# Post ts_109436811997012324

- Post ID: `ts_109436811997012324`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-01T05:40:29.939Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109436811997012324
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109436811997012324/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109436811997012324.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/109427624701542327 RINO Karl Rove is a Fox News loser, a pompous fool with bad political instincts. In other words, he loses a lot. Only good at taking peoples money, and wasting it. I was 12 and 0 against him in Senate Endorsements, not something I’m proud of, but something people, especially candidates, should know!

## Reposted post

Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109427624701542327 (2022-11-29T14:44:03.008Z (UTC))

> RINO Karl Rove, a man with a losing record the likes of which few political operatives would be able to get away with, including his loss to me in 2016, fights so hard and so stupidly, but is constantly on Fox News and the once great Wall Street Journal, explaining how things should be done - and he doesn’t have a clue. People can’t stand him, a clone of even more unpopular Paul Ryan, who sadly runs Fox News, now on a very bad path. Rove is a DINIER of DINIERS, which makes him a fool. WATCH!

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 5,052
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.427Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:34:55.490Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Attack on Karl Rove

### Context
This is a retweet of his own earlier post attacking Karl Rove. Posted at 12:40 AM ET (Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago), making this a late-night post consistent with authentic authorship. The timing coincides with the Fuentes dinner fallout and internal Republican criticism of Trump.

### Psychological Dynamics
The attack on Rove—a prominent Republican strategist associated with the Bush establishment—fits a pattern of lashing out at intra-party critics during periods of political vulnerability. With multiple senior Republicans condemning the Fuentes dinner, Trump redirects aggression toward a "safe" establishment target. The re-sharing of his own prior attack suggests perseveration on grievances.

### Key Features
- **"12 and 0 against him"**: Competitive framing reduces complex political endorsements to a win/loss scoreboard
- **"not something I'm proud of"**: False modesty immediately contradicted by the boastful context—a thin rhetorical veneer
- **"RINO," "loser," "pompous fool"**: Standard devaluation lexicon

### Defense Mechanisms
Displacement is primary—rather than addressing the Fuentes controversy directly, aggression is channeled toward Rove. Splitting is evident in the all-bad characterization. The self-retweet functions as self-supply during a period when external narcissistic supply is diminished.

### Rhetorical Techniques
Ad hominem attack chain, appeal to track record, false modesty device, in-group/out-group marking via "RINO" label.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "I was 12 and 0 against him in Senate Endorsements" | **Unverifiable** | Trump frequently cited endorsement records with varying numbers. The specific 12-0 claim against Rove-backed candidates in Senate races is difficult to verify without defining the exact races and what constitutes being 'against' Rove. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Late night posting (12:40 AM ET)
- Stream-of-consciousness style
- Characteristic insult patterns
- Self-retweet behavior
- Informal punctuation

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Republican establishment criticism amid Fuentes dinner fallout)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Karl Rove / Republican establishment
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- late-night posting
- self-retweeting prior attacks

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 30%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (neurotic)
- devaluation (immature)
- splitting (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- competitive scorekeeping as credibility signal
- warning followers about out-group figure

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> I was 12 and 0 against him in Senate Endorsements

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Trump frequently cited endorsement records with varying numbers. The specific 12-0 claim against Rove-backed candidates in Senate races is difficult to verify without defining the exact races and what constitutes being 'against' Rove.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- intra-party attack (80%)
- displacement (70%)
- self-retweet (50%)

## That day

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

**Legal Anxiety Dominates as Trump Org Trial Triggers Three-Post Defensive Barrage**

Trump's day was dominated by anxiety over the Trump Organization criminal tax fraud trial, which he attacked in three rapid-fire posts that grew increasingly heated before pulling back. He opened the evening before with self-congratulatory endorsement posts and late-night shots at Karl Rove and Mitch McConnell, but the morning shift to the trial revealed real vulnerability underneath the bravado. He closed with a lengthy deflection of the Kanye West–Nick Fuentes dinner controversy, attacking the AP reporter by name while conspicuously avoiding any mention of Fuentes or white nationalism.

Full digest for 2022-12-01: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-01/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 1). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109436811997012324
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 1 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109436811997012324. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1...," Truth Social, December 1, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109436811997012324.

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