# Post ts_109737083851235598

- Post ID: `ts_109737083851235598`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-23T06:23:34.817Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109737083851235598
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109737083851235598/analysis
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## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/RedState/statuses/109734301880786938 While my Special Counsel (“PROSECUTOR”) is viciously harassing and bullying anyone and everyone in sight. This should not be allowed to continue. We did NOTHING WRONG!

## Engagement

- Likes: 10,975
- Reposts: 3,278
- Replies: 459
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.423Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:55:58.804Z (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 1:23 AM post displays a characteristic vulnerable narcissistic response to the Special Counsel investigation. Trump employs pathological denial ("We did NOTHING WRONG!") and projection (reframing lawful prosecution as "vicious harassment and bullying"), inverting the power dynamic to cast himself as victim rather than subject of investigation. The scare-quoted "PROSECUTOR" delegitimizes the legal process itself. The phrase "should not be allowed to continue" carries elevated concern as it frames a lawful investigation as illegitimate and implies it should be stopped—an implicit appeal to supporters and political allies. The collective "We" merges Trump's legal exposure with his audience's identity, transforming a personal legal threat into a shared grievance. This post fits a recurring pattern of contamination narrative: a righteous actor beset by corrupt persecutors. The late-night timing and emotional reactivity strongly suggest authentic authorship during a period of distress about legal exposure.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109737083851235598

### Authorship Attribution
Posted at 1:23 AM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago). Late-night timing, emotional reactivity, ALL CAPS, scare quotes, and exclamatory style all strongly indicate authentic Trump authorship. **Confidence: High (0.85)**

### Trigger & Psychological State
The post is a direct response to Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation, which represents an ongoing narcissistic injury of the *exposure* type. Trump is in a **vulnerable narcissistic state**—positioning himself as the target of illegitimate persecution rather than lawful investigation.

### Defense Mechanisms
1. **Pathological denial**: "We did NOTHING WRONG!" — blanket, categorical rejection of any wrongdoing
2. **Projection**: The investigator is the aggressor; the investigated is the victim
3. **Distortion**: Prosecution becomes "harassment and bullying"

### Rhetorical Analysis
- **Scare quotes** around "PROSECUTOR" delegitimize the role itself
- **Hyperbole** ("viciously," "anyone and everyone") inflates the perceived threat
- **Collective pronoun** ("We") fuses Trump's legal jeopardy with audience identity
- **Imperative framing** ("should not be allowed to continue") implies the investigation is illegitimate and should be stopped

### Danger Assessment: ELEVATED
The phrase "should not be allowed to continue" frames lawful investigation as illegitimate, which—when broadcast to millions of followers—functions as an implicit call to political action against the legal process. This is not direct incitement but follows the pattern of delegitimizing institutions that constrain the subject.

### Narrative Identity
Classic contamination sequence: a righteous leader ("We did NOTHING WRONG") beset by corrupt persecutors ("viciously harassing"). The protagonist is the persecuted innocent; the contrasting other is the weaponized state.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Special Counsel is viciously harassing and bullying anyone and everyone in sight" | **Mostly False** | Jack Smith's investigation followed standard prosecutorial procedures including subpoenas and grand jury testimony. No credible allegations of harassment or bullying were substantiated. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Early morning posting (1:23 AM ET)
- ALL CAPS emphasis
- Emotional reactivity
- Parenthetical interjection style
- Exclamation marks

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Special Counsel Jack Smith investigation)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Special Counsel Jack Smith
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 10%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Collective 'We' to merge identity with audience
- Victim framing inviting protective identification

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Framing lawful investigation as illegitimate persecution
- 'Should not be allowed to continue' implies investigation should be stopped

### Gaslighting

- Reframing criminal investigation as 'harassment and bullying'
- Blanket denial 'We did NOTHING WRONG'

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Special Counsel is viciously harassing and bullying anyone and everyone in sight

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Jack Smith's investigation followed standard prosecutorial procedures including subpoenas and grand jury testimony. No credible allegations of harassment or bullying were substantiated.

Sources: DOJ Special Counsel appointment records

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- legal-threat-response (90%)
- victim-framing (80%)
- institutional-delegitimization (80%)
- denial (90%)

## That day

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

**Golf Trophies and Grievance Spirals: A Day of Whataboutism Over Classified Documents**

Trump opened the day celebrating a senior golf championship at his own club, then spent most of the remaining hours hammering a single theme: that Biden's classified documents situation proves the Mar-a-Lago search was unjust. The mood shifted from self-congratulation to agitation as the day wore on, with a late-night cluster of posts after 1 AM showing rising anger about the Special Counsel investigation. The most heated moments came around midday, when he used a racist nickname to attack Mitch McConnell's wife, defended his imprisoned former CFO Allen Weisselberg, and repeatedly demanded his own exoneration. The Monterey Park mass shooting, which killed eleven people the night before, went unacknowledged except as a vehicle for grievance about January 6th defendants.

Full digest for 2023-01-23: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 23). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/RedState/statuse... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109737083851235598
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/RedState/statuses/10973430..." Truth Social, 23 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109737083851235598. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/RedState/statuses/10973430...," Truth Social, January 23, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109737083851235598.

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