# Post ts_110600397977478105

- Post ID: `ts_110600397977478105`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-06-24T17:35:42.965Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110600397977478105/analysis
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## Post text

> DeSanctimonious Polls are rapidly shrinking, as OURS continue to grow. We are now leading both DeSanctus and Biden, BIG!

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.408Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T06:00:25.002Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Psychological Analysis: ts_110600397977478105

## Context
Posted at approximately 1:35 PM EDT on June 24, 2023, during a period dominated by the Wagner Group rebellion in Russia and Hunter Biden plea deal — yet this post is entirely focused on the 2024 Republican primary. DeSantis had announced his campaign in late May 2023 and was experiencing polling decline from an earlier peak.

## Level 1: Dispositional Traits
**Extraversion (high, 0.80):** Strong assertiveness and positive self-affect; declarations of dominance with exclamatory energy. **Agreeableness (very low, 0.10):** Contemptuous nickname use, zero acknowledgment of rival's legitimacy. **Neuroticism (moderate, 0.45):** Some hostile edge but post is relatively regulated — no rage spiral. **Conscientiousness (low-moderate, 0.35):** Goal-directed toward electoral dominance, but the vehicle is impulsive comparison-seeking rather than deliberative messaging. **Openness (low, 0.15):** Zero ideological complexity; pure competitive framing.

## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations
**Agency motives dominate:** Power and status are the explicit motivational content. The post seeks to establish dominance hierarchy in concrete, measurable terms (polls). **Communion motives:** Negligible except instrumentally — 'OURS' creates false intimacy in service of status validation. **Schemas:** Others are fundamentally ranked competitors. Self is inevitably top-ranked when properly counted.

## Level 3: Narrative Identity
**Protagonist role:** Dominant, inevitable winner. **Narrative sequence:** Subtle contamination-to-redemption arc implied — DeSantis's rise (contamination: the upstart challenger) yields to Trump's renewed polling superiority (redemption: order restored). **Identity claim:** "I am the undefeated standard." **Contrasting other:** DeSantis cast as fraudulently pious (DeSanctimonious) and inherently diminished (DeSanctus).

## Nickname System Analysis
The dual-nickname strategy for DeSantis — "DeSanctimonious" and "DeSanctus" — reveals sophisticated rhetorical intention across two attack vectors: (1) *DeSanctimonious* targets character (false piety, performative virtue); (2) *DeSanctus* is pure diminution, a shortening that strips the rival of his full name and the status it carries. Using both in a single post suggests this is practiced, not impulsive — the nicknames have been developed and tested over time.

## Cognitive Status
Post is brief, syntactically simple, and thematically coherent. No word-finding errors, perseveration, or tangentiality. Complexity score is low (0.30) but consistent with Trump's typical brief social-media post format rather than representing deviation from baseline. No cognitive flags.

## Authorship
Likely authentic (score: 0.82), despite business-hours timestamp. The proprietary nickname ecosystem is Trump's own rhetorical fingerprint. Staff do not generate "DeSanctimonious" — this is a well-documented Trump coinage. Minor possibility of staff cleanup of grammar, but the thought originates with Trump.

## Danger Assessment
**None.** Post is intra-party competitive boasting without eliminationist language, violent imagery, or target-grievance-action triad. Rivalry framing is electoral, not threatening.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "DeSanctimonious Polls are rapidly shrinking" | **Mostly True** | DeSantis had peaked in polling in late 2022/early 2023 and experienced measurable decline through spring 2023 as Trump consolidated support following his indictment. By June 2023, DeSantis's RCP primary averages had fallen considerably from their highs. |
| "We are now leading both DeSanctus and Biden, BIG!" | **Half True** | Trump led DeSantis by large and growing margins in Republican primary polls (accurate). General election head-to-head polling against Biden in June 2023 showed competitive but mixed results — some polls showed Trump leading, others showed Biden leading or a statistical tie. 'Leading Biden BIG' overstates what was an uncertain general election picture. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 82%)

### Indicators

- Distinctive self-coined nicknames 'DeSanctimonious' and 'DeSanctus' are unmistakably Trump's own rhetorical coinage
- Trailing 'BIG!' capitalized exclamation is a signature Trump stylistic tic
- Possessive pronoun 'OURS' in all-caps mirrors tribal identity-marking pattern seen throughout his social media history
- Post timing 17:35 UTC = 13:35 EDT (Bedminster, NJ in late June 2023) falls in business hours, a mild aide-authorship indicator
- Absence of typos and relatively clean grammar slightly reduce authentic score

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (DeSantis's ongoing 2024 primary challenge and any favorable DeSantis polling)

Sentiment: +0.55

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Elevated self-confidence expressed in declarative certainty without hedge
- Exclamatory punctuation ('BIG!') suggesting pressured affect
- Simultaneous assertion of dominance over two distinct opponents in a single brief post

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 75%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 25%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- devaluation (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Collective 'OURS' rhetorically merges poster and audience into a single victorious tribe, manufacturing shared stake in his electoral success
- Declarative certainty ('We ARE now leading') positions followers as participants in a winning movement rather than passive observers

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> DeSanctimonious Polls are rapidly shrinking

**MOSTLY TRUE**

DeSantis had peaked in polling in late 2022/early 2023 and experienced measurable decline through spring 2023 as Trump consolidated support following his indictment. By June 2023, DeSantis's RCP primary averages had fallen considerably from their highs.

Sources: RealClearPolitics Republican primary polling averages, June 2023

> We are now leading both DeSanctus and Biden, BIG!

**HALF TRUE**

Trump led DeSantis by large and growing margins in Republican primary polls (accurate). General election head-to-head polling against Biden in June 2023 showed competitive but mixed results — some polls showed Trump leading, others showed Biden leading or a statistical tie. 'Leading Biden BIG' overstates what was an uncertain general election picture.

Sources: RealClearPolitics general election polling averages, June 2023

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- primary-competition (90%)
- devaluation-by-nickname (85%)
- poll-boasting (80%)
- grandiose-state (75%)
- tribal-collectivization (70%)
- desantis-rivalry (90%)

## That day

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

**Hunter Biden Plea Deal Ignites Mirror-Defense Marathon as Wagner Rebellion Goes Nearly Unmentioned**

Trump spent the day fixated on Hunter Biden's recent plea deal, framing the Biden family's legal and financial dealings as far worse than his own federal indictment — a classic deflection strategy. A midnight burst of angry posts gave way to a calmer afternoon, though the grievance thread never fully disappeared. The Wagner Group's armed rebellion in Russia — the biggest Russian crisis in decades — drew only a single cryptic sentence from Trump, while a longer post used the instability to argue Biden is controlled by China. The day closed with routine link-sharing and a Faith & Freedom Coalition speech, the mood settling from bitter to business-as-usual.

Full digest for 2023-06-24: https://trump.fm/date/2023-06-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, June 24). DeSanctimonious Polls are rapidly shrinking, as... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110600397977478105
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "DeSanctimonious Polls are rapidly shrinking, as OURS..." Truth Social, 24 Jun. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110600397977478105. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "DeSanctimonious Polls are rapidly shrinking, as OURS...," Truth Social, June 24, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110600397977478105.

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