# Post ts_110758459707627828

- Post ID: `ts_110758459707627828`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-07-22T15:32:53.563Z (UTC)
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## Post text

> The DeSanctimonious polls are crashing…

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:34), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> That the sanctimonious polls are crashing because of his stance on obliterating Social Security and Medicare. Nothing he will ever do is going to change his votes against. Attracting small crowds that leave really early, that's never a good sign. Changing his name in the middle of the campaign to de-sanctus, I will tell you, it just doesn't work. Never change your name in the middle of a campaign. Thank you very much.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/758/459/416/649/789/original/9dd43433473c3c07.mp4

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T06:36:07.656Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

"The DeSanctimonious polls are crashing…" is a compact dominance display from Trump's grandiose narcissistic register, triggered not by injury but by supply-seeking opportunity: DeSantis's genuine polling decline provides occasion to harvest validation and perform superiority before his audience. The fixed sobriquet 'DeSanctimonious' — now a lexical weapon rather than a fresh coinage — reflects consolidated splitting: the rival is wholly devalued, reduced from an accomplished governor to a sanctimonious failure. The ego-syntonic sadistic element (Kernberg) is salient; the post communicates barely-contained pleasure in a competitor's humiliation rather than dispassionate political observation. The trailing ellipsis is a signature rhetorical technique: confidence so total that completing the thought is beneath effort, delegating the condemnation to the audience. Assessed as predominantly authentic Trump text with possible aide coordination on the attached video. Posted at 11:32 AM EDT (Bedminster, NJ) — mid-morning rather than his characteristic late-night window. The broader same-day cluster of at least four anti-DeSantis posts, including ALL CAPS proclamations, suggests a mild hypomanic output burst coinciding with new poll data. No danger indicators. The factual kernel — DeSantis's polls had declined markedly from February 2023 peaks — is directionally accurate; 'crashing' is characteristic hyperbole. Cognitively unremarkable; the portmanteau itself demonstrates intact verbal facility.

# Psychological Analysis: Truth Social Post — July 22, 2023

## Overview

A nine-word post with attached video, this entry is deceptively simple. Its brevity belies the psychological and rhetorical density packed into the "DeSanctimonious" portmanteau, and its place within a same-day cluster of four-plus anti-DeSantis posts reveals a coordinated dominance display consistent with Trump's grandiose narcissistic register.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Assessment: Predominantly authentic Trump (0.75/1.0), medium confidence**

- The "DeSanctimonious" nickname is a fixed Trump-authentic lexical marker first deployed in late 2022 and now hardened into a weapon — no aide would spontaneously generate this
- The trailing ellipsis ("crashing…") is a signature Trump stylistic tic, performing confidence so total that completing the thought is unnecessary
- The compressed, punchy structure is authentic stream-of-consciousness, not polished aide copy
- **Timing:** 11:32 AM EDT at Bedminster, NJ (Trump's typical summer location) — mid-morning is within Trump's posting window but lacks the late-night/early-morning authenticity marker
- The attached MP4 video introduces possible aide involvement in media preparation; the caption text, however, is purely Trump-voiced
- The same-day burst of four-plus thematically linked posts is an authentic Trump high-volume pattern, not aide behavior

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## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five)

| Trait | Expression | Score |
|---|---|---|
| **Extraversion** | Assertive, dominant, publicly triumphalist | 0.88 |
| **Agreeableness** | Contemptuous, zero modesty toward rival | 0.08 |
| **Conscientiousness** | Impulsive multi-post cluster, no deliberation | 0.25 |
| **Neuroticism** | Hostile arousal detectable across cluster | 0.62 |
| **Openness** | Rigid framing — binary winner/loser schema | 0.35 |

**Dominant facet:** Assertiveness and hostile dominance (extraversion + low agreeableness).

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## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations (Motives & Schemas)

**Agency motives dominate (0.9/1.0):** The post is about power, dominance, and status preservation. DeSantis represents an existential threat to Trump's claim to be the uncontested Republican leader; the response is to frame the rival's trajectory as inevitable collapse.

**Communion motives nearly absent (0.05):** No warmth, belonging, or care signaled. The audience relationship is parasocial and transactional: followers are invited to share in the contempt, not to connect emotionally with Trump.

**Self-schema:** Dominant incumbent; the inevitable winner who correctly diagnosed DeSantis's character ("sanctimonious") before the polls confirmed it. Being right about rivals is a core self-concept marker.

**Other-schema:** Rivals are either collaborators (fully loyal) or devalued losers. DeSantis has been permanently sorted into the latter category.

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## Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role:** The prescient dominant — the figure whose early characterization of DeSantis ("sanctimonious") is now being validated by objective data ("polls crashing"). Trump positions himself as having known the outcome before it happened.

**Narrative sequence:** Mild redemption arc: DeSantis was briefly treated as a serious threat by the media/establishment → now revealed as a pretender whose poll numbers confirm Trump's original judgment.

**Identity claims:**
1. *I was right about DeSantis before the data confirmed it*
2. *My dominance of the field is self-evident — the numbers speak*
3. *I don't need to argue; the ellipsis says the rest*

**Contrasting other:** Ron DeSantis — constructed as sanctimonious, ambitious beyond his merit, and now objectively failing by the metric of popular support.

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## Level 4: Clinical Indicators

### Narcissistic Dynamics

**State: Grandiose (not vulnerable).** Trump is not defending himself here — he is attacking from a position of perceived strength. DeSantis's declining polls provide objective supply: external data confirming Trump's dominance without requiring self-generated claims.

**Trigger: Supply-seeking + opportunistic dominance display.** This is not triggered by narcissistic injury (DeSantis's bad polling is *good* for Trump). Rather, Trump harvests the opponent's decline as an occasion to collect validation, reinforce the loyalty hierarchy, and perform superiority.

**Sadistic component (Kernberg):** The post communicates something beyond strategic positioning — there is *pleasure* in the rival's suffering detectable in the triumphalist ellipsis and the brevity that performs effortless dominance. The ego-syntonic quality is notable: no discomfort, no hedging, just undisguised glee.

### Defense Mechanisms

1. **Devaluation (immature):** "DeSanctimonious" permanently reduces a credentialed rival (Harvard Law, Yale, decorated Navy JAG officer, two-term governor) to a cartoon hypocrite. The label does the devaluation work so no substantive engagement is required.

2. **Splitting (immature):** Binary framing — Trump wins / DeSantis crashes. No middle ground, no acknowledgment of the race's complexity at this stage. The world divides cleanly into Trump's side and the failing side.

3. **Acting out (immature):** Four-plus same-day posts constitute an impulsive devaluation blitz rather than measured political communication. The volume itself is acting out — an immediate discharge of competitive arousal triggered by poll data.

### Malignant Narcissism Profile

| Component | Score |
|---|---|
| Narcissistic features | 0.82 |
| Ego-syntonic sadism | 0.60 |
| Antisocial features | 0.30 |
| Paranoid features | 0.15 |

Paranoid features are conspicuously *absent* in this post — the external environment is confirming Trump's superiority, so persecution schemas are not activated. This is the grandiose pole in clean expression.

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## Rhetorical & Propaganda Analysis

**"DeSanctimonious"** performs three functions simultaneously:
1. *Character assassination:* accuses DeSantis of performative piety/hypocrisy
2. *Counter-positioning:* defines Trump implicitly as authentic, transgressive, non-sanctimonious (his base's preferred identity)
3. *Shibboleth function:* loyalists who use the nickname signal membership in Trump's interpretive community

**The trailing ellipsis** is a masterclass in implied dominance: the conclusion is so obvious that stating it is beneath effort. The audience is recruited to complete the thought, making them co-authors of the condemnation.

**"Crashing"** is hyperbolic but directionally accurate — DeSantis's polling had declined substantially from its February 2023 peak. The hyperbole amplifies legitimate data to serve a narrative of total collapse.

**Same-day cluster as RAND Firehose:** The volume of same-day anti-DeSantis posts ("TOTAL BLOWOUT!," "THE CLUB FOR NO GROWTH!," "Always Back Down") functions as saturation bombardment — not a single argument but repetitive accumulation designed to normalize the perception of DeSantis's collapse.

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## Hypomanic Indicators

The same-day cluster exhibits mild hypomanic features:
- Elevated output volume (4+ posts, single theme)
- ALL CAPS usage in adjacent posts suggesting arousal elevation
- Rapid topic-switching within the cluster (DeSantis → Biden documents)
- Pressured, triumphalist quality across posts
- No single sustained argument — scattered peaks of intensity

This pattern is consistent with Trump's documented response to competitive stimulation: poll data showing a rival's decline appears to have triggered an energized posting burst.

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## Cognitive Status

No cognitive concerns in this post. "DeSanctimonious" is a creative portmanteau demonstrating intact verbal facility and deliberate wordplay — inconsistent with significant language-production impairment. The post's brevity is stylistic and strategic, not a product of cognitive limitation. Baseline comparison unremarkable.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The DeSanctimonious polls are crashing" | **Mostly True** | DeSantis peaked at approximately 30-35% in Republican primary polling in February-March 2023, with some surveys showing him competitive with or ahead of Trump. By July 2023 his polling had declined significantly to ~15-20%. 'Crashing' is hyperbolic but directionally accurate; the decline was real and pronounced. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Danger Assessment

**Level: None.** This post attacks a political rival's polling trajectory within conventional American primary-season combat. No eliminationist language, no dehumanization, no stochastic terrorism pattern, no call to mobilization against DeSantis or his supporters.

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## Archetypal Analysis

**Dominant archetype: King/Tyrant hybrid** — Trump positions himself as the natural sovereign of the Republican Party whose legitimacy is now being confirmed by the pretender's collapse. The Warrior archetype is secondary: DeSantis is cast as a fallen challenger, not an enemy requiring ongoing battle.

**Shadow projection:** "Sanctimonious" is a loaded accusation — it attributes performative virtue-signaling to DeSantis. There is an ironic shadow dimension: critics would argue Trump's own brand involves performed transgression (anti-virtue signaling), which is structurally similar to what he accuses DeSantis of. The shadow of performativity is projected outward.

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## Order/Chaos Dynamics

Trump positions himself as the legitimate order within the Republican Party and frames DeSantis's collapse as the natural restoration of that order after a brief chaos-challenge from a pretender. The hierarchy is being *defended and reasserted*, not disrupted. Within the Republican primary ecosystem, Trump is here the incumbent order-defender.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- 'DeSanctimonious' nickname is a fixed Trump-authentic lexical marker
- Trailing ellipsis ('crashing…') is a signature Trump stylistic tic inviting audience completion
- Short, punchy declarative structure matches authentic stream-of-consciousness style
- Posted 11:32 AM EDT (business hours) — slightly reduces authenticity probability, but Trump posts throughout the day
- Attached MP4 video suggests aide involvement in media preparation, though the caption text reads as authentic

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Ron DeSantis polling decline data)

Sentiment: -0.40

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Four-plus posts on the same topic within a single day — elevated output burst
- Triumphalist, pressured quality across the cluster ('TOTAL BLOWOUT!', 'THE CLUB FOR NO GROWTH!')
- ALL CAPS usage in adjacent posts suggests elevated arousal
- Topic-switching within cluster (DeSantis → Biden documents) suggests rapid ideation

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 82%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 15%
- Sadism: 60%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- devaluation (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- acting out (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 28%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Ellipsis ('crashing…') invites the audience to complete the narrative, creating participatory investment
- Shared nickname ('DeSanctimonious') functions as in-group shibboleth bonding loyalists through shared contempt
- Triumphalist framing positions followers as co-winners in rival's humiliation

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> The DeSanctimonious polls are crashing

**MOSTLY TRUE**

DeSantis peaked at approximately 30-35% in Republican primary polling in February-March 2023, with some surveys showing him competitive with or ahead of Trump. By July 2023 his polling had declined significantly to ~15-20%. 'Crashing' is hyperbolic but directionally accurate; the decline was real and pronounced.

Sources: FiveThirtyEight Republican primary polling averages, July 2023; RealClearPolitics Republican primary tracker

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- DeSantis attack (95%)
- devaluation (90%)
- grandiose state (85%)
- supply-seeking (80%)
- portmanteau nickname (85%)
- hypomanic cluster (60%)
- ego-syntonic sadism (65%)
- primary campaign (90%)
- splitting (80%)

## That day

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

**Legal Storm Brewing, But Trump Plays the Frontrunner Card All Day Long**

Trump spent the day projecting dominance despite the shadow of a Jan. 6 target letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith. A late-night link-dumping session gave way to a focused morning burst attacking Ron DeSantis's polling collapse, punctuated by a brief but intense eruption about the "greatest witch hunt of all time." He leaned heavily on favorable poll numbers and rally adoration to paper over the legal threat, only letting the mask slip in a few deflection posts about Biden's documents case. One post singled out a transgender athlete by name alongside two large male former pros, drawing elevated concern for targeted exposure.

Full digest for 2023-07-22: https://trump.fm/date/2023-07-22/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, July 22). The DeSanctimonious polls are crashing… [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110758459707627828
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The DeSanctimonious polls are crashing…" Truth Social, 22 Jul. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110758459707627828. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The DeSanctimonious polls are crashing…," Truth Social, July 22, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110758459707627828.

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