# Post ts_110585663671323474 - Post ID: `ts_110585663671323474` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-06-22T03:08:35.295Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110585663671323474 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110585663671323474/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110585663671323474.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Larry Hogan is finally beginning to get it on Ron DeSanctimonious. He is 100% correct! ## Media - image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/585/663/075/424/279/original/2413299f61041830.qt ## Engagement - Likes: 14,810 - Reposts: 4,017 - Replies: 477 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.408Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T05:53:01.722Z (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 compact, late-night attack-by-proxy using Larry Hogan instrumentally to devalue DeSantis. Psychologically, the post reflects a grandiose narcissistic state — Trump is not wounded or reactive but dominant and dismissive. The "finally beginning to get it" construction is characteristic condescension, positioning Trump as the epistemic authority others eventually align with. Defense mechanisms are splitting and devaluation; "DeSanctimonious" is a sustained devaluation campaign in its eighth month. Authorship indicators (late-night EDT timing at Bedminster, personal nickname, terse style) strongly suggest authentic Trump. The post embeds a contamination narrative — DeSantis as ungrateful beneficiary now being punished for apostasy — and reflects the broader primary-season triangulation strategy of co-opting temporary allies against the principal rival. No cognitive deviation from baseline; no danger indicators present. # Analysis: Truth Social Post — June 22, 2023 (ts_110585663671323474) ## Overview A brief, late-night attack-by-proxy on Ron DeSantis, using former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan as an instrumental validator. The post is compact but psychologically dense: it deploys a signature nickname, expresses conditional approval of a political rival, and reveals the primary-season threat calculus Trump is running against DeSantis. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Verdict: High confidence authentic Trump.** The UTC timestamp 03:08:35Z converts to **~11:08 PM EDT** (Trump's likely location: Bedminster, NJ, his summer residence). This falls squarely in his documented late-night posting window. Supporting markers: use of "DeSanctimonious," his personal coinage (first deployed October 2022); the condescending "finally beginning to get it" construction; the terse, punchy style with no event-announcement structure; the embedded exclamation point matching his emotional register. A Scavino-authored post would more likely avoid the inflammatory nickname and carry more polished framing. --- ## Psychological State & Trigger The primary driver is **competitive threat from DeSantis**, who had formally entered the 2024 Republican primary in May 2023 and was polling within striking distance. This constitutes a **narcissistic injury via comparison** — a rival claiming the mantle Trump considers exclusively his. The strategy here is not direct attack but **triangulation**: co-opting Hogan, himself a Trump critic and potential primary challenger, by praising him *only insofar as* he attacks DeSantis. The praise is entirely instrumental; it carries zero warmth or generosity. The phrase "finally beginning to get it" is clinically notable: it implies Trump has possessed the correct view all along and others are catching up to *him*. This is a **grandiose framing** that positions Trump as the epistemological authority in the Republican primary field. **Narcissistic state: Grandiose.** Trump is not in vulnerable/wounded mode here — he is expansive and dismissive. The threat from DeSantis is being processed through dominance display rather than grievance. --- ## Defense Mechanisms **Splitting (immature, Level 2):** DeSantis is flagged as all-bad via the derogatory nickname; Hogan is temporarily idealized precisely because he is attacking the devalued object. The moment Hogan stops being useful, the idealization will evaporate (consistent with Trump's historical pattern with temporary allies). **Devaluation (immature, Level 2):** "DeSanctimonious" is not merely an insult — it is a sustained devaluation campaign. The nickname projects sanctimony/hypocrisy onto DeSantis, which has the psychological function of preemptively undermining DeSantis's moral authority in the primary. **Projection (immature, Level 2):** The accusation of "sanctimony" is worth noting — DeSantis's campaign was explicitly positioning itself as morally serious and culturally conservative. The nickname may project Trump's own self-righteous certainty onto his rival. --- ## Rhetorical Techniques - **Weaponized nickname** ("DeSanctimonious"): Reduces a rival to a character flaw, bypasses policy debate, operates through repetition and ridicule. - **Conditional approval as dominance signal**: Praising Hogan only in the context of attacking DeSantis signals that Trump allocates approval as a commodity tied to loyalty/usefulness. - **Hyperbolic intensifier** ("100%"): Trump's standard rhetorical absolute, used to anchor validation as total and unqualified. - **Condescension as status claim** ("finally beginning to get it"): Frames Trump's perspective as the correct one that others eventually discover — positions him above both Hogan and DeSantis in the pecking order. --- ## Narrative Identity (McAdams Level 3) - **Protagonist role:** The legitimate King whose court others are slowly acknowledging. Not a fighter in this post — more the sovereign watching pretenders fail. - **Contrasting other:** DeSantis as ungrateful upstart / sanctimonious challenger. - **Contamination narrative (latent):** The background narrative is that DeSantis was "created" by Trump's endorsement and is now betraying his patron — a contamination sequence (gift → ingratitude). - **Identity claim:** "I have been right about DeSantis all along, and now even my critics are confirming it." --- ## Cognitive Status The post is too brief for detailed cognitive assessment. What is present: syntactically coherent, no word-finding markers, appropriate use of the nickname (consistent with prior coinage), clear logical structure (Hogan criticizes DeSantis → Trump endorses Hogan's criticism). **No deviation from baseline observed.** Complexity is characteristically low, which is consistent with Trump's documented long-term style and does not constitute a marker of change. --- ## Contextual Frame The surrounding posts on this date are thematically unified around the Hunter Biden plea deal ("sweetheart deal" framing, two-tiered justice) and the broader DOJ/Trump prosecution narrative. This DeSantis attack post stands somewhat apart — it is primary-season positioning rather than grievance politics, suggesting Trump can track multiple adversarial fronts simultaneously. The attached .qt video file almost certainly contains a Hogan clip criticizing DeSantis, used to amplify the triangulation. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** Standard political rivalry content. No eliminationist language, no dehumanization, no mobilization signals. --- ## Summary A compact, late-night attack-by-proxy that uses Larry Hogan instrumentally to devalue DeSantis. Psychologically, the post reflects a grandiose narcissistic state — Trump is not wounded or reactive here, but dominant and dismissive. The "finally beginning to get it" construction is a characteristic condescension marker, positioning Trump as the epistemic authority others eventually align with. Defense mechanisms are splitting and devaluation; the "DeSanctimonious" nickname is a sustained devaluation campaign now entering its eighth month. Authorship indicators (late-night timing in EDT, personal nickname, terse punchy style) strongly suggest authentic Trump. The post is embedded in a broader primary-season strategy of triangulation — co-opting temporary allies against the principal rival — and fits the contamination narrative of DeSantis as the ungrateful beneficiary now being punished for apostasy. No clinical deviation from baseline; no danger indicators. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Larry Hogan is beginning to get it on Ron DeSantis and is 100% correct" | **Unverifiable** | This is an opinion claim contingent on the content of the attached video clip (Hogan criticizing DeSantis). The factual premise — that Hogan criticized DeSantis — is plausible given Hogan's documented criticism of Trump-aligned figures during this period, but the specific clip content cannot be verified without accessing the media file. The '100% correct' judgment is purely evaluative. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 90%) ### Indicators - Late-night post (~11:08 PM EDT / Bedminster NJ timezone) - Signature personal coinage 'DeSanctimonious' (first used Oct 2022) - Terse punchy style with exclamation point - Condescending 'finally beginning to get it' construction - No event-announcement structure typical of aide-written posts ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (Ron DeSantis primary challenge) Sentiment: +0.20 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 72% - Antisocial: 35% - Paranoid: 25% - Sadism: 20% **Defense Mechanisms:** - splitting (immature) - devaluation (immature) - projection (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 25% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Conditional validation signal to followers (Hogan validates what you already know) - Nickname reinforcement (DeSanctimonious used repeatedly to anchor audience cognition) - In-group solidarity through shared contempt for DeSantis ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Larry Hogan is beginning to get it on Ron DeSantis and is 100% correct **UNVERIFIABLE** This is an opinion claim contingent on the content of the attached video clip (Hogan criticizing DeSantis). The factual premise — that Hogan criticized DeSantis — is plausible given Hogan's documented criticism of Trump-aligned figures during this period, but the specific clip content cannot be verified without accessing the media file. The '100% correct' judgment is purely evaluative. Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - primary-season-attack (90%) - nickname-devaluation (88%) - triangulation (85%) - grandiose-state (75%) - splitting (80%) - instrumental-praise (78%) - authentic-trump (90%) - late-night-post (85%) - desantis-rivalry (92%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Post-Indictment Siege Mentality: Twenty Posts Map a Day of Legal Wound Management and Rival Destruction** Trump spent the day consumed by his federal indictment from two weeks earlier, posting a steady stream of grievances about a "two-tiered justice system" — fueled by comparison to Hunter Biden's lighter plea deal. The morning brought an intense burst of rage, including an all-caps demand that Congress investigate and "STOP" the DOJ, representing the day's emotional peak. He also mounted a coordinated attack on Ron DeSantis over COVID lockdowns, projecting his own pandemic record onto his primary rival. Notably absent from 20 posts: any mention of the Titan submersible tragedy, the biggest news story of the day, underscoring how completely his legal situation dominated his attention. Full digest for 2023-06-22: https://trump.fm/date/2023-06-22/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, June 22). Larry Hogan is finally beginning to get it on Ron... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110585663671323474 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Larry Hogan is finally beginning to get it on Ron..." Truth Social, 22 Jun. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110585663671323474. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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