# Post ts_109423465650025972

- Post ID: `ts_109423465650025972`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-28T21:06:20.842Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109423465650025972
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109423465650025972/analysis

## Post text

> https://townhall.com/columnists/rickmanning/2022/11/23/special-counsel-jack-smiths-political-prosecution-history-is-dangerous-n2616296

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 2,806
- Replies: 191
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.428Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:30:45.369Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: URL Share — Jack Smith Article

This post is a bare URL share of a Townhall.com opinion column by Rick Manning titled "Special Counsel Jack Smith's Political Prosecution History Is Dangerous." No commentary is added. This follows a series of posts on the same day attacking Jack Smith directly, including calling him "a hit man for Obama."

### Context
The post fits within a sustained November 28 campaign against Special Counsel Jack Smith, who had been appointed on November 18 to investigate Trump. The URL share serves as evidence-marshaling — outsourcing the argument to a sympathetic columnist while Trump's own posts provide the emotional framing.

### Authorship
Bare URL shares with no commentary are characteristic of aide-assisted posting (likely Scavino). The post at 4:06 PM ET (Trump at Mar-a-Lago) falls in business hours. The lack of editorializing, caps, or personal voice strongly suggests staff curation.

### Psychological Function
This post functions as narcissistic supply infrastructure — curating external validation for the persecution narrative. By sharing others' arguments, it builds a case while maintaining deniability and appearing to let "the facts speak."

### Rhetorical Function
Appeal to authority (columnist framing Smith as historically dangerous), poisoning the well against the special counsel investigation before it produces results.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Bare URL with no commentary
- Business hours posting (4:06 PM ET)
- No caps, typos, or emotional language
- Curated content-sharing pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Jack Smith special counsel appointment)

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- evidence marshaling via external sources
- building shared persecution narrative

## Tags

- jack-smith (90%)
- delegated-attack (80%)
- investigation-defense (90%)

## That day

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

**The Dog That Didn't Bark: 14 Posts of Deflection as Trump Ignores Fuentes Firestorm**

Trump spent the day under bipartisan fire for dining with white nationalist Nick Fuentes but never once mentioned it. Instead, he flooded his feed with attacks on special counsel Jack Smith, Manhattan prosecutors, election officials, and CNN -- classic deflection through volume. The most notable stretch came in the late afternoon, when he fired off a rapid barrage calling Smith a "weaponized monster" and a "hit man," attacked Republican judges as cowards, and demanded Kari Lake be "installed" as Arizona governor. A pair of 2 AM posts hinted at restless nights at Mar-a-Lago, though a long quiet stretch before the afternoon burst suggests he eventually slept.

Full digest for 2022-11-28: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-28/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 28). https://townhall.com/columnists/rickmanning/2022/1... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109423465650025972
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://townhall.com/columnists/rickmanning/2022/11/23/speci..." Truth Social, 28 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109423465650025972. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://townhall.com/columnists/rickmanning/2022/11/23/speci...," Truth Social, November 28, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109423465650025972.

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