# Post ts_110074185077853303

- Post ID: `ts_110074185077853303`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-03-23T19:12:51.328Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> Isn’t it terrible that D.A. Bragg refuses to do the right thing and “call it a day?” He would rather indict an innocent man and create years of hatred, chaos, and turmoil, than give him his well deserved “freedom.” The whole Country sees what is going on, and they’re not going to take it anymore. They’ve had enough! There was no Error made, No Misdemeanor, No Crime and, above all, NO CASE. They spied on my campaign, Rigged the Election, falsely Impeached, cheated and lied. They are HUMAN SCUM!

## Engagement

- Likes: 19,505
- Reposts: 5,982
- Replies: 1,580
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.416Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T03:50:27.907Z (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 post represents an acute narcissistic crisis response to the imminent Manhattan DA indictment. It displays the full malignant narcissism tetrad: grandiosity (self as "innocent man"), antisocial features (contempt for legal process), paranoid ideation (spied, rigged, cheated), and ego-syntonic sadism ("HUMAN SCUM"). The dehumanizing language is clinically significant — reducing opponents to subhuman status is among the most extreme rhetorical moves and historically precedes violence justification. The mobilization signal ("they're not going to take it anymore. They've had enough!") echoes pre-January 6 rhetoric and constitutes a stochastic terrorism pattern: identified target + articulated grievance + implied collective action. Defense mechanisms cascade from denial through projection to paranoid externalization, suggesting overwhelmed ego functioning under acute stress. The DARVO pattern (Deny wrongdoing, Attack prosecutor, Reverse Victim/Offender) is textbook. The post oscillates between vulnerable narcissism (persecuted innocent) and grandiose rage (righteous avenger), characteristic of narcissistic decompensation. Longitudinally, this represents escalation from the prior post's more controlled "JUSTICE FOR ALL" close to full dehumanization, tracking increasing destabilization as indictment approaches.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_110074185077853303

### Context
Posted March 23, 2023 (~3:13 PM ET, Mar-a-Lago time) during the Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg grand jury investigation into hush money payments. Trump had predicted his own arrest two days prior; it did not occur. Robert Costello had just testified to the grand jury on Trump's behalf.

### Authorship
The post is a hybrid. The opening has a somewhat structured quality, but the escalating emotional arc, ALL CAPS, random capitalization ("Error," "Misdemeanor," "Crime"), stream-of-consciousness grievance listing, and the explosive closing ("They are HUMAN SCUM!") are unmistakably Trump's voice. The afternoon timing is within business hours but the emotional intensity and stylistic markers overwhelm any aide hypothesis.

### Psychological State
This is a textbook narcissistic injury response. The impending indictment represents a profound threat to self-concept. The post oscillates between grandiose ("innocent man," "well deserved freedom") and vulnerable/persecuted states, culminating in dehumanizing rage.

### Key Pattern: "HUMAN SCUM"
The phrase "HUMAN SCUM" is a dehumanization marker of clinical significance. It echoes language Trump has used before (notably about "Never Trumpers" in 2019). This represents ego-syntonic sadism and eliminationist rhetoric — the targets are not merely wrong but subhuman.

### Mobilization Signal
"The whole Country sees what is going on, and they're not going to take it anymore" is a thinly veiled call to action, echoing January 6 rhetoric patterns. Combined with the dehumanization, this constitutes a stochastic terrorism pattern: identified target (Bragg/prosecutors) + articulated grievance + implied collective action.

### Defense Mechanisms
The post deploys denial ("No Error, No Misdemeanor, No Crime, NO CASE"), projection ("create years of hatred, chaos"), and paranoid externalization ("spied," "Rigged," "cheated and lied") in rapid succession — a cascade of immature and pathological defenses under acute stress.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "There was no Error made, No Misdemeanor, No Crime and NO CASE" | **Mostly False** | Manhattan DA had sufficient evidence to convene a grand jury; Trump was ultimately indicted on 34 felony counts on March 30, 2023 |
| "They spied on my campaign" | **Mostly False** | FBI opened Crossfire Hurricane counterintelligence investigation based on legitimate intelligence; DOJ IG found no evidence of political bias in opening the investigation, though identified FISA application errors |
| "Rigged the Election" | **False** | No credible evidence of systematic election rigging in 2020; claim rejected by 60+ courts, Trump's own AG Barr, CISA, and multiple recounts/audits |

Overall Veracity: 13%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- Random capitalization (Error, Misdemeanor, Crime)
- ALL CAPS escalation
- Stream-of-consciousness grievance listing
- Explosive dehumanizing close
- Emotional intensity inconsistent with aide drafting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Manhattan DA Bragg impending indictment)

**Rage:** Intensity 90% targeting DA Bragg, prosecutors, and unnamed 'they'
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.85

Baseline Deviation: slight

**Moderately Hypomanic**
- Rapid posting cadence (multiple posts same day)
- Escalating emotional intensity
- Grandiose self-framing alongside persecutory ideation
- Pressured, racing quality to grievance accumulation

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 90%
- Antisocial: 70%
- Paranoid: 85%
- Sadism: 80%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- denial (pathological)
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- delusional projection (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 45%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Appeal to shared victimhood
- Implied call to action
- Us-vs-them solidarity framing

## Danger Assessment

**HIGH**

**Stochastic Terrorism Pattern Detected**

### Indicators

- Dehumanizing language: 'HUMAN SCUM'
- Mobilization signal: 'they're not going to take it anymore'
- Stochastic terrorism pattern: named target (Bragg) + grievance + implied collective action
- Echo of pre-January 6 rhetoric patterns
- Paranoid framing justifying extralegal response

### Gaslighting

- Framing criminal investigation as persecution of 'innocent man'
- Repeating debunked 'rigged election' claim as established fact
- DARVO pattern: denies wrongdoing, attacks prosecutor, reverses victim/offender

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> There was no Error made, No Misdemeanor, No Crime and NO CASE

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Manhattan DA had sufficient evidence to convene a grand jury; Trump was ultimately indicted on 34 felony counts on March 30, 2023

Sources: Manhattan DA indictment April 2023

> They spied on my campaign

**MOSTLY FALSE**

FBI opened Crossfire Hurricane counterintelligence investigation based on legitimate intelligence; DOJ IG found no evidence of political bias in opening the investigation, though identified FISA application errors

Sources: DOJ Inspector General Horowitz Report 2019

> Rigged the Election

**FALSE**

No credible evidence of systematic election rigging in 2020; claim rejected by 60+ courts, Trump's own AG Barr, CISA, and multiple recounts/audits

Sources: CISA statement Nov 2020; AG Barr statement Dec 2020

Overall Veracity: 13%

## Tags

- narcissistic_injury (95%)
- dehumanization (95%)
- stochastic_terrorism (80%)
- election_denial (70%)
- DARVO (85%)
- mobilization_signal (80%)

## 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). Isn’t it terrible that D.A. Bragg refuses to do... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110074185077853303
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Isn’t it terrible that D.A. Bragg refuses to do the right..." Truth Social, 23 Mar. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110074185077853303. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Isn’t it terrible that D.A. Bragg refuses to do the right...," Truth Social, March 23, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110074185077853303.

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