# Post ts_109322015609414218

- Post ID: `ts_109322015609414218`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-10T23:06:16.071Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> …from badly run States up North would go no matter who the Governor was, just like I did! Ron came to me in desperate shape in 2017—he was politically dead, losing in a landslide to a very good Agriculture Commissioner, Adam Putnam, who was loaded up with cash and great poll numbers. Ron had low approval, bad polls, and no money, but he said that if I would Endorse him, he could win. I didn’t know Adam so I said, “Let’s give it a shot, Ron.” When I Endorsed him,…

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:15:57.811Z (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 fragment of a multi-part thread reveals Trump's psychological response to DeSantis's landslide gubernatorial victory, which coincided with poor performance by Trump-endorsed candidates in the 2022 midterms. The unfavorable comparison—DeSantis winning by 19 points while Trump's picks lost—constitutes a narcissistic injury triggering an elaborate kingmaker narrative.

Trump constructs DeSantis as "politically dead" before Trump's intervention, maximizing the contrast to assert ownership of DeSantis's political identity. The detailed anecdote with quoted dialogue ("Let's give it a shot, Ron") is characteristic of Trump's rally-style storytelling translated to social media—simultaneously self-aggrandizing and patronizing.

The psychological function is supply reclamation: DeSantis's independent success threatens Trump's self-concept as the indispensable Republican figure. By publicly rewriting history to emphasize DeSantis's dependence, Trump attempts to neutralize DeSantis as a rival before the expected 2024 announcement (scheduled for five days later on November 15).

Defense mechanisms include devaluation (diminishing DeSantis's pre-Trump standing), distortion (overstating his own role), and idealization of his own endorsement power. The thread across multiple posts shows sustained, organized narcissistic rage—controlled enough to be strategic but emotionally driven enough to span an extended multi-post narrative.

This pattern—preemptive attacks on emerging rivals through kingmaker narratives—mirrors Trump's approach to other Republican challengers and represents a consistent behavioral pattern rather than novel deviation.

## Analysis: Multi-Part DeSantis Attack Thread (Fragment)

This post is a continuation of a lengthy multi-part thread attacking Ron DeSantis following DeSantis's massive 19-point gubernatorial victory, which positioned him as Trump's chief 2024 rival. The timing—days after disappointing midterms where Trump-endorsed candidates underperformed while DeSantis dominated—is the clear trigger.

### Core Narrative
Trump constructs a detailed origin story casting himself as DeSantis's political creator. DeSantis was "politically dead," "losing in a landslide," had "low approval, bad polls, and no money." Trump frames the endorsement as a personal rescue mission, with DeSantis as supplicant ("he said if I would Endorse him, he could win"). The quasi-dialogue ("Let's give it a shot, Ron") positions Trump as magnanimous patron dispensing political life.

### Psychological Function
This is a classic narcissistic supply-reclamation effort. DeSantis's independent success threatens Trump's self-concept as the indispensable figure. By rewriting history to maximize DeSantis's dependence, Trump attempts to reassert ownership over DeSantis's political identity. The message to Republican voters: DeSantis is nothing without me.

### Stylistic Notes
The capitalization of "Endorse" and "Endorsed" (treating his endorsement as a proper noun) is characteristic grandiosity. The conversational, meandering style with parenthetical asides and ellipsis continuations is authentic Trump. The narrative structure—detailed, self-aggrandizing anecdote with quoted dialogue—matches his rally storytelling patterns.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "DeSantis was losing in a landslide to Adam Putnam before Trump's endorsement" | **Mostly True** | Putnam was the frontrunner with significant fundraising and establishment support before Trump endorsed DeSantis in June 2018. 'Landslide' is hyperbolic but the polling gap was real. |
| "Putnam was Agriculture Commissioner" | **True** | Adam Putnam served as Florida Commissioner of Agriculture from 2011-2019. |
| "DeSantis had low approval, bad polls, and no money" | **Half True** | DeSantis was behind in polls and fundraising relative to Putnam, but characterizing him as having 'no money' is exaggerated. He had congressional campaign infrastructure. |

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness narrative style
- Self-quoted dialogue
- Capitalization of 'Endorse' as quasi-proper noun
- 6:06 PM ET timing (Mar-a-Lago) - borderline but consistent with evening posting
- Meandering multi-part thread structure

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (DeSantis's 19-point victory positioning him as 2024 rival)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Ron DeSantis
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.40

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Extended multi-part thread suggesting pressured output
- Grandiose self-referential narrative

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 40%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- devaluation (immature)
- distortion (pathological)
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 55%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Intimate storytelling with quoted dialogue creates sense of insider access
- Framing audience as witnesses to Trump's generosity

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Constructing self-serving historical narrative that exaggerates DeSantis's pre-endorsement weakness
- Framing complex political dynamics as entirely dependent on Trump's personal intervention

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> DeSantis was losing in a landslide to Adam Putnam before Trump's endorsement

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Putnam was the frontrunner with significant fundraising and establishment support before Trump endorsed DeSantis in June 2018. 'Landslide' is hyperbolic but the polling gap was real.

> Putnam was Agriculture Commissioner

**TRUE**

Adam Putnam served as Florida Commissioner of Agriculture from 2011-2019.

> DeSantis had low approval, bad polls, and no money

**HALF TRUE**

DeSantis was behind in polls and fundraising relative to Putnam, but characterizing him as having 'no money' is exaggerated. He had congressional campaign infrastructure.

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Tags

- DeSantis rivalry (90%)
- kingmaker narrative (85%)
- narcissistic supply reclamation (80%)
- 2024 primary positioning (70%)
- midterm fallout (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). …from badly run States up North would go no... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109322015609414218
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "…from badly run States up North would go no matter who the..." Truth Social, 10 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109322015609414218. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "…from badly run States up North would go no matter who the...," Truth Social, November 10, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109322015609414218.

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