# Post ts_109695788816837075

- Post ID: `ts_109695788816837075`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-15T23:21:42.605Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109695788816837075
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109695788816837075/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109695788816837075.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/washtimes/statuses/109693421872067490 It’s a Rigged Witch Hunt run by a Trump Deranged Lunatic. Save the millions of dollars that will be wasted. Very unfair to our Country!

## Engagement

- Likes: 13,092
- Reposts: 3,488
- Replies: 425
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.423Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:43:13.716Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "Rigged Witch Hunt" Repost (2023-01-15)

This post is a repost of a Washington Times article with Trump's editorial commentary attacking a legal investigation as a "Rigged Witch Hunt run by a Trump Deranged Lunatic." The timing aligns with multiple active investigations—the Georgia grand jury completing its probe and the broader legal environment where a special counsel was also appointed for Biden's classified documents.

### Authorship
Post at 6:21 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago in January). Evening but not late-night. The language is quintessentially Trump: "Rigged Witch Hunt," "Trump Deranged Lunatic," ALL CAPS absent but characteristic phrasing present. The brevity and emotional reactivity suggest authentic authorship.

### Psychological State
Classic narcissistic injury response to legal threat. The phrase "Trump Deranged Lunatic" is notable—he frames the prosecutor's motivation as personal obsession with him rather than legitimate legal process, combining grandiosity (he's so important they're deranged by him) with victimhood.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Denial/Distortion**: Reframes legal investigation as illegitimate persecution
- **Projection**: Attributes "derangement" to investigators
- **Rationalization**: Frames opposition as waste of taxpayer money ("Save the millions")

### Rhetorical Techniques
The appeal to fiscal responsibility ("Save the millions") and patriotism ("Very unfair to our Country") reframes personal legal jeopardy as a national concern—classic narcissistic expansion of self to nation.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The investigation is 'rigged'" | **Unverifiable** | No evidence of procedural rigging in any active Trump investigation at this time |
| "Millions of dollars will be wasted" | **Mostly False** | Legal investigations have costs but 'wasted' presupposes illegitimacy; special counsel investigations are standard legal processes |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 82%)

### Indicators

- Characteristic 'Witch Hunt' phrasing
- Emotional reactivity
- Exclamation points
- Short punchy sentences
- Evening posting time

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Active legal investigations (Georgia grand jury, other probes))

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Unnamed investigator/prosecutor
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Framing personal legal jeopardy as collective national harm
- Inviting audience to share persecution narrative

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Frames legitimate legal investigation as illegitimate persecution
- Attacks investigator's mental competence to undermine credibility

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> The investigation is 'rigged'

**UNVERIFIABLE**

No evidence of procedural rigging in any active Trump investigation at this time

> Millions of dollars will be wasted

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Legal investigations have costs but 'wasted' presupposes illegitimacy; special counsel investigations are standard legal processes

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- witch-hunt-framing (90%)
- legal-threat-response (80%)
- delegitimization (70%)

## That day

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

**Biden Document Scandal Becomes Trump's Mirror — and His Shield**

Trump spent most of the day fixated on the Biden classified documents scandal, using it as both vindication and weapon in a three-part morning manifesto comparing Mar-a-Lago's security to Biden's garage. The mood was broadly self-congratulatory, with brief flashes of anger when addressing his own legal exposure. Outside the documents fight, the day was filled with casual endorsements, media-decline schadenfreude, and promotion of Truth Social. A late-night posting cluster after midnight and a large evening burst were bookended by a quiet midday stretch of link-only shares.

Full digest for 2023-01-15: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-15/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 15). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/washtimes/status... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109695788816837075
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/washtimes/statuses/1096934..." Truth Social, 15 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109695788816837075. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/washtimes/statuses/1096934...," Truth Social, January 15, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109695788816837075.

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