# Post ts_109438495858715793

- Post ID: `ts_109438495858715793`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-01T12:48:43.630Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109438495858715793/analysis
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## Post text

> Despite producing tens of thousands of JOBS and such important and lasting structures in New York City, it is said that I will never be able to get a fair trial there. Well, we will soon see, because this case against two companies is a disgrace that should never have been brought, and has been totally DISPROVEN. Even prosecutors quit the D.A.s Office because they thought it was so unfair. Such a case has never even been brought! before. Justice in America!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 29,266
- Reposts: 7,092
- Replies: 1,446
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.427Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:32:54.512Z (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 legal exposure: a vulnerable narcissistic state deploying rationalization, denial, and factual distortion. The most psychologically significant element is the inversion of the prosecutor resignation narrative — Pomerantz and Dunne resigned because they believed Trump SHOULD be prosecuted, yet Trump cites their departure as evidence the case was unfair. This represents either deliberate gaslighting or ego-syntonic reality distortion where threatening information is automatically reprocessed to serve self-protection. The entitlement schema is explicit: past economic contributions to NYC should confer immunity from prosecution. This post is part of a sustained grievance barrage (multiple posts on this date attacking the trial), consistent with a narcissistic injury response pattern where legal proceedings trigger repetitive defensive output.

## Psychological Analysis: Trump Organization Trial Defense Post (2022-12-01)

This post addresses the Trump Organization criminal tax fraud trial in Manhattan (DA Alvin Bragg's office, case inherited from Cyrus Vance). The trial concerned Allen Weisselberg and the Trump Organization receiving untaxed fringe benefits.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:48 UTC = 7:48 AM EST. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago (Palm Beach) in this period, making this ~7:48 AM local time. This is consistent with his early morning pattern of authentic posting. The emotional tone, rhetorical exclamation points, ALL CAPS emphasis, and stream-of-consciousness legal grievance all point to authentic Trump authorship. The misplaced exclamation point after "brought!" mid-sentence is a telltale marker of impulsive composition.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is one of several posts in a coordinated grievance barrage about the Manhattan trial. The trigger is clearly narcissistic injury from the ongoing criminal trial. The post follows a characteristic defensive structure: (1) establish credentials/contributions, (2) claim victimhood/unfairness, (3) assert case is meritless, (4) cite authority figures agreeing, (5) sardonic closing.

"Justice in America!!!" functions as bitter sarcasm — a contamination sequence where the subject frames American justice as having failed him specifically.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Rationalization**: Framing contributions to NYC as relevant to legal proceedings
- **Denial**: Case "totally DISPROVEN" despite trial being ongoing
- **Projection**: Injustice attributed to prosecutors rather than examining the conduct alleged

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Prosecutors quit the DA's Office because they thought [the case] was so unfair" | **Mostly False** | Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne resigned in Feb 2022 because DA Bragg paused the investigation — they believed the case SHOULD be brought, the opposite of what Trump implies |
| "Such a case has never even been brought before" | **Mostly True** | Criminal prosecution of a company for executive fringe benefit tax evasion at this scale was indeed unusual, though not unprecedented in tax law |
| "Producing tens of thousands of JOBS in New York City" | **Half True** | Trump Organization employed thousands directly and indirectly through construction projects, but 'tens of thousands' is likely inflated for the organization's direct contribution |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Early morning timing (7:48 AM EST)
- ALL CAPS emphasis on JOBS and DISPROVEN
- Misplaced exclamation point after 'brought!'
- Emotional stream-of-consciousness grievance
- Sardonic closing 'Justice in America!!!'

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Manhattan DA criminal trial of Trump Organization)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Manhattan DA's office / justice system
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.65

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)
- denial (pathological)
- distortion (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Appeals to audience as fellow victims of unjust system
- Frames personal legal jeopardy as threat to American justice broadly

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Inverting the meaning of prosecutor resignations to imply they agreed the case was unfair, when they actually resigned because prosecution was being delayed
- Claiming case 'totally DISPROVEN' while trial was still ongoing

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Prosecutors quit the DA's Office because they thought [the case] was so unfair

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne resigned in Feb 2022 because DA Bragg paused the investigation — they believed the case SHOULD be brought, the opposite of what Trump implies

Sources: Pomerantz resignation letter (Feb 2022); Pomerantz book 'People vs. Donald Trump' (2023)

> Such a case has never even been brought before

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Criminal prosecution of a company for executive fringe benefit tax evasion at this scale was indeed unusual, though not unprecedented in tax law

> Producing tens of thousands of JOBS in New York City

**HALF TRUE**

Trump Organization employed thousands directly and indirectly through construction projects, but 'tens of thousands' is likely inflated for the organization's direct contribution

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- legal_grievance (90%)
- persecution_narrative (80%)
- factual_distortion (70%)
- trump_org_trial (90%)

## 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). Despite producing tens of thousands of JOBS and... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109438495858715793
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Despite producing tens of thousands of JOBS and such..." Truth Social, 1 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109438495858715793. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Despite producing tens of thousands of JOBS and such...," Truth Social, December 1, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109438495858715793.

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