# Post ts_109892352326970615

- Post ID: `ts_109892352326970615`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-02-19T16:30:23.738Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109892352326970615
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109892352326970615/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109892352326970615.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> We get people to do the right thing. Those incredible Patriots from East Palestine deserve it—should have happened long ago. Let’s go FEMA, you were great with me as your President, help them!

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/109/892/352/304/477/586/original/e3a2370f5d89036d.jpg

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.420Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T03:02:32.538Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: East Palestine / FEMA Post (2023-02-19)

Trump was at Mar-a-Lago (Bocelli wedding post same day). 16:30 UTC = 11:30 AM ET — business hours, consistent with aide-assisted posting.

### Content Analysis
The post references Trump's visit to East Palestine, Ohio following the Norfolk Southern train derailment (Feb 3, 2023). Trump visited before Biden did, turning it into a political contrast. The post frames Trump as the catalyst for action ("We get people to do the right thing"), implicitly criticizes the Biden administration's slow response ("should have happened long ago"), and positions himself as still functionally presidential ("with me as your President").

### Key Psychological Features
- **Grandiose self-positioning**: Takes credit for compelling others to act; addresses FEMA as though still commanding them
- **Supply-seeking**: The post is crafted to generate admiration for his responsiveness vs. Biden's absence
- **Implicit criticism wrapped in positive framing**: "should have happened long ago" is an attack on Biden without naming him
- **Parasocial presidential performance**: "help them!" directed at a federal agency he doesn't control, maintaining the fiction of authority

### Rhetorical Techniques
The post is relatively restrained and strategically constructed — more polished than typical authentic Trump. The phrase "incredible Patriots" is standard Trump vocabulary but the overall structure suggests aide involvement or at minimum heavy editing. The tone is compassionate-performative rather than rageful.

### Longitudinal Note
Same-day posts show wide emotional range: tender wedding description (Bocelli), vicious attack on DeSantis, and this compassionate-strategic post. The DeSantis post is far more likely authentic Trump; this one reads as strategic messaging.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "FEMA was great under Trump's presidency" | **Half True** | FEMA performed adequately in some disasters under Trump but faced criticism for Puerto Rico hurricane response and other incidents |
| "East Palestine response 'should have happened long ago'" | **Mostly True** | The derailment occurred Feb 3; federal response was criticized as slow by residents and politicians from both parties |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 35%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (11:30 AM ET)
- Relatively polished grammar and structure
- Strategic political messaging tone
- No typos or stream-of-consciousness
- Contrast with more visceral DeSantis post same day

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (East Palestine crisis as opportunity for presidential performance)

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Performative empathy to build audience identification
- Speaking as if still president to maintain authority frame
- Directing federal agencies publicly as theater of command

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> FEMA was great under Trump's presidency

**HALF TRUE**

FEMA performed adequately in some disasters under Trump but faced criticism for Puerto Rico hurricane response and other incidents

> East Palestine response 'should have happened long ago'

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The derailment occurred Feb 3; federal response was criticized as slow by residents and politicians from both parties

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- east_palestine (100%)
- performative_authority (80%)
- supply_seeking (70%)
- biden_contrast (60%)

## That day

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

**Mar-a-Lago Gala Gives Way to Systematic DeSantis Demolition and Party Machine Capture**

Trump spent the day toggling between celebrating his own world — a glamorous wedding at Mar-a-Lago featuring Andrea Bocelli — and waging a sustained campaign against Ron DeSantis, attacking him twice with nearly identical talking points hours apart. Between the broadsides, he took credit for pressuring FEMA on the East Palestine train derailment and celebrated loyalist victories in Florida and Michigan GOP leadership races. The overall mood was confident and controlling, with flashes of real anger reserved exclusively for his emerging primary rival and the media outlets that dared to cover him favorably.

Full digest for 2023-02-19: https://trump.fm/date/2023-02-19/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, February 19). We get people to do the right thing. Those... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109892352326970615
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "We get people to do the right thing. Those incredible..." Truth Social, 19 Feb. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109892352326970615. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "We get people to do the right thing. Those incredible...," Truth Social, February 19, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109892352326970615.

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