# Post ts_110175970414508728

- Post ID: `ts_110175970414508728`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-04-10T18:38:12.318Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110175970414508728/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110175970414508728.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> JUST OUT: I guess Ron DeSantis is not quite as popular in Florida as people thought. I assume, among other things, that they don't want their Social Security and MediCare cut!

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/175/970/396/564/284/original/4e4da373ce3d48cc.jpg

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.414Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T04:11:32.765Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

On the day of his historic arraignment on 34 felony counts, Trump pivots to a competitive attack on DeSantis, signaling grandiose rather than vulnerable narcissistic state. The post exemplifies Trump's characteristic refusal to assume defensive posture even during periods of existential threat. The "I guess/I assume" hedging structure delivers contemptuous attack while performing epistemic restraint — a sophisticated rhetorical device enabling deniability. The Social Security/Medicare invocation activates fear among elderly Florida voters without citing a specific DeSantis statement, exemplifying implied threat as propaganda technique. The unusual capitalization of "MediCare" and conversational register suggest authentic Trump voice despite business-hours timing. The post is psychologically significant for its context (arraignment day offensive posture) rather than any deviation from baseline — it is Trump operating precisely within his established behavioral repertoire. No cognitive markers, danger indicators, or gaslighting present. The primary malignant narcissism dimension activated is competitive devaluation of a rival, consistent with preemptive attack dynamics against a perceived status threat. The entitlement frame serves dual purpose: undermining DeSantis's credibility with seniors while positioning Trump as their protector — a role-claim with no policy basis offered in this post.

# Analysis: ts_110175970414508728 — April 10, 2023

## Contextual Framing

This post appears on a historically anomalous day: Trump's arraignment on 34 felony counts in Manhattan, making him the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges. Rather than dwelling on his own legal crisis (addressed in separate posts that day), this post pivots to attack his primary rival Ron DeSantis. That strategic pivot is itself psychologically revealing.

## Authorship Attribution

**Score: 0.62 (leaning authentic)** | **Confidence: Medium**

Trump was at Mar-a-Lago on this date (delivered post-arraignment speech there). Florida is EDT (UTC-4), placing this post at **2:38 PM local time** — squarely within business hours. This weakly signals possible aide involvement. However, the linguistic fingerprint is distinctly Trumpian: the non-standard capitalization of "MediCare" (standard rendering is "Medicare"), the colloquial hedging construction "I guess... I assume," and the vague parenthetical "among other things" all align with authenticated Trump voice patterns. Most probable interpretation: authentic Trump composition or heavy dictation with minimal editorial polish.

## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five)

The post activates several trait-consistent patterns:

- **Low Agreeableness** (dominant facet): Competitive attack on a political peer with no acknowledgment of DeSantis's genuine strengths; contempt thinly veiled under hedging
- **High Extraversion / Assertiveness**: Unprompted offensive posture; refuses to cede narrative ground
- **Low Conscientiousness (deliberation facet)**: The claim about Social Security/Medicare cuts is asserted without citation or evidence
- **Moderate Neuroticism (angry hostility, latent)**: The attack is controlled, but the underlying competitive arousal is visible in the "I guess... I assume" structure — mock-calm aggression

## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations (Goals & Motives)

**Dominant motive: Power/Status (agency)**

The post is not primarily about DeSantis's policy positions — it is about asserting Trump's dominance over his chief rival during a period of maximum vulnerability. On the day of his arraignment, Trump needed to signal to his base that he remained the dominant force in Republican politics. Attacking DeSantis from a position of apparent security ("I guess he's not that popular") performs this dominance.

**Schemas revealed:**
- *Self*: Superior, analytically sharp, protector of seniors
- *DeSantis*: Pretender, overrated, dangerous to ordinary Americans
- *World*: Zero-sum competitive arena where perception and polling define power

## Level 3: Narrative Identity

- **Protagonist role**: The shrewd analyst who correctly reads political reality; the protector of Social Security recipients
- **Contrasting other**: DeSantis — overhyped, out-of-touch, threatening to the elderly
- **Narrative sequence**: Mild contamination sequence applied to DeSantis (his promising rise → revealed vulnerability)
- **Identity claims**: Implicitly: *I am the one who will protect your entitlements; DeSantis will take them away*

## Level 4: Clinical Observations

### Narcissistic Dynamics

**State: Grandiose** — This is not wounded-victim narcissism. Trump is in expansive, contemptuous mode, deploying mock-surprise ("I guess") to signal he always knew DeSantis was overrated. The grandiose state is notable given that he was criminally arraigned hours or days earlier (same-day context); the maintenance of offensive posture despite existential legal threat is consistent with the narcissistic defense of refusing to register threat as threat.

**Trigger: Preemptive attack** — DeSantis represented a genuine polling threat to Trump's primary dominance. Trump characteristically neutralizes rivals before they can consolidate momentum rather than responding to actual injury.

**Narcissistic rage: Absent** — This is cold competitive contempt, not hot rage. Rage is visible in the same-day Bragg/Democrat posts; toward DeSantis, the register is smug.

### Defense Mechanisms

1. **Rationalization (neurotic)**: The Social Security/Medicare frame provides a policy-grounded "explanation" for DeSantis's declining numbers, elevating a competitive attack into what appears to be issue-based analysis.

2. **Splitting (immature)**: DeSantis is constructed as entirely negative — dishonest about his popularity, threatening to seniors — with no acknowledgment of any dimension of political competence.

3. **Projection (immature, possible)**: Trump's own record on entitlement reform is mixed; attributing a "cut" position exclusively and definitively to DeSantis may project ambivalence onto a rival.

### Cognitive Status

No markers of word-finding difficulty, perseveration, or temporal confusion present. The post is simple but structurally coherent. The "MediCare" capitalization is idiosyncratic but long-standing in Trump's writing and should not be coded as a cognitive error. **Baseline deviation: None.**

## Rhetorical & Propaganda Analysis

The post deploys a rhetorically compressed but effective toolkit:

- **"JUST OUT"**: Urgency signal implying breaking validated data, creating the impression of authoritative revelation
- **"I guess... I assume"**: Pseudo-humble hedging that delivers attack while maintaining deniability — a sophisticated device that allows Trump to appear measured while being aggressive
- **"among other things"**: Implies an unstated catalogue of DeSantis failures; functions as insinuation without the burden of evidence
- **Social Security/Medicare invocation**: The most potent element. Without citing a specific DeSantis statement, Trump deploys a fear appeal targeting retirement-age voters (Trump's and DeSantis's overlapping base), activating existential economic threat

No dehumanizing language. No violent imagery. No stochastic terrorism indicators.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Ron DeSantis is not quite as popular in Florida as people thought" | **Mostly True** | Multiple polls from early-mid 2023 showed DeSantis declining in national Republican primary matchups vs. Trump, with Trump surging post-arraignment. DeSantis's Florida favorability remained high but national trajectory was downward. |
| "Floridians don't want their Social Security and Medicare cut (implying DeSantis would cut them)" | **Half True** | DeSantis's congressional voting record included votes on balanced budget proposals touching entitlements, and he had made statements about the need for fiscal reform. However, Trump's characterization of this as wanting to 'cut' Social Security and Medicare is an overstatement. DeSantis never explicitly called for cutting these programs as governor or candidate. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Longitudinal Context

The same-day posting pattern is notable: Trump posted about the Gateway Pundit/Bragg indictment, Judge Merchan, the golf club/NARA issue, and DeSantis — all in one day. The DeSantis attack is the one outward-facing political offensive post in the set. The others are defensive (legal, optics). This confirms a pattern of maintaining at least one offensive political move in each posting cluster to project dominant posture even during defensive periods.

## Summary Assessment

Standard competitive attack post within expected Trump behavioral repertoire. Psychologically notable primarily for its timing (arraignment day) and the grandiose-rather-than-vulnerable narcissistic state it displays. The Social Security/Medicare invocation is effective demagoguery. No clinical deviation from baseline. Danger level: none.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 62%)

### Indicators

- Colloquial hedging ('I guess,' 'I assume') — characteristic Trump register
- Idiosyncratic capitalization of 'MediCare' (standard: 'Medicare') — consistent with Trump's non-standard orthography
- No typos but casual, non-polished syntax
- Posted 2:38 PM EDT (business hours) — mild aide-authorship signal
- Stream-of-consciousness parenthetical ('among other things') typical of authentic Trump voice

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Comparison (Ron DeSantis — primary rival showing polling strength in Trump's home state)

Sentiment: -0.45

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 65%
- Antisocial: 35%
- Paranoid: 25%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 25%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Inviting followers to share in his schadenfreude over DeSantis's numbers ('I guess... people thought')
- Presenting himself as the rational interpreter of polling data — positioning audience as fellow insiders

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Ron DeSantis is not quite as popular in Florida as people thought

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Multiple polls from early-mid 2023 showed DeSantis declining in national Republican primary matchups vs. Trump, with Trump surging post-arraignment. DeSantis's Florida favorability remained high but national trajectory was downward.

Sources: General polling aggregates, 2023 Republican primary polling

> Floridians don't want their Social Security and Medicare cut (implying DeSantis would cut them)

**HALF TRUE**

DeSantis's congressional voting record included votes on balanced budget proposals touching entitlements, and he had made statements about the need for fiscal reform. However, Trump's characterization of this as wanting to 'cut' Social Security and Medicare is an overstatement. DeSantis never explicitly called for cutting these programs as governor or candidate.

Sources: DeSantis congressional voting record; 2023 campaign statements

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- primary-rivalry (90%)
- DeSantis-attack (90%)
- entitlement-fear-appeal (80%)
- grandiose-state (70%)
- arraignment-day (80%)
- preemptive-attack (75%)
- Florida-politics (60%)
- supply-seeking (40%)

## That day

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

**Six Days Post-Arraignment: Sustained Narcissistic Injury Processing Through All-Caps Rage, Target Rotation, and Judicial Delegitimization**

A week after his historic arraignment on 34 felony counts, Trump spent the day cycling between furious attacks on prosecutors, investigators, and former allies — and calmer stretches of political positioning against DeSantis and collecting endorsements. The morning brought the day's sharpest outbursts: a blistering takedown of former AG Bill Barr as "slovenly and pathetic," followed by a full all-caps eruption calling his investigations "Soviet Union playbook" election interference. A brief palate-cleanser about a gold-painted golf club from Shinzo Abe provided the only non-combative moment before the afternoon resumed with strategic link-shares targeting the judge and DA in his case. The overall pattern was one of restless displacement — legal jeopardy processed not through direct engagement but through relentless blame-shifting, rival-bashing, and apocalyptic warnings about World War III.

Full digest for 2023-04-10: https://trump.fm/date/2023-04-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, April 10). JUST OUT: I guess Ron DeSantis is not quite as... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110175970414508728
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "JUST OUT: I guess Ron DeSantis is not quite as popular in..." Truth Social, 10 Apr. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110175970414508728. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "JUST OUT: I guess Ron DeSantis is not quite as popular in...," Truth Social, April 10, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110175970414508728.

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