# Post ts_110399103821093697

- Post ID: `ts_110399103821093697`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-05-20T04:23:57.973Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
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## Post text

> A Poll just came out where I am way up on Biden in the General Election. What that means is that the Radical Left Democrats will step up their Fake Investigations on me because they now see they can’t win at the Ballot Box. TRUMP Hating Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, whose family and friends are Big Time Haters also, will be working overtime on this treasonous quest. They are scoundrels and cheats. THIS IS ALL ABOUT ELECTION INTERFERENCE. I hope Republicans in Congress are watching!!!

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T04:47:46.656Z (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 manifests the full malignant narcissism tetrad in a compact, authentic late-night composition: grandiosity (polling dominance) immediately contaminated by paranoid persecution, antisocial contempt for legal institutions ("treasonous quest"), and paranoid extension of suspicion to Jack Smith's uninvolved family and social network — the most clinically notable element. The DARVO structure is complete: deny (fake investigations), attack (Smith is a hater), reverse victim and offender (election interference). The congressional mobilization appeal at the close functions as both institutional pressure and loyalty test. Danger is elevated: Smith is named, his conduct labeled treasonous, his personal network implicated, and a radicalized audience addressed — consistent with the stochastic terrorism pattern documented in prior posts. The contamination of favorable polling news by persecution anxiety suggests the investigative threat (Parlatore resignation May 17; National Archives documents preparation) has reached severity sufficient to overwhelm narcissistic supply regulation. Post is almost certainly authentic Trump, composed approximately 12:23 AM EDT, consistent with his documented late-night pattern. Cognitive baseline shows no deviation.

## Psychological Analysis: Truth Social Post, May 20, 2023 (12:23 AM EDT)

### Authorship
**High confidence: Authentic Trump.** The UTC 04:23:57 timestamp resolves to approximately 12:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time — squarely within Trump's documented late-night posting pattern. The stream-of-consciousness escalation, idiosyncratic capitalization, and raw extension of personal attack to Jack Smith's "family and friends" are inconsistent with aide composition. No aide would introduce the family/friends attack without direction; it is too legally and reputationally risky to fabricate.

### Contextual Trigger
The post arrives three days after attorney Tim Parlatore's resignation (May 17), citing Boris Epshteyn's interference — a signal of internal legal disarray — and concurrent with news that Jack Smith's classified documents probe was nearing completion and the National Archives was preparing to hand over records demonstrating Trump's knowledge of declassification procedures. The poll result is the stated catalyst, but the real driver is legal exposure threatening to become imminent.

### Narcissistic Dynamics
The post exhibits a **contamination sequence** (McAdams): the favorable poll — a source of narcissistic supply — is immediately overwhelmed by the persecution narrative. This is diagnostically significant: when threatening stimuli are sufficiently intense, they colonize even positive information. The subject cannot remain in grandiose mode long enough to enjoy the polling news.

The **narcissistic state is mixed**, oscillating within a single post:
- *Grandiose*: "I am way up on Biden" — the dominant, winning figure
- *Vulnerable*: "treasonous quest," "election interference," "scoundrels and cheats" — the persecuted martyr

This rapid oscillation within a compact text is consistent with the unstable narcissistic regulation described in Kernberg's malignant narcissism framework.

### Paranoid Extension to Smith's Network
The claim that Jack Smith's "family and friends are Big Time Haters" is the post's most clinically significant element. It reflects a **paranoid widening** of the perceived enemy field beyond the direct institutional threat. Rather than containing hostility to the legal actor, the subject implicates Smith's personal network — an untargeted, non-adversarial group — as co-conspirators in the "treasonous quest." This pattern of network suspicion (treating an adversary's social connections as collectively hostile) is a paranoid feature consistent with Kernberg's fourth element of malignant narcissism.

### Defense Mechanisms
The post stacks multiple defenses in service of a single psychological goal: converting legal accountability into political persecution.

1. **Denial** (pathological): "Fake Investigations" negates the institutional legitimacy of Special Counsel proceedings — a refusal to accept external legal reality.
2. **Distortion** (pathological): "Treasonous quest" reshapes the meaning of lawful federal investigation into its moral opposite.
3. **Projection** (immature): Smith is labeled a "hater" while the post itself is saturated with hostility toward Smith, his family, friends, and "Radical Left Democrats."
4. **Rationalization** (neurotic): The poll lead is constructed as a logical cause of investigative escalation, producing an unfalsifiable closed system where any evidence (winning or losing) confirms persecution.
5. **DARVO**: Deny (fake investigations), Attack (Smith is a hater, his network implicated), Reverse Victim and Offender (Trump is the target of "election interference," not the subject of a criminal probe).

### Rhetorical Structure
The post follows a recognizable template: *validating frame → threat escalation → enemy naming → moral condemnation → mobilization appeal*. The congressional appeal at the close — "I hope Republicans in Congress are watching!!!" — is not passive observation; the three exclamation points and imperative framing signal urgency. This functions as a pressure mechanism on legislative allies to intervene in the legal process, consistent with a pattern of using public communications to organize institutional protection.

### Danger Assessment
**Rating: Elevated.**

The specific combination of:
- Naming Jack Smith by first and last name
- Labeling his conduct "treasonous" (the most severe moral-legal charge in American political vocabulary)
- Extending blame to Smith's personal network (family and friends)
- Framing the investigation as illegitimate election interference

...creates a stochastic terrorism pattern: a named individual is identified, a grievance is articulated in maximally severe moral terms, and an audience of millions with a subset of radicalized members is addressed. The congressional mobilization appeal amplifies institutional pressure simultaneously. No explicit call to violence is present, which keeps the rating at **elevated** rather than **high**, but the cumulative rhetorical structure is concerning given the documented history of threats against Jack Smith and his family following similar Trump communications.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "A Poll just came out where I am way up on Biden in the General Election" | **Mostly True** | Multiple May 2023 polls showed Trump leading Biden in hypothetical 2024 matchups. CNN/SSRS (May 2023) showed tight race; some polls showed Trump +5 to +7. 'Way up' overstates some margins but directional claim is supported. |
| "Jack Smith's family and friends are Big Time Haters" | **False** | No credible evidence exists implicating Jack Smith's personal network. This is an unsubstantiated personal attack on uninvolved private individuals. No news reporting or public record supports this characterization. |
| "THIS IS ALL ABOUT ELECTION INTERFERENCE" | **Mostly False** | Special Counsel Jack Smith was appointed under established DOJ regulations following documented evidence of potential crimes (classified documents mishandling, January 6 events). The investigation predates 2024 election framing. Characterizing legally authorized accountability as 'election interference' inverts institutional function. |
| "Radical Left Democrats will step up Fake Investigations because they can't win at the Ballot Box" | **Mostly False** | Democrats won the 2020 presidential election, retained Senate majority in 2022, and won the Georgia runoffs. The causal claim — that investigations are a substitute for electoral competition — is unsupported. Special Counsel is a DOJ/executive branch function, not a congressional Democratic initiative. |

Overall Veracity: 30%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 92%)

### Indicators

- UTC 04:23:57 converts to approximately 12:23 AM EDT (UTC-4), placing this firmly in Trump's characteristic late-night posting window
- Stream-of-consciousness escalation pattern — poll → threat narrative → personal attack → all-caps declaration → congressional appeal
- Unpolished emotional reactivity: 'Big Time Haters,' three exclamation points, ad hominem extension to Jack Smith's family
- Idiosyncratic capitalization pattern ('Radical Left Democrats,' 'TRUMP Hating,' 'Big Time Haters') consistent with Trump's authenticated style
- No event scheduling, promotional content, or polished prose that would suggest aide authorship

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Jack Smith's intensifying classified documents investigation (Parlatore resignation May 17; National Archives records preparation))

**Rage:** Intensity 78% targeting Jack Smith, 'Radical Left Democrats'
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.82

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 87%
- Antisocial: 72%
- Paranoid: 81%
- Sadism: 45%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 31%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to Republican Congress ('I hope Republicans in Congress are watching!!!') — activating in-group loyalty obligation
- Poll result as shared validation ritual — audience positioned as witnesses to his vindication
- Collective 'they' construction ('They are scoundrels and cheats') — binding audience against a defined enemy

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

**Stochastic Terrorism Pattern Detected**

### Indicators

- Jack Smith named explicitly as 'TRUMP Hating Special Prosecutor' — individualizing the target for a radicalized audience
- Conduct labeled 'treasonous quest' — most severe moral-legal characterization available in American political vocabulary
- Paranoid extension to Smith's family and friends — implicating uninvolved private individuals as enemy network
- Mobilization appeal to Republicans in Congress with urgency markers (three exclamation points)
- Framing of legitimate legal investigation as 'election interference' — delegitimizing institutional accountability mechanism
- Documented pattern: prior Trump posts with similar naming-plus-grievance structure have preceded documented threats against named individuals (consistent with stochastic terrorism literature)

### Gaslighting

- 'Fake Investigations' — denial of formally empaneled Special Counsel proceedings with documented evidentiary basis
- 'ELECTION INTERFERENCE' — inversion repositioning subject as victim of democratic process rather than subject of criminal inquiry
- Epistemic closure construction: any investigation is by definition 'fake/political,' foreclosing legitimate evaluation by audience

## Fact Checks (4)

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

> A Poll just came out where I am way up on Biden in the General Election

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Multiple May 2023 polls showed Trump leading Biden in hypothetical 2024 matchups. CNN/SSRS (May 2023) showed tight race; some polls showed Trump +5 to +7. 'Way up' overstates some margins but directional claim is supported.

Sources: Multiple polling organizations, May 2023

> Jack Smith's family and friends are Big Time Haters

**FALSE**

No credible evidence exists implicating Jack Smith's personal network. This is an unsubstantiated personal attack on uninvolved private individuals. No news reporting or public record supports this characterization.

> THIS IS ALL ABOUT ELECTION INTERFERENCE

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Special Counsel Jack Smith was appointed under established DOJ regulations following documented evidence of potential crimes (classified documents mishandling, January 6 events). The investigation predates 2024 election framing. Characterizing legally authorized accountability as 'election interference' inverts institutional function.

Sources: DOJ Special Counsel regulations, 28 C.F.R. § 600

> Radical Left Democrats will step up Fake Investigations because they can't win at the Ballot Box

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Democrats won the 2020 presidential election, retained Senate majority in 2022, and won the Georgia runoffs. The causal claim — that investigations are a substitute for electoral competition — is unsupported. Special Counsel is a DOJ/executive branch function, not a congressional Democratic initiative.

Overall Veracity: 30%

## Tags

- Jack Smith targeting (88%)
- persecution narrative (91%)
- election interference framing (85%)
- paranoid network extension (82%)
- DARVO (87%)
- classified documents investigation (79%)
- congressional mobilization (74%)
- authentic late-night post (92%)
- contamination sequence (80%)
- malignant narcissism tetrad (83%)

## That day

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

**Durham Vindication Poisoned by Prosecution Anxiety as Trump Cycles Between Triumph and Siege**

Trump spent the day toggling between claiming vindication from the Durham Report and expressing intense anxiety about the Jack Smith documents investigation closing in. A late-night burst included alarming FBI-as-oppressor rhetoric and a lengthy attack on Jack Smith that extended suspicion to the prosecutor's family. A rapid-fire morning dump of links celebrated polling leads and Durham coverage, but was laced with calls for retribution and the prosecution of DA Alvin Bragg. The afternoon brought a pointed personal attack on former aide Alyssa Farah Griffin, complete with factual distortions and a threatening "more to follow" sign-off. What should have been a clean victory lap on Durham was repeatedly contaminated by persecution narratives tied to the approaching indictment.

Full digest for 2023-05-20: https://trump.fm/date/2023-05-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, May 20). A Poll just came out where I am way up on Biden... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110399103821093697
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "A Poll just came out where I am way up on Biden in the..." Truth Social, 20 May. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110399103821093697. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "A Poll just came out where I am way up on Biden in the...," Truth Social, May 20, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110399103821093697.

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