# Post ts_109826929097362915 - Post ID: `ts_109826929097362915` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-02-08T03:12:24.477Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109826929097362915 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109826929097362915/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109826929097362915.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > He’s using my “Forgotten Men and Women,” without saying they have been Forgotten by the Democrats, and helped by the Republicans and me! ## Engagement - Likes: 31,240 - Reposts: 5,051 - Replies: 653 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.421Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T23:49:56.373Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary During Biden's 2023 State of the Union, Trump posted a live-commentary cluster from ~10 PM EST in which this post is embedded. The post claims proprietary ownership over the phrase "Forgotten Men and Women," asserting Biden used it without proper partisan attribution. Psychologically, the dominant features are narcissistic entitlement (the phrase is cast as Trump's intellectual property) and splitting (Democrats forgot the working class; Trump and Republicans saved them). A rationalization defense converts competitive anxiety — watching Biden receive populist applause — into a righteous plagiarism grievance. The proprietary claim is factually distorted: "Forgotten Men and Women" has roots in FDR-era rhetoric (1932) and broad populist usage predating Trump, making exclusive ownership a grandiose misattribution. Authorship is high-confidence authentic: the timing, register, and idiosyncratic possessive framing are unmistakable. No cognitive deviations, danger indicators, or escalation markers are present. This post is clinically mild but typologically useful as a recurring pattern: Trump's consistent monitoring of rival communications for perceived appropriations of his identity language, and rapid territorial reassertion when detected. The Forgotten Men and Women are not the subject of care — they are evidence in a credit dispute, which itself encapsulates the gap between parasocial identity construction and actual communion motive. # Analysis: ts_109826929097362915 — "He's using my 'Forgotten Men and Women'" ## Situational Context This post is one of at least six rapid-fire Truth Social posts Trump made during President Biden's February 7, 2023 State of the Union address (the UTC timestamp converts to ~10:12 PM EST, prime SOTU airtime). The cluster ranges from commentary on Biden's diction ("Folks") to remarks on Jill Biden's dress to charges of economic hypocrisy — the full register of live-commentary narcissistic monitoring. --- ## Level 1 — Dispositional Traits The post exhibits **low Agreeableness** (territorial, competitive, uncharitable), **high Extraversion** (assertive, publicly reactive), and elevated **Neuroticism** facet of angry hostility — though in attenuated form. **Openness** is low: language and ideology are treated as property to be protected, not as fluid cultural resources. **Conscientiousness** is low in the sense of impulsive, unfiltered expression. --- ## Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations **Dominant motive: Power/Status.** The post is not about policy — it is about credit. Trump's primary concern is that Biden is harvesting populist legitimacy from a phrase Trump considers his own. The underlying schema: *populist energy flows through me; any politician who taps it without crediting me is a thief.* **Agency motive** is dominant; no communion motive is present. The "Forgotten Men and Women" are invoked as *proof of ownership*, not out of concern for their welfare. --- ## Level 3 — Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** Originator / Legitimate Claimant. Trump casts himself as the authentic voice of the forgotten working class, and Biden as a derivative appropriator. - **Contamination sequence:** Trump's legacy phrase is being used without its proper moral valence (partisan framing) — a subtle corruption of what Trump built. - **Contrasting Other:** Biden — presented as exploiting the language of the movement while betraying its beneficiaries. - **Identity claim:** "I am the one who remembered the forgotten. I named them. I own the movement." This is a common narrative maneuver: by claiming authorship of a populist phrase, Trump simultaneously claims authorship of the populist movement itself. --- ## Level 4 — Clinical Indicators ### Narcissistic Features The proprietary claim is clinically notable. **Entitlement** (DSM-5 criterion) is expressed as the expectation that Biden must use the phrase *with* its Trumpian partisan frame — or not use it at all. The phrase "my 'Forgotten Men and Women'" is not metaphorical; it reflects a genuine belief in ownership over cultural language that attached to his identity. **Grandiosity** is operating at a moderate level: this is not the "I alone can fix it" register, but rather a quieter assertion of primacy — *he uses my words because I got there first and did it better.* **Lack of empathy** is structurally visible: the actual forgotten men and women are not the subject of concern. They are evidence in a credit dispute. ### Paranoid Features (mild) A low-level monitoring-and-cataloguing dynamic is present. Trump is watching Biden's speech not for policy content but for slights, appropriations, and failures to attribute. This vigilant tracking for perceived theft is consistent with mild paranoid ideation, though at this intensity it falls well within the range of competitive political behavior. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Confidence: High — authentic Trump.** UTC 03:12:24 = 10:12 PM EST (Mar-a-Lago or New York). The post is part of a live-SOTU commentary cluster. Its idiosyncratic possessive framing, informal elliptical syntax, and habitual capitalization pattern are unmistakably authentic. No communications aide would draft a territorial plagiarism grievance in this register. --- ## Defense Mechanisms 1. **Rationalization (neurotic):** The competitive anxiety of watching Biden receive applause for populist language is managed by constructing a logical-sounding grievance — *he didn't cite me, therefore this is wrong.* This converts narcissistic discomfort into righteous complaint. 2. **Splitting (immature):** The good/bad partition is clean and complete. Democrats forgot the working class; Republicans and Trump saved them. No complexity, no partial credit, no acknowledgment of historical continuity. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis The post executes a two-step maneuver efficient enough to fit in one sentence: 1. **Assert ownership** over a populist phrase to position Biden as derivative. 2. **Demand the partisan moral frame** be attached — insisting that any use of "forgotten" language must acknowledge Democratic culpability. This is not mere point-scoring. It functions as a **parasocial loyalty reinforcement**: Trump reminds his base that he was the one who *saw* them, *named* them, and *fought* for them — and that Biden's use of their identity language without Trump's partisan frame is a kind of appropriation from the movement. **Historical note on the phrase:** "Forgotten Men and Women" draws on a lineage that predates Trump substantially. FDR used "the forgotten man" in a 1932 radio address; the phrase has circulated in American populist rhetoric for decades. Trump prominently used it in his 2017 inaugural address. The claim of exclusive ownership is itself a distortion — mild, habitual, and consistent with his broader grandiosity rather than deliberate fabrication. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Trump originated or owns the phrase 'Forgotten Men and Women'" | **Mostly False** | The phrase 'forgotten man' originates with Yale sociologist William Graham Sumner (1883) and was popularized by FDR in a 1932 radio address during the Great Depression. Trump adapted 'forgotten men and women' prominently in his 2017 inaugural address. While the specific plural formulation is closely associated with Trump's populist brand, claiming exclusive authorship is historically inaccurate. | | "Democrats have 'Forgotten' the working class and Republicans have helped them" | **Unverifiable** | This is a partisan political opinion framed as a factual claim. Both parties have competing documented records on working-class economic policy. Not susceptible to true/false adjudication. | Overall Veracity: 35% ## Cognitive Status Post is brief and reactive. Syntax is coherent, the elliptical construction ("without saying they have been Forgotten by the Democrats") is grammatical if informal. No word-finding difficulty, confabulation, or temporal confusion. No baseline deviation. The five co-occurring SOTU reaction posts show consistent, engaged, topically relevant commentary — no dissociation or confusion. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** This is a competitive political grievance with no threat language, dehumanization, or mobilization rhetoric. --- ## Summary A characteristic live-commentary post from an authentic Trump session during Biden's 2023 State of the Union. Psychologically, it is a compact expression of narcissistic entitlement: the belief that a populist phrase belongs to Trump and that Biden's use of it without proper partisan attribution constitutes a kind of theft. The post is structured around a splitting defense (Democrats bad, Trump/Republicans good) and rationalization (converting competitive anxiety into a righteous credit grievance). The proprietary claim over "Forgotten Men and Women" — a phrase with roots in FDR-era rhetoric — is a mild factual distortion consistent with habitual grandiosity rather than deliberate deception. Clinically, the dominant features are entitlement and a monitoring/cataloguing dynamic that scans rival communications for slights and appropriations. No danger indicators are present. Intensity and clinical significance are low; no extended summary is warranted beyond notation that this post is a useful data point for tracking Trump's consistent pattern of claiming ownership over populist identity movements. ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 95%) ### Indicators - 10:12 PM EST — late evening, consistent with live SOTU viewing - Part of a rapid-fire cluster of SOTU reaction posts, all authentic in register - Stream-of-consciousness, reactive style with possessive indignation - Informal elliptical syntax; no aide would phrase a claim this idiosyncratically - Capitalization pattern ('Forgotten Men and Women,' 'Republicans,' 'Democrats') matches Trump's habitual style ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (Biden SOTU address) Sentiment: -0.30 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 70% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 20% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) - splitting (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 35% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Positioning self as intellectual originator of a populist movement to maintain loyalty of base ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-23._ > Trump originated or owns the phrase 'Forgotten Men and Women' **MOSTLY FALSE** The phrase 'forgotten man' originates with Yale sociologist William Graham Sumner (1883) and was popularized by FDR in a 1932 radio address during the Great Depression. Trump adapted 'forgotten men and women' prominently in his 2017 inaugural address. While the specific plural formulation is closely associated with Trump's populist brand, claiming exclusive authorship is historically inaccurate. Sources: FDR 1932 radio address; Trump 2017 Inaugural Address > Democrats have 'Forgotten' the working class and Republicans have helped them **UNVERIFIABLE** This is a partisan political opinion framed as a factual claim. Both parties have competing documented records on working-class economic policy. Not susceptible to true/false adjudication. Overall Veracity: 35% ## Tags - sotu-reaction (90%) - proprietary-language-claim (85%) - splitting (80%) - populist-identity (75%) - authentic-trump (95%) - credit-grievance (80%) - partisan-framing (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **The Couch Presidency: Trump Live-Trolls Biden's SOTU, Then Pivots to Full Persecution Mode** Trump spent the evening glued to Biden's State of the Union address, firing off dozens of real-time reactions from Mar-a-Lago that ranged from mild performance critiques to racial slurs and homophobic jabs at named politicians. The morning after, he celebrated his own Truth Social traffic before spending the afternoon amplifying election fraud claims tied to the House Twitter Files hearings. The mood was overwhelmingly combative and grandiose — the exiled king grading his successor — with flashes of genuine persecution anxiety surfacing around his mounting legal exposure. It was one of his highest-volume posting days of the year, driven by the competitive sting of watching a rival command the national stage he considers rightfully his. Full digest for 2023-02-08: https://trump.fm/date/2023-02-08/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, February 8). He’s using my “Forgotten Men and Women,” without... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109826929097362915 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "He’s using my “Forgotten Men and Women,” without saying..." Truth Social, 8 Feb. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109826929097362915. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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