Analysis: Thank you Gavin Wax, very much. The problem is, many of the ...

3y ago Feb 20, 2023 at 3:31 AM

Thank you Gavin Wax, very much. The problem is, many of the people that get elected to office know what to do (that’s the easy part), but they have no idea how to pull it off. They don’t know how to talk to the other side, they can’t cajole, be jovial or be, perhaps, angry. As an example, President Putin of Russia would have never gone into Ukraine! https://townhall.com/columnists/gavinwax/2023/02/19/there-is-no-trumpism-without-trump-n2619606

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-20. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Grandiose

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

35%

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

Late evening posting (10:31 PM ET)
Stream-of-consciousness pivot from thanks to grandiose claim
Conversational parenthetical style ('that's the easy part')
Slight hedging ('perhaps, angry') characteristic of spoken-style Trump

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Grandiose State

Trigger: Supply Seeking (Gavin Wax column praising Trump's indispensability)

Sentiment

+0.45

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

70%

Antisocial

20%

Paranoid

10%

Sadism

Defense Mechanisms:

idealizationdistortion

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

55%

Cognitive Markers:

tangentiality

Parasocial Techniques:

Direct address thanking supporter by nameInclusive framing of political skill as relatable concept before asserting unique possession of it

Fact Checks (1)

"Putin would have never gone into Ukraine under Trump's presidency"

Unverifiable

Unfalsifiable counterfactual. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and initiated military buildup during Trump's term. Trump's relationship with Putin was unusually accommodating, but no causal claim about deterrence can be verified.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109894951949055687

Context

Trump thanks Gavin Wax for a Townhall column titled "There Is No Trumpism Without Trump," then pivots to a self-aggrandizing claim about his unique negotiating abilities, culminating in the assertion that Putin would never have invaded Ukraine under his presidency.

Authorship

Posted at 10:31 PM ET (Trump was based at Mar-a-Lago during this period). This is within his typical late-evening posting window. The post has a conversational, stream-of-consciousness quality—thanking Wax, then pivoting mid-thought into a broader philosophical claim about political skill, then jumping to the Putin/Ukraine claim. The tone is authentic Trump: self-referential, grandiose, with an abrupt topic shift that serves narcissistic supply.

Psychological State

This is a supply-seeking/maintenance post. Trump is amplifying flattering media ("There Is No Trumpism Without Trump") while using it as a springboard for grandiose self-positioning. The core claim—that he alone possesses the interpersonal skills (cajoling, joviality, anger) to prevent geopolitical catastrophe—is classic grandiose narcissistic presentation.

Key Observations

"They don't know how to talk to the other side, they can't cajole, be jovial or be, perhaps, angry" — Trump positions himself as uniquely possessing the full emotional range needed for deal-making. The word "perhaps" before "angry" is an interesting hedge suggesting awareness that anger-as-tool is controversial.
Putin/Ukraine claim — Unfalsifiable counterfactual presented as certainty. This is a recurring theme (perseveration) across months of posts.
The post implicitly contrasts Trump with all other politicians ("many of the people that get elected"), reinforcing his narrative of singular competence.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Putin would have never gone into Ukraine under Trump's presidency"	Unverifiable	Unfalsifiable counterfactual. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and initiated military buildup during Trump's term. Trump's relationship with Putin was unusually accommodating, but no causal claim about deterrence can be verified.

Overall Veracity: 50%

Longitudinal Context

This post sits amid an intense anti-DeSantis campaign. The relative restraint here (no ALL CAPS, no nicknames, no direct attacks) suggests a brief shift to grandiose-mode self-promotion rather than the devaluation cycle dominating the surrounding posts.