# Post ts_109733071818543185

- Post ID: `ts_109733071818543185`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-22T13:23:16.066Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109733071818543185/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109733071818543185.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> 10 dead in California shooting, horrible gun wielding ANTIFA protest against our great police in Atlanta - Nothing will happen to them despite night of rage and destruction. Yet our January 6th protestors, over a Rigged Election, have had their lives ruined despite nobody killed except true Patriot Ashli B. This situation will be fully rectified after 2024 Election. Thank you!

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.423Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:50:02.638Z (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 is clinically significant for its explicit promise of executive retribution ("fully rectified after 2024 Election") combined with systematic reality distortion about January 6. Trump instrumentalizes two unrelated violent events—the Monterey Park mass shooting and Atlanta protests—not to express concern but to construct a grievance narrative about perceived double standards in how his supporters are treated. The post contains multiple demonstrable falsehoods: understating Monterey Park casualties, denying all Jan 6 deaths except Babbitt, and maintaining the "Rigged Election" claim. The defense structure is layered: splitting (patriots vs. ANTIFA), denial (erasing Jan 6 deaths), projection (attributing lawlessness to opponents while sanitizing insurrection), and rationalization (framing the Capitol breach as justified protest). The mixed narcissistic state—grandiose promise of future power coupled with vulnerable victimhood on behalf of followers—is characteristic of the malignant narcissism pattern, particularly the antisocial dimension (implicit promise to use presidential power to override the justice system). The parasocial "Thank you!" closure reinforces the transactional loyalty bond. This post warrants longitudinal tracking as part of the escalating retribution rhetoric that characterized the 2023-2024 pre-campaign period.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109733071818543185

### Context
Posted January 22, 2023 at 8:23 AM ET. Trump was likely in North Carolina or returning to Mar-a-Lago following Diamond's memorial service the previous day. The post responds to two events: the Monterey Park Lunar New Year mass shooting (11 killed) and protests in Atlanta against the planned "Cop City" police training facility, which had escalated after the police killing of activist Manuel Terán on January 18.

### Authorship
The stream-of-consciousness structure linking disparate news events into a single grievance arc, the ALL CAPS "ANTIFA," and the characteristic closing "Thank you!" strongly suggest authentic Trump composition. The 8:23 AM timing is within his known early morning posting window.

### Core Psychological Dynamic
This post exemplifies **instrumentalized empathy**—current events are not processed for their human significance but immediately metabolized into narcissistic supply. The Monterey Park shooting and Atlanta protests exist only as rhetorical props for the central grievance: the prosecution of January 6 participants. This pattern is consistent with marked deficits in empathy characteristic of narcissistic personality organization.

### Splitting and Martyrdom
The binary structure is stark: Jan 6 participants are "protestors" and "true Patriots" whose lives have been "ruined," while Atlanta demonstrators engage in "rage and destruction" with impunity. Ashli Babbitt is elevated to martyr status. The claim "nobody killed except true Patriot Ashli B" is a remarkable denial that erases at least four other deaths directly connected to Jan 6 and over 140 injured officers.

### Retribution Promise
The statement "This situation will be fully rectified after 2024 Election" is the most clinically and politically significant element. It constitutes an explicit promise to use presidential power to intervene in the criminal justice system on behalf of political allies—a hallmark of authoritarian personality dynamics and antisocial features within the malignant narcissism construct.

### Danger Assessment
Rated **elevated** rather than high because the retribution is deferred to a future conditional (winning 2024) rather than calling for immediate action. However, this rhetoric normalizes the concept of executive retribution and maintains the delegitimization of democratic institutions necessary for authoritarian action.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "10 dead in California shooting" | **Mostly False** | The Monterey Park shooting killed 11 people, not 10. The number may reflect early reporting but was widely corrected by this posting time. |
| "Nobody killed except true Patriot Ashli B [on January 6]" | **False** | At least 5 people died in connection with Jan 6: Ashli Babbitt (shot), Rosanne Boyland (crushed), Kevin Greeson (heart attack), Benjamin Phillips (stroke), and Officer Brian Sicknick (strokes following day). Four officers later died by suicide. |
| "Election was rigged" | **False** | Over 60 court cases, DOJ investigations, state audits, and Trump's own AG William Barr found no evidence of fraud sufficient to alter the 2020 election outcome. |

Overall Veracity: 7%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness linking multiple events
- Emotional reactivity and grievance tone
- ALL CAPS emphasis on ANTIFA
- Morning timing (8:23 AM ET) slightly against pure authentic but content style is very Trump
- Characteristic 'Thank you!' closer

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Ongoing January 6 prosecutions and legal pressures)

**Rage:** Intensity 65% targeting Justice system, perceived double standard
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

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

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- confabulation
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared victimhood with followers
- Promise of future reward/retribution
- Thank you as transactional bonding

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Promise to 'fully rectify' Jan 6 prosecutions implies pardons and retribution against prosecutors
- Framing convicted rioters as victims builds justification for authoritarian intervention
- Continued delegitimization of election results and justice system

### Gaslighting

- 'nobody killed except true Patriot Ashli B' denies documented deaths including Officer Brian Sicknick and four other Trump supporters
- 'Rigged Election' maintains false narrative despite exhaustive legal review finding no fraud
- Reframes insurrection participants as peaceful protestors

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> 10 dead in California shooting

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The Monterey Park shooting killed 11 people, not 10. The number may reflect early reporting but was widely corrected by this posting time.

Sources: Known events list: Monterey Park mass shooting

> Nobody killed except true Patriot Ashli B [on January 6]

**FALSE**

At least 5 people died in connection with Jan 6: Ashli Babbitt (shot), Rosanne Boyland (crushed), Kevin Greeson (heart attack), Benjamin Phillips (stroke), and Officer Brian Sicknick (strokes following day). Four officers later died by suicide.

> Election was rigged

**FALSE**

Over 60 court cases, DOJ investigations, state audits, and Trump's own AG William Barr found no evidence of fraud sufficient to alter the 2020 election outcome.

Overall Veracity: 7%

## Tags

- january_6_revisionism (90%)
- whataboutism (85%)
- retribution_promise (80%)
- grievance_construction (85%)
- false_equivalence (80%)
- martyrdom_narrative (70%)

## That day

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

**Documents Defense Gives Way to Biden Deflection Blitz as Retribution Promise Surfaces**

Trump spent most of Sunday sharing links attacking Biden over classified documents and boosting favorable polls -- a fairly typical low-effort day dominated by curated article drops. The notable exception was a morning post that instrumentalized the Monterey Park mass shooting and Atlanta protests to defend January 6 participants, while promising to "rectify" their legal situations if re-elected. The rest of the day was calm by his standards, with no further original outbursts and a steady stream of narcissistic supply-seeking. Posting hours were unremarkable, running from evening through late afternoon with a normal overnight gap.

Full digest for 2023-01-22: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-22/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 22). 10 dead in California shooting, horrible gun... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109733071818543185
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "10 dead in California shooting, horrible gun wielding..." Truth Social, 22 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109733071818543185. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "10 dead in California shooting, horrible gun wielding...," Truth Social, January 22, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109733071818543185.

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