# Post ts_109164606867525693 - Post ID: `ts_109164606867525693` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2022-10-14T03:55:09.283Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109164606867525693 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109164606867525693/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109164606867525693.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > The Unselect Committee is a giant Scam, presided over by a group of Radical Left losers, and two failed Republicans, the likes of which our Country has rarely seen before. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! ## Engagement - Likes: 16,853 - Reposts: 3,875 - Replies: 584 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.432Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:47:31.424Z (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 late-night post represents a characteristic narcissistic response to the January 6 Committee's vote to subpoena Trump. The defensive architecture is textbook: denial (reframing investigation as "Scam"), devaluation (opponents are "losers" and "failed"), and splitting (all-bad categorization). The neologism "Unselect" — a perseverative feature across multiple posts — serves as linguistic delegitimization of institutional authority. The post oscillates between grandiose dismissal and implicit victimhood, consistent with the Warrior-Victim archetypal hybrid that characterizes Trump's response to legal accountability. The MAGA closing functions as narcissistic supply-seeking, converting a moment of legal vulnerability into audience mobilization. Clinically notable is the proportionality gap: a unanimous bipartisan subpoena vote is met with blanket dismissal rather than substantive engagement, consistent with pathological denial. The post is part of a cluster attacking the committee, suggesting activated threat response. While individually unremarkable within Trump's baseline, the cumulative pattern of delegitimizing congressional oversight contributes to institutional erosion and merits ongoing longitudinal tracking. # Psychological Analysis: "Unselect Committee" Post (2022-10-14) ## Context Posted ~11:55 PM ET, shortly after the January 6 Committee's unanimous vote to subpoena Trump. This is one of several rapid-fire posts attacking the committee that evening. ## Personality Framework **Level 1 (Traits):** Low agreeableness dominates — hostile, contemptuous, dismissive. Moderate neuroticism (angry hostility facet). Low openness (rigid categorization of opponents). **Level 2 (Motives):** Power and autonomy motives activated. The subpoena represents a direct challenge to autonomy; the post reasserts dominance through categorical dismissal. **Level 3 (Narrative):** Protagonist role: persecuted leader under attack by illegitimate forces. Contrasting other: "Radical Left" and disloyal Republicans. The MAGA slogan anchors identity as national savior. ## Archetypal Pattern Warrior-Victim hybrid: simultaneously fighting enemies and being unjustly targeted. The Trickster element appears in the "Unselect" renaming — linguistic subversion of institutional authority. ## Defense Profile Layered denial and devaluation. The committee's legal authority is denied ("Scam"), its members devalued ("losers," "failed"), and the entire proceeding dismissed. This defensive constellation is consistent with response to narcissistic injury through exposure threat. ## Institutional Impact The persistent delegitimization of congressional oversight, while standard for Trump's baseline, contributes to erosion of democratic accountability norms. Elevated danger rating reflects the cumulative pattern rather than acute threat. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Committee is presided over by two failed Republicans" | **Mostly False** | Liz Cheney (vice chair) and Adam Kinzinger served on the committee. Both were elected Republicans; 'failed' is subjective but Cheney lost her 2022 primary largely due to Trump's opposition. Kinzinger chose not to run. The committee was chaired by Democrat Bennie Thompson, not 'presided over' by the Republicans. | Overall Veracity: 20% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 85%) ### Indicators - Late night posting (11:55 PM ET) - ALL CAPS passage - Emotional reactivity - Characteristic neologism 'Unselect' - Stream-of-consciousness insult chain ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (January 6 Committee subpoena vote) **Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting January 6 Committee members - Proportionality: 30% Sentiment: -0.70 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 70% - Antisocial: 30% - Paranoid: 40% - Sadism: 30% **Defense Mechanisms:** - devaluation (immature) - denial (pathological) - splitting (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 25% Cognitive Markers: - perseveration **Parasocial Techniques:** - rallying cry - shared identity invocation ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** ### Indicators - Delegitimization of congressional oversight - Pattern of characterizing legal accountability as persecution ### Gaslighting - Reframing congressional investigation as 'Scam' - Delegitimizing bipartisan committee as purely partisan ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._ > Committee is presided over by two failed Republicans **MOSTLY FALSE** Liz Cheney (vice chair) and Adam Kinzinger served on the committee. Both were elected Republicans; 'failed' is subjective but Cheney lost her 2022 primary largely due to Trump's opposition. Kinzinger chose not to run. The committee was chaired by Democrat Bennie Thompson, not 'presided over' by the Republicans. Sources: Congressional record Overall Veracity: 20% ## Tags - jan6-committee (100%) - institutional-delegitimization (90%) - narcissistic-injury-response (85%) - devaluation (80%) - MAGA-slogan (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Midnight Siege Mentality: Jan 6 Subpoena Triggers Late-Night Defensive Barrage** The day was dominated by Trump's reaction to the January 6 Committee's vote to subpoena him. He stayed up past 1:45 AM firing off attacks on the committee, the Washington Post, and the FBI, then resumed at dawn with a rapid-fire dump of supportive media links. The mood swung between defiant dismissal and aggrieved self-defense, with a late-morning post quoting his own "peacefully and patriotically" line as a kind of legal shield. The day ended quietly with a victory-lap post about Truth Social hitting number one on Google Play. Full digest for 2022-10-14: https://trump.fm/date/2022-10-14/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, October 14). The Unselect Committee is a giant Scam, presided... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109164606867525693 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Unselect Committee is a giant Scam, presided over by a..." Truth Social, 14 Oct. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109164606867525693. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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