# Post ts_110338618451539063

- Post ID: `ts_110338618451539063`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-05-09T12:01:44.400Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
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## Post text

> Once people started learning about Ron DeSanctimonious, his Poll Numbers and popularity started to disintegrate at a level and speed rarely seen before in American Politics. Just an Average Governor (look at the stats!) with great P.R. Probably lost MAGA forever!

## Engagement

- Likes: 14,967
- Reposts: 3,466
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- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.412Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T04:42:20.174Z (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 textbook narcissistic devaluation of primary rival DeSantis delivered from a grandiose, dominant psychological position. Trump systematically strips DeSantis of legitimacy (success was mere PR), status (just an average governor), and tribal membership (lost MAGA forever), deploying the full devaluation toolkit he applies to former allies who have grown independent. The "DeSanctimonious" nickname — Trump's own creation — functions as a persistent branding operation associating DeSantis with smug inauthenticity. Most clinically notable is the possessive MAGA framing: the movement is presented not as a voter coalition Trump leads but as a personal asset he can grant or revoke. This conflation of self with movement is a defining feature of Trump's identity structure and constitutes an ongoing epistemic demand on followers — that loyalty to MAGA and loyalty to Trump are indistinguishable. Authorship is highly likely authentic based on stylistic fingerprints, nickname use, and 8:01 AM EDT timing. Cognitive markers are within baseline: coherent, intentional, and showing active wordplay creativity. No danger indicators. Fact claims are largely inflated or false but consistent with competitive political rhetoric rather than reality distortion pathology.

# Analysis: Trump vs. DeSantis — Dominance Display (May 9, 2023)

## Overview

This post is a targeted political devaluation of Ron DeSantis, Trump's primary rival for the 2024 Republican nomination. The post is compact, pointed, and laden with Trump's characteristic rhetorical signatures. It does not address any of the contemporaneous news events (King Charles coronation, debt ceiling, migrant crisis) occurring on the same date — the emotional priority is clearly inward-facing toward the Republican primary contest.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Assessment: Authentic Trump (high confidence)**

UTC timestamp 12:01:44 converts to **8:01 AM EDT** (Trump was almost certainly at Mar-a-Lago or possibly Trump Tower, given the New York hush money gag order hearing had occurred the prior day). Morning hours are well within Trump's authentic posting window — he is a known early riser who posts from approximately 6 AM onward.

Style markers strongly favor authenticity:
- The "DeSanctimonious" nickname is Trump's own coinage, used consistently since October 2022
- Parenthetical command ("look at the stats!") is a characteristic self-interruption pattern
- Capitalization of selective nouns ("Poll Numbers," "Average Governor") follows his idiosyncratic emphasis style
- Sentence fragments and incomplete logical scaffolding ("Probably lost MAGA forever!") reflect stream-of-consciousness composition
- No polished formatting, no event announcement structure, no aide-style prose

This reads as composed in real time, likely while consuming morning cable news coverage of DeSantis polling data.

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## Psychological State and Trigger

**Trigger type: Preemptive attack / narcissistic supply maintenance**

DeSantis represented the most credible threat to Trump's status as the dominant Republican figure entering the 2024 primary. By May 2023, DeSantis had formally entered or was actively preparing a presidential campaign. The post arrives unprovoked by any specific DeSantis statement — this is **proactive threat neutralization**, not reactive defense.

The framing is revealing: Trump does not attack DeSantis's policies or record in any substantive way. Instead he attacks his *status* ("Just an Average Governor") and denies his *authenticity* ("great P.R."). This is the narcissist's preferred attack vector — not "you are wrong" but "you are nothing."

**Narcissistic state: Grandiose**

Trump is in the elevated, dominant mode here — not the vulnerable/persecuted register visible in posts about the criminal cases (e.g., the same-day ALL CAPS posts about "ELECTION INTERFERENCE"). The DeSantis attack is delivered from a position of claimed superiority, with implied ownership of MAGA as a proprietary asset ("Probably lost MAGA forever!"). This phrasing asserts that Trump *is* MAGA — the movement is not a voter coalition but an extension of his personal identity that others can access or forfeit based on his judgment.

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## Multi-Level Personality Analysis

### Level 1: Dispositional Traits
- **Extraversion (high)**: Assertive, dominant, attention-commanding
- **Agreeableness (very low)**: Contemptuous dismissal of rival; zero warmth
- **Conscientiousness (low-moderate)**: No evidentiary support for statistical claims; relies on assertion
- **Neuroticism (elevated)**: Hostile hostility facet active; the post has an irritable, dismissive energy
- **Openness (low)**: Rigid zero-sum framing; no acknowledgment of DeSantis's genuine electoral record

### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations
**Agency motives dominate completely.** This post is pure power/status assertion:
- Ownership of the MAGA brand ("lost MAGA forever")
- Hierarchical ranking ("Just an Average Governor" vs. implied Trump)
- Preemptive status degradation before DeSantis can mount a formal challenge

**Communion motives: absent.** No in-group bonding, no warmth toward the MAGA audience. The audience functions as a passive witness to the dominance display rather than as a community being addressed.

**Schema revealed:** World as hierarchy; every political figure ranked; DeSantis was temporarily elevated above his natural station through "great P.R." and must be corrected back to average. Trump as the natural apex.

### Level 3: Narrative Identity
- **Protagonist role**: Gatekeeper/King — he decides who belongs in MAGA, who has been elevated above their station, and who has "lost" access
- **Contrasting other**: DeSantis, explicitly cast as artificial (PR-constructed) vs. Trump's implied authenticity
- **Identity claims**: Trump = MAGA itself; DeSantis = impostor/pretender
- **Narrative sequence**: Contamination — DeSantis briefly rose (good) but is now collapsing (bad), revealed as hollow
- **Archetypal resonance**: King defending his court from a pretender to the throne; Trickster deflating pomposity

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## Defense Mechanisms

1. **Devaluation (immature)**: "Just an Average Governor" — strips DeSantis of any exceptional quality, reduces him to ordinary. This is a textbook narcissistic devaluation following a period of idealization (Trump had previously praised DeSantis effusively when he was a Trump loyalist).

2. **Rationalization (neurotic)**: Attributing DeSantis's prior popularity entirely to "great P.R." rather than genuine political skill — this preserves Trump's superiority by denying DeSantis earned his status.

3. **Splitting (immature)**: Binary structure — DeSantis either has MAGA (in-group) or has lost it forever (out-group). No middle ground permitted.

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## Rhetorical Techniques

- **Ad hominem via nickname**: "DeSanctimonious" — targets character, not policy. The nickname merges sanctimony (religious/moral posturing) with his surname, a subtle branding operation
- **Pseudo-empirical authority**: "look at the stats!" without citing any stats; parenthetical command gestures toward evidence without providing it
- **Hyperbole**: "rarely seen before in American Politics" — establishes the decline as historic/dramatic
- **Proprietary claim**: "lost MAGA forever" — frames MAGA as Trump's to grant or revoke
- **Dismissive parenthetical**: "(look at the stats!)" functions as both a dare and a deflection
- **Temporal causality claim**: "Once people started learning about..." implies DeSantis's decline is driven by revelation of his true nature (PR-manufactured) rather than tactical or structural factors

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Poll Numbers and popularity started to disintegrate at a level and speed rarely seen before in American Politics" | **Half True** | DeSantis did experience real polling declines from his late-2022 peak through spring 2023, but 'rarely seen before in American Politics' is hyperbole — primary frontrunner collapses are historically common. |
| "Just an Average Governor (look at the stats!)" | **Mostly False** | DeSantis won Florida reelection in November 2022 by approximately 19 percentage points — a historically large margin in a competitive swing state. By most objective electoral metrics this is above-average gubernatorial performance. |
| "Probably lost MAGA forever!" | **Unverifiable** | Predictive opinion at time of posting. DeSantis did ultimately withdraw from the 2024 primary in January 2024 and endorse Trump, lending post-hoc surface credibility, but MAGA as a permanent category is unfalsifiable. |

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Cognitive Status

No significant markers of cognitive disruption. The post is coherent, intentional, and purposeful. Sentence structure is characteristically simple but logically connected. The "DeSanctimonious" nickname construction demonstrates active creative wordplay. No word-finding issues, no temporal confusion, no perseveration beyond Trump's established baseline patterns. Complexity is consistent with prior Trump output.

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## Danger Assessment

**Level: None**

No violent imagery, dehumanizing language, eliminationist rhetoric, or stochastic terrorism patterns. This is competitive political rivalry discourse — aggressive, contemptuous, and dominance-oriented, but within the norms of political attack communication.

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## Summary

A textbook narcissistic devaluation of a primary rival delivered from a grandiose, dominant psychological position. Trump's post systematically strips DeSantis of legitimacy (his success was mere PR), status (average governor), and group membership (lost MAGA forever), deploying the full devaluation toolkit he consistently applies to former allies who have grown independent. The "DeSanctimonious" nickname — Trump's own creation — functions as a persistent branding operation designed to associate DeSantis with smug inauthenticity. Most clinically notable is the possessive framing of MAGA: the movement is presented not as a voter coalition Trump leads but as a personal asset he can grant or revoke. This conflation of self with movement is a defining feature of Trump's identity structure and represents a significant epistemic demand on followers — to accept that loyalty to MAGA and loyalty to Trump are indistinguishable.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 87%)

### Indicators

- DeSanctimonious nickname is Trump's own coinage used since Oct 2022
- Parenthetical command style ('look at the stats!') matches Trump's self-interruption pattern
- Selective capitalization of nouns (Poll Numbers, Average Governor) follows his idiosyncratic emphasis pattern
- 8:01 AM EDT falls within his well-documented early morning posting window
- Stream-of-consciousness fragment ending ('Probably lost MAGA forever!') inconsistent with aide polish

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Comparison (Ron DeSantis as primary rival)

Sentiment: -0.62

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 82%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 25%
- Sadism: 35%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 32%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- MAGA ownership claim positions followers as passive subjects of Trump's approval
- Dismissal of DeSantis invites audience to participate in contempt
- Parenthetical command ('look at the stats!') creates false sense of shared investigation

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Poll Numbers and popularity started to disintegrate at a level and speed rarely seen before in American Politics

**HALF TRUE**

DeSantis did experience real polling declines from his late-2022 peak through spring 2023, but 'rarely seen before in American Politics' is hyperbole — primary frontrunner collapses are historically common.

Sources: general polling knowledge, 2022-2023 Republican primary polling data

> Just an Average Governor (look at the stats!)

**MOSTLY FALSE**

DeSantis won Florida reelection in November 2022 by approximately 19 percentage points — a historically large margin in a competitive swing state. By most objective electoral metrics this is above-average gubernatorial performance.

Sources: 2022 Florida gubernatorial election results

> Probably lost MAGA forever!

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Predictive opinion at time of posting. DeSantis did ultimately withdraw from the 2024 primary in January 2024 and endorse Trump, lending post-hoc surface credibility, but MAGA as a permanent category is unfalsifiable.

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Tags

- rival_attack (95%)
- devaluation (90%)
- maga_ownership_claim (88%)
- desantis (95%)
- nickname_branding (85%)
- grandiose_state (80%)
- primary_competition (90%)
- authentic_trump (87%)

## That day

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

**Carroll Verdict Triggers Day-Long Rage Arc from Swagger to Fury**

Trump spent May 9 bracing for and then reacting to the E. Jean Carroll jury verdict, which found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation and awarded $5 million in damages. The morning mixed routine political attacks on DeSantis and a CNN town hall plug with anxious legal commentary, but once the verdict dropped in the afternoon, all other topics vanished. He erupted in a sustained all-caps rage cascade — denying he knew Carroll, calling it a witch hunt, and attacking the judge and jury pool. Throughout the day he swung between confident bravado and wounded fury, with the legal loss clearly cutting through the bluster.

Full digest for 2023-05-09: https://trump.fm/date/2023-05-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, May 9). Once people started learning about Ron... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110338618451539063
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Once people started learning about Ron DeSanctimonious, his..." Truth Social, 9 May. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110338618451539063. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Once people started learning about Ron DeSanctimonious, his...," Truth Social, May 9, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110338618451539063.

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