# Post ts_109615934976445022

- Post ID: `ts_109615934976445022`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-01T20:53:49.692Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109615934976445022/analysis
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## Post text

> Josh Hawley is 100% right about Mitch McConnell, who is a Complete and Total Disaster for the Republican Party and our Nation. The only one worse may be his wife, Coco Chow, whose relationships and subservience to China is a catastrophe for our Country. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/12/30/josh-hawley-mitch-mcconnells-terrible-record-led-poor-midterm-results/

## Engagement

- Likes: 26,108
- Reposts: 7,028
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.425Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:19:59.847Z (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 perseverative scapegoating pattern following narcissistic injury (2022 midterm losses). It is the second attack on McConnell and Elaine Chao within hours on New Year's Day, using the identical racial slur "Coco Chow." The racialized dehumanization is clinically notable: reducing a former Cabinet Secretary to a xenophobic caricature while framing her as an agent of a foreign adversary. This combines ego-syntonic sadism with paranoid ideation (China subservience narrative). The splitting is textbook — Hawley is idealized for validating Trump's grievance while McConnell is totally devalued. The displacement of midterm responsibility onto McConnell (rather than Trump's own candidate selections) reflects characteristic externalization. The danger rating is elevated due to the racialized targeting of a specific named individual framed as a foreign agent, which could incite harassment. Longitudinally, this continues the post-midterm pattern of intensifying attacks on intra-party rivals rather than external opponents.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109615934976445022

### Context
New Year's Day 2023, Trump at Mar-a-Lago (Palm Beach, FL). Post time: 3:53 PM EST — business hours. This is the second post of the day attacking McConnell and Elaine Chao; the earlier "Happy New Year" post used identical "Coco Chow" language, indicating perseverative focus.

### Authorship
The post shares a Breitbart link with original commentary. The racist nickname "Coco Chow" (a derogatory play on Elaine Chao's name conflated with a cereal brand), the superlative constructions ("Complete and Total Disaster"), and the emotional charge all point to authentic Trump composition despite business-hours timing. The grammar is relatively clean but the content is unmistakably his.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is the second attack on the McConnell-Chao pair within hours, constituting **perseveration** on a target. The trigger is narcissistic injury from the 2022 midterm underperformance, which Trump explicitly blames on McConnell in the earlier post ("Mitch stupid $..."). Hawley's criticism of McConnell is seized as external validation — a third-party authority enlisted to support Trump's grievance.

The racial dimension is notable: "Coco Chow" plus "relationships and subservience to China" weaponizes Chao's Taiwanese-American heritage as a loyalty/security smear. This is dehumanizing through racialized othering.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection**: Attributing "subservience" to Chao while Trump himself faced scrutiny over foreign entanglements
- **Splitting**: McConnell/Chao = all-bad; Hawley = all-good (for agreeing with Trump)
- **Displacement**: Midterm losses redirected from self onto McConnell

### Rhetorical Analysis
Appeal to authority (Hawley), superlative catastrophizing ("Complete and Total Disaster," "catastrophe for our Country"), racialized ad hominem, and link to ideologically aligned media outlet for validation.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Josh Hawley criticized Mitch McConnell's record regarding midterm results" | **True** | Hawley publicly blamed McConnell's leadership for poor 2022 midterm outcomes, as covered by multiple outlets |
| "Elaine Chao has 'relationships and subservience to China'" | **Mostly False** | Chao is Taiwanese-American, born in Taipei. Her family's shipping company has business ties to China, but she served in two Republican administrations and resigned from Trump's cabinet after Jan 6. 'Subservience to China' grossly distorts her record. |

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Racist nickname 'Coco Chow' matches earlier post same day
- Superlative constructions ('Complete and Total Disaster')
- Emotional, attack-oriented content
- Perseverative focus on same target across multiple posts

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (2022 midterm underperformance)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.80

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Multiple posts in rapid succession on same day
- Elevated combativeness

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 50%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 45%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- enlisting audience agreement via third-party authority (Hawley)

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Racialized targeting of specific individual (Elaine Chao)
- Framing target as agent of foreign adversary
- Repeated targeting across multiple posts same day

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Josh Hawley criticized Mitch McConnell's record regarding midterm results

**TRUE**

Hawley publicly blamed McConnell's leadership for poor 2022 midterm outcomes, as covered by multiple outlets

Sources: Breitbart article linked in post

> Elaine Chao has 'relationships and subservience to China'

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Chao is Taiwanese-American, born in Taipei. Her family's shipping company has business ties to China, but she served in two Republican administrations and resigned from Trump's cabinet after Jan 6. 'Subservience to China' grossly distorts her record.

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Tags

- intraparty_attack (90%)
- racial_targeting (90%)
- midterm_scapegoating (80%)
- xenophobic_framing (80%)
- perseveration (60%)

## That day

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

**New Year's Grievance: Holiday Milestones Converted to Blame Distribution and Enemy Cataloging**

Trump's New Year straddled two posting sessions — a combative burst on New Year's Eve and an afternoon flurry on the holiday itself. Rather than turning the page, he used the occasion to relitigate impeachments, deflect blame for Republican midterm losses, and launch repeated attacks on Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao, twice deploying a racial nickname for Chao. The most notable thread was a reframing of January 6 as "the REAL Insurrection" happening at the border — an apparent preemptive move ahead of the anniversary. The day's mood was combative but controlled, with no signs of spiraling or sleep disruption.

Full digest for 2023-01-01: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-01/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 1). Josh Hawley is 100% right about Mitch McConnell,... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109615934976445022
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Josh Hawley is 100% right about Mitch McConnell, who is a..." Truth Social, 1 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109615934976445022. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Josh Hawley is 100% right about Mitch McConnell, who is a...," Truth Social, January 1, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109615934976445022.

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