# Post ts_109870742521068759

- Post ID: `ts_109870742521068759`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-02-15T20:54:44.267Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> Radical Left (Trump hating!) Special “Prosecutor” Jack Smith is leaking to the Fake News Media like a sieve. He is going absolutely crazy trying to nab the political candidate who is way ahead of his “boss” in the polls, and won the 2020 Presidential Election, except for the fact that it was RIGGED. He’s got a job to do, and is working hard to scare & intimidate witnesses, even lawyers who have never seen such antics before. He should be looking at Election Fraud, & who SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 17,634
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.420Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T03:03:10.975Z (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 represents a characteristic narcissistic injury response to the escalating Jack Smith investigation and concurrent Fulton County grand jury developments. The defensive architecture is multi-layered: delegitimization (scare quotes around "Prosecutor"), persecution framing (leaking, intimidating witnesses), grandiose counter-assertion (won 2020, leads in polls), and DARVO redirection (Smith should investigate election fraud and campaign spying instead). The mixed narcissistic state oscillates between grandiose self-reference and vulnerable victimhood within a single paragraph. Paranoid features are prominent, with Smith portrayed as part of a coordinated conspiracy. The post contains multiple reality distortions, most significantly the perseverative claim of winning the 2020 election. The DARVO pattern — denying wrongdoing, attacking the investigator, and reversing victim/offender roles — is textbook. The danger level is elevated due to systematic delegitimization of law enforcement conducting an active investigation, which could inspire follower interference or discourage witness cooperation. The intimidation narrative around "witnesses, even lawyers" is particularly notable as it frames lawful investigation as abuse, potentially chilling cooperation. Cognitively, the post shows no deviation from established baseline — the tangentiality and perseveration are long-standing patterns rather than new developments.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109870742521068759

### Context
Posted 2023-02-15 at 20:54 UTC. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago (EST = 3:54 PM) — business hours. The Fulton County grand jury report had just been partially released, and Jack Smith's federal investigation was intensifying.

### Authorship
The post has mixed signals. Business-hours timing and relatively coherent paragraph structure suggest possible aide involvement, but the emotional intensity, parenthetical asides ("Trump hating!"), ALL CAPS passages, scare quotes around "Prosecutor" and "boss," and the stream-of-consciousness pivot from Jack Smith to election fraud to spying are classic authentic Trump markers. The ampersands and exclamation marks are consistent with his personal style. Likely authentic, possibly lightly edited.

### Psychological State
This is a textbook narcissistic injury response. The Special Counsel investigation represents an existential legal threat, triggering a multi-layered defensive cascade:

1. **Delegitimization** — scare quotes around "Prosecutor" and "boss" deny Smith's authority
2. **Persecution narrative** — Smith is "going absolutely crazy," "leaking like a sieve," intimidating witnesses
3. **Grandiose counter** — "way ahead in the polls," "won the 2020 Presidential Election"
4. **DARVO** — pivots from being investigated to demanding Smith investigate election fraud and campaign spying

The closing demand ("He should be looking at Election Fraud, & who SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!!") reveals the core schema: the subject is never the wrongdoer, always the victim. The triple exclamation marks signal emotional flooding.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection**: Accuses Smith of the very behaviors (intimidation, abuse of power) that characterize his own approach to adversaries
- **Denial**: Refuses to acknowledge legitimacy of investigation
- **Distortion**: Reframes criminal investigation as political persecution
- **Splitting**: Jack Smith = all bad persecutor; self = victimized winner

### Rhetorical Analysis
Dense propaganda layering: epithet stacking ("Radical Left," "Trump hating," "Fake News Media"), parenthetical intensifiers, scare quotes to delegitimize, and a classic redirect (investigated → investigator should be investigated). The "RIGGED" and "SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN" callbacks are perseverative loyalty-test phrases demanding audience acceptance of debunked claims.

### Cognitive Notes
Coherent logical flow within the post despite emotional intensity. The pivot from Smith's investigation to election fraud to campaign spying shows characteristic tangentiality but follows an internally consistent grievance logic. No notable word-finding difficulties or paraphasias.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Won the 2020 Presidential Election" | **False** | Biden won 306-232 electoral votes; results certified by all 50 states and Congress; over 60 court challenges failed |
| "The 2020 election was RIGGED" | **False** | No evidence of widespread fraud found by DOJ, DHS CISA, state election officials, or courts |
| "Jack Smith is leaking to Fake News Media like a sieve" | **Unverifiable** | No documented evidence of improper leaks from Special Counsel's office; media reporting could stem from multiple sources including defense teams and congressional contacts |
| "Political candidate way ahead of his boss in the polls" | **Mostly True** | In February 2023, Trump led Biden in some early hypothetical matchup polls, though margins varied and were within error |

Overall Veracity: 33%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Scare quotes around Prosecutor and boss
- ALL CAPS for RIGGED and SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN
- Parenthetical aside (Trump hating!)
- Ampersand usage
- Triple exclamation marks

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Jack Smith Special Counsel investigation / Fulton County grand jury report release)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting Jack Smith / DOJ
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.75

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Pressured quality to writing with multiple grievances compressed into single paragraph
- Emotional intensity and exclamation marks

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 20%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared victimhood framing
- Loyalty test via RIGGED election claim
- Us-vs-them boundary maintenance

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Delegitimization of law enforcement investigating subject
- Framing of legal process as political persecution could inspire follower interference
- Intimidation narrative around witnesses could discourage cooperation

### Gaslighting

- Claim of winning 2020 election contradicts certified results
- Reframing criminal investigation as political persecution
- Attacks on media credibility (Fake News Media)
- Demand that investigator investigate the victim instead

## Fact Checks (4)

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

> Won the 2020 Presidential Election

**FALSE**

Biden won 306-232 electoral votes; results certified by all 50 states and Congress; over 60 court challenges failed

Sources: Federal Election Commission certified results; Congressional certification January 6-7, 2021

> The 2020 election was RIGGED

**FALSE**

No evidence of widespread fraud found by DOJ, DHS CISA, state election officials, or courts

Sources: CISA statement calling 2020 'most secure election in American history'; AG Barr December 2020 statement finding no fraud affecting outcome

> Jack Smith is leaking to Fake News Media like a sieve

**UNVERIFIABLE**

No documented evidence of improper leaks from Special Counsel's office; media reporting could stem from multiple sources including defense teams and congressional contacts

> Political candidate way ahead of his boss in the polls

**MOSTLY TRUE**

In February 2023, Trump led Biden in some early hypothetical matchup polls, though margins varied and were within error

Overall Veracity: 33%

## Tags

- narcissistic_injury (90%)
- DARVO (85%)
- election_denial (90%)
- legal_threat_response (90%)
- delegitimization (80%)
- persecution_narrative (80%)
- Jack_Smith (90%)

## That day

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

**Score-Settling and Siege Mentality as Haley Launches and Sturgeon Falls**

Trump spent the day at Mar-a-Lago juggling three storylines: celebrating Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon's resignation as personal vindication for a decade-old golf course feud, managing the first major Republican primary challenge from Nikki Haley with patronizing dismissal, and lashing out at the Jack Smith investigation. A brief but sharp afternoon spiral saw him compare U.S. law enforcement to the Gestapo and KGB before cooling off over a luxury dinner with the heir to the LVMH empire. Notably absent from the day's 14 posts: any mention of the MSU mass shooting, the catastrophic Turkey-Syria earthquake, the East Palestine toxic train derailment, or the war in Ukraine.

Full digest for 2023-02-15: https://trump.fm/date/2023-02-15/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, February 15). Radical Left (Trump hating!) Special “Prosecutor”... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109870742521068759
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Radical Left (Trump hating!) Special “Prosecutor” Jack..." Truth Social, 15 Feb. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109870742521068759. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Radical Left (Trump hating!) Special “Prosecutor” Jack...," Truth Social, February 15, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109870742521068759.

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