# Post ts_109949028186308151

- Post ID: `ts_109949028186308151`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-03-01T16:43:48.721Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109949028186308151
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109949028186308151/analysis

## Post text

> https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/02/28/fox-news-having-trouble-finding-desantis-supporters-in-florida-for-2024-presidential-run/

## Engagement

- Likes: 12,896
- Reposts: 3,420
- Replies: 686
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.419Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T03:21:15.624Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

A bare URL share — no original text — posted at 11:43 AM EST, consistent with aide execution rather than authentic Trump authorship. The article selected (Conservative Treehouse on Fox/DeSantis) functions as a dual-target proxy attack within a dense same-day posting offensive responding to acute narcissistic injury from Fox News's pivot toward DeSantis coverage. Psychologically, the post contributes to a grandiose rebound: after expressing vulnerability in adjacent posts ("Fox doesn't love TRUMP enough"), amplifying evidence of the rival's weakness reasserts dominance without requiring direct statement. The selection of an exclusively confirming in-group source illustrates the closed epistemic circuit characteristic of shared psychosis dynamics. The post itself is low-intensity and carries no independent danger indicators; its significance lies in its function within the broader same-day pattern of escalating attacks on both DeSantis and Fox News.

# Analysis: Bare URL Share — Conservative Treehouse, DeSantis/Fox News

## Post Character

This post consists entirely of a URL to The Conservative Treehouse (CTH, "The Last Refuge"), a well-known pro-Trump blog. The entire communicative payload is the article title embedded in the URL slug: *"Fox News Having Trouble Finding DeSantis Supporters in Florida for 2024 Presidential Run."* There is no original text, no commentary, no affect markers attributable to Trump directly. This is a minimal act — a signal, not a statement.

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## Authorship Attribution

**UTC 16:43:48 → 11:43 AM EST (Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, FL)**

Mid-morning business hours. Zero original text. Zero typos or grammatical artifacts. Zero affect markers (no ALL CAPS, no exclamation clusters, no stream-of-consciousness syntax). This profile is entirely consistent with aide-executed curation — specifically the Scavino-model of sharing favorable third-party content during staffed hours. The classical authentic Trump fingerprints are absent. Confidence: **medium-high** for aide execution; Trump may have directed the share but did not compose or post it himself.

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## Psychological Function in Context

Despite minimal surface content, the article selection reveals clear psychological function within the day's full posting pattern (5+ posts):

**Targets of the day's offensive:**
1. Ron DeSantis ("DeSanctus," lacks grassroots support)
2. Fox News / Rupert Murdoch (manufacturing DeSantis enthusiasm)
3. Club for Growth / "Globalist RINOs"

This URL share is elegantly dual-targeting: the article simultaneously frames DeSantis as lacking organic support *and* frames Fox News as manufacturing artificial DeSantis enthusiasm. Both serve Trump's core interest — asserting dominance over the 2024 primary field.

**Psychological trigger:** Narcissistic injury response to Fox News's pivot toward DeSantis coverage. Trump's other posts this day include attacks on Fox ratings, a demand that Murdoch exit the news business, and critique of Fox "not loving TRUMP enough." This URL amplifies that grievance via proxy.

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## Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role**: King/Incumbent — the uncontested front-runner whose dominance is so natural that even Fox News cannot manufacture a credible alternative.

**Contrasting other**: DeSantis (manufactured, Fox-propped, lacking genuine support) vs. Trump (organic, grassroots, the authentic choice).

**Narrative sequence**: Contamination frame — Fox News, once a friendly institution, is now corrupt and manufacturing false narratives. CTH (the "real" media) exposes this corruption.

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## Rhetorical Analysis

The URL itself is the rhetorical act. Selecting this particular headline accomplishes:
1. **Delegitimization by proxy**: Claims about DeSantis made through a third party, insulating from direct accountability
2. **In-group credibility**: CTH carries weight within the MAGA information ecosystem
3. **Dual-target efficiency**: Single share damages both DeSantis and Fox News
4. **Implied counter-narrative**: If Fox can't find DeSantis supporters, Trump support is everywhere

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Fox News is having trouble finding DeSantis supporters in Florida for a 2024 presidential run" | **Half True** | Trump did lead DeSantis in Florida polls in early March 2023 and had structural advantages in the state, but DeSantis had substantial documented grassroots support in Florida as its sitting governor. The characterization reflects a partisan framing of real polling data rather than a documented operational fact about Fox News's booking processes. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Danger Assessment

No danger indicators in this specific post. RETRIBUTION language and elevated threat patterns appear in companion same-day posts; this post does not independently escalate.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (11:43 AM EST)
- Zero original text composed
- No typos or grammatical artifacts
- No affect markers (no ALL CAPS, no exclamation points)
- Clean URL-only format consistent with staff curation

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (Fox News pivot toward DeSantis coverage)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Amplification of in-group confirming source to reinforce shared epistemology
- Proxy delegitimization of rival using trusted ecosystem outlet

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Fox News is having trouble finding DeSantis supporters in Florida for a 2024 presidential run

**HALF TRUE**

Trump did lead DeSantis in Florida polls in early March 2023 and had structural advantages in the state, but DeSantis had substantial documented grassroots support in Florida as its sitting governor. The characterization reflects a partisan framing of real polling data rather than a documented operational fact about Fox News's booking processes.

Sources: Conservative Treehouse article (partisan source); 2023 Florida primary polling data (general knowledge)

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- desantis_attack (80%)
- fox_news_grievance (70%)
- aide_authored (75%)
- proxy_delegitimization (80%)
- supply_seeking (60%)
- epistemic_closure (70%)
- 2024_primary (90%)

## That day

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

**Murdoch Joins the Enemy List as Dominion Revelations and DeSantis Rivalry Fuel a Day-Long Loyalty Purge**

Trump spent most of the day processing two interconnected betrayals: Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch's apparent openness to DeSantis, and the Dominion lawsuit revelations showing Fox privately doubted his election fraud claims. Late-night posts opened with an explicit "RETRIBUTION" threat against the Club for Growth for backing DeSantis, setting an aggressive tone. The middle of the day brought a direct attack on Murdoch, demanding he leave the news business, alongside a stream of aide-curated links reinforcing Trump's polling dominance and policy credentials. The day closed with a creative rewrite of the Fox-Dominion crisis — blaming Paul Ryan for Murdoch's legal trouble — followed by a triumphant all-caps celebration of poll numbers.

Full digest for 2023-03-01: https://trump.fm/date/2023-03-01/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, March 1). https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/02/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109949028186308151
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/02/28/fox-new..." Truth Social, 1 Mar. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109949028186308151. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/02/28/fox-new...," Truth Social, March 1, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109949028186308151.

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