# Post ts_110566436665557775 - Post ID: `ts_110566436665557775` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-06-18T17:38:54.517Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110566436665557775 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110566436665557775/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110566436665557775.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/RevolverNews/statuses/110549335963185372 That’s because they like RINOS better than MAGA! ## Engagement - Likes: 14,703 - Reposts: 3,411 - Replies: 569 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.408Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T05:52:53.500Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Post Analysis: ts_110566436665557775 — June 18, 2023 ### Overview This post is a retruth (RT) of a Revolver News item, appended with a brief editorial comment: *"That's because they like RINOS better than MAGA!"* The malformed URL (text runs directly into the URL string) is likely a Truth Social platform artifact of the RT format rather than a composition error. The post lands the day of Trump's federal arraignment in Miami — a period of acute narcissistic injury and reactive posting. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Local time:** Trump was at Bedminster, NJ at this juncture (the defiant Bedminster speech was delivered after the arraignment). UTC 17:38 → EDT (UTC−4) → **1:38 PM local time** — squarely within business hours, a mild indicator of aide involvement. However, the vocabulary ("RINOS," "MAGA," the scornful "that's because") is idiomatic Trump. The post is structurally simple, emotionally reactive, and aligns with the same intra-GOP grievance thread he amplified the prior day (Fox/DeSantis/RINO themes). Revolver News is a favored repost vehicle; this appears to be a quick editorial stamp on a like-minded outlet's content. The business-hours timing lowers the authentic-Trump probability somewhat, but the terse dismissiveness and factional vocabulary push it back up. **Assessment: moderate-high probability authentic, possibly with staff facilitation of the RT mechanics.** --- ### Psychological State & Triggers **Trigger type:** Narcissistic injury (federal arraignment, first former president to face federal charges) combined with intra-party grievance maintenance. The arraignment represents a simultaneous multi-front injury: legal exposure, media coverage he cannot fully control, and the persistent threat from DeSantis-aligned establishment actors (the "RINO" cohort). The post channels that injury laterally into factional aggression — a displacement pattern consistent with prior-day posts attacking Fox News and "No Personality Ron DeSanctimonious." **Narcissistic state:** Grandiose-aggressive. The post asserts MAGA's superiority and casts the opposing faction (RINOs) as corrupt or disloyal. There is no vulnerability register here — no persecution language, no victimhood framing. This is dominance assertion, even if brief. **Defense mechanisms:** - **Splitting (immature):** The binary RINOs/MAGA categorization is textbook splitting — one faction is all-good (MAGA), the other all-bad (RINOs who "like" the wrong people). This is the dominant defense in this post. - **Displacement (neurotic):** Rage arising from the arraignment is redirected toward the safer intra-GOP target (RINOs, the establishment) rather than the federal legal apparatus directly. Today he posted "ELECTION INTERFERENCE!" as a direct shot; this RT channels the same energy through a proxy outlet. - **Projection (immature):** Implicit — "they like RINOs better than MAGA" attributes disloyal preference to unnamed others, externalizing the fracture in the GOP coalition rather than examining Trump's own role in it. --- ### Level 1 — Dispositional Traits The post is too brief for comprehensive trait profiling, but salient facets are: - **Extraversion (assertiveness):** High — short declarative dismissal signals confidence, no hedging. - **Agreeableness (trust, modesty):** Very low — contemptuous toward the RINO category. - **Neuroticism (angry hostility):** Moderate — affect is controlled enough that it manifests as dismissal rather than rage. - **Openness (values rigidity):** Low — rigid factional essentialism, no nuance. --- ### Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations **Dominant motive:** Power/status maintenance within the MAGA coalition. The post functions as a loyalty signal and factional reinforcement rather than a direct attack on opponents. By retruthing Revolver News (a reliably pro-MAGA outlet), he signals alignment with the grassroots-aligned media apparatus over the establishment (Fox, RINO adjacents). **Schema revealed:** World is divided between loyal allies (MAGA) and corrupt apostates (RINOs). The factional war is existential. No ambiguity tolerated. --- ### Level 3 — Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** Coalition chieftain — not the victim here, but the arbiter of factional legitimacy. - **Contrasting other:** "RINOs" — Republican In Name Only, a recurring rhetorical device that casts the establishment as inauthentic infiltrators of the movement. - **Narrative sequence:** Contamination — the implicit story is that a once-sound party was contaminated by RINO elements who prefer the wrong people (anti-MAGA candidates/figures). - **Identity claims:** Implicitly, Trump is the authentic representative of "real" Republicans. The statement positions him as the standard against which loyalty is measured. --- ### Rhetorical Techniques - **False dichotomy:** RINOs vs. MAGA — no middle ground acknowledged. - **Tribal mobilization:** "MAGA!" as identity rallying cry (see same-day sibling post: RT with comment "MAGA!"). - **Proxy rhetoric:** Using Revolver News as a megaphone for factional messaging allows deniability while amplifying the outlet's credibility among the base. - **Contempt as persuasion:** "That's because they like RINOs better than MAGA!" — the casual dismissiveness ("that's because") performs confidence and inside knowledge, positioning Trump as the person who *gets it* while others remain confused. No dehumanizing language. No violent imagery. No eliminationist framing. --- ### Gaslighting / Reality Distortion None present in this specific post. The claim is an opinion/interpretation, not a falsifiable factual assertion. --- ### Cognitive Status The post is too brief to assess cognitive complexity meaningfully. No paraphasias, neologisms, or tangentiality detectable. Syntactic structure is intact (simple declarative). No baseline deviation. --- ### Danger Assessment **None elevated.** The post is factional grievance language — divisive but not incitement. No target-plus-grievance-plus-action structure. No dehumanization. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "They like RINOs better than MAGA" | **Unverifiable** | This is an editorial opinion/interpretation about unnamed actors' preferences, not a falsifiable factual claim. No verifiable content present. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 65%) ### Indicators - Business hours post (1:38 PM EDT) weakly suggests aide involvement - Vocabulary ('RINOS', 'MAGA') is idiomatic and authentic Trump - Contemptuous dismissive tone ('That's because they like...') matches established style - Revolver News is a favored pro-Trump repost vehicle consistent with authentic usage - Brevity and reactive quality consistent with quick authentic commentary on RT ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Federal arraignment (37 felony counts) combined with persistent intra-GOP RINO/establishment faction threat) Sentiment: -0.35 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 70% - Antisocial: 25% - Paranoid: 30% - Sadism: 15% **Defense Mechanisms:** - splitting (immature) - displacement (neurotic) - projection (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 20% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Tribal identity reinforcement (MAGA as in-group badge) - Proxy credibility lending (Revolver News amplification) - Contemptuous insider framing ('That's because...' implies superior knowledge) ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > They like RINOs better than MAGA **UNVERIFIABLE** This is an editorial opinion/interpretation about unnamed actors' preferences, not a falsifiable factual claim. No verifiable content present. Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - RINO (90%) - MAGA (90%) - post_arraignment (80%) - splitting (80%) - displacement (70%) - factional_loyalty (85%) - Revolver_News (60%) - intra_GOP_conflict (75%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Five Days After Arraignment, Trump Rewrites the Story in All Caps** Trump spent a quiet Sunday — just seven posts — alternating between defiant outbursts about his federal indictment and routine political cheerleading. The day opened with a raw, two-word scream of "ELECTION INTERFERENCE!" and later returned to claims that prosecutors target people who question election fraud rather than those who committed it. Between the bursts of anger, he shared allied media content, wished everyone a happy Father's Day, and closed the day boasting about his poll numbers while mocking Ron DeSantis. The most striking feature of the day was what went unmentioned: the actual classified-documents charges were never acknowledged, with the entire legal narrative reframed as political persecution. Full digest for 2023-06-18: https://trump.fm/date/2023-06-18/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, June 18). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/RevolverNews/sta... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110566436665557775 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/RevolverNews/statuses/1105..." Truth Social, 18 Jun. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110566436665557775. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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