# Post ts_109306087209764670

- Post ID: `ts_109306087209764670`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-08T03:35:27.966Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109306087209764670
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109306087209764670/analysis

## Post text

> https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/trump-republicans-will-defund-the-cartels-not-police/

## Engagement

- Likes: 12,056
- Reposts: 2,435
- Replies: 158
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.430Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:19:12.218Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Link Share — "Republicans Will Defund the Cartels, Not Police"

This post is a bare URL share to an RSB Network article reframing the "defund" debate. Posted at 10:35 PM ET on November 7 (election eve), from Ohio where Trump held his final midterm rally in Vandalia/Dayton.

### Authorship
Late evening posting (10:35 PM ET) during active rally period. However, the post is a simple link share with no personal commentary — consistent with either Trump or an aide sharing campaign messaging. The lack of editorializing and clean formatting lean slightly toward aide-assisted, though the timing is within Trump's active posting window.

### Psychological Context
This is routine campaign maintenance material on election eve. The rhetorical reframing ("defund the cartels, not police") is a standard counter-positioning device against Democratic messaging. No emotional reactivity, no personal grievance, no narcissistic dynamics beyond baseline self-promotion through policy contrast.

### Rhetorical Function
The headline performs a simple rhetorical inversion — taking an opponent's controversial slogan and redirecting it. This is a false dichotomy (implying Democrats want to defund police while ignoring cartels) combined with reframing/co-optation of language.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Late evening posting (10:35 PM ET) consistent with Trump's active hours
- Bare URL share with no personal commentary
- Clean formatting suggests possible aide involvement
- Campaign messaging content typical of coordinated posting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.10

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

## Tags

- campaign-messaging (80%)
- link-share (90%)
- election-eve (70%)

## That day

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

**Election Day Replay: 2020 Fraud Playbook Activated in Real-Time as Midterm Results Threaten Endorsed Candidates**

Election Day 2022 split neatly in two. The morning was all swagger — late-night rally energy from Ohio, a teaser about a "very big announcement" (widely expected to be his 2024 run), and confident calls to vote Republican. Then the afternoon arrived, and so did reality. As early reports trickled in from Arizona and Pennsylvania, the tone flipped hard into fraud allegations, claims of broken machines, and accusations that Detroit voters were being told they'd already voted. The day's most alarming moment was a direct call to "Protest, Protest, Protest!" — language uncomfortably close to the rhetoric that preceded January 6. By late afternoon, the posting had settled into a sustained drumbeat of election delegitimization across multiple states, a preemptive defense against what would prove to be a disappointing night for Trump-backed candidates.

Full digest for 2022-11-08: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-08/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 8). https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/trump-republicans-... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109306087209764670
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/trump-republicans-will-defun..." Truth Social, 8 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109306087209764670. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/trump-republicans-will-defun...," Truth Social, November 8, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109306087209764670.

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