# Post ts_109322017568994719

- Post ID: `ts_109322017568994719`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-10T23:06:45.971Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> Now that midterms are over, and a success… NewsCorp, which is Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and the no longer great New York Post (bring back Col!), is all in for Governor Ron DeSanctimonious, an average REPUBLICAN Governor with great Public Relations, who didn’t have to close up his State, but did, unlike other Republican Governors, whose overall numbers for a Republican, were just average—middle of the pack—including COVID, and who has the advantage of SUNSHINE, where people…

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:15:34.635Z (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 multi-part thread reveals acute narcissistic injury triggered by DeSantis's historic 19-point gubernatorial victory coinciding with underperformance of Trump-endorsed candidates nationally. Trump employs several clinically significant defense mechanisms simultaneously: pathological distortion (claiming midterms were "a success"), devaluation (calling a historic victory "average" and "middle of the pack"), and rationalization (attributing success to sunshine and migration patterns rather than governance).

The thread constructs an elaborate creator-creature narrative across six posts, establishing Trump as DeSantis's political savior who rescued him from obscurity, endorsed him, rallied for him, and even "sent in the FBI" to protect his election. This credit-claiming framework serves dual purposes: it diminishes DeSantis's independent agency and establishes a loyalty debt that DeSantis is violating by entertaining 2024 ambitions.

The timing is critical—five days before Trump's planned campaign announcement. The narcissistic injury of unfavorable comparison (DeSantis's dominant victory vs. Trump candidates' losses) threatens the narrative foundation of Trump's political relevance. The disproportionate response (a six-post thread attacking a fellow Republican who just won) and the reality distortion required (reframing 19 points as "average") indicate significant narcissistic activation. The invented nickname "DeSanctimonious" signals the formal designation of DeSantis as an enemy, a pattern previously applied to rivals Trump subsequently attempted to destroy politically.

# Analysis: Post ts_109322017568994719

## Overview
This is one post in a multi-part thread (at least 6 posts) constituting an extended attack on Ron DeSantis following the 2022 midterms. The thread's structure—ellipsis-connected sequential posts—serves as Trump's substitute for a long-form statement.

## Context
DeSantis had just won reelection by 19 points, the largest Florida gubernatorial margin since 1982, while Trump-endorsed candidates underperformed nationally. Media immediately positioned DeSantis as a 2024 rival, just days before Trump's planned Nov 15 campaign announcement. This created a acute narcissistic injury: an unfavorable comparison at the worst possible moment.

## Key Psychological Dynamics

### The Creator-Creature Narrative
The full thread constructs Trump as DeSantis's political creator—endorsing him when he was "politically dead," sending FBI to protect his election, fixing his campaign. This establishes a debt framework where DeSantis's success belongs to Trump, and any independent ambition constitutes betrayal.

### Distortion of Reality
The opening clause—"Now that midterms are over, and a success"—is a stark reality distortion. Trump-endorsed candidates lost key Senate races (Oz, Masters, Walker, Laxalt), and the predicted "red wave" failed to materialize. This denial serves as a precondition for the argument: if midterms were a failure, Trump bears responsibility; if a "success," he can pivot to attacking DeSantis.

### Devaluation Strategy
Calling DeSantis "average" and "middle of the pack" despite a 19-point historic victory represents classic narcissistic devaluation—diminishing a threat by distorting observable reality. The attribution to "SUNSHINE" externalizes DeSantis's success to geography rather than competence.

## Archetypal Dynamics
Trump embodies the **King/Creator** archetype—the sovereign who made DeSantis and can unmake him. DeSantis is cast as the ungrateful protégé, a contamination narrative (I helped him → he betrayed me).

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Midterms were 'a success'" | **Mostly False** | Republicans narrowly won the House but lost key Senate races. Trump-endorsed candidates significantly underperformed in competitive races. The predicted 'red wave' failed to materialize. |
| "DeSantis was an 'average REPUBLICAN Governor' with 'middle of the pack' numbers" | **False** | DeSantis won by 19.4 points, the largest Florida gubernatorial margin since 1982, flipping historically Democratic counties including Miami-Dade and Palm Beach. |
| "DeSantis 'close up his State' during COVID" | **Mostly False** | While Florida had initial COVID restrictions in spring 2020, DeSantis became nationally known for reopening earlier than most states and opposing lockdowns/mandates. He was widely characterized as anti-lockdown. |

Overall Veracity: 13%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 95%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness style
- Ellipsis continuation (multi-part thread)
- Characteristic nicknames ('DeSanctimonious')
- ALL CAPS emphasis
- 6:06 PM ET - plausible for either but style is unmistakably Trump

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (DeSantis landslide victory and media positioning as 2024 rival)

**Rage:** Intensity 65% targeting Ron DeSantis, NewsCorp/Fox News
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.60

Baseline Deviation: slight

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Prolific multi-post thread (6+ posts)
- Grandiose self-referential narrative
- Pressured, run-on writing style

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 85%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 30%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- circumstantiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Positioning audience as insiders who know the 'real' story
- Creating shared enemy (media/DeSantis alliance)
- Invoking MAGA identity as loyalty marker

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Reframing objectively poor midterm results as 'a success'
- Describing a historic 19-point victory as 'average' and 'middle of the pack'

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Midterms were 'a success'

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Republicans narrowly won the House but lost key Senate races. Trump-endorsed candidates significantly underperformed in competitive races. The predicted 'red wave' failed to materialize.

Sources: Known events context

> DeSantis was an 'average REPUBLICAN Governor' with 'middle of the pack' numbers

**FALSE**

DeSantis won by 19.4 points, the largest Florida gubernatorial margin since 1982, flipping historically Democratic counties including Miami-Dade and Palm Beach.

Sources: Known events context

> DeSantis 'close up his State' during COVID

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While Florida had initial COVID restrictions in spring 2020, DeSantis became nationally known for reopening earlier than most states and opposing lockdowns/mandates. He was widely characterized as anti-lockdown.

Overall Veracity: 13%

## Tags

- narcissistic_injury (90%)
- devaluation (85%)
- reality_distortion (80%)
- rival_attack (90%)
- creator_narrative (85%)
- loyalty_demand (70%)

## 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). Now that midterms are over, and a success…... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109322017568994719
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Now that midterms are over, and a success… NewsCorp, which..." Truth Social, 10 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109322017568994719. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Now that midterms are over, and a success… NewsCorp, which...," Truth Social, November 10, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109322017568994719.

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