# Post ts_108624461918774368

- Post ID: `ts_108624461918774368`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-07-10T18:29:11.447Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108624461918774368
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108624461918774368/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108624461918774368.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> …The people of our Country are disgusted, and they get it better than anybody—that’s why, shockingly, despite all of the lies, Fake News, and fabrication of facts, my polls are higher than they’ve ever been before. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

## Engagement

- Likes: 18,734
- Reposts: 4,629
- Replies: 511
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.439Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T21:21:24.420Z (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 formulaic narcissistic rebound post closing a multi-part thread responding to the January 6 Committee hearings. The psychological architecture is routine: narcissistic injury (exposure via committee hearings) is metabolized through reaction formation, converting the threat into evidence of superior status. The poll claim ("higher than they've ever been before") is factually dubious — trackers showed modest decline during this period — and functions primarily as self-administered narcissistic supply rather than factual assertion. Three defense mechanisms operate in sequence: denial (findings dismissed as fabrication), reaction formation (attacks reframed as proof of strength), and projection (personal disgust displaced onto "the people"). The populist authentication move — positioning ordinary Americans as uniquely reliable truth-detectors against corrupt institutions — is a stable Trump rhetorical pattern that also operates as a parasocial communion device, flattering the base into co-authorship of his persecution narrative. No cognitive deviations from baseline, no violent or dehumanizing language. Authorship is most likely authentic Trump posting mid-morning during a rally day in Alaska, with medium confidence. This post represents no marked deviation from established behavioral baseline; it is best understood as maintenance-level grandiosity in the context of sustained narcissistic threat from ongoing committee proceedings.

## Psychological Analysis: Trump Truth Social Post, July 10, 2022

### Context and Threading
This post is the closing segment of a multi-part Truth Social thread cataloguing perceived political persecutions (Russia investigation, two impeachments, Mueller probe, J6 Committee). The ellipsis opening confirms it was designed as a continuation, not a standalone statement. The full thread structure suggests a sustained emotional discharge rather than a composed communication strategy.

### Authorship
UTC 18:29 converts to approximately 10:29 AM Alaska Daylight Time — Trump was in Anchorage for the day's rally. Mid-morning on a high-energy rally day is plausible for authentic Trump posting during downtime. The emotional cadence, threading pattern, and MAGA signoff are strongly consistent with authentic output. **Authorship score: 0.62 toward authentic** (medium confidence).

### Psychological Architecture
The post exemplifies a textbook narcissistic injury → grandiose rebound sequence. The January 6 Select Committee hearings constitute the triggering narcissistic injury (exposure subtype). Rather than engaging with the substance of the threat, the post executes a reactive inversion: the attacks become proof of exceptional status. The poll claim ("higher than they've ever been before") functions primarily as internal supply rather than factual communication.

Three defense mechanisms operate simultaneously: **reaction formation** (attacks = strength), **denial** (findings dismissed as fabrication), and **projection** (personal disgust attributed to "the people").

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "my polls are higher than they've ever been before" | **Mostly False** | Multiple polling aggregators (FiveThirtyEight, RealClearPolitics, Gallup) show Trump's favorability/approval ratings in July 2022 were in the mid-40s range — consistent with his post-2021 baseline but well below peaks observed in early 2017 and not at all-time highs. The ongoing J6 hearings were correlated with modest downward pressure on his numbers. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 62%)

### Indicators

- Post begins with ellipsis ('…') confirming threaded continuation — characteristic of Trump's multi-part Truth Social dumps
- ALL CAPS 'MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!' signoff is a consistent authentic Trump closing tic
- UTC 18:29 converts to approximately 10:29 AM AKDT (Alaska Daylight Time, UTC-8) — Trump was in Anchorage for the rally, placing this in business hours, a mild indicator against spontaneous authentic posting
- The em-dash and otherwise intact grammar are slightly more polished than raw Trump, but not conclusively so given the brevity
- Emotional content ('shockingly,' 'disgusted') and the grandiose poll claim read as authentic reactive voice rather than aide-drafted messaging

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (January 6 Select Committee hearings (ongoing at time of posting))

Sentiment: +0.10

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Elevated grandiosity: superlative self-assessment without evidentiary basis
- Rapid-fire multi-post thread suggesting pressured ideation and reduced impulse to edit
- Triumphant affect in context of ongoing legal/political threat — mood incongruent with objective circumstances

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 75%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 45%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- reaction formation (neurotic)
- denial (pathological)
- projection (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 38%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- 'The people of our Country... get it better than anybody' — flattery of base as epistemically superior, creating parasocial validation loop
- Shared identity construction: 'We all want to see America be Great Again' (from preceding post in thread)
- Positioning followers as co-victims of a persecution that both Trump and they uniquely understand

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- 'fabrication of facts' — wholesale dismissal of committee evidentiary record without engagement with specific claims
- 'Fake News' framing applied to documented committee proceedings — attacks the audience's epistemic access to independent verification
- Counterfactual poll claim asserted with certainty, requiring audience acceptance of a falsifiable claim as condition of group membership

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> my polls are higher than they've ever been before

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Multiple polling aggregators (FiveThirtyEight, RealClearPolitics, Gallup) show Trump's favorability/approval ratings in July 2022 were in the mid-40s range — consistent with his post-2021 baseline but well below peaks observed in early 2017 and not at all-time highs. The ongoing J6 hearings were correlated with modest downward pressure on his numbers.

Sources: FiveThirtyEight Trump approval tracker (historical); Gallup presidential favorability historical data

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- narcissistic-rebound (90%)
- reaction-formation (85%)
- poll-claim-counterfactual (80%)
- j6-committee-response (85%)
- populist-authentication (75%)
- grandiose-state (80%)
- epistemic-closure (70%)
- maintenance-post (60%)
- thread-continuation (65%)

## That day

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

**Post-Rally Grievance Cascade: Alaska Afterglow Consumed by January 6th Fury**

Trump spent the day in Alaska following a rally in Anchorage, starting with warm words for the state before pivoting hard into political combat. The January 6th Committee dominated his attention across two separate multi-post bursts — the second a rapid-fire five-post volley that included the striking claim "there is no January 6th." In between, he endorsed Alaska candidates, took shots at Elon Musk and Morning Joe, and shared a string of favorable rally coverage. The mood swung between triumphant kingmaker and embattled defendant, with the committee hearings clearly weighing on him despite the rally high. A parting jab at Biden's age carried a whiff of projection about his own.

Full digest for 2022-07-10: https://trump.fm/date/2022-07-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, July 10). …The people of our Country are disgusted, and... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108624461918774368
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "…The people of our Country are disgusted, and they get it..." Truth Social, 10 Jul. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108624461918774368. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "…The people of our Country are disgusted, and they get it...," Truth Social, July 10, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108624461918774368.

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