# Post ts_110073655682744513 - Post ID: `ts_110073655682744513` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-03-23T16:58:13.399Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110073655682744513 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110073655682744513/analysis ## Post text > https://dcenquirer.com/former-stormy-daniels-attorney-michael-avenatti-says-trumps-team-will-destroy-michael-cohen-and-manhattan-d-a-case/ ## Engagement - Likes: 8,060 - Reposts: 2,263 - Replies: 187 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.416Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T02:59:32.397Z (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 drop sharing a DC Enquirer piece in which Avenatti — Trump's adversary by Stormy Daniels association — predicts Trump's team will "destroy" Cohen and the Manhattan DA case. Posted at 12:58 PM Eastern with no original text; aide-authored with high confidence. The post's psychological interest lies in its architecture: using an enemy's voice as validator insulates the claim from dismissal while reinforcing a grandiose Warrior narrative during acute legal stress. Within 72 hours of Trump's failed March 21 arrest prediction, this belongs to a coordinated same-day narrative rehabilitation effort. Defense mechanisms in the broader strategy include projection (Cohen as the archetypal liar) and brief splitting (Avenatti elevated when instrumentally useful). The link-only format provides structural plausible deniability — if the prediction fails, accountability attaches to Avenatti. Historically, the prediction proved false: Trump was indicted April 4, 2023, and convicted on all 34 counts May 2024. No danger indicators; no gaslighting in this specific post. ## Post Analysis: ts_110073655682744513 — 2023-03-23T16:58:13Z ### Overview This post consists entirely of a hyperlink to a DC Enquirer article. The URL slug itself is informationally complete: former Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti is quoted predicting that Trump's team will "destroy" Michael Cohen and the Manhattan DA case. No original text accompanies the link. The post is one of several same-day link-shares, all curating favorable commentary about the Alvin Bragg/Cohen hush-money investigation. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Verdict: Aide-authored (high confidence)** UTC 16:58:13 converts to approximately 12:58 PM Eastern (whether Trump was at Mar-a-Lago or Trump Tower, both observe EDT in late March). This is solidly within business hours. The post has no original text, no capitalization, no typos, no emotional ejaculations — hallmarks of aide curation activity. The pattern of clean link drops across multiple posts this day (Fox News opinion pieces, Gregg Jarrett op-eds, now DC Enquirer) reflects a coordinated media amplification strategy, not authentic reactive posting. Authentic Trump posts in this period typically accompany links with at least a brief evaluative phrase ("GREAT ARTICLE!", "The TRUTH!", etc.). The complete absence of any appended commentary is a strong aide indicator. --- ### Psychological State and Triggers **Trigger: Narcissistic injury — ongoing legal threat (indictment pressure)** Context is critical. Trump had publicly predicted his own arrest for Tuesday March 21; that prediction failed to materialize, creating a brief embarrassment he needed to manage narratively. Robert Costello had just testified to undermine Cohen. The post reflects a **narcissistic supply-gathering operation via proxy validation**: rather than speaking directly, the communication team is curating an external voice — notably Avenatti, a *adversary* figure — to carry the message that the prosecution case is vulnerable. This is psychologically significant: using an enemy's words to validate one's own strength is a high-status rhetorical move. "Even *my enemies* say I'll win." This suggests the team (or Trump directing the team) is aware that Avenatti's credibility on Stormy Daniels-adjacent matters gives the claim particular rhetorical leverage. It converts a hostile figure into inadvertent supply. **Narcissistic state: Grandiose** — the framing positions Trump as dominant actor whose team will "destroy" opposition witnesses. Not the wounded/victimized register of other posts this period. The aggressive verb "destroy" is chosen (or approved) deliberately. --- ### Defense Mechanisms **Rationalization (neurotic):** Amplifying external expert commentary to provide logical cover for what is fundamentally a self-interested narrative about evidence destruction. **Projection (immature):** Implicit in the broader strategy — the campaign to discredit Cohen frames him as the liar/fraudster, projecting onto the witness the character traits most associated with the subject himself (Cohen was Trump's own fixer; his credibility problems are direct extensions of Trump's own conduct). **Splitting (immature):** The Avenatti citation is also splitting-adjacent — Avenatti is briefly promoted to credible authority specifically because his words serve the narrative, while he remains otherwise a devalued figure. The object flips from bad to instrumentally useful in a single selection decision. --- ### Rhetorical Techniques **Enemy-as-validator:** The most salient technique. Avenatti represents the adversarial camp (Stormy Daniels' former attorney); having him predict Trump's legal victory inoculates against "of course Trump says he'll win" dismissals. This is a sophisticated ethos-borrowing maneuver. **Amplification via curation:** The post adds no claims Trump must own. If the prediction proves wrong, the accountability attaches to Avenatti, not Trump. Plausible deniability is structurally built into the link-only format. **Implicit confidence display:** Sharing a "will destroy" headline without commentary signals enough self-assurance that the headline speaks for itself — a dominance display through understatement. **Aggressive nominalization:** "Destroy" is not neutral litigation language. It maps legal proceedings onto a combat/elimination frame consistent with the Warrior archetype (see below). --- ### Personality Framework (McAdams & Pals) **Level 1 — Traits:** - Low agreeableness facets dominant (antagonism, combativeness) - High extraversion through proxy: assertiveness via borrowed voice - Low conscientiousness visible in absence of original argument or nuance **Level 2 — Motives:** - Agency/Power motive: dominant. The post is about control over legal outcome, dominance over prosecution witness. - Communion motive: absent. **Level 3 — Narrative Identity:** - Protagonist role: **Warrior/Savior** — his team will "destroy" the enemy, rescuing himself. - Narrative sequence: **Redemption arc** in progress — the failed arrest prediction (contamination: anticipated victory → embarrassment) is being actively reframed toward comeback. - Contrasting other: Michael Cohen (the betrayer/liar), Manhattan DA Bragg (the illegitimate authority). - Identity claims: Implicitly, "I am someone even my enemies believe will prevail." --- ### Archetypal Analysis **Warrior archetype** is primary — "destroy" as lexical marker. The battlefield is the courtroom; the enemy is Cohen and Bragg. The Warrior archetype serves Trump's base well during legal siege periods: it converts legal vulnerability into combat narrative. **Shadow projection:** Cohen — former self, former fixer, now cast as traitor and liar. Cohen represents what Trump must externalize about his own relationship with truth and legal compliance. The vehemence of the "destroy Cohen" framing is proportionate to how much Cohen *knows*. --- ### Order/Chaos Dynamics **Order attacker:** Bragg and his case represent the *corrupt* order (the establishment weaponizing law against a political opponent, per Trump's framing). Trump positions himself as the righteous chaos agent disrupting this corrupt order. **Grievance intensity:** High. The post is situated within a week of sustained existential legal threat. --- ### Cognitive Status No original language generated; cannot assess syntax, vocabulary, or coherence from this post alone. The absence of original text is itself worth noting in longitudinal context — it may reflect either aide authorship (most likely) or a period of communication restraint. --- ### Gaslighting / Reality Distortion Minimal in this specific post. The broader strategic arc (Cohen = liar, case = hoax, DA = weaponized) is a sustained gaslighting campaign, but this post contributes to it indirectly through curation rather than direct assertion. --- ### Danger Assessment **None** from this post in isolation. No eliminationist language, no direct target mobilization. The "destroy" language is applied to legal proceedings, not persons. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Trump's team will destroy Michael Cohen and the Manhattan DA case (Avenatti prediction)" | **Unverifiable** | This is a prospective opinion claim attributed to Avenatti, not a factual assertion. Historically, Trump was indicted April 4, 2023, and convicted on all 34 counts in May 2024 — Cohen testified and the prediction proved false — but at time of posting it was opinion. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 10%) ### Indicators - Posted at 12:58 PM Eastern — business hours - No original text, pure URL share - Clean formatting with no typos or capitalization patterns - Part of coordinated same-day multi-post curation campaign (Fox News, Gregg Jarrett, DC Enquirer) - Authentic Trump link posts typically append evaluative phrases; none here ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Manhattan DA indictment threat; failed March 21 arrest prediction) Sentiment: +0.45 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 60% - Antisocial: 30% - Paranoid: 40% - Sadism: 20% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) - projection (immature) - splitting (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Enemy-as-validator (Avenatti as reluctant authority) - Amplification via curation — accountability displaced onto source - Implicit confidence display through understatement (no commentary needed) ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._ > Trump's team will destroy Michael Cohen and the Manhattan DA case (Avenatti prediction) **UNVERIFIABLE** This is a prospective opinion claim attributed to Avenatti, not a factual assertion. Historically, Trump was indicted April 4, 2023, and convicted on all 34 counts in May 2024 — Cohen testified and the prediction proved false — but at time of posting it was opinion. Sources: Historical record: Trump indictment April 4, 2023; conviction May 30, 2024 Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - legal-threat (90%) - aide-authored (85%) - link-only (100%) - cohen-attack (80%) - narrative-rehabilitation (75%) - enemy-validator (80%) - stormy-daniels-case (90%) - grandiose-state (60%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Dehumanization and Mobilization Signals Escalate as Manhattan Indictment Looms** Trump spent the day in sustained agitation over the approaching Manhattan DA indictment, producing 35 posts — roughly double his normal output. The mood swung between furious all-caps attacks on prosecutors (calling DA Bragg an "animal" and opponents "human scum") and strategic political hits on Ron DeSantis, who had just publicly mocked him over the hush money case. A midday burst of seven article links in ten minutes betrayed frantic behind-the-scenes efforts to build a defense narrative. The most alarming moment came in the afternoon, when Trump combined dehumanizing language with the signal that his supporters "are not going to take it anymore" — echoing his pre-January 6th rhetoric. Throughout it all, he promoted his upcoming Waco rally, chosen as a symbolically loaded venue during the anniversary of the 1993 federal siege. Full digest for 2023-03-23: https://trump.fm/date/2023-03-23/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, March 23). https://dcenquirer.com/former-stormy-daniels-attor... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110073655682744513 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. 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