# Post ts_109340127377999508

- Post ID: `ts_109340127377999508`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-14T03:52:19.726Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109340127377999508/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109340127377999508.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/109340125484123953 Never felt good about Winsome Sears. Always thought she was a phony. Now I find out she is. When I helped Youngkin with his race, Endorsed him, and made a Statewide TeleRally with hundreds of thousands of people on the call, he wrote me a very nice letter thanking me for the help, and then went on to say, “How to win without Trump.” MAGA showed up big, but wasn’t appreciated. Sorry, Winsome, and Glenn, but we can’t let that happen!

## Reposted post

Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109340125484123953 (2022-11-14T03:51:50.825Z (UTC))

> https://www.newsweek.com/maga-world-enraged-after-republican-va-lt-gov-dumps-trump-1758812

## Engagement

- Likes: 22,371
- Reposts: 7,046
- Replies: 3,742
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.429Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:16:43.701Z (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 exemplifies Trump's characteristic response to narcissistic injury from allies who publicly distance themselves. The internal contradiction — "Always thought she was a phony" immediately followed by "Now I find out she is" — reveals retroactive emotional revision in real time, a pattern where current feelings are projected backward to maintain an illusion of omniscient judgment. The post follows Trump's standard devalue-reclaim-punish cycle: devalue the defector (phony), recount one's generosity to establish ingratitude (endorsement, tele-rally, nice letter), then issue veiled consequences ("we can't let that happen"). This functions as public loyalty enforcement — a signal to all Republican officials that Trump's endorsement creates permanent fealty. The timing, amid a broader post-midterm blame-shifting campaign targeting McConnell, DeSantis, and now Youngkin/Sears, reveals a pattern of externalizing responsibility while simultaneously claiming credit for the 219-16 win record. The mixed narcissistic state — grandiose (generous kingmaker) and vulnerable (betrayed benefactor) — is characteristic of the post-defeat oscillation pattern.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109340127377999508

### Context
Posted 2022-11-14 at ~10:52 PM EST (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago). This is a late-night post attacking Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears and Gov. Glenn Youngkin after Sears publicly distanced herself from Trump following the disappointing midterm results. The post is a retruth of his own prior post.

### Authorship
Late-night timing (~11 PM EST), emotional reactivity, stream-of-consciousness style, characteristic capitalization patterns, and the vindictive personal tone all point strongly to authentic Trump authorship.

### Psychological Dynamics
This post is a textbook narcissistic injury response. Sears publicly said Republicans should move past Trump — a direct rejection. Trump's response follows a predictable pattern: (1) retroactive devaluation ("Never felt good about," "Always thought she was a phony"), (2) recounting his own contributions to establish the debt owed, (3) framing the other party as ungrateful.

The claim "Never felt good about Winsome Sears" is almost certainly confabulation — retroactive revision of feelings to maintain the narrative that he is never fooled. The phrase "Now I find out she is [a phony]" contradicts the claim he "always" knew.

The Youngkin grievance reveals the transactional schema: Trump views endorsement as creating permanent loyalty obligations. Youngkin's subsequent "How to win without Trump" messaging is experienced as betrayal — a contamination sequence (gift → ingratitude).

### Rhetorical Techniques
The veiled threat "we can't let that happen" signals consequences for disloyalty without specifying them — a classic implied punishment aimed at deterring future defections within the Republican coalition.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Made a Statewide TeleRally with hundreds of thousands of people on the call for Youngkin" | **Mostly True** | Trump did hold a tele-rally for Youngkin in October 2021. The 'hundreds of thousands' figure is unverifiable but consistent with Trump's typical hyperbole about crowd/participation sizes. |
| "Never felt good about Winsome Sears / Always thought she was a phony" | **Mostly False** | There is no public record of Trump expressing negative views of Sears prior to her November 2022 criticism. This appears to be retroactive revision. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Late night posting (~11 PM EST)
- Emotional reactivity and personal grievance
- Stream-of-consciousness narrative
- Characteristic capitalization (TeleRally, Endorsed)
- Vindictive personal tone

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Abandonment (Winsome Sears publicly distancing from Trump post-midterms)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Winsome Sears and Glenn Youngkin
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.65

### Clinical

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

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- confabulation

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Framing himself as generous benefactor betrayed by ingrates
- Invoking MAGA collective identity as co-victims of ingratitude

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Retroactive revision of past feelings to claim he 'always' knew Sears was a phony

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Made a Statewide TeleRally with hundreds of thousands of people on the call for Youngkin

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Trump did hold a tele-rally for Youngkin in October 2021. The 'hundreds of thousands' figure is unverifiable but consistent with Trump's typical hyperbole about crowd/participation sizes.

> Never felt good about Winsome Sears / Always thought she was a phony

**MOSTLY FALSE**

There is no public record of Trump expressing negative views of Sears prior to her November 2022 criticism. This appears to be retroactive revision.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- narcissistic_injury (90%)
- loyalty_enforcement (80%)
- devaluation (80%)
- post_midterm_blame (70%)
- retroactive_revision (70%)

## That day

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

**Eve of 2024: Post-Midterm Grievance Machine Runs Full Speed as Announcement Looms**

The day before announcing his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump spent most of his social media energy relitigating the midterm results rather than building anticipation. He bounced between inflating his endorsement record, attacking Republican allies who publicly distanced themselves, and claiming Arizona's ongoing ballot count was election theft. A brief, cryptic tease about "tomorrow" being one of the most important days in American history was the only forward-looking moment in an otherwise backward-facing, defensive day. The overall mood was agitated and blame-heavy, with a notable burst of election fraud rhetoric during the late morning.

Full digest for 2022-11-14: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 14). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109340127377999508
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 14 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109340127377999508. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1...," Truth Social, November 14, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109340127377999508.

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