# Post x_1303293439296053200

- Post ID: `x_1303293439296053200`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2020-09-08T15:25:44.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_1303293439296053200
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1303293439296053200/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1303293439296053200.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Thanks Curt. Great pitcher!!! https://t.co/pMq197KahK

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 11,844
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.849Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T10:59:29.440Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "Thanks Curt. Great pitcher!!!" — September 8, 2020

### Overview

This is a brief, low-signal post — a public acknowledgment of Curt Schilling, the Hall of Fame-caliber pitcher and vocal Trump supporter. The linked URL likely directs to a Schilling tweet or clip expressing support for Trump, given Schilling's well-documented conservative political alignment. The post functions as a transactional social reward: Trump amplifies a supporter's voice while signaling tribal affiliation to his baseball-fan base. At 74 words (total character count closer to 12), this is among the more minimal posts in the corpus.

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### Authorship Attribution

**Local time conversion:** Trump was almost certainly in Washington D.C. on September 8, 2020 (no travel documented). EDT = UTC−4. Post time: 15:25 UTC → **11:25 AM EDT**. This falls squarely within business hours, which is a mild Scavino indicator.

However, several stylistic features strongly suggest authentic Trump authorship:
- **Triple exclamation marks** (`!!!`) — a Trump signature absent from aide-written posts
- **Sentence fragments** ("Great pitcher!!!") — informal, unpolished
- **First-name familiarity** ("Thanks Curt") without any formal title or attribution
- **No structured information** — no event details, no call to action, no URL context text

The collision of business-hours timing with authentic informal markers is not unusual; Trump composed many mid-morning posts himself when not occupied with briefings. **Assessment: authentic Trump, medium-high confidence.**

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### Psychological Analysis

**Trigger:** Supply-seeking / maintenance. Schilling almost certainly praised Trump publicly (likely in response to Atlantic "suckers and losers" story dominating the news cycle). Trump's response follows a predictable reinforcement loop: supporter offers public loyalty → Trump amplifies with superlative praise → loop strengthens mutual parasocial bond.

**Narcissistic state:** Mildly grandiose. The rapid pivot from aggressive posts about "Thugs," "Anarchists," and Biden's teleprompter to a warm "Thanks Curt" illustrates the oscillatory pattern: aggression/grievance cycling with moments of reward-dispensing. The praise ("Great pitcher!!!") is classic Trumpian hyperbolic affirmation — even a simple acknowledgment gets the superlative treatment.

**Defense mechanisms:** None operationally significant in this post. The positivity is surface-level relational maintenance, not defensive.

**Narrative identity:** Brief as it is, the post still serves Level 3 identity function — Trump casts himself as someone famous athletes seek out and want to please. Being thanked by the President-who-validates reinforces the protagonist-as-kingmaker role.

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### Rhetorical Techniques

- **In-group signaling:** Associating with a celebrated athlete (and conservative icon) signals that "real Americans" — particularly sports fans and veterans of the culture war — are on Trump's side
- **Superlative brevity:** Even in a 5-word compliment, the superlative ("Great pitcher") appears; the pattern is reflexive
- **Parasocial reward dispensing:** Public praise of named individuals trains followers and public figures to seek Trump's approbation — a low-cost influence tool

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Curt Schilling is a 'great pitcher'" | **True** | Schilling posted a career 3.46 ERA, finished second in Cy Young voting three times, and delivered iconic postseason performances including the 2001 World Series and 2004 ALCS 'Bloody Sock' game. Widely regarded as one of the greatest postseason pitchers in MLB history. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Triple exclamation marks (!!!) — authentic Trump signature
- Sentence fragment structure ('Great pitcher!!!')
- First-name informal address ('Thanks Curt')
- No event context, scheduling info, or polished structure
- Business hours timing (11:25 AM EDT) is mild counter-indicator

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Curt Schilling (supporter offering public loyalty, likely in context of Atlantic story defense))

Sentiment: +0.75

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Public reward dispensing to named loyalist
- Superlative affirmation loop reinforcing follower compliance

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._

> Curt Schilling is a 'great pitcher'

**TRUE**

Schilling posted a career 3.46 ERA, finished second in Cy Young voting three times, and delivered iconic postseason performances including the 2001 World Series and 2004 ALCS 'Bloody Sock' game. Widely regarded as one of the greatest postseason pitchers in MLB history.

Sources: Baseball Reference career statistics; General baseball knowledge

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- supply-maintenance (80%)
- loyalist-reward (70%)
- authentic-trump (75%)
- low-signal (90%)
- athlete-endorsement (60%)

## That day

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

**Late-Night Rage Gives Way to a Daylong Campaign of Fear, Dehumanization, and Suburban Threat Messaging**

Trump spent the day in full campaign-war mode, cycling between late-night media attacks and an aggressive afternoon blitz focused on law-and-order messaging and suburban fear. The Atlantic "losers and suckers" story continued to simmer in the background, visibly driving defensive energy even when he avoided addressing it directly. The most alarming moment came when he labeled protesters "THUGS" and praised U.S. Marshals days after a fatal shooting, promising to "solve problems in minutes." He also repeated a nearly identical message about campaign finances hours apart, suggesting the topic was eating at him. A high-volume day marked by dehumanizing rhetoric, racial fear appeals, and sustained reality distortion about polling and COVID.

Full digest for 2020-09-08: https://trump.fm/date/2020-09-08/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2020, September 8). Thanks Curt. Great pitcher!!! https://t.co/pMq197K... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1303293439296053200
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Thanks Curt. Great pitcher!!! https://t.co/pMq197KahK" X (Twitter), 8 Sep. 2020. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1303293439296053200. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Thanks Curt. Great pitcher!!! https://t.co/pMq197KahK," X (Twitter), September 8, 2020, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1303293439296053200.

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