# Post ts_116664367963376218

- Post ID: `ts_116664367963376218`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-05-30T16:03:01.863Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116664367963376218
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116664367963376218/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116664367963376218.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> I understand Artists are getting “the yips” having to do with their performance on Wednesday, so I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, the man who loves our Country more than anyone else, and the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate “Artists,” and give a major speech, rallying the Country forward like I have done ever since being President! Two years ago, the United States was DEAD. Now we have the “HOTTEST” Country anywhere in the World. I don’t want so-called “Artists” that get paid far too much money, who aren’t happy. I only want to be surrounded by Happy People, Smart People, Successful People, and People that know how to WIN. So, by copy of this TRUTH, I am ordering my Representatives to look at the feasibility of doing an AMERICA IS BACK Rally on Wednesday, Washington, D.C., same time, same location. Only Great Patriots invited — It will be a Wild and Beautiful Celebration of America! President DONALD J. TRUMP

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-06-06T16:01:30.515Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-05-30T17:14:05.496Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

A clinically significant grandiose-narcissistic display triggered by perceived competition for cultural attention. Trump responds to artists' Wednesday underperformance by proposing to replace them with himself as headliner, deploying cascading self-superlatives ('Number One Attraction,' 'larger audiences than Elvis,' 'GOAT,' 'Greatest President in History'). Third-person self-reference, scare-quoted devaluation of 'Third Rate Artists,' and binary sorting of humanity into Happy/Smart/Successful Winners versus the implied out-group reflect characteristic splitting and idealization-devaluation defenses. The 'DEAD-to-HOTTEST' redemption frame credits self as singular national savior. Authorship markers are strongly authentic: stream-of-consciousness drift, perseverative stock phrases ('Happy People, Smart People, Successful People'), idiosyncratic capitalization, Elvis comparison trope, and the signature closing. Mild hypomanic features (expansive grandiosity, impulsive directive to staff via public post) are present without rage or paranoid escalation. No danger indicators. Notable structural element: fusion of state authority ('I am ordering my Representatives') with personal supply-seeking (substituting a rally for an arts event) — a pattern consistent with ego-syntonic instrumentalization of office for narcissistic ends. Cognitively, output remains within established baseline; drift and run-on syntax are longstanding stylistic features rather than acute decline. Overall: a high-grandiosity, low-aggression supply-seeking post following recent Kennedy Center-related injuries (court halt of renovation, NYT criticism of Reflecting Pool work).

## Analysis

This post is a textbook example of grandiose narcissistic self-aggrandizement layered over a real-time grievance reaction. The triggering event appears to be artists experiencing "the yips" — likely performers withdrawing from or underperforming at a Wednesday event (possibly Kennedy Center-related, given the prior post about Judge Cooper halting the Trump Kennedy Center renovation). Trump's response is to propose replacing the artists with himself, referred to in the third person with cascading superlatives: "Number One Attraction anywhere in the World," "larger audiences than Elvis in his prime," "Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!)."

The third-person self-reference combined with the signature "President DONALD J. TRUMP" closing is characteristic of his Truth Social proclamation style — authentic, not aide-written. The internal logic drifts: opens with artists' yips, pivots to self-promotion, detours into "Two years ago, the United States was DEAD," loops back to dismissing artists, then issues a directive to "Representatives." This stream-of-consciousness drift with grandiose interpolations is a hallmark authenticity marker.

The "Only Happy People, Smart People, Successful People, People that know how to WIN" passage is a near-verbatim recycling of long-standing Trump verbal formulae (perseveration of stock phrases). The devaluation of artists as "Third Rate" with scare-quoted "Artists" reflects splitting and rapid devaluation following perceived slight or competition for attention.

Notable: this is being framed as a presidential directive ("ordering my Representatives") to stage a rally in place of an arts event, fusing state power with personal supply-seeking.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump gets larger audiences than Elvis in his prime" | **False** | Elvis Presley's 1973 'Aloha from Hawaii' broadcast drew an estimated 1 to 1.5 billion viewers globally; his tours filled venues like the Astrodome (over 200,000 across multiple shows). Trump's largest documented rallies are in the tens of thousands. The comparison is hyperbolic self-promotion. |
| "Two years ago, the United States was DEAD" | **False** | In May 2024 the US economy was growing (GDP positive across quarters), unemployment was near historic lows (~4%), and standard macroeconomic indicators showed a functioning economy. 'DEAD' is rhetorical hyperbole inconsistent with measurable indicators. |
| "The US is now the 'HOTTEST' country anywhere in the world" | **Mostly False** | While 'hottest' is a subjective superlative, fact-checkers have directly examined this exact claim from Trump and found it unsupported by standard economic metrics. FactCheck.org's April 2026 update on Trump's numbers documents: (1) Job growth has significantly slowed, with only 369,000 jobs created in the first 14 months of Trump's second term — four times slower than the final 14 months of Biden's administration; (2) Unemployment rose to 4.3% as of March 2026; (3) Manufacturing jobs continued declining despite tariffs; (4) Consumer sentiment hit a record low of 47.6, down 24.1 points since January 2025; (5) CPI inflation rose to 3.3% over 12 months, up from 3.0%; (6) GDP grew 2.1% in 2025, described as 'underachieving.' Independent reporting (MS.NOW, CRBC News) explicitly tested the 'hottest country' claim against three measures: stock market performance (Japan's Nikkei 225 and several Asian indexes outperformed U.S. indexes), GDP growth (India's Q3 growth was nearly double the U.S. rate at ~6.2% projected for 2026 vs. ~2.3% for U.S.), and employment (largely flat since April 2025). IMF data shows the U.S. leads developed economies in growth rate (~2.3-2.4% in 2026), but trails emerging economies including India (6.2%), Vietnam (5.6%), Philippines (5.7%), Indonesia, and China (5%). On prosperity indices, the U.S. ranks 38th on the Atlantic Council's 2026 Prosperity Index and 17th on HelloSafe's index. The only literal sense in which the claim holds: NOAA recorded North America's second-warmest autumn and warmest November in 2025. The data do not support the claim that the U.S. is the 'hottest country anywhere in the world' by any standard economic benchmark. |
| "Trump is the 'Greatest President in History'" | **False** | Every major scholarly survey of presidential greatness places Trump at or near the very bottom of all U.S. presidents, not the top. The 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey, conducted by political scientists at the University of Houston and Coastal Carolina University with 154 historians and presidential experts (members of APSA's Presidents and Executive Politics Section), ranked Trump 45th out of 45 presidents with a score of 10.92 — described as 'easily the worst showing.' For comparison, Lincoln scored 93.87, FDR 90.83, and Washington 90.32. The 2022 Siena College Research Institute survey ranked Trump 43rd, in the bottom three alongside James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson. The 2021 C-SPAN Presidential Historians Survey ranked Trump 41st (the fourth lowest). The 2018 APSA survey ranked Trump 44th (last place in his first appearance). Notably, even self-identified Republican historians rated Trump in the bottom five, indicating the negative consensus crosses ideological lines. Trump was described as 'by far the most polarizing of the ranked presidents.' C-SPAN postponed its planned 2025 survey because 'with a former president returning to office, conducting the survey now would turn it from historical analysis to punditry.' The post's framing 'some say' technically acknowledges this is opinion, but the overwhelming consensus of professional historians and political scientists is the diametric opposite — Trump consistently ranks among the worst presidents in American history. |

Overall Veracity: 5%

## Receipts (1)

### major — arts-culture (12 months earlier)

> "The performing artists are 'highly paid, Third Rate Artists' who 'aren't happy'"

**vs.**

> "The Les Misérables production at the Kennedy Center is of exceptional quality — 'incredible' performers and the show 'could not be better, or more beautiful'"

The source praises Kennedy Center performers (Les Mis cast) as 'incredible' in June 2025. Candidate 1, from May 2026, blanket-dismisses Kennedy Center artists as 'highly paid, Third Rate Artists.' While the specific performers differ across events roughly a year apart, the quality judgment is directly reversed — 'incredible' vs. 'Third Rate' — applied to the same entity (Kennedy Center performing artists). The later post offers no acknowledgment of the prior praise or any changed circumstances that would explain the reversal.

[View contradicting post →](/post/ts_114672684243705829)

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 95%)

### Indicators

- Third-person self-reference with full name and superlative chains ('DONALD J. TRUMP', 'THE GOAT')
- Elvis comparison — recurring idiosyncratic Trump trope
- Stream-of-consciousness drift between topics
- Stock-phrase perseveration ('Happy People, Smart People, Successful People')
- Idiosyncratic capitalization of common nouns (Artists, Country, Representatives, Wild, Beautiful)

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 92%
- Agreeableness: 10%
- Conscientiousness: 25%
- Neuroticism: 55%
- Openness: 30%

Strongest facet: extraversion-assertiveness paired with low agreeableness-modesty

**Motives:**
- Agency: 95%
- Communion: 15%

Primary drive: validation

### Narrative

- **Role:** Singular savior-entertainer who outshines all rivals; self as both head of state and Number One Attraction
- **Arc:** redemption
- **Contrasting:** Third Rate, overpaid, unhappy 'Artists' who got 'the yips'

**Identity Claims:**
- Greatest President in History
- GOAT
- loves Country more than anyone else
- Number One Attraction in the World
- draws larger crowds than Elvis

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Comparison (Artists outperforming or upstaging him at a Wednesday event)

Sentiment: +0.35

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Expansive grandiose self-comparisons (Elvis, GOAT)
- Inflated mood and energy in proposing self-substitution as headliner
- Impulsive directive to 'Representatives' issued via public post
- Cascading superlatives without modulation

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 92%
- Antisocial: 35%
- Paranoid: 25%
- Sadism: 30%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- devaluation (immature)
- idealization (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- denial (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 45%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Third-person self-aggrandizement inviting collective agreement
- Invocation of 'some say' to launder self-praise as popular consensus
- In-group invitation ('Only Great Patriots invited')

## Fact Checks (4)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-05-30._

> Trump gets larger audiences than Elvis in his prime

**FALSE**

Elvis Presley's 1973 'Aloha from Hawaii' broadcast drew an estimated 1 to 1.5 billion viewers globally; his tours filled venues like the Astrodome (over 200,000 across multiple shows). Trump's largest documented rallies are in the tens of thousands. The comparison is hyperbolic self-promotion.

> Two years ago, the United States was DEAD

**FALSE**

In May 2024 the US economy was growing (GDP positive across quarters), unemployment was near historic lows (~4%), and standard macroeconomic indicators showed a functioning economy. 'DEAD' is rhetorical hyperbole inconsistent with measurable indicators.

> The US is now the 'HOTTEST' country anywhere in the world

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While 'hottest' is a subjective superlative, fact-checkers have directly examined this exact claim from Trump and found it unsupported by standard economic metrics. FactCheck.org's April 2026 update on Trump's numbers documents: (1) Job growth has significantly slowed, with only 369,000 jobs created in the first 14 months of Trump's second term — four times slower than the final 14 months of Biden's administration; (2) Unemployment rose to 4.3% as of March 2026; (3) Manufacturing jobs continued declining despite tariffs; (4) Consumer sentiment hit a record low of 47.6, down 24.1 points since January 2025; (5) CPI inflation rose to 3.3% over 12 months, up from 3.0%; (6) GDP grew 2.1% in 2025, described as 'underachieving.' Independent reporting (MS.NOW, CRBC News) explicitly tested the 'hottest country' claim against three measures: stock market performance (Japan's Nikkei 225 and several Asian indexes outperformed U.S. indexes), GDP growth (India's Q3 growth was nearly double the U.S. rate at ~6.2% projected for 2026 vs. ~2.3% for U.S.), and employment (largely flat since April 2025). IMF data shows the U.S. leads developed economies in growth rate (~2.3-2.4% in 2026), but trails emerging economies including India (6.2%), Vietnam (5.6%), Philippines (5.7%), Indonesia, and China (5%). On prosperity indices, the U.S. ranks 38th on the Atlantic Council's 2026 Prosperity Index and 17th on HelloSafe's index. The only literal sense in which the claim holds: NOAA recorded North America's second-warmest autumn and warmest November in 2025. The data do not support the claim that the U.S. is the 'hottest country anywhere in the world' by any standard economic benchmark.

Sources: https://www.factcheck.org/2026/04/trumps-numbers-april-2026-update/; https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-us-stocks-economy-2025-hottest-country; https://www.crbcnews.com/articles/69544506bd5209f66d5819fb; https://www.factcheck.org/2026/02/a-pre-sotu-guide-to-trumps-economic-claims/; https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/ter02-2026-gdp-growth-forecasts-worlds-20-largest-economies/; https://www.focus-economics.com/blog/fastest-growing-economies-in-the-world/; https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/freedom-and-prosperity-center/2026-atlas-freedom-and-prosperity-around-the-world/; https://www.morganstanley.com/insights/articles/global-economic-outlook-2026

> Trump is the 'Greatest President in History'

**FALSE**

Every major scholarly survey of presidential greatness places Trump at or near the very bottom of all U.S. presidents, not the top. The 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey, conducted by political scientists at the University of Houston and Coastal Carolina University with 154 historians and presidential experts (members of APSA's Presidents and Executive Politics Section), ranked Trump 45th out of 45 presidents with a score of 10.92 — described as 'easily the worst showing.' For comparison, Lincoln scored 93.87, FDR 90.83, and Washington 90.32. The 2022 Siena College Research Institute survey ranked Trump 43rd, in the bottom three alongside James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson. The 2021 C-SPAN Presidential Historians Survey ranked Trump 41st (the fourth lowest). The 2018 APSA survey ranked Trump 44th (last place in his first appearance). Notably, even self-identified Republican historians rated Trump in the bottom five, indicating the negative consensus crosses ideological lines. Trump was described as 'by far the most polarizing of the ranked presidents.' C-SPAN postponed its planned 2025 survey because 'with a former president returning to office, conducting the survey now would turn it from historical analysis to punditry.' The post's framing 'some say' technically acknowledges this is opinion, but the overwhelming consensus of professional historians and political scientists is the diametric opposite — Trump consistently ranks among the worst presidents in American history.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_presidents_of_the_United_States; https://presidentialgreatnessproject.com/; https://sri.siena.edu/us-presidents-study/; https://www.npr.org/2024/02/19/1232447088/historians-presidents-survey-trump-last-biden-14th; https://www.axios.com/2024/02/19/presidents-survey-trump-ranks-last-biden-14th; https://thehill.com/homenews/4476288-presidential-experts-rank-biden-14th-among-presidents-in-survey-trump-comes-in-last/; https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-places-last-new-presidential-greatness-rankings-1871043; https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/02/19/presidential-greatness-survey-2024-trump-biden/9601708357197/

Overall Veracity: 5%

## Receipts (1)

### major — arts-culture (12 months earlier)

> The performing artists are 'highly paid, Third Rate Artists' who 'aren't happy'

_May 30, 2026_

vs.

> The Les Misérables production at the Kennedy Center is of exceptional quality — 'incredible' performers and the show 'could not be better, or more beautiful'

_Jun 12, 2025_

The source praises Kennedy Center performers (Les Mis cast) as 'incredible' in June 2025. Candidate 1, from May 2026, blanket-dismisses Kennedy Center artists as 'highly paid, Third Rate Artists.' While the specific performers differ across events roughly a year apart, the quality judgment is directly reversed — 'incredible' vs. 'Third Rate' — applied to the same entity (Kennedy Center performing artists). The later post offers no acknowledgment of the prior praise or any changed circumstances that would explain the reversal.

[View contradicting post](/post/ts_114672684243705829)

## Tags

- grandiose-narcissism (95%)
- self-deification (90%)
- third-person-self-reference (90%)
- devaluation-of-artists (80%)
- supply-seeking (85%)
- hypomanic-features (50%)
- redemption-arc (70%)
- elvis-comparison (70%)
- kennedy-center (60%)
- rally-announcement (70%)

## That day

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

**A judge halts the Kennedy Center rebuild, and Trump answers by naming the judge's wife and saying he should face charges**

Most of Saturday was a flood of flattering memes and fan art: Trump riding beside George Washington, carved onto Mount Rushmore, wearing a "Trump Peace Prize," along with before-and-after pictures claiming he had rescued Washington's monuments from Obama and Biden. The anger came from a federal judge's order stopping his Kennedy Center overhaul. He attacked the judge by name, brought the judge's wife into it, said the judge should face charges, reposted that attack twice, and returned to it in the evening. After artists pulled out of the America 250 concerts he offered himself as the headliner ("larger audiences than Elvis"), and by evening he wanted the concerts cancelled and replaced with a rally. He posted a lot, often in rapid bursts of images, but a long overnight gap suggests he got a normal night's sleep.

Full digest for 2026-05-30: https://trump.fm/date/2026-05-30/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, May 30). I understand Artists are getting “the yips”... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116664367963376218
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I understand Artists are getting “the yips” having to do..." Truth Social, 30 May. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116664367963376218. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I understand Artists are getting “the yips” having to do...," Truth Social, May 30, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116664367963376218.

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