# Post ts_109717829216897657

- Post ID: `ts_109717829216897657`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-19T20:46:52.420Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> The Supreme Court has just announced it is not able to find out, even with the help of our “crack” FBI, who the leaker was on the R v Wade scandal. They’ll never find out, & it’s important that they do. So, go to the reporter & ask him/her who it was. If not given the answer, put whoever in jail until the answer is given. You might add the publisher and editor to the list. Stop playing games, this leaking cannot be allowed to happen. It won’t take long before the name of this slime is revealed!

## Engagement

- Likes: 28,589
- Reposts: 8,309
- Replies: 1,730
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.423Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:49:55.095Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Trump responds to the Supreme Court's announcement that its investigation into the Dobbs draft opinion leak was inconclusive by proposing an escalating series of authoritarian measures: interrogating the journalist, jailing them if they refuse to reveal their source, and extending punishment to publishers and editors. This post is clinically significant for its explicit advocacy of jailing members of the press — a direct attack on First Amendment source protection that normalizes authoritarian governance. The psychological dynamics reveal a grandiose schema in which Trump positions himself as the sole competent actor amid institutional failure, with the "obvious" solution eluding everyone but him. The contemptuous scare quotes around "crack" FBI serve dual purposes: expressing genuine frustration at the investigation's failure while continuing his pattern of devaluing the FBI as an institution that has investigated him. The dehumanizing epithet "slime" directed at the unknown leaker, combined with the disproportionate punitive proposals, reflects antisocial features consistent with the malignant narcissism construct. The escalation ladder rhetoric — from asking to jailing to expanding the target list — is a characteristic pattern that desensitizes audiences to increasingly extreme proposals.

## Psychological Analysis: Supreme Court Leak Response (2023-01-19)

### Context
On January 19, 2023, the Supreme Court released its report on the investigation into the leak of the Dobbs v. Jackson (Roe v. Wade) draft opinion, concluding it could not identify the leaker. Trump responds with escalating authoritarian proposals.

### Authorship
Posted at 3:46 PM ET (Trump at Mar-a-Lago/Doral area for political speech). Business hours, but the stream-of-consciousness style, emotional reactivity, and impulsive policy proposals (jailing journalists) are strongly characteristic of authentic Trump authorship. The ampersand usage, sentence fragments, and escalating emotional arc are signature patterns.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post is triggered by perceived institutional failure — the FBI and Supreme Court cannot solve what Trump frames as obvious. This activates his grandiose schema: he alone sees the simple solution others are too weak or corrupt to implement. The proposal to jail reporters, publishers, and editors is a classic authoritarian fantasy dressed as common sense.

The scare quotes around "crack" drip with contemptuous sarcasm toward the FBI, consistent with his ongoing devaluation of institutions that have investigated him. The closing epithet "slime" is dehumanizing language directed at an unknown individual.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Splitting**: Competent Trump vs. incompetent institutions
- **Acting out**: Impulsive authoritarian proposals as direct expression of frustration
- **Projection**: "Stop playing games" — attributes his own norm-violation patterns to others

### Danger Assessment
The post explicitly advocates jailing journalists for protecting sources — a direct attack on First Amendment press freedoms. While framed around leak investigation, it normalizes authoritarian responses to press activity.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The Supreme Court announced it could not identify the Dobbs leaker" | **True** | The Supreme Court released its investigation report on January 19, 2023, stating the Marshal of the Court could not identify the source of the leak despite months of investigation. |
| "The FBI assisted in the investigation" | **True** | The FBI provided forensic analysis support to the Supreme Court Marshal's investigation. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness escalation
- Ampersand usage
- Scare quotes for sarcasm ('crack')
- Impulsive policy proposals
- Dehumanizing epithet ('slime')

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Supreme Court/FBI failure to identify leaker)

**Rage:** Intensity 65% targeting Supreme Court, FBI, unnamed leaker, journalists
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid escalation of proposals
- Grandiose confidence in simple solutions

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 70%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 40%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- acting out (immature)
- devaluation (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Positioning as sole voice of reason
- Inviting audience to share contempt for institutions

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Explicit call to jail reporters, publishers, and editors
- Normalizes authoritarian response to press activity
- Dehumanizes target as 'slime'

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> The Supreme Court announced it could not identify the Dobbs leaker

**TRUE**

The Supreme Court released its investigation report on January 19, 2023, stating the Marshal of the Court could not identify the source of the leak despite months of investigation.

Sources: Supreme Court Marshal's Report, January 2023

> The FBI assisted in the investigation

**TRUE**

The FBI provided forensic analysis support to the Supreme Court Marshal's investigation.

Sources: Supreme Court Marshal's Report

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- press_freedom_attack (90%)
- authoritarian_proposal (85%)
- institutional_contempt (70%)
- dehumanization (60%)

## That day

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

**Legal Siege Mentality Dominates as Manhattan DA Obsession Yields to Calls for Journalist Imprisonment**

Trump spent most of the day consumed by the Manhattan DA investigation, posting lengthy multi-page attacks on prosecutor Mark Pomerantz and DA Alvin Bragg that wove together Clinton, the DNC, the DOJ, and the media into a single conspiracy theory. The morning was an anxious legal-defense marathon, broken only by a brief shift into campaign mode ahead of a speech at Trump Doral in Miami. The afternoon brought a sharper turn when the Supreme Court announced it couldn't identify the Dobbs leak source -- Trump responded by explicitly calling for the arrest of reporters, publishers, and editors. Scattered among the original posts were staff-curated link dumps pushing favorable poll numbers, Biden classified document comparisons, and nostalgia for the "Trump golden age."

Full digest for 2023-01-19: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-19/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 19). The Supreme Court has just announced it is not... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109717829216897657
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Supreme Court has just announced it is not able to find..." Truth Social, 19 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109717829216897657. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The Supreme Court has just announced it is not able to find...," Truth Social, January 19, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109717829216897657.

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