Analysis: …Many people, perhaps most, don’t pay tax on the use of a co...

3y ago Nov 18, 2022 at 1:48 PM

…Many people, perhaps most, don’t pay tax on the use of a company car or company apartment. Whether they know or not, that’s just the way it is. It’s called “standards and practices,” referring, I presume, to the standards and practices of large numbers of people within the Country. Out of fairness, it has a legal meaning. It should be a point in the Manhattan D.A. case. Did the former D.A. Pay tax on the use of his car? In the meantime, Violent Crime in New York has reached an ALL TIME HIGH!

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-20. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Mixed

Authorship

Uncertain

Intensity

35%

Authorship Analysis

Uncertain

Indicators:

Morning post (8:48 AM ET) — ambiguous timing
Parenthetical asides typical of Trump's voice
ALL CAPS usage
Quasi-legal reasoning suggests legal team influence
Ellipsis opening suggests thread continuation

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Mixed State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Manhattan DA prosecution / Weisselberg case)

Sentiment

-0.40

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

50%

Antisocial

40%

Paranoid

30%

Sadism

10%

Defense Mechanisms:

rationalizationprojectiondisplacement

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

55%

Parasocial Techniques:

Framing self as representative of common people who all do the same thingImplying shared victimhood from prosecutorial overreach

Danger Assessment

None

Gaslighting Detected:

Claiming violent crime is at 'ALL TIME HIGH' when it is not
Framing potential tax evasion as normal universal practice

Reality Distortions:

Violent crime at 'ALL TIME HIGH' — false
Implication that most people don't pay tax on company cars/apartments — misleading; most compensation structures properly account for tax

Fact Checks (1)

"Violent Crime in New York has reached an ALL TIME HIGH"

False

NYC violent crime in 2022 was elevated compared to 2019 but far below 1990s peaks. In 1990, NYC recorded 2,245 murders; in 2022, approximately 438. Overall violent crime indices similarly well below historical highs.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109365122417665074

Context

This is the second post in a series about the Manhattan DA's case against Trump Organization entities (the Weisselberg fringe benefits case). Trump was at Mar-a-Lago (having just announced his 2024 campaign there on Nov 15). Posted at 13:48 UTC = 8:48 AM ET — morning hours, consistent with either Trump or aide authorship.

Authorship

The post has a quasi-legal argumentative structure but retains Trump's voice: the parenthetical asides ("perhaps most," "I presume"), the pivot to violent crime, the ALL CAPS emphasis. The ellipsis opening suggests it's a continuation (possibly of a thread). The legal reasoning is simplified but coherent — likely Trump dictating or writing with some awareness of his legal team's arguments. The "standards and practices" framing appears to be a legal talking point he's paraphrasing.

Psychological Analysis

The post is driven by narcissistic injury from the Manhattan DA prosecution. The defense strategy is multi-layered: (1) normalization — "everyone does this," (2) tu quoque — did the DA pay tax on his car?, (3) deflection — pivot to violent crime as the "real" issue the DA should focus on.

The whataboutism directed at the former DA (Cy Vance) and the violent crime pivot are classic displacement and rationalization defenses. The framing of tax practices as universal ("many people, perhaps most") is a distortion — most people don't have company apartments as untaxed compensation.

Rhetorical Techniques

Normalization fallacy: framing potential tax evasion as standard practice
Appeal to authority: invoking "standards and practices" as quasi-legal terminology
Tu quoque/whataboutism: redirecting to the DA's own tax practices
Red herring: violent crime statistics to delegitimize prosecution priorities
ALL CAPS for emotional emphasis on crime claim

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Violent Crime in New York has reached an ALL TIME HIGH"	False	NYC violent crime in 2022 was elevated compared to 2019 but far below 1990s peaks. In 1990, NYC recorded 2,245 murders; in 2022, approximately 438. Overall violent crime indices similarly well below historical highs.

Overall Veracity: 0%