# Post ts_109043011285273799

- Post ID: `ts_109043011285273799`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-22T16:31:47.940Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109043011285273799
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109043011285273799/analysis
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## Post text

> “Equal Justice, They Said” https://victorhanson.com/equal-justice-they-said/

## Engagement

- Likes: 7,369
- Reposts: 2,190
- Replies: 154
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.434Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:08:43.292Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "Equal Justice, They Said" (2022-09-22)

### Context
This post shares a Victor Davis Hanson article about alleged double standards in the justice system. Posted during an extraordinarily pressured legal week: NY AG Letitia James filed a $250M fraud lawsuit, the 11th Circuit ruled against Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, and Special Master Dearie pressed his lawyers on declassification claims.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:31 PM ET (Trump likely in NY/NJ area during this period given NY AG lawsuit news cycle). The post is minimal—a quoted title plus a link. This is consistent with aide-assisted sharing (Scavino-style), though Trump himself could easily share a link during business hours. The polished brevity and lack of personal commentary suggest aide involvement, though confidence is moderate.

### Psychological Analysis
The choice of article is highly revealing. Rather than directly attacking the legal system himself, Trump amplifies an intellectual conservative voice (VDH) making the "two-tiered justice" argument on his behalf. This is a sophisticated form of **displacement** and **rationalization**—outsourcing the grievance narrative to a credentialed commentator lends it legitimacy.

The timing is critical: with three simultaneous legal threats closing in, this post frames Trump as the victim of unequal justice rather than a subject of legitimate legal scrutiny. The article title itself—"Equal Justice, They Said"—employs **sarcasm and irony** to delegitimize the legal proceedings.

### Pattern
This is one of several link-shares on this date (American Thinker, Breitbart, AmGreatness), all reinforcing narratives of Trump's political destiny or victimhood. The volume of curated conservative media shares suggests a coordinated information campaign rather than spontaneous posting.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Rationalization**: Legal actions reframed as political persecution
- **Projection**: Implying opponents are the ones subverting justice
- **Intellectualization**: Using a scholar's article rather than raw emotional response

### Rhetorical Techniques
The post uses **appeal to authority** (VDH as respected conservative intellectual), **victimhood framing**, and **whataboutism** (the core premise of "equal justice" arguments is that others did worse without consequence).

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (12:31 PM ET)
- Minimal personal commentary
- Clean formatting with quoted title
- Part of batch link-sharing pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Multiple simultaneous legal actions (NY AG lawsuit, 11th Circuit ruling, Special Master pressure))

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance framing
- intellectual validation seeking

## Tags

- legal-pressure-response (80%)
- institutional-delegitimization (70%)
- proxy-grievance (80%)
- batch-link-sharing (60%)

## That day

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

**Rapid-Fire Media Blitz Builds Defensive Wall Against AG Lawsuit Fallout**

Trump spent the early afternoon carpet-bombing Truth Social with over 30 posts in roughly half an hour, almost all of them links to favorable press coverage. The burst was clearly a response to the New York Attorney General's massive fraud lawsuit filed the day before. The mood was overwhelmingly self-congratulatory — including sharing a months-old article calling him "the greatest man alive" — but flashes of real anger surfaced when he attacked AG Letitia James directly and warned the country "won't stand for an indictment." The day's most notable moment was his explicit argument that the Vice President should have had the power to overturn the 2020 election results.

Full digest for 2022-09-22: https://trump.fm/date/2022-09-22/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, September 22). “Equal Justice, They Said” https://victorhanson.co... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109043011285273799
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“Equal Justice, They Said” https://victorhanson.com/equal-ju..." Truth Social, 22 Sep. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109043011285273799. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“Equal Justice, They Said” https://victorhanson.com/equal-ju...," Truth Social, September 22, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109043011285273799.

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