# Post ts_109719207111345935

- Post ID: `ts_109719207111345935`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-20T02:37:17.420Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109719207111345935
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109719207111345935/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109719207111345935.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Remember, we are talking about New York City as the Crime and Murder Capital of the World, where no murder case has even been tried by the D.A. in 6 years, and yet they spend tens of millions of dollars, view 11,000,000 pages of documents, years of investigation, and weeks in trial over the education of grandchildren, etc. Such a thing has never happened before. He was offered a “DEAL” if he pled GUILTY TO EVERYTHING - 90 days, or Life in Prison. Allen Weisselberg is a CRIME VICTIM, and so am I.

## Engagement

- Likes: 32,019
- Reposts: 8,713
- Replies: 1,347
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.423Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:49:23.894Z (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 DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) response to the Weisselberg conviction. Trump employs multiple reality distortions — falsely labeling NYC the "Crime and Murder Capital of the World," claiming no murder cases have been tried in six years, and minimizing documented tax fraud to "education of grandchildren." The culminating declaration that both Weisselberg and Trump are "CRIME VICTIMS" represents a complete inversion of the legal reality: Weisselberg was convicted on 15 felony counts by a jury. The post's defensive architecture layers whataboutism (NYC crime), statistical bombardment (11 million pages), minimization (trivializing the crimes), and victim-reversal into a coherent persecution narrative. The closing "and so am I" merges Trump's identity with Weisselberg's, serving dual functions: signaling loyalty to associates facing legal jeopardy and reinforcing Trump's meta-narrative that all legal proceedings against his orbit are political persecution. This pattern of delegitimizing judicial proceedings through reality distortion is consistent with Trump's established baseline response to legal threats and reflects the vulnerable narcissistic state — persecution rather than grandiosity — that legal exposure typically triggers.

## Psychological Analysis: Trump Post ts_109719207111345935

### Context
This post concerns the Allen Weisselberg trial and conviction by the Manhattan DA's office. Weisselberg, Trump Organization's longtime CFO, was convicted of tax fraud in December 2022. Trump frames both Weisselberg and himself as victims of prosecutorial overreach.

### Authorship
Posted at 9:37 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago, so same timezone). Evening posting, stream-of-consciousness style, emotional content, ALL CAPS emphasis on key words — consistent with authentic Trump authorship.

### Psychological Analysis
The post reveals a characteristic defensive pattern: Trump externalizes blame onto the Manhattan DA, minimizes the crimes ("education of grandchildren, etc."), and positions himself as co-victim alongside Weisselberg. The rhetorical move of calling NYC the "Crime and Murder Capital of the World" is classic whataboutism — redirecting from his organization's criminal liability to unrelated crime statistics.

The claim that Weisselberg was offered "a DEAL if he pled GUILTY TO EVERYTHING - 90 days, or Life in Prison" frames the justice system as coercive and absurd, while the phrase "Such a thing has never happened before" is trademark hyperbolic uniqueness-claiming.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "New York City is the Crime and Murder Capital of the World" | **False** | NYC's 2022 murder rate (~3.5 per 100K) is far below dozens of US cities (St. Louis, Baltimore, Detroit) and many global cities. |
| "No murder case has been tried by the DA in 6 years" | **Mostly False** | Manhattan DA's office has prosecuted murder cases. There were COVID-related trial delays and policy criticisms of DA Bragg, but the claim of zero murder trials in 6 years is a gross exaggeration. |
| "They view 11,000,000 pages of documents" | **Unverifiable** | Specific document counts in the Trump Organization investigation are not publicly confirmed at this level of precision. |
| "Allen Weisselberg is a CRIME VICTIM" | **False** | Weisselberg was convicted by a jury of 15 counts of tax fraud, grand larceny, and falsifying business records in December 2022. He was a perpetrator, not a victim. |

Overall Veracity: 18%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Evening posting (9:37 PM ET)
- ALL CAPS emphasis on DEAL, GUILTY, CRIME VICTIM
- Stream-of-consciousness structure
- Emotional reactivity
- Hyperbolic claims

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Manhattan DA / Weisselberg conviction)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 10%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared victimhood framing
- remember/recall directive to audience

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Reframing convicted criminals as victims
- Grossly misrepresenting NYC crime statistics to delegitimize prosecution
- Minimizing documented tax fraud to trivial 'education of grandchildren'

## Fact Checks (4)

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

> New York City is the Crime and Murder Capital of the World

**FALSE**

NYC's 2022 murder rate (~3.5 per 100K) is far below dozens of US cities (St. Louis, Baltimore, Detroit) and many global cities.

Sources: FBI UCR data; NYPD CompStat

> No murder case has been tried by the DA in 6 years

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Manhattan DA's office has prosecuted murder cases. There were COVID-related trial delays and policy criticisms of DA Bragg, but the claim of zero murder trials in 6 years is a gross exaggeration.

Sources: Manhattan DA office records

> They view 11,000,000 pages of documents

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Specific document counts in the Trump Organization investigation are not publicly confirmed at this level of precision.

> Allen Weisselberg is a CRIME VICTIM

**FALSE**

Weisselberg was convicted by a jury of 15 counts of tax fraud, grand larceny, and falsifying business records in December 2022. He was a perpetrator, not a victim.

Sources: People v. Weisselberg trial records

Overall Veracity: 18%

## Tags

- legal-defense (90%)
- DARVO (80%)
- prosecutorial-delegitimization (80%)
- victim-narrative (70%)
- whataboutism (60%)

## That day

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

**Late-Night Legal Spiral: Trump Merges Identity with Convicted CFO in Marathon Weisselberg Defense**

Trump spent most of the day fixated on the legal fate of his former CFO Allen Weisselberg, defending him across multiple late-night posts that minimized the fraud conviction and cast both men as victims of a rigged system. The mood was almost entirely defensive and aggrieved, with Trump falsely claiming the prosecution was unprecedented and reducing a 15-felony tax fraud case to trivial employee perks. A near-duplicate post a minute apart hinted at some disorganization. By mid-morning, the storm had passed and he shared a simple YouTube link without comment — a quiet pivot back to self-promotion after hours of legal anxiety.

Full digest for 2023-01-20: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 20). Remember, we are talking about New York City as... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109719207111345935
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Remember, we are talking about New York City as the Crime..." Truth Social, 20 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109719207111345935. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Remember, we are talking about New York City as the Crime...," Truth Social, January 20, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109719207111345935.

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