# Post ts_108624692558483885

- Post ID: `ts_108624692558483885`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-07-10T19:27:50.735Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108624692558483885.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Kelly Tshibaka, who is running to oust one of the worst Senators in the United States Senate (and that includes many Democrats), Lisa Murkowski, was outstanding last night at the Rally. She’s working hard, and I really believe she’s doing it because she knows how bad Murkowski is for Alaska, having destroyed your jobs with the killing of ANWR, fractured your Lumber Industry, and so many other unbelievable Energy and Economic Development Projects, while at the same time…

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.439Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T21:24:47.822Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post is a politically functional narcissistic injury response — cognitively coherent, grandiose in posture, and organized around an eighteen-month grievance against Murkowski's impeachment vote. Operating as kingmaker, Trump channels cold instrumental rage into electoral proxy warfare, casting Tshibaka as instrument of retribution. Classic object-splitting (Tshibaka idealized/Murkowski devalued) and rationalization (revenge reframed as public service) are the dominant defenses. The most clinically notable feature is the ANWR claim — a near-complete inversion of historical fact that attributes to Murkowski the destruction of a drilling project she actively championed. This represents deliberate reality distortion functioning to mobilize audience grievance against a factual baseline the audience is unlikely to verify. Authorship leans authentic based on stylistic fingerprints (parenthetical asides, ALL CAPS, dangling ellipsis) despite the mid-morning timing. The truncated ending ("while at the same time…") is the strongest single authenticity indicator, suggesting organic composition. No danger indicators present; the targeting is electoral and instrumental. This post falls within the documented behavioral repertoire — politically calculated narcissistic rage, organized and outwardly directed.

# Psychological Analysis: ts_108624692558483885 (2022-07-10)

## Contextual Frame

This post is a post-rally endorsement dispatch, published the morning after Trump's Anchorage rally (July 9, 2022) at which Kelly Tshibaka appeared. The UTC timestamp of 19:27:50 converts to approximately **11:27 AM AKDT** (Alaska Daylight Time, UTC-8). This is solidly within business hours — a mild strike against authenticity — yet the internal stylistic markers pull strongly toward authentic Trump.

The post's raison d'être is only superficially about Tshibaka. The driving psychological force is Murkowski, who voted to convict Trump in his second Senate impeachment trial (February 2021) — an unresolved narcissistic injury now being processed through electoral proxy warfare.

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## Authorship Attribution

The 11:27 AM AKDT timing (business hours) is the principal aide-authorship indicator. However, multiple authentic-Trump linguistic fingerprints are present:

- **Parenthetical jab** "(and that includes many Democrats)" — a classic Trumpian aside, injected mid-sentence for maximum rhetorical sting
- **ALL CAPS** on "ANWR" — signature emphasis style
- **Run-on sentence construction** accumulating grievances without resolution
- **Dangling ellipsis** ("while at the same time…") — the post appears truncated, suggesting organic stream-of-consciousness composition that was likely continued in a subsequent post
- **Personal voice**: "I really believe," "She's working hard" — informal register

The most telling authenticity marker is the **incomplete sentence**. Aides typically post complete, polished units; the ellipsis here suggests either authentic Trump dictation or Trump typing directly and losing the thread. Confidence leans toward authentic or lightly edited dictation.

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## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five)

The post expresses **low agreeableness** most prominently — the contemptuous framing of Murkowski ("one of the worst Senators") dominates. **High extraversion** is present through assertive public endorsement; **elevated neuroticism** (specifically angry hostility and grudge-maintenance) underlies the entire construction. Conscientiousness appears selectively — policy-specific attacks on ANWR and the lumber industry create a veneer of substantive critique, but these serve an emotional rather than analytical function.

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## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

**Dominant motive: Power/Agency.** Trump is operating here as *party boss and kingmaker* — asserting authority to elevate or destroy Senate careers. This is a high-agency power expression, not a communion motive. The post frames his intervention as beneficent ("I really believe she's doing it because she knows how bad Murkowski is") — casting personal revenge as public service, a rationalization schema central to his political identity.

**Schema of self:** Righteous authority figure whose judgment about people is uniquely accurate ("I really believe").
**Schema of others:** Binary — loyalists (Tshibaka: "outstanding") vs. traitors (Murkowski: "worst").
**Schema of world:** Zero-sum, where his enemies actively destroy things of value (jobs, industries, projects).

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## Level 3: Narrative Identity

- **Protagonist role:** Kingmaker / Avenger — the returning force who rewards the loyal and punishes the disloyal
- **Contrasting other:** Lisa Murkowski — the corrupt establishment figure who betrayed Alaska and Trump
- **Narrative sequence:** Contamination → Redemption. Murkowski contaminated Alaska (killed ANWR, fractured lumber); Tshibaka represents the redemptive path
- **Identity claims:** "I really believe she's doing it because she knows how bad Murkowski is" — positioning himself as uniquely perspicacious in reading political motivations

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## Level 4: Clinical Indicators

### Narcissistic Dynamics

**Trigger:** This post is best understood as a *sustained response to narcissistic injury* — Murkowski's impeachment vote. Rather than direct rage expression, Trump has sublimated the injury into a multi-year political campaign to end her career. This represents a relatively organized (if long-burning) narcissistic rage response.

**Narcissistic state:** **Grandiose** — the post is expansive, authoritative, and self-assured. Trump is not in vulnerable/persecuted mode here; he's in full kingmaker posture.

**Rage:** Present but **modulated** — this is cold, instrumental rage rather than hot reactive rage. The controlled policy specificity ("killing of ANWR, fractured your Lumber Industry") signals premeditated retaliation rather than impulsive explosion.

### Defense Mechanisms

1. **Splitting** (immature): The post enacts classic object-splitting — Tshibaka is entirely good ("outstanding"), Murkowski is entirely bad ("one of the worst"). No nuance or acknowledgment of complexity.
2. **Devaluation** (immature): Murkowski placed at the nadir of the Senate hierarchy, with the parenthetical extending devaluation to Democrats as a class.
3. **Rationalization** (neurotic): The vendetta against Murkowski is reframed as selfless concern for Alaska's economic interests, masking the underlying personal betrayal narrative.

### Malignant Narcissism Components

- **Narcissistic features** (high): Grandiosity as kingmaker, entitlement to determine political careers, exploitative use of rally platform
- **Antisocial features** (low-moderate): The sustained, organized campaign to destroy Murkowski's career shows disregard for democratic norms without crossing into overt antisocial territory in this post
- **Paranoid features** (moderate): The framing of Murkowski as actively "destroying" Alaska reads through a paranoid lens — the ordinary legislative disagreements are recast as malicious sabotage
- **Ego-syntonic sadism** (mild-moderate): There is evident relish in the public targeting ("one of the worst Senators... and that includes many Democrats") — the parenthetical functions as a sadistic flourish

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Lisa Murkowski is responsible for killing of ANWR" | **Mostly False** | Murkowski was a strong proponent of ANWR drilling and her advocacy was instrumental in passing the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provision opening ANWR development. The Biden administration's 2021 suspension of ANWR leases halted development. Attributing the outcome to Murkowski inverts the historical record. |
| "Murkowski fractured Alaska's Lumber Industry" | **Unverifiable** | Claim is insufficiently specific to evaluate. Murkowski's record on Alaska timber is mixed and the causal claim of industry damage is not substantiated. |
| "Kelly Tshibaka is running to oust Murkowski" | **True** | Confirmed by known events: Trump held Alaska rally on July 9, 2022 endorsing Tshibaka for U.S. Senate against incumbent Murkowski. |

Overall Veracity: 57%

## Rhetorical Analysis

The post deploys several interlocking techniques:

- **Superlative devaluation**: "one of the worst Senators in the United States Senate"
- **False inclusivity parenthetical**: "(and that includes many Democrats)" — the aside signals to the base that this condemnation transcends partisanship, lending it faux-objectivity
- **Policy grievance list**: ANWR, lumber, "Energy and Economic Development Projects" — specificity creates plausibility even when factually reversed
- **Suspense via ellipsis**: "while at the same time…" — promises an accusation worse than what preceded it, amplifying anticipatory dread about Murkowski

**Propaganda technique:** Grievance politics targeting — articulating specific economic harms attributed to a named enemy, mobilizing the audience's material anxieties against her.

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## Cognitive Status

No notable markers of language production difficulty. Vocabulary and syntax are consistent with Trump's established baseline. The accumulating subordinate clauses and incomplete terminal sentence are within normal parameters for his posting style. No evidence of paraphasia, confabulation, or temporal confusion. **Baseline deviation: none.**

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## Danger Assessment

**Level: None.** The post is a political endorsement/attack with no violent imagery, dehumanizing language, or stochastic terrorism indicators. The targeting of Murkowski is electoral, not physical. No flags warranted.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 65%)

### Indicators

- Parenthetical aside '(and that includes many Democrats)' is a signature mid-sentence rhetorical jab
- ALL CAPS on ANWR consistent with authentic emphasis pattern
- Dangling ellipsis at sentence end suggesting organic incomplete thought
- Informal personal register: 'I really believe', 'She's working hard'
- Business hours post (11:27 AM AKDT) is mild aide indicator

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Lisa Murkowski (impeachment vote, February 2021))

**Rage:** Intensity 55% targeting Lisa Murkowski
- Proportionality: 25%

Sentiment: -0.35

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 72%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 48%
- Sadism: 38%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- devaluation (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 42%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Second-person address to Alaskans ('your jobs', 'your Lumber Industry') creating parasocial intimacy with audience
- Vouching credibility claim ('I really believe') positioning Trump as uniquely insightful about motivations

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- ANWR claim inverts factual record attributing to Murkowski the destruction of a project she actually championed creating reality distortion that rewrites history if accepted by audience
- Framing Murkowski's entire Senate record as one of destruction without factual grounding

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Lisa Murkowski is responsible for killing of ANWR

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Murkowski was a strong proponent of ANWR drilling and her advocacy was instrumental in passing the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provision opening ANWR development. The Biden administration's 2021 suspension of ANWR leases halted development. Attributing the outcome to Murkowski inverts the historical record.

Sources: 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Section 20001 (ANWR provision); Biden Administration Interior Dept suspension of ANWR leases June 2021

> Murkowski fractured Alaska's Lumber Industry

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Claim is insufficiently specific to evaluate. Murkowski's record on Alaska timber is mixed and the causal claim of industry damage is not substantiated.

> Kelly Tshibaka is running to oust Murkowski

**TRUE**

Confirmed by known events: Trump held Alaska rally on July 9, 2022 endorsing Tshibaka for U.S. Senate against incumbent Murkowski.

Sources: Trump Holds Rally in Anchorage Alaska event listing

Overall Veracity: 57%

## Tags

- electoral_proxy_warfare (90%)
- narcissistic_injury_response (85%)
- kingmaker_posture (82%)
- splitting (88%)
- reality_distortion_ANWR (80%)
- post_rally_endorsement (75%)
- cold_instrumental_rage (70%)
- alaska_politics (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). Kelly Tshibaka, who is running to oust one of the... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108624692558483885
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Kelly Tshibaka, who is running to oust one of the worst..." Truth Social, 10 Jul. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108624692558483885. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Kelly Tshibaka, who is running to oust one of the worst...," Truth Social, July 10, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108624692558483885.

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