# Post ts_108873946330045860

- Post ID: `ts_108873946330045860`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-08-23T19:56:21.457Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108873946330045860/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108873946330045860.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Liz Cheney is having little luck getting people to focus on the Fake Unselect Committee after losing tremendous credibility in her record setting loss in Wyoming. She lost by almost 40 points, and now she wants to tell other politicians “how to do it.” Also, people are beginning to focus on the fact that because I recommended 10,000 to 20,000 troops on January 3rd, which recommendation was turned down by Pelosi and the D.C. Mayor, I cannot be held accountable - But maybe they can!

## Engagement

- Likes: 35,049
- Reposts: 9,128
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.437Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:22:26.238Z (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 demonstrates a textbook DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) pattern regarding January 6 accountability. Trump first devalues Cheney by citing her primary loss as disqualifying — a narcissistic logic where electoral defeat negates the legitimacy of oversight. He then pivots to a largely debunked claim that he recommended 10,000-20,000 National Guard troops on January 3, 2021, which was "turned down by Pelosi and the D.C. Mayor." This claim is mostly false: Pelosi had no command authority over the National Guard, and no formal presidential authorization for such deployment has been documented. The phrase "people are beginning to focus on the fact that" is a characteristic reality-distortion technique — presenting a disputed narrative as emergent consensus. The closing threat ("But maybe they can!") completes the DARVO reversal by suggesting Pelosi and the Mayor should face accountability for January 6, effectively inverting the causal chain. This post is clinically notable for its seamless integration of multiple defense mechanisms (devaluation, rationalization, projection) in service of a single goal: exonerating the self while redirecting blame. The pattern is consistent with narcissistic personality organization under sustained legal/political threat, as seen across the longitudinal context of simultaneous Mar-a-Lago investigation posts.

## Multi-Level Personality Analysis

### Authorship Attribution
**Score: 0.8 (likely Trump himself)**
Posted at ~3:56 PM ET — business hours but stylistically unmistakable: invented pejorative ("Fake Unselect Committee"), stream-of-consciousness structure linking two separate topics, characteristic use of specific numbers for rhetorical impact, and the punchy closing reversal. High confidence this is authentic.

### Level 1: Dispositional Traits
- **Low Agreeableness** dominates: combative, dismissive, zero conciliation
- **High Extraversion** (assertiveness facet): declarative, commanding tone
- **Neuroticism** (angry hostility): controlled but present, directed at multiple targets
- **Low Openness** (values rigidity): binary framework — winners vs. losers, accountable vs. not

### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations
- **Power/control motives** are paramount — reasserting narrative dominance over Jan 6 framing
- **Schema**: World as zero-sum arena; credibility flows from electoral success; losers forfeit standing

### Level 3: Narrative Identity
- **Protagonist role**: The prudent leader who took precautions that others blocked
- **Contamination sequence**: "I did the right thing → they prevented it → I'm blamed"
- **Contrasting other**: Cheney (discredited loser), Pelosi/DC Mayor (the real culprits)

### Defense Mechanisms
1. **Devaluation** (immature): Cheney's loss = total credibility destruction
2. **Rationalization** (neurotic): Troop recommendation = legal shield
3. **Projection** (immature): Accountability reversed onto opponents via DARVO

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Cheney lost by almost 40 points in Wyoming" | **Mostly True** | Cheney lost to Harriet Hageman approximately 66%-29%, a margin of about 37 points |
| "Trump recommended 10,000 to 20,000 troops on January 3rd which was turned down by Pelosi and the DC Mayor" | **Mostly False** | Former acting Defense Secretary Miller testified Trump made a comment about needing 10,000 troops but there is no formal presidential authorization or written request. Pelosi as Speaker does not control the National Guard. The DC Mayor did decline a broad offer of Guard support but this was standard protocol, not a rejection of a presidential order. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness style
- Multiple topics chained together
- Characteristic nicknames ('Fake Unselect Committee')
- Emotional reactivity and personal attacks
- 3:56 PM ET - could be either, but style is strongly authentic

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Jan 6 Committee investigations and Cheney's public criticism)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Liz Cheney, Pelosi, DC Mayor
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.50

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 30%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Framing audience as insiders who see through the committee
- Implying shared grievance

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Delegitimizing congressional oversight investigation
- Redirecting January 6 accountability toward political opponents
- Threatening implication in 'maybe they can' be held accountable

### Gaslighting

- Reframing Jan 6 investigation as 'Fake Unselect Committee'
- Presenting disputed troop claim as established fact ('the fact that')
- DARVO: reversing who bears Jan 6 accountability

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Cheney lost by almost 40 points in Wyoming

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Cheney lost to Harriet Hageman approximately 66%-29%, a margin of about 37 points

Sources: Wyoming 2022 primary results

> Trump recommended 10,000 to 20,000 troops on January 3rd which was turned down by Pelosi and the DC Mayor

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Former acting Defense Secretary Miller testified Trump made a comment about needing 10,000 troops but there is no formal presidential authorization or written request. Pelosi as Speaker does not control the National Guard. The DC Mayor did decline a broad offer of Guard support but this was standard protocol, not a rejection of a presidential order.

Sources: Congressional testimony; Inspector General reports

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- January 6 (80%)
- DARVO (90%)
- Liz Cheney (70%)
- reality_distortion (70%)

## That day

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

**Evening Trolling Gives Way to All-Day Legal Siege Mentality as Mar-a-Lago Obsession Consumes the Feed**

Trump opened the evening with gleeful, sarcastic "endorsements" of Democratic rivals in New York primaries, clearly enjoying the role of political provocateur. But once morning hit, the mood shifted entirely to the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago — and never really let go. Nine of the day's sixteen posts were devoted to defending himself against the investigation, cycling between angry accusations of White House conspiracy and quote-sharing from friendly legal commentators. A late-afternoon attack on Liz Cheney, including the repeatedly debunked claim that Pelosi rejected his National Guard request on January 6, provided the only real departure from the siege posture.

Full digest for 2022-08-23: https://trump.fm/date/2022-08-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, August 23). Liz Cheney is having little luck getting people... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108873946330045860
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Liz Cheney is having little luck getting people to focus on..." Truth Social, 23 Aug. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108873946330045860. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Liz Cheney is having little luck getting people to focus on...," Truth Social, August 23, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108873946330045860.

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