# Post ts_109825082807046303

- Post ID: `ts_109825082807046303`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-02-07T19:22:52.323Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/Magnanimous/statuses/109823377668388936 What about ANTIFA & BLM, Ron?

## Engagement

- Likes: 13,741
- Reposts: 5,067
- Replies: 1,171
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.421Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T02:07:25.090Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: RT Whataboutism Attack on DeSantis

## Context
This is the fourth in a rapid series of retweets from the @Magnanimous account, all attacking Ron DeSantis. The series employs escalating mockery, with this post deploying whataboutism regarding ANTIFA and BLM — a standard deflection when Jan 6-related conduct is raised.

## Authorship
Posted at ~2:22 PM EST, consistent with either aide curation or personal scrolling. The rapid-fire retweet pattern from a single account is characteristic of Trump personally discovering and sharing content, though aides also curate anti-rival content.

## Psychological Dynamics
The sustained retweet barrage reveals **obsessive rival-monitoring** — DeSantis represented the most credible threat to Trump's 2024 primary dominance at this time. By amplifying a surrogate's attacks rather than posting original content, Trump employs **proxy aggression** — attacking while maintaining a degree of separation.

The whataboutism ("What about ANTIFA & BLM, Ron?") is a **projection-adjacent defense**, redirecting attention from conduct associated with Trump's supporters toward left-wing actors. This is a well-established pattern in Trump's rhetorical repertoire.

## Rhetorical Function
The RT format serves dual purpose: (1) amplifies anti-DeSantis content to Trump's much larger audience, and (2) frames the attack as community sentiment rather than personal vendetta. The brevity and rhetorical question format are characteristic of Trump's combative engagement style.

## Longitudinal Note
This post is part of the broader DeSantis devaluation campaign visible across the day's posts, consistent with the **idealization-devaluation cycle** — DeSantis was previously endorsed and praised, now systematically diminished.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 50%)

### Indicators

- RT format suggests aide curation
- But part of rapid-fire series of retweets from same account, which could be Trump scrolling
- Mid-afternoon EST timing (Feb 7, ~2:22 PM) - ambiguous

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (Ron DeSantis as 2024 rival)

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting Ron DeSantis
- Proportionality: 50%

Sentiment: -0.50

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire series of retweets from same account suggests agitated engagement

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 30%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- devaluation (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- amplifying surrogate attacks to maintain plausible deniability
- using retweets as proxy aggression

## Tags

- DeSantis rivalry (90%)
- whataboutism (80%)
- proxy attack (70%)

## That day

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

**Late-Night Legal Paranoia Gives Way to Grandiose Denial and Primary Rival Attacks**

Trump spent the first half of the day consumed by the Mark Pomerantz book and the Manhattan DA investigation, posting a string of increasingly agitated late-night responses that wove prosecutors, Clinton, and the Schumer family into a single conspiracy. After sleeping, he pivoted to flatly denying that Chinese spy balloons ever entered U.S. airspace during his presidency -- contradicting his own Pentagon officials -- then settled into an afternoon of sharing flattering articles about himself, taking shots at Ron DeSantis, and announcing a live counter-broadcast of Biden's State of the Union address. The mood shifted from genuine distress overnight to confident showmanship by the afternoon.

Full digest for 2023-02-07: https://trump.fm/date/2023-02-07/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, February 7). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/Magnanimous/stat... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109825082807046303
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/Magnanimous/statuses/10982..." Truth Social, 7 Feb. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109825082807046303. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/Magnanimous/statuses/10982...," Truth Social, February 7, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109825082807046303.

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