# Post ts_110431557530724860

- Post ID: `ts_110431557530724860`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-05-25T21:57:22.200Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110431557530724860
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110431557530724860/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110431557530724860.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Judge Jeanine Pirro has a brand new book out, CRIMES AGAINST AMERICA - The Left’s Takedown Of Our Republic. An unmatched indictment against the Crazy Left and Joe Biden! Our Borders are open, criminals are out on the streets, and corruption is rampant. If you want to save our Republic, I highly recommend you read this book. Get your copy today at https://JudgeJBook.com.

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/431/557/511/885/028/original/dacae214b33d2eab.jpg

## Engagement

- Likes: 23,293
- Reposts: 5,777
- Replies: 1,086
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.411Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T05:15:53.091Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Trump Truth Social Post — May 25, 2023 (Judge Jeanine Book Promotion)

## Overview

This post is a structured book promotion for Judge Jeanine Pirro's *Crimes Against America*, embedding standard political grievance messaging within a commercial call to action. It stands in notable psychological contrast to the surrounding posts on the same date, which feature unfiltered personal attacks on DeSantis and raw reaction to the Biden prosecutorial threat. This post reads as interlude—professionally produced, emotionally contained, and functionally transactional.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Assessment: Aide-written (high confidence)**

UTC timestamp 21:57:22 converts to **5:57 PM Eastern Time** (Trump was almost certainly in New York or at Mar-a-Lago on this date). Late-afternoon business hours strongly favor aide authorship. Corroborating indicators:

- Grammatically complete, polished sentences with no typos or capitalization irregularities (aside from one conventional title-emphasis: "CRIMES AGAINST AMERICA")
- Structured promotional format with explicit URL and commercial CTA ("Get your copy today at...")
- No stream-of-consciousness quality, no ALL-CAPS emotional outbursts, no incomplete thoughts
- The rhetorical arc is clean and purposive: endorsement → grievance summary → call to action
- Contrast with the same day's authentic-pattern posts ("Rob" DeSanctimonious, the Barr monologue) which show impulsive, discursive, emotionally reactive qualities typical of direct Trump authorship

This is consistent with the Scavino/staff pattern: polished, ally-supporting promotional content posted during working hours.

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## Contextual Frame

The post occurs one day after DeSantis's technically disastrous Twitter Spaces announcement. Trump's organic posts that day are dominated by coordinated DeSantis attacks. The Pirro promotion appears slotted into the feed as routine ally-maintenance content, possibly scheduled in advance. Its political messaging (open borders, criminals, Biden corruption) is boilerplate—it does not react to the specific news events of the day (Carroll suit, Jack Smith probe, DeSantis launch). This supports pre-scheduling or rapid aide drafting rather than Trump's own reactive posting mode.

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## Multi-Level Personality Analysis

### Level 1: Dispositional Traits

The aide-mediated nature limits direct trait inference. The chosen messaging—grievance amplification, hyperbolic framing, binary political narrative—reflects the brand persona consistently maintained across authentic and staff-authored posts: low agreeableness toward out-group, high assertiveness, low openness (rigid ideological framing). The post performs Trump's dispositional profile rather than expressing it organically.

### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

**Dominant motive: Agency/status maintenance**

The endorsement of Pirro (a long-standing Fox News ally and loyalist) serves multiple functions:
- Signals continued ability to confer credibility ("I highly recommend")
- Maintains coalition with media figures who amplify his messaging
- Positions Trump as tastemaker and validator—a kingmaker dynamic consistent with his broader identity economy

There is minimal communion motive evident; this is transactional alliance maintenance rather than genuine affiliation expression.

### Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role: Validator/moral arbiter**

Trump casts himself as the authoritative recommender—the figure whose endorsement confers value. This echoes the endorsement-as-currency dynamic seen consistently in his political and commercial behavior.

**Identity claims:**
- Defender of "our Republic" (invoking civic ownership)
- Cultural authority figure capable of authenticating important truths

**Contrasting other:** "The Crazy Left" and "Joe Biden"—standard binary framing positioning all virtue on one side and all corruption on the other.

**Narrative sequence:** Neutral/contamination-adjacent. The implied meta-narrative is that America was better before the current regime degraded it—a contamination arc (good → bad) that requires a corrective actor (implicitly: Trump's return).

### Level 4: Clinical Indicators

No clinically significant markers are present in this specific post. The aide-authored, promotional character means it does not provide direct access to Trump's psychological state. The surrounding authentic posts (DeSantis attacks, Barr monologue) are more clinically informative.

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## Rhetorical Analysis

**Devices employed:**
- **Hyperbole/superlative:** "An unmatched indictment" — elevates the book's significance beyond any rival critique
- **Accumulation/catalogue:** "Borders are open, criminals are out on the streets, corruption is rampant" — three-beat grievance rhythm designed for emotional rather than argumentual effect
- **Appeal to fear:** The catalogue targets safety, order, and institutional integrity—core anxiety triggers
- **Appeal to civic identity:** "Save our Republic" — elevates a book purchase to patriotic act
- **Social proof/authority endorsement:** Trump's own endorsement as credibility transfer

**Propaganda techniques:**
- Fear appeal (crime, open borders, corruption)
- False dichotomy (left vs. republic, implicitly)
- Glittering generalities ("save our Republic")

**Violent/dehumanizing language:** Absent in this post.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Our Borders are open" | **Mostly False** | The southern border under Biden saw historically high encounter numbers and some policy relaxations, but was not literally open — Border Patrol remained operational, deportations continued. The claim is a politically charged exaggeration of genuine policy differences. |
| "criminals are out on the streets" | **Unverifiable** | Vague, non-falsifiable assertion referencing general public safety anxieties without specific factual content. National crime statistics during this period showed mixed trends. |
| "corruption is rampant" | **Unverifiable** | Political opinion framed as factual assertion. No specific corruption instances cited; not falsifiable as stated. |

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Defense Mechanisms

Minimal expression in this specific text, consistent with aide authorship. The framing does reflect **splitting** (Pirro/right = truth/virtue; left/Biden = crime/corruption) at the structural level—a consistent feature of Trump's political communication regardless of authorship.

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## Gaslighting / Reality Distortion

The "open borders" claim represents a mild reality distortion—transforming a policy disagreement into a binary factual claim. This is characteristic of the broader communication pattern but not clinically acute in this instance.

**Epistemic closure markers:** The framing presupposes the reader shares the grievance framework; no hedging or qualification is offered. This functions as a low-level loyalty test—accepting the premises as self-evident.

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## Danger Assessment

**Level: None**

The post contains no dehumanizing language, no mobilization language, no identified targets for potential harm, and no stochastic terrorism indicators. It is standard political-commercial promotional content.

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## Summary

Not clinically significant. This aide-authored promotional post is routine ally-maintenance content, timed during business hours and structurally distinct from Trump's authentic same-day outputs. It deploys standard grievance-catalogue rhetoric and a civic-salvation frame to embed a commercial book promotion within the political identity brand. The surrounding authentic posts (sustained DeSantis attacks, the Barr monologue reacting to prosecution threats) are the psychologically revealing material from this date.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 12%)

### Indicators

- Post at 5:57 PM Eastern Time — business hours, consistent with aide scheduling
- Grammatically polished, no typos or ALL-CAPS emotional outbursts
- Structured promotional format with explicit commercial URL and CTA
- Clean rhetorical arc: endorsement → grievance summary → call to action
- Stark contrast with same-day authentic Trump posts showing impulsive, discursive, emotionally reactive qualities

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Ally Jeanine Pirro / routine coalition maintenance)

Sentiment: -0.28

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 25%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 15%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Civic salvation frame ('save our Republic') elevates book purchase to patriotic act, binding commercial and political identity
- Endorsement-as-currency dynamic maintains Trump's role as indispensable validator

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Our Borders are open

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The southern border under Biden saw historically high encounter numbers and some policy relaxations, but was not literally open — Border Patrol remained operational, deportations continued. The claim is a politically charged exaggeration of genuine policy differences.

Sources: General knowledge of Biden immigration policy, 2021-2023

> criminals are out on the streets

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Vague, non-falsifiable assertion referencing general public safety anxieties without specific factual content. National crime statistics during this period showed mixed trends.

> corruption is rampant

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Political opinion framed as factual assertion. No specific corruption instances cited; not falsifiable as stated.

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Tags

- aide-authored (90%)
- book-promotion (95%)
- ally-maintenance (85%)
- grievance-catalogue (75%)
- coalition-signaling (70%)
- fear-appeal (65%)
- open-borders-claim (60%)
- Jeanine-Pirro (80%)

## That day

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

**DeSantis Launch Triggers 8-Post Demolition Campaign; Legal Anxiety Briefly Surfaces**

Trump spent the day relentlessly attacking Ron DeSantis after the Florida governor's disastrous Twitter Spaces campaign launch the night before. Eight of ten posts targeted DeSantis with mockery, nickname-branding, and claims of total political dependence on Trump's endorsement. A brief but telling shift came in the late afternoon when Trump pivoted to attacking the DOJ and calling investigators "Biden thugs," revealing the legal pressure simmering beneath the day's otherwise triumphant posture. The day closed with a routine book promotion for a Fox News ally.

Full digest for 2023-05-25: https://trump.fm/date/2023-05-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, May 25). Judge Jeanine Pirro has a brand new book out,... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110431557530724860
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Judge Jeanine Pirro has a brand new book out, CRIMES..." Truth Social, 25 May. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110431557530724860. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Judge Jeanine Pirro has a brand new book out, CRIMES...," Truth Social, May 25, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110431557530724860.

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