# Post ts_109979295357233644

- Post ID: `ts_109979295357233644`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-03-07T01:01:09.184Z (UTC)
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## Post text

> The most recent New Hampshire Poll has me substantially leading both Ron DeSanctus and RINO Governor Chris Sununu, who the Voters in New Hampshire are getting very tired of and, unlike his father, does nothing to help the Republican Party. Ron’s cutting of Social Security and Medicare would devastate New Hampshire—No way they’d go for him!

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/109/979/295/324/701/018/original/34602897b6430ba2.jpg

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T03:25:36.728Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Posted at 8 PM EST hours after Trump's 105-minute CPAC speech, this post represents a coordinated preemptive campaign strike against Ron DeSantis from an expansive grandiose state — notably distinct from same-day posts expressing persecution around legal threats. The 'DeSanctus' neologism confirms authentic authorship; the strategic coherence of the Social Security frame (seeded the prior day, reinforced here with NH-specific targeting) indicates deliberate message architecture. Key psychological features include preemptive rival devaluation to prevent DeSantis self-definition before his formal entry, splitting (RINO/MAGA binary with no gradation), and projection of voter-harm concern onto a rival whose legislative record is more complex than claimed. The Sununu attack deploys a legacy-comparison technique that punishes insufficient deference while performing ideological gatekeeping. Cognitively, no deterioration markers are present; the rhetorical distortion of DeSantis's voting record is deliberate rather than confabulatory. Danger level is none. The post fits established primary-season patterns of rival neutralization, though the ideological flexibility required to cast a Republican as a Social Security defender against another Republican is noteworthy — instrumentalizing populist framing as a tactical weapon rather than a principled position.

# Psychological Analysis: ts_109979295357233644 (2023-03-07T01:01:09Z)

## Authorship Attribution

**Local time assessment:** UTC 01:01 on March 7 converts to **8:01 PM EST March 6**. During CPAC week, Trump delivered his speech on March 6 at National Harbor, Maryland (Eastern timezone). He was either still at CPAC, departing for Mar-a-Lago, or already in transit — all Eastern Time. 8 PM falls outside the late-night window (10 PM–6 AM) associated with authentic impulsive posts, yet within a plausible personal-evening zone.

**Stylometric markers favoring authentic authorship:**
- "DeSanctus" — a signature Trump neologistic derogation. Aides would not invent or risk this coinage unprompted.
- Parenthetical run-on construction ("who the Voters in New Hampshire are getting very tired of and, unlike his father, does nothing...") mirrors Trump's natural oral cadence
- Inconsistent capitalization ("Voters," "Ron's," "RINO") — classic authentic pattern
- No formal event announcement structure; purely reactive political attack

**Markers introducing mild uncertainty:**
- No typos (slightly atypical for authentic late-night posts)
- Coherent single-topic arc (Social Security → poll → Sununu contrast)

**Assessment:** Predominantly authentic, possibly reviewed/lightly edited by an aide before posting. Authorship score: **0.78** (high confidence Trump-voiced, low probability purely aide-drafted).

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## Contextual Frame

This post sits within a tight burst of March 6–7 Truth Social activity clearly organized around a single strategic campaign objective: defining Ron DeSantis negatively before he formally announces. The CPAC speech ("I Am Your Retribution") was delivered hours earlier on March 6. The posting sequence — three DeSantis attacks in roughly 24 hours — reflects a coordinated narrative campaign, yet the specific diction in this post retains authentic Trumpian fingerprints.

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## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five)

**Extraversion (high):** Assertive self-promotion anchors the post ("substantially leading"). Dominance display is unambiguous.

**Agreeableness (very low):** Derogatory nickname ("DeSanctus"), RINO-labeling, contemptuous dismissal ("does nothing to help the Republican Party"), and the backhanded contrast with Sununu's father all demonstrate the characteristic low-agreeableness facets of antagonism and callousness toward rivals.

**Conscientiousness (mixed):** Strategically deliberate in rhetorical goals (the Social Security frame was established in the prior-day post and reinforced here), yet loose in syntactic execution. Achievement-striving facet is prominent.

**Neuroticism (elevated):** The preemptive intensity toward DeSantis — who had not yet entered the race — signals anxious hostility. The compulsive repetition of the Social Security attack across multiple posts indicates impulsive, affectively driven behavior.

**Openness (low):** Rigid in-group/out-group framing, zero engagement with policy complexity, reflexive use of existing ideological labels ("RINO," "disciple of Paul Ryan").

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## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

**Agency motives (dominant):** Power and status are the organizing motives. The poll citation is not informational — it is a dominance marker. The attack on Sununu ("unlike his father") is a hierarchy management move, punishing insufficient deference.

**Communion motives (strategically instrumental):** The stated concern for New Hampshire voters — "devastate New Hampshire" — is rhetorical communion, not genuine affiliative motivation. It instrumentalizes care for voters to reinforce threat framing.

**Schemas:**
- *Self:* Inevitable frontrunner, natural leader, protector of entitlements
- *DeSantis:* Dangerous usurper, Paul Ryan surrogate, threat to the elderly
- *Sununu:* Disloyal subordinate who fails his father's legacy
- *World:* Zero-sum competition where rivals must be neutralized preemptively

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## Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role:** Dominant poll leader and, paradoxically, populist protector of Social Security — an ideologically unusual identity claim for a Republican, adopted instrumentally as an attack vector.

**Redemption/Contamination:** The narrative arc cast onto DeSantis is a contamination sequence: a rising figure who would *destroy* benefits for NH voters. Trump positions himself as the corrective.

**Identity claims:**
- "I am the frontrunner" (numerical validation)
- "I am the true Republican" (implicit: DeSantis and Sununu are not)
- "I defend ordinary voters from elite policy cruelty"

**Contrasting other:** DeSantis (threatening, Ryanesque, would devastate NH) and Sununu (RINO, disloyal to his own party, inferior to his father). Both are simultaneously diminished: one as dangerous, one as irrelevant.

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## Level 4: Clinical Indicators

### Malignant Narcissism Assessment

**A. Narcissistic Features:** Grandiosity via poll citation; implicit claim of unique electability; zero acknowledgment that DeSantis's positions might be honestly held or merit engagement. Entitlement framing (rivals should simply yield). Score: **0.72**

**B. Antisocial Features:** Deceitfulness markers present (the Social Security attack involves significant rhetorical exaggeration — DeSantis voted for Ryan-style budget frameworks, not a direct Social Security cut bill). Contempt for norms of political engagement. Score: **0.45**

**C. Paranoid Features:** Moderate. No persecutory ideation in this specific post, unlike the same-day post about prosecutors. The threat perception here is competitive rather than conspiratorial. Score: **0.40**

**D. Ego-Syntonic Sadism:** The "DeSanctus" neologism and the Sununu father-comparison carry a taunting, pleasurable quality — dominance display through ridicule. Score: **0.50**

### Narcissistic Dynamics

**Trigger:** Predominantly **preemptive attack** — DeSantis had not formally entered the race but was polling as the primary alternative. The attack is designed to define him before he can self-define. Secondary trigger: **supply-seeking** via poll citation.

**Narcissistic rage:** Absent in acute form. This post is strategic rather than enraged. The tone is dismissive and contemptuous rather than explosively hostile — closer to cold devaluation than hot rage.

**Narcissistic state:** **Grandiose** — expansive, self-assured, dominant. The vulnerability state visible in the "prosecutors" post from the same day is notably absent here; this post operates from an inflated position.

### Defense Mechanisms

**Projection (immature):** The Social Security attack accuses DeSantis of threatening ordinary voters — a structural inversion. Trump's own administration repeatedly proposed Medicaid cuts; the defense of entitlements here projects concern to obscure his record.

**Splitting (immature):** Classic black/white encoding: Trump = frontrunner/protector, DeSantis = RINO-adjacent/destroyer, Sununu = useless RINO. No gradation permitted.

**Rationalization (neurotic):** The attack is framed as concern for NH voters rather than competitive threat elimination — a post-hoc justification structure.

**Devaluation (immature):** "DeSanctus," the Sununu father comparison ("unlike his father"), and "No way they'd go for him!" all exemplify systematic devaluation of rivals to manage the anxiety of competition.

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## Rhetorical & Propaganda Analysis

**Key techniques:**

1. **Neologistic derogation:** "DeSanctus" — phonemically adjacent to "sanctimonious," functioning as a subliminal character attack while providing deniability.

2. **Fear appeal:** "devastate New Hampshire" — catastrophizing language designed to activate loss aversion in NH primary voters.

3. **Authority appeal:** Poll data cited as social proof of inevitability.

4. **Comparative diminishment:** Sununu-father contrast is a variation on the "legacy failure" attack — measuring Chris Sununu against a more compliant predecessor to imply disqualifying inadequacy.

5. **Ad hominem:** "RINO" label deployed as ideological disqualifier rather than substantive engagement.

6. **False precision via simplification:** The Social Security voting record is contextually complex (Ryan Budget framework votes, not standalone Social Security bills), distilled to a simple "he'll destroy your benefits" message.

7. **Audience capture:** Framing NH voters' existing fatigue with Sununu as given ("the Voters in New Hampshire are getting very tired of") — attributing a sentiment that may not be widespread as established fact.

**Dehumanizing language:** Absent.  
**Violent imagery:** Absent.  
**Stochastic terrorism indicators:** Absent.

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## Gaslighting & Reality Distortion

Mild gaslighting via **false precision:** The characterization of DeSantis's position as "cutting Social Security and Medicare" overstates what budget-framework votes represent. No direct denial of documented events. No DARVO in this post. The distortion is rhetorical rather than reality-demolishing.

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## Cognitive Status

**Complexity:** Moderate. The sentence structure ("the Voters in New Hampshire are getting very tired of and, unlike his father, does nothing to help") is unwieldy but coherent. No word-finding difficulty evident. "DeSanctus" is intentional coinage, not a paraphasia.

**Perseveration:** The Social Security attack is repeated from the prior day's posts — this is strategic repetition for message reinforcement, not pathological perseveration, though the two can be difficult to distinguish.

**Baseline deviation:** None / slight. Consistent with established Trump communication patterns.

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## Archetypal Analysis

**Primary:** **Warrior/King hybrid.** The poll citation asserts regal precedence (King: the rightful holder of authority); the attack posture is pure Warrior (enemies must be engaged and neutralized).

**Secondary:** **Trickster** (the "DeSanctus" coinage — breaking social norms of political civility to signal that rules don't apply to him).

**Shadow projection:** The accusation that DeSantis would harm ordinary Americans via elite policy carries a shadow element — Trump's own record on entitlement rhetoric vs. proposed budgetary cuts is projected outward onto a rival.

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## Order/Chaos Dynamics

**Positioning:** Order Restorer. Trump presents himself as the stable, legitimate frontrunner defending the existing arrangement (his dominance, voter entitlements, NH political norms) against a disruptive usurper (DeSantis).

**Asymmetric application:** Order is offered to NH primary voters ("I protect your Social Security"); chaos is threatened via DeSantis's alleged policy agenda.

**Grievance mapping:** Moderate intensity. Grievances are competitive rather than existential in this post — unlike the same-day "prosecutors" post, which frames existential persecution.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The most recent New Hampshire Poll has me substantially leading both Ron DeSanctus and RINO Governor Chris Sununu" | **Unverifiable** | No specific poll is cited. Early 2023 NH polls generally showed Trump leading, but 'substantially' and inclusion of Sununu depend on the specific poll referenced in the attached image. |
| "Ron's cutting of Social Security and Medicare would devastate New Hampshire" | **Mostly False** | DeSantis voted for Republican budget framework proposals (including Ryan Budget-aligned measures) during his 2013-2018 congressional tenure that contained entitlement reform provisions. These were framework votes, not standalone bills directly cutting Social Security or Medicare. 'Would devastate New Hampshire' is speculative and catastrophizing. The characterization significantly overstates and misrepresents the legislative record. |
| "Chris Sununu... unlike his father, does nothing to help the Republican Party" | **Mostly False** | Chris Sununu was a popular incumbent Republican governor of a swing state with approval ratings reaching ~68%, contributing to GOP infrastructure in NH. The claim 'does nothing' is demonstrably exaggerated. The comparison to John Sununu Sr. (Bush 41 Chief of Staff) is designed to diminish rather than reflect an accurate comparative assessment. |

Overall Veracity: 30%

## Danger Assessment

**Level: NONE** — This is a competitive political attack with no violent imagery, no dehumanizing language, no stochastic terrorism markers. The danger is rhetorical in the democratic sense (disinformation about voting records) rather than physical.

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## Summary

This post represents a coordinated preemptive campaign strike against Ron DeSantis, delivered from a grandiose narcissistic state following Trump's high-profile CPAC speech hours earlier. The psychological register is dominant and expansive rather than persecutory — notably distinct from same-day posts expressing existential victimhood around prosecutorial threats. 

The "DeSanctus" neologism confirms authentic Trump authorship; the strategic coherence of the Social Security attack — repeated across multiple posts — suggests the frame is being deliberately seeded for NH primary consumption. Key defenses include splitting (RINO/MAGA binary), projection (attributing voter harm to a rival whose entitlement record is more ambiguous than claimed), and devaluation (the Sununu father-comparison as legacy failure attack).

Cognitively, no markers of deterioration are present. The rhetorical distortion of DeSantis's voting record from "budget framework votes" to "cutting Social Security" is deliberate rather than confabulatory. The intensity is moderate — this is a calculated dominance display, not a rage response. Longitudinally, the post fits squarely within established patterns of primary-season rival neutralization dating to 2015-16.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 78%)

### Indicators

- 'DeSanctus' neologism — signature Trump derogatory coinage, not aide-generated
- Inconsistent capitalization ('Voters', 'RINO', 'Ron's')
- Run-on parenthetical structure mirroring Trump's oral cadence
- No formal event announcement structure; purely reactive attack post
- 8 PM EST timing — personal evening, plausibly self-posted post-CPAC speech

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Comparison (Ron DeSantis (rising primary rival, not yet formally announced))

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 72%
- Antisocial: 45%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 50%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 48%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Poll citation as social proof of inevitability to discourage defection
- Positioning as protector of voter entitlements to activate loss aversion
- Attributing fatigue with Sununu to NH voters as established consensus
- Contrasting rival with parental legacy to invoke generational shame

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> The most recent New Hampshire Poll has me substantially leading both Ron DeSanctus and RINO Governor Chris Sununu

**UNVERIFIABLE**

No specific poll is cited. Early 2023 NH polls generally showed Trump leading, but 'substantially' and inclusion of Sununu depend on the specific poll referenced in the attached image.

> Ron's cutting of Social Security and Medicare would devastate New Hampshire

**MOSTLY FALSE**

DeSantis voted for Republican budget framework proposals (including Ryan Budget-aligned measures) during his 2013-2018 congressional tenure that contained entitlement reform provisions. These were framework votes, not standalone bills directly cutting Social Security or Medicare. 'Would devastate New Hampshire' is speculative and catastrophizing. The characterization significantly overstates and misrepresents the legislative record.

> Chris Sununu... unlike his father, does nothing to help the Republican Party

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Chris Sununu was a popular incumbent Republican governor of a swing state with approval ratings reaching ~68%, contributing to GOP infrastructure in NH. The claim 'does nothing' is demonstrably exaggerated. The comparison to John Sununu Sr. (Bush 41 Chief of Staff) is designed to diminish rather than reflect an accurate comparative assessment.

Overall Veracity: 30%

## Tags

- preemptive_attack (90%)
- grandiose_state (85%)
- rival_devaluation (88%)
- derogatory_nickname (95%)
- social_security_frame (90%)
- RINO_labeling (85%)
- instrumental_populism (75%)
- authentic_authorship (78%)
- NH_primary_targeting (80%)
- post_CPAC_speech (70%)

## That day

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

**CPAC Afterglow Meets J6 Fury: Trump Weaponizes Carlson Footage in Peak Grievance-Triumph Cycle**

Trump spent the day riding the high of his CPAC triumph while seizing on Tucker Carlson's selective January 6th footage as total vindication. The loudest posts demanded the release of January 6th defendants and accused congressional investigators of treason, with the morning bringing the most intense burst of anger. He also kept hammering Ron DeSantis, dismissing Florida's success as just "sunshine and ocean" while warning he'd gut Social Security. The afternoon cooled into routine territory -- sharing favorable polls, endorsing allies' books, and celebrating Joe Rogan's stated preference for him over Biden.

Full digest for 2023-03-07: https://trump.fm/date/2023-03-07/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, March 7). The most recent New Hampshire Poll has me... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109979295357233644
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The most recent New Hampshire Poll has me substantially..." Truth Social, 7 Mar. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109979295357233644. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The most recent New Hampshire Poll has me substantially...," Truth Social, March 7, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109979295357233644.

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