# Post ts_110764140910707845 - Post ID: `ts_110764140910707845` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-07-23T15:37:41.842Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110764140910707845 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110764140910707845/analysis ## Post text > https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/07/21/college-educated-republicans-drop-desantis-en-masse-joining-non-college-grads-in-their-trump-support/ ## Engagement - Likes: 8,613 - Reposts: 2,197 - Replies: 186 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.405Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T06:37:25.840Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: Truth Social Post — 2023-07-23T15:37:41Z ### Post Summary This post consists entirely of a bare URL to *The National Pulse* article titled "College-Educated Republicans Drop DeSantis En Masse, Joining Non-College Grads in Their Trump Support." No original text is present. The post is one of at least five link-shares on this date, forming a coordinated burst of favorable media amplification. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Assessment: Aide-written (high confidence)** UTC 15:37:41 converts to approximately **11:37 AM EDT** (Trump was most likely in New York or Bedminster, NJ in late July 2023 — his typical summer base). This falls squarely within business hours, a primary indicator of staff-generated posts. Additional indicators: the post contains zero original text, no typos, no emotional exclamation, no ALL CAPS, and no stream-of-consciousness commentary. The bare URL format is characteristic of Dan Scavino's amplification style — curating favorable press and posting without editorial overlay. --- ### Psychological State & Triggers **State: Grandiose (supply-seeking, passive)** The trigger is **supply-seeking via proxy validation** — rather than asserting dominance directly, the post recruits an external source to deliver the flattering message. The article's thesis (even college-educated Republicans, previously a DeSantis demographic, are now consolidating behind Trump) directly addresses a potential vulnerability: the claim that DeSantis held an "electability" advantage among educated voters. Sharing this article functions as a preemptive neutralization of that attack vector. The post fits the broader pattern of the day's five-post burst: two posts attacking the Biden/Hunter narrative (grievance supply), one post on death penalty/trafficking (dominance/toughness supply), one on a 40-point polling lead over DeSantis (status supply), and this one reinforcing the DeSantis collapse across all education demographics (consolidation supply). Together they constitute a **narcissistic maintenance sequence** — reaffirming superiority on multiple axes within a compressed window. No narcissistic rage is detectable; the post is in a confident, grandiose register rather than a wounded or reactive one. --- ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits Content is too sparse for direct trait inference. Article selection reveals **low agreeableness** (opponent framing — DeSantis's decline is the story) and **high extraversion/dominance** (interest in public rankings and competitive status). No neuroticism markers. --- ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Dominant motive: Power/Status** The article selection maps directly onto power motive — consolidation of support across demographic lines signals broad legitimacy. The framing implicitly answers critics who suggested Trump had a "ceiling" with educated voters. --- ### Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role: The Inevitable Winner** The article selection contributes to a narrative of inevitability — barriers to support are falling, coalitions are converging. This is a **redemption-adjacent** micro-sequence: DeSantis briefly posed as the educated-voter alternative; that alternative is now collapsing back into Trump's orbit. The narrative arc is: challenge emerged → challenge dissolves → return to dominance. --- ### Defense Mechanisms - **Rationalization** (neurotic): Using objective polling data to justify and reinforce self-aggrandizing beliefs. - No pathological or immature defenses are discernible in a bare URL share. --- ### Rhetorical Techniques - **Appeal to authority** (poll data, external publication) - **Implicit social proof**: If even educated Republicans are abandoning DeSantis, the argument goes, resistance to Trump is irrational - **Framing by article selection**: No direct claim is made; the title does the rhetorical work, providing plausible deniability ("I'm just sharing an article") --- ### Cognitive Status No direct language production to assess. No cognitive markers observable. Not analytically useful for longitudinal tracking. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "College-educated Republicans dropped DeSantis en masse and joined non-college grads in supporting Trump (July 2023)" | **Mostly True** | Multiple polls from May–July 2023 documented Trump consolidating leads across all GOP demographic subgroups including college-educated voters as DeSantis's campaign struggled post-launch. 'En masse' framing is slightly hyperbolic but directionally accurate. | Overall Veracity: 80% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 10%) ### Indicators - Posted at 11:37 AM EDT — business hours, primary aide indicator - Zero original text; bare URL only - No typos, misspellings, or informal language - No emotional markers (ALL CAPS, exclamation points) - Consistent with Scavino-style press amplification pattern ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (DeSantis competitive threat / education demographic vulnerability) Sentiment: +0.65 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Proxy flattery — external source delivers the compliment, preserving deniability ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > College-educated Republicans dropped DeSantis en masse and joined non-college grads in supporting Trump (July 2023) **MOSTLY TRUE** Multiple polls from May–July 2023 documented Trump consolidating leads across all GOP demographic subgroups including college-educated voters as DeSantis's campaign struggled post-launch. 'En masse' framing is slightly hyperbolic but directionally accurate. Sources: General polling knowledge, mid-2023 Republican primary surveys Overall Veracity: 80% ## Tags - supply_seeking (70%) - aide_authored (90%) - desantis_competition (80%) - polling_amplification (60%) - link_only_post (90%) - grandiose_state (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Sunday Calm Shatters as Jack Smith Target Letter Triggers Three-Post Rage Spiral Naming Prosecutors** Trump spent his Sunday afternoon at what was likely Bedminster sharing a mix of pro-Trump articles and anti-Biden links, keeping things low-key through the early hours. The tone shifted sharply around dinnertime when he launched into a sustained attack on Jack Smith, Merrick Garland, and state prosecutors, framing his mounting legal exposure as a coordinated election-theft conspiracy. The closing posts recycled the exact "steal the election" language that preceded January 6, applied now to the target letter he'd just received. It was a day of two halves: managed calm giving way to genuine fury. Full digest for 2023-07-23: https://trump.fm/date/2023-07-23/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, July 23). https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/07/21/college-ed... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110764140910707845 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/07/21/college-educated-rep..." Truth Social, 23 Jul. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110764140910707845. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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