# Post ts_109719853285574153

- Post ID: `ts_109719853285574153`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-20T05:21:37.336Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> Page 1: I can’t get over the fact that a casualty of the greatest Witch Hunt of all time, Allen Weisselberg, my long time employee and chief financial officer, is sitting in a prison cell in Rikers Island for a type of case that has never been brought before in the history of our Country. He didn’t pay taxes on the use of a company car - does anyone? The use of a company apartment - does anyone? Or the Education of his grandchildren - Wow! Are these things really criminal, or even a crime?

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 5,437
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.423Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:50:53.166Z (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's late-night defense of imprisoned CFO Allen Weisselberg reveals narcissistic injury experienced by proxy — Weisselberg's conviction threatens Trump's own legal position. The post employs pathological distortion, reducing a 15-felony tax fraud scheme ($1.76M unreported) to trivial fringe benefits. Repeated rhetorical questions ("does anyone?") normalize tax evasion and gaslight the audience into questioning whether established crimes are actually criminal. The claim this prosecution is unprecedented is false. The vulnerable narcissistic state (persecution, victimhood) dominates, with Trump positioning himself as fellow victim of the same "Witch Hunt." The follow-up post makes the self-referential nature explicit: "Allen Weisselberg is a CRIME VICTIM, and so am I." This pattern of delegitimizing legal institutions processing cases connected to Trump represents ongoing reality distortion in service of narcissistic defense.

## Psychological Analysis: Weisselberg Defense Post (2023-01-20)

### Context
Trump posts at 12:21 AM ET (he was likely at Mar-a-Lago, making this ~12:21 AM local) defending Allen Weisselberg, his former CFO convicted of tax fraud. This is a late-night post, consistent with authentic authorship.

### Authorship
Late-night timing, emotional tone, rhetorical questions, stream-of-consciousness structure, and the personal grievance framing all point strongly to authentic Trump. The "does anyone?" repetition and "Wow!" interjection are characteristic verbal tics.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post is driven by **narcissistic injury by proxy** — Weisselberg's conviction is experienced as an attack on Trump himself (made explicit in the follow-up post where he declares "Allen Weisselberg is a CRIME VICTIM, and so am I"). The defense of Weisselberg serves primarily as self-defense.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Minimization/distortion**: Reduces Weisselberg's conviction to trivial matters ("company car," "company apartment," "education of grandchildren"), stripping away the actual tax fraud scheme
- **Projection**: Frames the prosecution as the real crime ("Witch Hunt")
- **Rhetorical normalization**: "Does anyone?" implies everyone does this, so prosecution is selective persecution

### Rhetorical Analysis
The rhetorical questions ("does anyone?") function as **appeal to common practice** — a logical fallacy suggesting prevalence equals legality. The "greatest Witch Hunt of all time" is trademark hyperbole with persecutory framing. The escalation from car → apartment → grandchildren's education is structured to make the charges seem increasingly absurd.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Allen Weisselberg is sitting in a prison cell in Rikers Island for a type of case that has never been brought before" | **False** | Tax fraud cases involving unreported compensation are routinely prosecuted. Weisselberg pleaded guilty to 15 felony counts including grand larceny, criminal tax fraud, and falsifying business records for a scheme involving $1.7M in unreported compensation. |
| "He didn't pay taxes on the use of a company car, apartment, and grandchildren's education" | **Half True** | These were among the unreported benefits, but the characterization omits that the total unreported compensation was approximately $1.76 million over 15 years and constituted a deliberate scheme, not casual oversight. |

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- 12:21 AM local time (late night)
- Rhetorical questions with personal interjections ('Wow!')
- Stream-of-consciousness emotional tone
- 'Greatest Witch Hunt of all time' signature phrase
- Dash-heavy punctuation style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Weisselberg conviction/imprisonment as proxy attack on Trump)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Manhattan DA / prosecution
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 60%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Rhetorical questions creating false solidarity with audience
- Implying shared victimhood

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Reframing 15 felony convictions as trivial matters
- Implying tax fraud prosecution is unprecedented when it is routine
- Rhetorical questions designed to make audience question whether crimes are actually crimes

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Allen Weisselberg is sitting in a prison cell in Rikers Island for a type of case that has never been brought before

**FALSE**

Tax fraud cases involving unreported compensation are routinely prosecuted. Weisselberg pleaded guilty to 15 felony counts including grand larceny, criminal tax fraud, and falsifying business records for a scheme involving $1.7M in unreported compensation.

Sources: Manhattan DA indictment and plea deal records

> He didn't pay taxes on the use of a company car, apartment, and grandchildren's education

**HALF TRUE**

These were among the unreported benefits, but the characterization omits that the total unreported compensation was approximately $1.76 million over 15 years and constituted a deliberate scheme, not casual oversight.

Sources: Court records from People v. Weisselberg

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Tags

- legal-defense (90%)
- weisselberg (90%)
- witch-hunt-narrative (80%)
- prosecution-delegitimization (80%)
- victim-framing (70%)

## 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). Page 1: I can’t get over the fact that a casualty... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109719853285574153
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Page 1: I can’t get over the fact that a casualty of the..." Truth Social, 20 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109719853285574153. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Page 1: I can’t get over the fact that a casualty of the...," Truth Social, January 20, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109719853285574153.

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