# Post ts_109322008515418897

- Post ID: `ts_109322008515418897`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-10T23:04:27.866Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109322008515418897/analysis
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## Post text

> …And now, Ron DeSanctimonious is playing games! The Fake News asks him if he’s going to run if President Trump runs, and he says, “I’m only focused on the Governor’s race, I’m not looking into the future.” Well, in terms of loyalty and class, that’s really not the right answer…This is just like 2015 and 2016, a Media Assault (Collusion!), when Fox News fought me to the end until I won, and then they couldn’t have been nicer or more supportive. The Wall Street Journal loved…

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:14:36.474Z (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 is part of a high-volume cascade following the 2022 midterms, where Trump-endorsed candidates underperformed while Ron DeSantis won Florida's governorship by 19 points — the largest margin in 40 years. The contrast constitutes a significant narcissistic injury, and this post reveals the defensive response.

Trump's demand that DeSantis publicly disavow 2024 ambitions — framed as "loyalty and class" — exposes a feudal conception of political relationships where subordinates owe public submission. DeSantis's diplomatically standard non-answer is recast as betrayal, revealing how threatening the comparison is.

The retreat to 2016 narrative ("exactly the same position now") functions as ego stabilization: by mapping current threat onto a story with a known triumphant ending, Trump neutralizes the anxiety of an uncertain present. This is a characteristic pattern — when current reality is threatening, he retreats to validated victory narratives.

The multi-post barrage (visible in longitudinal context) shows mild hypomanic features: pressured output, grandiosity ("Fox only made it because of me"), and inability to contain grievance to a single topic. Each post sprawls across multiple targets. This pattern is consistent with post-defeat narcissistic destabilization, similar to but less intense than the post-2020 period. The coined nickname "DeSanctimonious" marks the formal beginning of the devaluation campaign against his most viable 2024 rival.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109322008515418897

### Context
Two days after the 2022 midterms, where Trump-endorsed candidates underperformed while DeSantis won by 19 points, Trump publicly attacks DeSantis ("Ron DeSanctimonious") for not pledging fealty. The post is part of a multi-post barrage visible in the longitudinal context — all attacking media, rivals, and relitigating grievances.

### Authorship
Posted at 6:04 PM ET. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago preparing his Nov 15 announcement. The timing is business hours, but the content is unmistakably authentic: the coined nickname "DeSanctimonious," stream-of-consciousness ellipsis chains, emotional reactivity, parenthetical interjections ("Collusion!"), and the rambling multi-topic structure spanning DeSantis → Fox News → Wall Street Journal across what appears to be a truncated post.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is a textbook narcissistic injury response. DeSantis's landslide victory — contrasted with Trump-backed candidates' losses — constitutes a status threat. DeSantis's non-committal answer about 2024 is reframed as disloyalty, revealing Trump's expectation of feudal-style fealty from political allies he considers subordinate.

The pivot to 2015-2016 is classic: retreating to a validated victory narrative when current reality is threatening. The frame "I beat them all before, I'll beat them again" serves as psychological stabilization.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Devaluation**: Diminishing DeSantis via nickname
- **Projection**: Accusing media of "collusion" — projecting coordinated behavior
- **Rationalization**: Reframing DeSantis's diplomatic answer as a loyalty failure rather than political prudence

### Rhetorical Analysis
The "loyalty and class" framing is a dominance move — establishing that subordinates owe him public deference. The 2015/2016 comparison is designed to reassure followers that opposition is cyclical and always defeated.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Fox News fought me to the end until I won in 2016" | **Half True** | Fox had a contentious relationship with Trump during the 2015-16 primary (notably the Megyn Kelly feud) but also gave him enormous airtime. The relationship was complex rather than purely adversarial. |
| "DeSantis said 'I'm only focused on the Governor's race, I'm not looking into the future'" | **Mostly True** | DeSantis consistently deflected 2024 questions during the 2022 campaign with similar language, though this may be a paraphrase rather than exact quote. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 92%)

### Indicators

- Coined nickname 'DeSanctimonious'
- Stream-of-consciousness ellipsis chains
- Parenthetical interjection '(Collusion!)'
- Emotional reactivity and personal grievance
- Rambling multi-topic structure

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (DeSantis's landslide win and refusal to pledge fealty)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Ron DeSantis, Fox News, media
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.55

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- High-volume posting barrage across multiple topics
- Pressured, stream-of-consciousness writing style

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 85%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 30%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Inviting audience into insider knowledge of political dynamics
- Framing self as the protagonist who always wins in the end

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._

> Fox News fought me to the end until I won in 2016

**HALF TRUE**

Fox had a contentious relationship with Trump during the 2015-16 primary (notably the Megyn Kelly feud) but also gave him enormous airtime. The relationship was complex rather than purely adversarial.

> DeSantis said 'I'm only focused on the Governor's race, I'm not looking into the future'

**MOSTLY TRUE**

DeSantis consistently deflected 2024 questions during the 2022 campaign with similar language, though this may be a paraphrase rather than exact quote.

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- narcissistic_injury (90%)
- rival_devaluation (85%)
- loyalty_demand (80%)
- 2024_positioning (80%)
- media_conspiracy (60%)

## That day

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

**Two Days After Midterm Losses, Trump Launches Multi-Front War on Media, Election Systems, and His Own Rising Rival**

Trump spent the day in sustained damage-control mode following his endorsed candidates' midterm losses, insisting he was "not at all angry" while firing off 17 posts attacking the media, alleging voter fraud in multiple states, and launching his first major assault on Ron DeSantis. The morning began with late-night rage at the New York Times and a defensive pseudo-apology to Melania and Sean Hannity for reports he'd blamed them for the Dr. Oz loss. By evening, the mood shifted from defensive to offensive as he unleashed a six-post thread rewriting DeSantis's political history to cast himself as the sole architect of DeSantis's career — a clear opening salvo ahead of his own 2024 announcement five days later. The day's most notable feature was the sheer range of deflection: media conspiracies, corrupt voting systems, disloyal allies, and an ungrateful protégé — everyone was to blame but Trump himself.

Full digest for 2022-11-10: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 10). …And now, Ron DeSanctimonious is playing games!... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109322008515418897
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "…And now, Ron DeSanctimonious is playing games! The Fake..." Truth Social, 10 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109322008515418897. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "…And now, Ron DeSanctimonious is playing games! The Fake...," Truth Social, November 10, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109322008515418897.

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