# Post ts_109580706913100507

- Post ID: `ts_109580706913100507`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-26T15:34:52.192Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109580706913100507/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109580706913100507.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Contrary to Fake News reporting, I never asked Jared or Ivanka to be part of the 2024 Campaign for President and, in fact, specifically asked them not to do it - too mean and nasty with the Fake & Corrupt News and having to deal with some absolutely horrendous SleazeBags in the world of politics, and beyond. There has never been anything like this “ride” before, and they should not be further subjected to it. I ran twice, getting millions more Votes the second time (RIGGED), & am doing it again!

## Engagement

- Likes: 24,194
- Reposts: 6,230
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- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.425Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:13:19.719Z (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 demonstrates a textbook narcissistic narrative reframe in response to perceived abandonment injury. Reports that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were distancing themselves from the 2024 campaign threatened the narcissistic narrative on two fronts: it implied rejection by close family and suggested his political movement was too toxic for his own children. The defense architecture is layered: (1) pathological denial of media reports, (2) reaction formation converting their distancing into his protective directive, and (3) rationalization constructing an elaborate justification involving media hostility and political adversaries. The protective-father framing serves narcissistic supply by casting him as both a caring patriarch and an extraordinary figure enduring unprecedented adversity. The parenthetical "(RIGGED)" is clinically notable as perseverative intrusion—an election grievance injected into an unrelated family narrative, suggesting this schema is chronically activated and insufficiently regulated. The closing pivot to his own resilience ("am doing it again!") completes the narcissistic circuit: others cannot endure what he endures. The mixed narcissistic state—grandiose warrior yet victimized by "SleazeBags"—is characteristic of his baseline oscillation pattern.

# Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109580706913100507

## Context
Post from December 26, 2022 (Boxing Day), during the holiday period at Mar-a-Lago. Significant political headwinds: Jan 6 Committee final report just released, House committee voting to release his tax returns. Multiple reports at this time indicated Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were stepping back from politics.

## Authorship Attribution
**Score: 0.8 (likely authentic)**. Posted at ~10:34 AM ET, which is business hours, but the stylistic markers are strongly Trumpian: stream-of-consciousness compound sentence, characteristic capitalization, emotional defensiveness, parenthetical asides, and the coined compound "SleazeBags."

## Core Psychological Dynamic
This is a **preemptive narrative reframe** responding to an **abandonment-type narcissistic injury**. The core defense is reaction formation—converting family members' reported distancing into his own protective directive. The architecture is: deny → reframe → rationalize → pivot to self-aggrandizement.

## Defense Stack
1. **Denial** — "Contrary to Fake News reporting, I never asked..."
2. **Reaction formation** — Transforms rejection into protection
3. **Rationalization** — Elaborate justification (mean, nasty, SleazeBags)
4. **Projection** — Hostility attributed entirely to external actors

## Notable: Perseverative Intrusion
The parenthetical "(RIGGED)" appears mid-sentence in a post about family dynamics—an intrusion of the 2020 election grievance schema into unrelated content, suggesting chronic activation.

## Narrative Identity
Dual self-casting as **protective patriarch** and **endurance warrior**. The closing "am doing it again!" positions him as uniquely capable of withstanding what breaks others—including his own family.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "He never asked Jared or Ivanka to be part of the 2024 campaign" | **Unverifiable** | Private family conversations are unverifiable, but multiple reports indicated Kushner and Ivanka Trump were distancing themselves from politics, suggesting the distancing was their choice rather than his directive. |
| "Got millions more votes the second time" | **True** | Trump received approximately 74.2M votes in 2020 vs 62.9M in 2016, roughly 11 million more. |
| "2020 election was RIGGED" | **False** | No credible evidence of systematic fraud sufficient to alter the 2020 election outcome. Over 60 court challenges failed. Trump's own AG Barr stated DOJ found no fraud that would change the outcome. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness style with long run-on sentence
- Emotional reactivity and defensive tone
- Characteristic nicknames ('SleazeBags')
- Parenthetical aside '(RIGGED)'
- 10:34 AM ET - borderline business hours but stylistically authentic

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Abandonment (Media reporting on Jared/Ivanka distancing from campaign)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- denial (pathological)
- rationalization (neurotic)
- reaction formation (neurotic)
- projection (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 55%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Sharing family narrative to build intimacy
- Positioning self as protective patriarch
- Inviting admiration for enduring hardship

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Denies media reporting as 'Fake News' without addressing substance
- Reframes reported family distancing as his own directive
- Maintains election was RIGGED as parenthetical established fact

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> He never asked Jared or Ivanka to be part of the 2024 campaign

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Private family conversations are unverifiable, but multiple reports indicated Kushner and Ivanka Trump were distancing themselves from politics, suggesting the distancing was their choice rather than his directive.

Sources: Contemporary media reporting Dec 2022

> Got millions more votes the second time

**TRUE**

Trump received approximately 74.2M votes in 2020 vs 62.9M in 2016, roughly 11 million more.

Sources: Federal Election Commission results

> 2020 election was RIGGED

**FALSE**

No credible evidence of systematic fraud sufficient to alter the 2020 election outcome. Over 60 court challenges failed. Trump's own AG Barr stated DOJ found no fraud that would change the outcome.

Sources: DOJ statements; Court rulings; CISA statement

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- family-narrative (80%)
- election-denial (40%)
- media-attack (60%)
- narrative-reframe (90%)

## That day

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

**Day After Christmas at Mar-a-Lago: McConnell Rage Punctuates a Grievance-Laden Holiday**

Trump spent the day after Christmas airing grievances from Mar-a-Lago, starting with nostalgic claims about his border policies and a defensive rewrite of his family's distancing from the 2024 campaign. His sharpest anger targeted Mitch McConnell over the omnibus spending bill, including a racial slur aimed at McConnell's wife. The afternoon quieted into a rapid-fire dump of supportive article links -- eight in four minutes -- suggesting a curated effort to shore up his narrative heading into the new year. Overall, a moderately agitated day with one flash of genuine hostility but no sustained escalation.

Full digest for 2022-12-26: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-26/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 26). Contrary to Fake News reporting, I never asked... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109580706913100507
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Contrary to Fake News reporting, I never asked Jared or..." Truth Social, 26 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109580706913100507. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Contrary to Fake News reporting, I never asked Jared or...," Truth Social, December 26, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109580706913100507.

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