# Post ts_110612058710656928 - Post ID: `ts_110612058710656928` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-06-26T19:01:11.716Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110612058710656928 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110612058710656928/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110612058710656928.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > DeSanctimonious showed up today in Eagle Pass, on the Texas Border, with almost no crowd or excitement. He is a failed candidate, whose sole purpose in making the trip was to reiterate the fact that he would do all of the things done by me in creating the strongest Border, by far, in U.S. history. A total waste of time! ## Engagement - Likes: 20,669 - Reposts: 5,271 - Replies: 1,369 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.408Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T05:48:58.221Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary This post exemplifies Trump's territorial devaluation response to narcissistic injury by proxy threat. DeSantis's Eagle Pass border visit — operating on Trump's signature political issue — activates a predictable psychological sequence: devaluation of the interloper ('failed candidate,' 'almost no crowd'), assertion of originator status ('strongest Border, by far, in U.S. history'), and performative dismissal that paradoxically registers the threat it claims to ignore ('total waste of time'). The crowd-size diminishment is a persistent schema active since at least January 2017, deployed here automatically rather than strategically. The post operates from the grandiose narcissistic state — Trump attacks from perceived dominance rather than wounded vulnerability. Rage is present but moderate, channeled through contempt rather than explicit hostility; sovereign contempt is face-saving in a way overt anger is not. The 'DeSanctimonious' nickname continues its function as a Pavlovian branding device. Authorship is likely authentic Trump despite mid-afternoon EDT timing, based on convergence of stylistic fingerprints and reactive present-tense framing. Cognitive markers show no deviation from 2023 baseline. The same-day posting sequence (Fox News attack, self-promotion, DeSantis attack) reveals a consistent psychological structure: assertion of primacy, devaluation of rivals, and punishment of perceived disloyalty. Danger level: none. # Psychological Analysis: ts_110612058710656928 (2023-06-26) ## Overview This post represents a territorial devaluation response to narcissistic injury by proxy threat. DeSantis's Eagle Pass border visit—operating on Trump's signature political territory since 2015—activates a predictable psychological sequence: immediate devaluation, originator-status assertion, and performative sovereign dismissal. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five) **Dominant facet: Low Agreeableness (antagonism)**. The post is organized entirely around contempt: dismissal of rival's crowd, preemptive disqualification as "failed candidate," and sovereign indifference ("total waste of time"). High Extraversion (assertiveness, dominance framing) and high Neuroticism (angry hostility, impulsiveness) also salient. Conscientiousness and Openness remain characteristically suppressed. --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motives overwhelmingly dominant** (power, status, autonomy). The immigration issue is not merely a policy position—it is a core identity claim ("done by me," "strongest Border...in U.S. history"). DeSantis's incursion into this territory constitutes a status challenge that must be neutralized. Communion motives are effectively absent. **Schema of self**: Sovereign originator whose record sets the standard all rivals can only imitate. **Schema of other (DeSantis)**: Derivative imitator, empty of authentic support or original ideas. **Schema of world**: Zero-sum competition for ownership of political territory and audience attention. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role**: The sovereign originator—the figure who built the achievement that rivals can only cite, never replicate. - **Narrative sequence**: Contamination—a legitimate achievement (border policy) is being appropriated and diluted by an imitator. - **Identity claims**: "I created the strongest Border in U.S. history"; "Crowds choose me, not rivals"; "My record is the benchmark." - **Contrasting other**: DeSantis cast as the inauthentic derivative—he draws no crowd, offers no original ideas, and implicitly confirms Trump's primacy by copying him. --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators ### Narcissistic State: Grandiose Trump attacks from perceived dominance here. The register is contempt rather than wounded indignation—suggesting the post emanates from the grandiose pole rather than the vulnerable/victimized pole. This is an important distinction: overt anger or grievance would signal DeSantis's importance; contemptuous dismissal is face-saving precisely because it performs indifference. ### Trigger: Narcissistic Injury by Proxy Threat (Comparison) DeSantis's border visit is not a direct attack on Trump—it is a rival operating within Trump's psychological territory. For a subject whose identity is fused with ownership of the immigration issue, this constitutes a direct challenge to core self-definition. The response is proportionately larger than the stimulus would warrant, consistent with the hypersensitivity to any encroachment on identity-fused claims. ### Narcissistic Rage: Present, Moderate (0.45/1.0) Rage is channeled through contempt (the most face-saving register) rather than explicit hostility. "A total waste of time!" functions as dismissal-as-dominance: I am so far above this rival that his actions don't merit real attention—while the act of posting proves they do. ### Defense Mechanisms 1. **Devaluation (immature)**: "Failed candidate," "almost no crowd or excitement," "total waste of time" — systematic reduction of rival's significance. 2. **Projection (immature)**: Frames DeSantis's policy alignment as mere copying — deflects from the legitimacy of a rival operating in the same policy space by reframing it as intellectual dependence. 3. **Rationalization (neurotic)**: Converts the threat (rival claiming Trump's issue) into a dominance display: DeSantis's "sole purpose" was to confirm Trump's record. This is rhetorically efficient — it co-opts the rival's action as implicit Trump endorsement. ### Malignant Narcissism - Narcissistic features: 0.82 — grandiosity, entitlement, devaluation, lack of empathy for rival's legitimacy - Antisocial features: 0.25 — low in this post (no explicit deception, contemptuous dismissal only) - Paranoid features: 0.35 — implicit (rival is encroaching, Fox News is conspiring — see same-day posts) - Ego-syntonic sadism: 0.40 — the mockery nickname and crowd-size attack carry pleasure-in-diminishment quality --- ## Authorship Attribution **Score: 0.78 (likely authentic Trump)** Post timing is 3:01 PM EDT (business hours), which slightly favors aide-written content. However, the convergence of stylistic fingerprints strongly outweighs the timing evidence: - "DeSanctimonious" is an established Trump coinage — aides would not independently generate this - Run-on subordinate clause structure matches Trump's verbal (not editorial) baseline - Crowd-size diminishment schema is automatic Trump — deployed here despite not being the strategically optimal attack line - "By far" superlative is a documented Trump verbal tic - Reactive present-tense framing ("showed up today") suggests real-time response from phone - Exclamation-mark closing consistent with Trump's pattern **Most likely scenario**: Trump posted from his phone during or immediately after the Faith & Freedom Coalition event in Washington D.C., reacting to news of DeSantis's Eagle Pass visit. --- ## Rhetorical & Propaganda Techniques - **Mockery-branding** ("DeSanctimonious"): Functions as a Pavlovian conditioning device — repeated exposure anchors the association of DeSantis with inauthenticity and sanctimony. - **Crowd-size as legitimacy metric**: A persistent Trump schema (active since the 2017 inauguration dispute) deployed automatically as a proxy for popular mandate. - **Absolute superlative ownership**: "Strongest Border, by far, in U.S. history" — inoculates audience against rival's adoption of the same issue by establishing Trump as sole authentic custodian. - **Preemptive verdict**: "Failed candidate" applied to an active second-place primary competitor — conditions audience frame before competitive outcome is determined. - **False framing**: DeSantis's border visit recast as implicit Trump endorsement rather than independent advocacy. - **Performative sovereign dismissal**: "Total waste of time!" — the rhetorical move of dismissing something one is actively discussing, intended to project indifference while demonstrating engagement. No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism indicators are present. --- ## Cognitive Status Post is consistent with 2023 Trump baseline. The run-on clause is convoluted but coherent. No word-finding difficulty, phonemic error, semantic paraphasia, temporal confusion, or name confusion detected. Vocabulary and syntactic complexity within expected range. **No deviation from baseline warranting concern.** --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "DeSantis showed up in Eagle Pass on the Texas border" | **True** | DeSantis did conduct a border visit to Eagle Pass, Texas on June 26, 2023, consistent with his campaign's focus on immigration as a contrast issue. | | "Almost no crowd or excitement" | **Unverifiable** | Crowd characterization cannot be independently verified at this resolution. Border visits by candidates rarely draw large crowds; the 'almost no' framing is likely rhetorical amplification of a modest turnout. | | "He is a failed candidate" | **Mostly False** | DeSantis was an active, declared candidate who had launched in May 2023 and remained the clear second-place Republican primary contender as of late June 2023. While his polling had declined from early 2023 peaks, describing him as 'failed' was premature rhetorical pre-disqualification. | | "Trump created the strongest Border, by far, in U.S. history" | **Mostly False** | Trump administration border measures (MPP/Remain in Mexico, Title 42, wall construction) produced measurable cross-border crossing declines in 2019-2020. However, the absolute historical superlative ignores multiple restriction periods in U.S. history and does not account for significant cross-border flow that continued throughout Trump's term. | Overall Veracity: 48% ## Danger Assessment: NONE This is competitive primary politics expressed through the subject's established psychological architecture. No eliminationist language, dehumanization, or mobilization cues present. --- ## Contextual Note The same-day posting sequence is analytically instructive: Fox News attack (perceived betrayal by allied media), Faith & Freedom self-promotion, and this DeSantis attack all share a common psychological structure — assertion of primacy, devaluation of rivals, and punishment of perceived disloyalty. The pattern is consistent with supply-seeking maintenance interspersed with triggered devaluation responses. ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 78%) ### Indicators - Signature nickname 'DeSanctimonious' is established Trump coinage not generated by aides - Run-on subordinate clause structure matches Trump verbal rather than editorial baseline - Crowd-size diminishment schema deployed automatically despite not being strategically optimal - 'By far' superlative is a documented Trump verbal tic - Reactive present-tense framing ('showed up today') suggests real-time phone post ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (DeSantis border visit encroaching on Trump's signature political territory) **Rage:** Intensity 45% targeting Ron DeSantis - Proportionality: 30% Sentiment: -0.62 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 82% - Antisocial: 25% - Paranoid: 35% - Sadism: 40% **Defense Mechanisms:** - devaluation (immature) - projection (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 52% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Crowd-size validation as proxy for audience belonging ('he had no crowd; you have me') - Superlative ownership ('strongest Border, by far') inviting audience to share in reflected glory - Pre-verdict framing conditioning audience interpretation of rival ## Fact Checks (4) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._ > DeSantis showed up in Eagle Pass on the Texas border **TRUE** DeSantis did conduct a border visit to Eagle Pass, Texas on June 26, 2023, consistent with his campaign's focus on immigration as a contrast issue. Sources: Contemporary news coverage of DeSantis Eagle Pass visit, June 2023 > Almost no crowd or excitement **UNVERIFIABLE** Crowd characterization cannot be independently verified at this resolution. Border visits by candidates rarely draw large crowds; the 'almost no' framing is likely rhetorical amplification of a modest turnout. > He is a failed candidate **MOSTLY FALSE** DeSantis was an active, declared candidate who had launched in May 2023 and remained the clear second-place Republican primary contender as of late June 2023. While his polling had declined from early 2023 peaks, describing him as 'failed' was premature rhetorical pre-disqualification. Sources: Republican primary polling aggregates, June 2023 > Trump created the strongest Border, by far, in U.S. history **MOSTLY FALSE** Trump administration border measures (MPP/Remain in Mexico, Title 42, wall construction) produced measurable cross-border crossing declines in 2019-2020. However, the absolute historical superlative ignores multiple restriction periods in U.S. history and does not account for significant cross-border flow that continued throughout Trump's term. Sources: DHS border statistics 2017-2021; Historical U.S. immigration restriction policy record Overall Veracity: 48% ## Tags - DeSantis-attack (95%) - border-ownership (85%) - crowd-size-schema (75%) - devaluation (88%) - grandiose-state (82%) - nickname-branding (80%) - primary-competition (90%) - territorial-defense (85%) - authentic-authorship (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Post-Rally Adrenaline Fuels 23-Post Day of DeSantis Obsession, Biden Attacks, and Eliminationist Rhetoric** Trump rode the high of a Michigan Republican dinner into a marathon evening posting session, cycling through crowd celebration, Biden attacks, and aggressive policy promises before landing on his real target: Ron DeSantis. The Florida governor dominated the day's emotional energy across at least four dedicated posts plus indirect references, with Trump oscillating between dismissing him as irrelevant and clearly seething over Fox News covering DeSantis instead of him. The most alarming moment came in a culture-war post labeling transgender identity as "insanity" and promising executive punishment of schools -- language that targets a vulnerable group through the lens of child protection. The day ended on a quieter, slightly defensive note as Jack Smith's classified documents probe surfaced briefly before being buried under one last loyalty-signaling share. Full digest for 2023-06-26: https://trump.fm/date/2023-06-26/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, June 26). DeSanctimonious showed up today in Eagle Pass, on... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110612058710656928 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "DeSanctimonious showed up today in Eagle Pass, on the Texas..." 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