# Post ts_110087041209953922

- Post ID: `ts_110087041209953922`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-03-26T01:42:20.420Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110087041209953922
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110087041209953922/analysis
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## Post text

> The new weapon being used by the Democrats to cheat on Elections is criminally investigating a candidate, bad publicity and all, by the DOJ and their local henchmen at A.G. & D.A. OFFICES. They make lives miserable, destroy their families and friends, regardless of their innocence, which makes little difference to these Radical Left Maniacs. It is worse than ballot stuffing and media manipulation. We must stop them cold!

## Engagement

- Likes: 25,328
- Reposts: 7,118
- Replies: 1,233
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.416Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T03:47:59.792Z (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, written the evening of Trump's Waco rally, exemplifies the psychological architecture of his response to the Manhattan DA investigation. The central mechanism is reframing lawful criminal prosecution as electoral cheating — a distortion that simultaneously externalizes threat, denies personal culpability, and delegitimizes institutional authority. The vulnerable narcissistic state is managed through projection (prosecutors are the real cheaters) and denial (innocence is axiomatic). The claim that investigation is "worse than ballot stuffing" reveals the magnitude of perceived injury and the proportionality deficit characteristic of narcissistic rage. The closing imperative "We must stop them cold!" transforms personal legal jeopardy into collective grievance requiring collective action, a parasocial technique that binds audience identity to the subject's fate. The post is rated elevated danger due to systematic delegitimization of the justice system combined with calls to oppositional action, though it stops short of identifying specific targets or implying specific actions.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_110087041209953922

### Context
Posted 9:42 PM ET on March 25, 2023 — the evening of Trump's Waco rally, his first official 2024 campaign event. The Manhattan DA investigation (Alvin Bragg/Stormy Daniels hush money) was intensifying, with Robert Costello testifying to the grand jury that same week. This post directly frames criminal investigations as electoral cheating.

### Authorship
Evening post (9:42 PM ET), likely from Mar-a-Lago or traveling back from Waco. The rhetorical structure is somewhat polished but contains classic Trump markers: the combative framing, "Radical Left Maniacs," and the imperative closing "We must stop them cold!" The content is thematically consistent with Waco rally rhetoric. Likely authentic or lightly edited.

### Psychological Analysis
The post reframes lawful criminal investigation as a "weapon" and "cheating," a textbook externalization defense. The core dynamic is narcissistic injury from the Manhattan investigation, managed through projection (attributing cheating to prosecutors), denial (innocence is assumed), and persecution framing. The phrase "regardless of their innocence" reveals the grandiose assumption that investigation itself is illegitimate.

The shift from first-person grievance to third-person ("a candidate," "their families") is a thin universalizing veneer over obviously self-referential content — a mild distancing technique.

### Danger Assessment
"We must stop them cold!" combined with delegitimizing the justice system constitutes elevated-level rhetoric. It frames law enforcement as criminal actors, implicitly justifying extralegal resistance.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Democrats are using criminal investigations as a new weapon to cheat on elections" | **False** | The Manhattan DA investigation followed standard grand jury procedures. Criminal investigations of political figures have occurred across party lines throughout US history. |
| "Investigations proceed 'regardless of innocence'" | **Mostly False** | Grand jury proceedings require evidence meeting probable cause standards. The process includes due process protections. |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Evening timing (9:42 PM ET)
- Combative tone consistent with rally-day energy
- Classic Trump phrases ('Radical Left Maniacs')
- Slightly more structured than typical late-night posts

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Manhattan DA investigation / grand jury proceedings)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting DOJ, AGs, DAs, Democrats
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.75

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- denial (pathological)
- distortion (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 55%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Universalizing personal grievance as threat to all
- Call to collective action ('We must stop them')

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Delegitimizes prosecutorial function as 'cheating'
- Labels prosecutors as 'henchmen' and 'Maniacs'
- Call to collective action: 'We must stop them cold!'
- Frames investigation as worse than ballot stuffing — justifying extraordinary response

### Gaslighting

- Reframes criminal investigation as 'weapon' and 'cheating'
- Assumes innocence as given fact, making investigation inherently illegitimate
- Positions lawful process as persecution

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Democrats are using criminal investigations as a new weapon to cheat on elections

**FALSE**

The Manhattan DA investigation followed standard grand jury procedures. Criminal investigations of political figures have occurred across party lines throughout US history.

> Investigations proceed 'regardless of innocence'

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Grand jury proceedings require evidence meeting probable cause standards. The process includes due process protections.

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- legal-persecution-narrative (90%)
- delegitimize-institutions (80%)
- manhattan-da (90%)
- call-to-action (60%)

## That day

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

**Waco Rally Afterglow Curdles Into Legal Persecution Spiral as Indictment Looms**

Trump spent the day amplifying his Waco, Texas rally from the night before and railing against the Manhattan DA investigation he expected to produce an indictment. The mood swung between rally-fueled triumphalism and increasingly agitated grievance about what he called a rigged legal system. He attacked DeSantis, cast prosecutors as election cheaters, and ended the day's posting with an all-caps "ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!" outburst. The choice of Waco -- on the 30th anniversary of the federal siege -- combined with "destroy the deep state" rhetoric gave the day a notably darker edge than a typical post-rally victory lap.

Full digest for 2023-03-26: https://trump.fm/date/2023-03-26/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, March 26). The new weapon being used by the Democrats to... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110087041209953922
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The new weapon being used by the Democrats to cheat on..." Truth Social, 26 Mar. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110087041209953922. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The new weapon being used by the Democrats to cheat on...," Truth Social, March 26, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110087041209953922.

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