# Post ts_110512542222318676 - Post ID: `ts_110512542222318676` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-06-09T05:12:50.529Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110512542222318676 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110512542222318676/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110512542222318676.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > "It is very obvious that this was a political hit by Biden and Garland to take out Trump for the 2024 election." @mrddmia ## Media - image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/512/542/194/978/637/original/5e50bf3cd9372180.qt ## Engagement - Likes: 7,415 - Reposts: 2,062 - Replies: 174 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.409Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T05:34:10.434Z (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 night of June 9, 2023, Trump spent the early morning hours curating a wall of persecution testimony from allied voices in response to the unsealing of a 37-count federal indictment — the most severe narcissistic injury of his documented public life. This reshare of @mrddmia's "political hit" framing exemplifies a textbook DARVO response: denial of underlying conduct, attack on named persecutors (Biden, Garland), and reversal of victim and offender ("take out Trump"). Third-person self-reference encodes simultaneous grandiosity and victimhood, the hallmark oscillation under maximal narcissistic threat. The surrounding amplification chorus — Levin, Hawley, Hegseth, Bondi — creates a cumulative persecution ecosystem exceeding what any single post achieves. "Very obvious" functions as an epistemic closure device and loyalty test, demanding followers accept an unverifiable claim as self-evident. Danger is assessed as elevated: named federal officials are repeatedly identified as executing an unprecedented assault on the Republic, meeting target-identification and grievance-articulation conditions of stochastic terrorism dynamics, without an explicit call to action. The 1:12 AM posting time, reactive flurry pattern, and escalating crisis framing across the cluster are consistent with acute psychological distress rather than strategic communication. No novel cognitive markers are assessable from the reshare format. ## Post Analysis: June 9, 2023 — Federal Indictment Response (ts_110512542222318676) ### Context This post appears in the immediate hours following the unsealing of a 37-count federal indictment — the first federal criminal indictment of a former U.S. president. Trump reshares @mrddmia's characterization of the prosecution as a "political hit." The UTC timestamp of 05:12 converts to approximately 1:12 AM EDT (Trump was almost certainly at Bedminster, NJ — his New Jersey golf club — not Florida, consistent with his documented movements in this period). This falls squarely in the authentic late-night posting window. The surrounding posts form a coordinated amplification chorus: Levin (Biden must have "signed off"), Bondi ("BROKEN"), Hegseth ("INJUSTICE"), Hawley ("dangerous, dangerous waters… nobody should be in doubt"). The subject appears to have spent the small hours curating an escalating wall of persecution testimony from allied voices — a reactive pattern consistent with acute psychological distress. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Assessment: Probably authentic (medium-high confidence)** - 1:12 AM local time strongly favors authentic authorship over aide-written content - Reactive posting flurry across the preceding and concurrent posts is consistent with an individual in acute emotional crisis cycling through social media - Content is a reshare rather than original prose — a hybrid form: the *curation* and *timing* are authentic; original textual contribution is minimal - No polished event-announcement formatting; no professional structure - The brevity and the framing as a third-party validation (amplifying an ally's words rather than asserting directly) is characteristic of Trump under acute legal threat, where he prefers to let surrogates speak while adding implicit endorsement --- ### Psychological State: Acute Narcissistic Injury Response The federal indictment represents the most severe narcissistic injury of the subject's documented public life — criminal exposure on 37 felony counts, including 31 under the Espionage Act, creating existential threat to liberty, legacy, and the self-concept of invulnerability. The post exhibits a textbook **DARVO** response: - **Deny**: No acknowledgment of any underlying conduct; guilt is categorically absent from the frame - **Attack**: Biden and Garland are identified as malicious political actors ("political hit") - **Reverse Victim and Offender**: "Take out Trump" repositions the criminal defendant as political target, the prosecutors as aggressors **Narcissistic State: Vulnerable (with grandiose undertone)** The victim positioning dominates, but the **third-person self-reference** ("take out *Trump*") reveals the grandiose substrate. Speaking of oneself in the third person simultaneously signals historical self-importance — the name as a proper noun standing in for a political phenomenon — and victim posture. This is the characteristic oscillation between grandiose and vulnerable narcissistic states under severe threat: *I am so large a figure that I require elimination; yet I am so persecuted a figure that I elicit sympathy.* --- ### Defense Mechanisms 1. **Denial (pathological)**: Wholesale rejection of prosecutorial legitimacy; the legal process does not exist on its own terms — it is purely political 2. **Projection (immature)**: Attributing political motivation to the prosecution — the precise accusation most applicable to the subject's own documented behavior (subordinating institutions to personal/political interest). The prosecution's alleged sin is exactly the subject's characteristic mode of operation 3. **Splitting (immature)**: Absolute black-and-white framing — Biden/Garland as wholly corrupt political actors; Trump as wholly innocent victim; no complexity permitted --- ### Rhetorical Analysis - **Third-person self-reference**: Creates pseudo-historical gravitas ("they are trying to take out *Trump*" — the man, the movement, the noun) while maintaining victim positioning - **"Very obvious"**: A classic epistemic closure move — pre-empting counter-argument by asserting the matter is self-evident. If it is *obvious*, skepticism becomes willful blindness or bad faith - **Appeal to persecution**: Activates in-group loyalty through shared grievance narrative; the attack on Trump is framed as an attack on his supporters by extension - **False dichotomy**: Legal accountability vs. political persecution — no intermediate position is available within the frame - **Amplification chorus (surrounding posts)**: Hawley ("dangerous, dangerous waters"), Hegseth ("INJUSTICE — THIS SHOULD NOT STAND"), Bondi ("BROKEN") — the cumulative effect is far more inflammatory than any single post, creating a simulated consensus of outrage that validates and escalates the persecution frame --- ### Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role**: Martyr in an unprecedented political persecution — the singular target of a weaponized federal government - **Contamination sequence**: The 2024 election was proceeding (good) → Biden weaponized DOJ to eliminate chief opponent (contamination/betrayal) - **Contrasting other**: The Biden-Garland axis as corrupt political operators willing to destroy American democratic norms - **Identity claims**: Trump as so dangerous to the established order that extraordinary, unprecedented measures are required to stop him — a framing that paradoxically enhances rather than diminishes his self-narrative of singular importance - **Archetypal register**: Primarily **Victim/Martyr** overlaid on **Warrior** (the fight continues); the **King/Tyrant** dyad is inverted — he positions himself as the legitimate sovereign being deposed by a corrupt usurper --- ### Gaslighting & Reality Distortion The characterization of the Special Counsel's prosecution as a Biden-directed "political hit" constitutes a substantial reality distortion. Special Counsel Jack Smith was appointed under regulations specifically designed to insulate the investigation from White House direction; the evidence base (classified documents discovered at Mar-a-Lago during an August 2022 FBI search) predates the 2024 campaign cycle's acceleration. The phrase "very obvious" inverts evidentiary reality — demanding followers accept an assertion that contradicts the structural design of independent counsel investigations as though it were self-evident fact. This is a loyalty test: accepting the "obvious" framing as a condition of group membership. --- ### Danger Assessment: **Elevated** The coordinated amplification pattern raises concern beyond what the individual post suggests: - Named targets (Biden, Garland) are repeatedly identified as executing an unprecedented, unconstitutional attack on American democracy - Hawley's language — "dangerous, dangerous waters," "nobody should be in doubt," "we don't have a Republic anymore" — escalates urgency and implies that extraordinary response may be warranted - The cumulative framing (weaponized DOJ, political imprisonment, "never happened before," "injustice") meets two of the three classic stochastic terrorism conditions: **target identification** (Biden, Garland, "cronies") and **grievance articulation** (political persecution, destruction of the Republic) - No explicit call to action is present, preventing "high" classification — but the ecosystem of posts taken together constitutes a sustained incitement environment directed at named officials --- ### Cognitive Status Insufficient original content in this specific post to assess cognitive markers meaningfully. The post is a reshare with no original prose beyond the implicit endorsement. The surrounding posts show the characteristic impulsive late-night pattern (emotional reactivity, rapid amplification of allies, no deliberation evident) but no novel cognitive markers beyond established baseline. Complexity assessment is not applicable to a reshare format. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "This was a political hit by Biden and Garland to take out Trump for the 2024 election" | **Mostly False** | Special Counsel Jack Smith operated under 28 CFR § 600 providing substantial independence from White House and DOJ political direction. The investigation originated from a National Archives referral in early 2022, predating 2024 campaign acceleration. No credible evidence of Biden White House direction of the investigation has emerged. The documentary evidence base (marked classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, documented obstruction) stands independently of political motivation. | | "Biden had to sign off on this becoming a National Archives case (Levin post, adjacent)" | **False** | The National Archives operates independently of White House direction on document retrieval matters. The referral to DOJ was made by the Archivist under statutory authority. No evidence Biden signed off on or directed the referral. | | "The charges are politically rather than evidentially motivated (implicit)" | **Unverifiable** | Prosecutorial motivation is inherently difficult to verify. The 37-count indictment contained specific documentary evidence (photographs, witness testimony, recorded conversations) assembled over an extended investigation. The evidentiary basis is substantial regardless of whether political motivation also played a role. | Overall Veracity: 23% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 72%) ### Indicators - 1:12 AM EDT local time — squarely in authentic late-night posting window - Reactive flurry of reshares consistent with acute emotional crisis - Reshare format (minimal original text) — curation is authentic, prose contribution minimal - No professional formatting or event-announcement structure - Pattern of amplifying surrogates under legal pressure is established authentic behavior ## Psychological Profile ### State **Vulnerable State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (37-count federal indictment unsealed June 9, 2023 — first federal criminal indictment of a former U.S. president) **Rage:** Intensity 82% targeting Biden and Garland; the federal prosecution apparatus - Proportionality: 25% Sentiment: -0.88 **Mildly Hypomanic** - Late-night posting flurry (1 AM) across multiple reshares in rapid succession - Frenzied curation of allied voices suggesting elevated arousal and reduced inhibition - Reactive rather than deliberate posting pattern across the cluster - Amplified emotional urgency — each reshare escalates the crisis framing ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 88% - Antisocial: 55% - Paranoid: 80% - Sadism: 20% **Defense Mechanisms:** - denial (pathological) - projection (immature) - splitting (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 100% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Third-person self-reference creating pseudo-historical gravitas - Shared persecution framing — attack on Trump as attack on supporters - Amplification of allied voices to create simulated consensus of outrage - Epistemic closure via 'very obvious' — framing skepticism as bad faith ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** ### Indicators - Named officials (Biden, Garland) repeatedly identified as executing an unprecedented assault on American democracy across the posting cluster - Hawley amplification: 'dangerous, dangerous waters,' 'nobody should be in doubt,' 'we don't have a Republic anymore' — escalating urgency implying extraordinary response may be warranted - Crisis framing: 'has never happened before in American history' — creates perception of civilizational emergency - Target identification + grievance articulation present (two of three stochastic terrorism conditions) - Posting at 1 AM into a highly activated base audience following an unprecedented legal development — high-arousal conditions in the recipient ecosystem - Hegseth: 'THIS SHOULD NOT STAND' — implicit mobilization language ### Gaslighting - Framing an independent Special Counsel prosecution as a White House-directed 'political hit' without evidentiary basis - 'Very obvious' assertion — presenting an unverifiable conspiratorial claim as self-evident fact, constituting a loyalty test - DARVO: criminal defendant repositioned as victim; law enforcement repositioned as aggressors - Denial of prosecutorial independence — Special Counsel regulatory framework erased from the frame - Adjacent Levin post: 'Biden had to sign off' — false claim about DOJ chain of command presented as factual ## Fact Checks (3) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > This was a political hit by Biden and Garland to take out Trump for the 2024 election **MOSTLY FALSE** Special Counsel Jack Smith operated under 28 CFR § 600 providing substantial independence from White House and DOJ political direction. The investigation originated from a National Archives referral in early 2022, predating 2024 campaign acceleration. No credible evidence of Biden White House direction of the investigation has emerged. The documentary evidence base (marked classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, documented obstruction) stands independently of political motivation. Sources: 28 CFR § 600 Special Counsel regulations; National Archives referral timeline (early 2022); 37-count indictment evidence base (unsealed June 9, 2023) > Biden had to sign off on this becoming a National Archives case (Levin post, adjacent) **FALSE** The National Archives operates independently of White House direction on document retrieval matters. The referral to DOJ was made by the Archivist under statutory authority. No evidence Biden signed off on or directed the referral. Sources: Presidential Records Act; National Archives statutory authority > The charges are politically rather than evidentially motivated (implicit) **UNVERIFIABLE** Prosecutorial motivation is inherently difficult to verify. The 37-count indictment contained specific documentary evidence (photographs, witness testimony, recorded conversations) assembled over an extended investigation. The evidentiary basis is substantial regardless of whether political motivation also played a role. Sources: 37-count indictment, SDFL, June 2023 Overall Veracity: 23% ## Tags - federal_indictment_response (97%) - DARVO (92%) - narcissistic_injury (95%) - victim_positioning (88%) - persecution_narrative (90%) - epistemic_closure (85%) - third_person_self_reference (80%) - reality_distortion (82%) - amplification_chorus (78%) - stochastic_terrorism_conditions_partial (72%) - acute_stress_response (88%) - projection (83%) - splitting (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Federal Indictment Unleashes 43-Post Crisis Response: Surrogate Choir, Enemy Lists, and a Courthouse Rally Call** Trump spent the entire day responding to the unsealing of his 37-count federal indictment — the first ever against a former president. The evening before started with a wall of curated ally quotes from Fox hosts, pastors, and lawyers all calling the prosecution a political hit job. By afternoon, he shifted to his own voice, launching rapid-fire attacks naming the special counsel, the attorney general, and even the prosecutor's wife as personal enemies. The day ended with a defiant rally cry to supporters to meet him at the Miami courthouse, converting his arraignment into a campaign event. Full digest for 2023-06-09: https://trump.fm/date/2023-06-09/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, June 9). "It is very obvious that this was a political hit... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110512542222318676 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""It is very obvious that this was a political hit by Biden..." Truth Social, 9 Jun. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110512542222318676. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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