rule Complaint

### Context & Authorship
Posted at 2026-01-26 02:10 UTC. Trump had just returned from Davos; likely at Mar-a-Lago or DC. Converting to EST: ~9:10 PM on Jan 25. This is evening hours — plausible for either authentic or aide-written, but the emotional, opinionated tone and stream-of-consciousness style strongly suggest authentic authorship. The topic (NFL rules) is a classic Trump personal grievance with no policy substance — aides rarely draft these.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is a relatively low-intensity maintenance/displacement post. Amid an extraordinarily turbulent week — Davos, Air Force One emergency, Supreme Court arguments on firing a Fed governor, a US citizen killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, massive protests — Trump pivots to complaining about NFL kickoff rules. This is textbook **displacement**: redirecting attention (his own and his audience's) to a safe, non-threatening topic.

The post reveals characteristic nostalgia for a lost golden age ("The original was Big Time, Strong, Glamorous, and Exciting") — a miniature version of his broader MAGA narrative applied to football. The rhetorical question "Who has the right to make such a change?" reveals authority-sensitivity: unauthorized change is inherently illegitimate.

### Rhetorical Devices
Capitalization of "Big Time, Strong, Glamorous, and Exciting" and "Kickoff Rule" serves emphasis. The framing is classic contamination sequence: something great was ruined by illegitimate actors.

### Cognitive Notes
Language is coherent and on-topic. No word-finding issues. The adjective chain is characteristic Trump style. No significant cognitive markers.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The NFL changed its kickoff rules" | **True** | The NFL adopted a new kickoff format starting in the 2024 season, based on the XFL model, which significantly changed kickoff dynamics. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Evening posting time (9:10 PM ET)
- Personal opinion topic with no policy substance
- Emotional/nostalgic tone
- Capitalized adjective chain
- No professional formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (NFL broadcast viewing)

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance
- everyman positioning ('Like many others')

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> The NFL changed its kickoff rules

**TRUE**

The NFL adopted a new kickoff format starting in the 2024 season, based on the XFL model, which significantly changed kickoff dynamics.

Sources: NFL rule changes 2024 season

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- NFL (100%)
- cultural_commentary (90%)
- nostalgia (80%)
- displacement (70%)

## That day

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

**Three Posts on Minnesota, Zero Mentions of a Dead Citizen**

Trump spent the day managing the Minneapolis crisis — where federal agents fatally shot a US citizen, triggering a 50,000-person general strike — through three carefully scrubbed posts that never once mentioned the killing. Between those, he claimed sole credit for recovering the last Gaza hostage, threatened to make unfavorable polling a criminal offense, and launched scathing attacks on two Republican officials for showing any independence. The mood was unbroken self-congratulation across every topic, from renaming the Kennedy Center after himself to praising his wife's new movie. What defined the day was the chasm between what was happening on the ground in Minnesota and the cheerful cooperation narrative constructed around it.

Full digest for 2026-01-26: https://trump.fm/date/2026-01-26/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, January 26). I can't watch the new NFL Kickoff. Like many... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115958967310904799
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I can't watch the new NFL Kickoff. Like many others, I just..." Truth Social, 26 Jan. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115958967310904799. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I can't watch the new NFL Kickoff. Like many others, I just...," Truth Social, January 26, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115958967310904799.

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