# Post ts_108902694015721433

- Post ID: `ts_108902694015721433`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-08-28T21:47:16.323Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108902694015721433
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108902694015721433/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108902694015721433.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> No resignations or firings for the disastrous manner in which we surrendered in Afghanistan. The military should have left last, when everything else was done and accounted for - NOT FIRST. Perhaps the most embarrassing and demeaning moment in our Country’s history!

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 6,268
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.436Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:26:41.609Z (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: Afghanistan Withdrawal Criticism (2022-08-28)

This post revisits the August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, approximately one year after the event. Trump criticizes the lack of accountability ("No resignations or firings") and offers a specific military critique (troops should have left last), culminating in a superlative historical judgment.

### Timing & Authorship
Post at 5:47 PM ET (Trump likely at Bedminster, NJ in late August 2022). Business hours posting. The content is a mix—grammatically clean but emotionally charged with caps emphasis ("NOT FIRST"). The military critique reflects Trump's repeated talking point. Moderate confidence this is authentic given the emotional tenor and familiar grievance pattern, though the relatively polished structure suggests possible light editing.

### Psychological Dynamics
This post serves multiple functions: (1) maintaining the narrative that Biden is incompetent, (2) implicitly contrasting Trump's leadership, and (3) channeling grievance about his own situation (Mar-a-Lago raid) through a safer proxy topic. The Afghanistan withdrawal is a reliable outrage generator that requires no personal vulnerability.

The phrase "most embarrassing and demeaning moment in our Country's history" is classic superlative absolutism—a signature rhetorical habit. The word "demeaning" is notable, as it implies narcissistic concern with national image/status rather than humanitarian cost.

### Defense Mechanisms
Displacement is primary—amid active legal threats (special master motion filed same period), Trump channels energy toward criticizing Biden on a year-old event. This is safer ground than addressing the Mar-a-Lago situation directly.

### Rhetorical Analysis
The post follows a clean three-part structure: (1) accountability failure, (2) specific critique, (3) superlative emotional climax. The caps "NOT FIRST" functions as vocal emphasis mimicking speech patterns.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "No resignations or firings for the Afghanistan withdrawal" | **Mostly True** | No senior military or civilian officials resigned or were fired specifically over the Afghanistan withdrawal. General Mark Milley and Secretary Austin remained in their positions. |
| "The military left first before everything else was done" | **Half True** | The military drawdown preceded the final chaotic evacuation. Bagram was vacated in July 2021 before the August collapse, which complicated the evacuation. However, characterizing it as military leaving 'first' oversimplifies the sequence. |
| "Most embarrassing and demeaning moment in our Country's history" | **Mostly False** | Hyperbolic superlative. While the withdrawal was widely criticized, characterizing it as the single most embarrassing moment in U.S. history is unsupportable opinion presented as fact. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 65%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (5:47 PM ET)
- Relatively clean grammar
- BUT emotional caps emphasis typical of Trump
- Familiar grievance topic he returns to repeatedly
- Word choice 'demeaning' is characteristic

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Biden administration / perceived national humiliation)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Biden administration / military leadership
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance
- implicit contrast with own competence

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> No resignations or firings for the Afghanistan withdrawal

**MOSTLY TRUE**

No senior military or civilian officials resigned or were fired specifically over the Afghanistan withdrawal. General Mark Milley and Secretary Austin remained in their positions.

> The military left first before everything else was done

**HALF TRUE**

The military drawdown preceded the final chaotic evacuation. Bagram was vacated in July 2021 before the August collapse, which complicated the evacuation. However, characterizing it as military leaving 'first' oversimplifies the sequence.

> Most embarrassing and demeaning moment in our Country's history

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Hyperbolic superlative. While the withdrawal was widely criticized, characterizing it as the single most embarrassing moment in U.S. history is unsupportable opinion presented as fact.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- afghanistan (100%)
- biden-criticism (90%)
- accountability (70%)
- displacement (60%)

## That day

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

**Post-Raid Persecution Barrage: 12-Link Dump Primes Evening Escalation to Institutional Delegitimization**

Trump spent the day fixated on the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago, now twenty days old. A noon burst of a dozen shared articles — comparing the FBI to the Gestapo, calling the raid illegal, demanding the judge's removal — set the table for a more personal evening eruption. As the afternoon turned to evening, he shifted from sharing others' outrage to voicing his own, building from simmering frustration to full-throated accusations that the DOJ and FBI are running "Election Interference at the highest level." The day ended on an oddly upbeat note, claiming credit for NASA's upcoming Artemis moon launch, a brief flash of self-congratulation before the grievance cycle presumably resumes.

Full digest for 2022-08-28: https://trump.fm/date/2022-08-28/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, August 28). No resignations or firings for the disastrous... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108902694015721433
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "No resignations or firings for the disastrous manner in..." Truth Social, 28 Aug. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108902694015721433. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "No resignations or firings for the disastrous manner in...," Truth Social, August 28, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108902694015721433.

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