# Post ts_108809695755036231

- Post ID: `ts_108809695755036231`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-08-12T11:36:35.485Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108809695755036231/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108809695755036231.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Democrats in Congress should strongly VOTE AGAINST THE BIGGEST GREEN NEW FAKE DEAL BILL IN HISTORY, which is about to be rammed down the throats of Americans. Those Dems voting against this massive tax hike will be legends - actually be able to win again. Should be called the Inflation Expansion Act. Adds 87,000 gun carrying IRS Agents to cajole and harass you and your family. Call your Democrat Congressmen & women - tell them NOT to vote for this killer. Republicans are 100% against!

## Engagement

- Likes: 55,075
- Reposts: 15,110
- Replies: 1,763
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.437Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:01:05.877Z (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: Post ts_108809695755036231

### Context
This post targets the Inflation Reduction Act, which the House passed on August 12, 2022. It appears amid a flurry of posts about the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago two days prior. This post pivots away from the raid to attack Democratic legislation—a notable shift suggesting either strategic messaging or aide involvement.

### Authorship
Posted at 11:36 UTC = 7:36 AM ET. Trump was at Mar-a-Lago during this period. This is early morning but within a plausible window for either Trump or an aide. The post has mixed signals: ALL CAPS phrases and emotional language suggest Trump, but the structured call-to-action ("Call your Democrat Congressmen & women") and policy-specific framing suggest aide involvement or at minimum a talking-points template. The "87,000 IRS agents" claim was a widespread Republican talking point at the time, suggesting coordinated messaging.

### Rhetorical Analysis
The post is a concentrated propaganda piece deploying multiple techniques: renaming ("Green New Fake Deal," "Inflation Expansion Act"), fear appeal ("gun carrying IRS Agents to cajole and harass you and your family"), hyperbole ("BIGGEST...IN HISTORY"), and a wedge strategy attempting to peel Democratic votes. The phrase "rammed down the throats" uses violent metaphor. "Killer" as descriptor carries eliminationist undertones but is colloquial.

### Psychological State
Compared to the other posts from this day—which are raw, reactive, and centered on narcissistic injury from the FBI search—this post reads as more controlled and strategic. It functions as a brief pivot to maintain political utility amid personal crisis, consistent with supply-seeking and audience maintenance.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The bill adds 87,000 gun carrying IRS Agents" | **Mostly False** | The IRA funded approximately 87,000 IRS positions over a decade, but most would be customer service, IT, and administrative roles replacing attrition. Only a small fraction of IRS employees are armed Criminal Investigation agents. The framing that all 87,000 would be 'gun carrying' agents who 'cajole and harass' families is a significant distortion. |
| "Biggest Green New Deal bill in history" | **Half True** | The IRA was the largest US climate investment (~$369B in energy/climate provisions), but it was not the Green New Deal, which was a separate, much broader resolution that never passed. The IRA was a substantially scaled-down version of Build Back Better. |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Early morning but not late-night timing (7:36 AM ET)
- Structured call-to-action suggests aide template
- ALL CAPS and emotional language suggest Trump input
- Policy-specific talking points (87,000 IRS agents) from coordinated GOP messaging
- More polished than same-day raid posts

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Inflation Reduction Act passage)

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to audience as allies
- Call to action creating participatory bond
- Shared enemy construction (IRS)

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Rebranding legislation with misleading names to distort its actual content
- Framing IRS hiring as personal threat to families when most positions are administrative

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> The bill adds 87,000 gun carrying IRS Agents

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The IRA funded approximately 87,000 IRS positions over a decade, but most would be customer service, IT, and administrative roles replacing attrition. Only a small fraction of IRS employees are armed Criminal Investigation agents. The framing that all 87,000 would be 'gun carrying' agents who 'cajole and harass' families is a significant distortion.

Sources: Congressional Budget Office analysis of IRA; IRS workforce data

> Biggest Green New Deal bill in history

**HALF TRUE**

The IRA was the largest US climate investment (~$369B in energy/climate provisions), but it was not the Green New Deal, which was a separate, much broader resolution that never passed. The IRA was a substantially scaled-down version of Build Back Better.

Sources: Inflation Reduction Act text

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- legislation_attack (90%)
- fear_appeal (80%)
- wedge_strategy (60%)
- coordinated_messaging (70%)
- IRS_fearmongering (80%)

## That day

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

**Mar-a-Lago Warrant Unsealed: A Day of Contradictory Defenses and Institutional Delegitimization**

Trump spent the day in full crisis mode after the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search warrant was unsealed, revealing classified and top-secret documents had been recovered. He fired off ten posts cycling through every available defense -- calling the nuclear documents a hoax, claiming everything was declassified, accusing the FBI of planting evidence, and blaming Obama for doing the same thing. The mood was agitated and defensive throughout, starting with a late-night flurry just before 1 AM and continuing into the afternoon. A brief detour to boast about his endorsement record and attack Liz Cheney offered the only break from an otherwise single-minded fixation on the search.

Full digest for 2022-08-12: https://trump.fm/date/2022-08-12/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, August 12). Democrats in Congress should strongly VOTE... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108809695755036231
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Democrats in Congress should strongly VOTE AGAINST THE..." Truth Social, 12 Aug. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108809695755036231. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Democrats in Congress should strongly VOTE AGAINST THE...," Truth Social, August 12, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108809695755036231.

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