# Post ts_109905563734550049 - Post ID: `ts_109905563734550049` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-02-22T00:30:13.818Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109905563734550049 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109905563734550049/analysis ## Post text > https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/kiss-death-florida-governor-ron-desantis-endorsed-george-soros/ ## Engagement - Likes: 13,138 - Reposts: 4,747 - Replies: 1,062 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.420Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T03:19:14.989Z (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 URL-only post shares a Gateway Pundit article claiming George Soros "endorsed" Ron DeSantis for 2024 — a claim rated **false**: Soros made analytical remarks about DeSantis's political viability as a threat, which the outlet reframed as endorsement. Trump produces no original text, functioning as a pure amplification node. The psychological operation is nonetheless precise. By February 2023, DeSantis represented the most credible threat to Trump's 2024 restoration narrative. The post deploys a classic indirect narcissistic attack: third-party proxy delivers contaminating association (Soros) while Trump maintains deniability as a "news sharer." The Soros mechanism is psychologically efficient — requiring no argument, only association — and activates deeply conditioned in-group aversion responses in the MAGA base. The antisemitic dog whistle is structural rather than explicit. The Soros "globalist financier" trope arrives pre-loaded with conspiracy content requiring no elaboration. This framing carries documented real-world danger: the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooter posted extensively about Soros before the attack. Mass amplification of this framework — even against a Republican target — normalizes it at scale. Defense mechanisms: splitting (DeSantis now all-bad), projection (liberal contamination attributed to rival), rationalization (media proxy as legitimizing structure). Narcissistic state: grandiose. Trigger: status threat by comparison. Danger level: **elevated** — not for direct violence against DeSantis, but for propagating antisemitic conspiracy framing with established real-world violence precedent. ## Psychological Profile: ts_109905563734550049 ### Overview This post consists exclusively of a URL to The Gateway Pundit's article "Kiss of Death: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Endorsed by George Soros." Its brevity is deceptive — the post functions as a precision political weapon within Trump's emerging 2024 primary campaign against DeSantis. Fetching the article reveals the "endorsement" consists entirely of Soros calling DeSantis "shrewd, ruthless, and ambitious" and predicting his nomination — an analytical observation from an adversary, not a political endorsement in any standard sense. --- ### Authorship Attribution UTC 00:30:13 converts to **7:30 PM EST** at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's near-certain residence in February 2023. This falls in evening hours — ambiguous territory. The post's clean URL-only format, without any original commentary, is atypical of Trump's most authentic posts, which characteristically feature his own snark, ALL CAPS insertions, or personal framing when attacking rivals. However, Trump routinely shares Gateway Pundit links as standalone shares, and the anti-DeSantis content aligns precisely with his strategic interests at this moment. Confidence: **medium** lean toward authentic (0.55) — likely Trump-directed even if aide-posted. --- ### Psychological State and Triggers The post is best classified as a **preemptive attack** against a nascent rival. By February 2023, DeSantis was polling competitively for the 2024 Republican nomination, representing a direct challenge to Trump's restoration narrative. The trigger is a **status threat / narcissistic injury by comparison** — DeSantis's rise implicitly challenges Trump's claim to unique MAGA legitimacy. Rather than a direct attack (which would elevate DeSantis by acknowledging him as a peer), Trump uses third-party contamination — a characteristically indirect, deniable mode of aggression. --- ### The Soros Mechanism Within MAGA epistemics, any positive reference from George Soros functions as an irrevocable in-group taint. Trump's amplification of this framing exploits a **splitting defense** at scale: DeSantis is now categorized as "bad" (Soros-adjacent), while Trump remains the uncorrupted outsider. The "kiss of death" headline does the psychological work Trump need not do himself. The deliberate conflation of Soros's analytical commentary with an "endorsement" constitutes willful reality distortion passed through a trusted epistemic proxy. --- ### The Soros Trope and Danger Indicators The deployment of Soros as a political weapon carries documented real-world risk extending beyond the DeSantis target. The antisemitic "globalist financier" overlay on Soros activates a pre-existing schema in which Jewish billionaires secretly control politicians — a conspiracy framework with documented links to political violence (the October 2018 Pittsburgh Tree of Life shooter posted extensively about Soros before the attack). Trump's amplification of Soros-based attacks, even when directed at a Republican rival, traffics in this dangerous rhetorical ecosystem and normalizes the framework for a mass audience. **Danger level: elevated.** --- ### Defense Mechanisms 1. **Splitting** (immature): DeSantis placed in the all-bad category via single-degree Soros contact 2. **Projection** (immature): Liberal/globalist contamination attributed to the rival, displacing scrutiny from Trump's own donor relationships 3. **Rationalization** (neurotic): The media proxy structure lends this attack a veneer of news-sharing rather than direct aggression --- ### Rhetorical Analysis - **Guilt by association**: The entire post's operative logic — Soros speaks; DeSantis is tainted - **False equivalence**: Analytical commentary deliberately reframed as political endorsement - **Antisemitic dog whistle**: Soros trope activates globalist/financier in-group coding - **Epistemic closure**: Gateway Pundit functions as a trusted source requiring no critical evaluation from the target audience - **Contamination narrative**: DeSantis's political identity is being deliberately "infected" --- ### Narrative Identity Trump casts himself implicitly as the **uncorrupted warrior** — the one Soros cannot endorse because he is genuinely anti-establishment. DeSantis undergoes a contamination sequence: a promising figure revealed to be compromised by the designated enemy. Trump is the contrasting other — defined by what he is *not* (Soros-endorsed, establishment-acceptable). --- ### Cognitive Assessment No original text is produced; cognitive status cannot be assessed from URL-sharing behavior alone. The underlying strategy — using a proxy source to deliver a targeted attack while maintaining plausible distance — reflects intact political cunning, consistent with baseline. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "George Soros endorsed Ron DeSantis for the 2024 presidential race" | **False** | Soros called DeSantis 'shrewd, ruthless, and ambitious' and predicted he would be the Republican nominee — an analytical characterization of a political adversary's strength, not an endorsement. No financial support, formal endorsement statement, or coordination between the two is documented. | Overall Veracity: 0% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 55%) ### Indicators - 7:30 PM EST local time — evening, within range of either authentic or aide activity - URL-only post with no original commentary is atypical of most authentic Trump posts - Gateway Pundit is a preferred Trump source shared routinely - Anti-DeSantis content aligns precisely with Trump's strategic interests at this moment - No typos or ALL CAPS possible to assess — pure URL share ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Comparison (DeSantis 2024 polling threat) Sentiment: -0.72 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 72% - Antisocial: 55% - Paranoid: 45% - Sadism: 42% **Defense Mechanisms:** - splitting (immature) - projection (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - In-group validation via shared enemy (Soros) - Epistemic closure — trusted source requires no critical evaluation - Contamination narrative targeting rival ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** ### Indicators - Soros trope activates antisemitic 'globalist financier' conspiracy framework with documented links to political violence - Pittsburgh Tree of Life shooter (Oct 2018) posted extensively about Soros before attack — establishing real-world danger precedent for this rhetoric - Mass amplification of Soros-contamination framing normalizes the framework for millions of followers - Delegitimization of a political rival through in-group betrayal framing can incite hostility from base toward DeSantis ### Gaslighting - Soros's analytical commentary on DeSantis deliberately reframed as 'endorsement' — a false characterization of a documented statement - Audience primed to accept the distortion through trusted epistemic proxy (Gateway Pundit) - Reality inversion: Soros noting DeSantis as a *threat* to his interests is repackaged as Soros *supporting* DeSantis ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > George Soros endorsed Ron DeSantis for the 2024 presidential race **FALSE** Soros called DeSantis 'shrewd, ruthless, and ambitious' and predicted he would be the Republican nominee — an analytical characterization of a political adversary's strength, not an endorsement. No financial support, formal endorsement statement, or coordination between the two is documented. Sources: Gateway Pundit article content (fetched); Soros public remarks at unspecified event as reported by Conservative Treehouse and Washington Examiner Overall Veracity: 0% ## Tags - DeSantis attack (95%) - Soros dog whistle (88%) - Gateway Pundit amplification (82%) - 2024 primary campaign (90%) - guilt by association (92%) - proxy attack (85%) - reality distortion (78%) - contamination narrative (87%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Legal Siege and Presidential Theater: Trump Wages War on Georgia Grand Jury While Staging East Palestine Counter-Narrative** Trump spent the day toggling between legal defense and presidential showmanship. The morning was quiet link-sharing, but by late morning he erupted over the Georgia grand jury forewoman's media appearances, calling the investigation a "Witch Hunt" and the DA "Racist" while insisting his phone calls were "PERFECT." He then turned his fire on Eric Swalwell in a two-post takedown, mocked Biden for stumbling on Air Force One stairs after the president's historic Kyiv visit, and demanded the Georgia DA investigate Democrats instead. The day's emotional peak gave way to a carefully staged visit to East Palestine, Ohio, where he delivered water to train-derailment victims and broadcast Truth Social's growth numbers mid-trip. A late-night post the evening before had him siding with Kim Jong Un's perspective on U.S. military exercises -- a revealing moment he framed entirely as proof Biden had squandered his dealmaking legacy. Full digest for 2023-02-22: https://trump.fm/date/2023-02-22/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, February 22). https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/kiss-deat... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109905563734550049 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/kiss-death-florida-..." Truth Social, 22 Feb. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109905563734550049. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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