# Post ts_110765467868246819 - Post ID: `ts_110765467868246819` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-07-23T21:15:09.692Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110765467868246819 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110765467868246819/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110765467868246819.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Every time you see these Radical Lunatics and their partners in the Fake News Media talking about the “Trials and Tribulations” of President Donald J. Trump, please remember that it is all a coordinated HOAX, just like Russia, Russia, Russia, the “No Collusion” Mueller Witch Hunt, the Fake Dossier, FISA Fraud, and all of the rest, in order to STEAL ANOTHER ELECTION through PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT at levels never seen before in the U.S. Deranged Jack Smith has already spent over $25,000,000!!! ## Engagement - Likes: 20,193 - Reposts: 6,189 - Replies: 1,204 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.405Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T05:58:53.103Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary Posted within days of receiving Jack Smith's target letter in the January 6 investigation — the proximate narcissistic injury — this post exhibits a textbook malignant narcissism acute-injury response. The structure is pure DARVO: legal accountability is denied as a coordinated HOAX, prosecutors and media are attacked as "Radical Lunatics" and "Deranged," and the victim/offender roles are reversed ("STEAL ANOTHER ELECTION"). Defense mechanisms span the full spectrum from pathological denial and distortion through immature projection and splitting. The narcissistic state is mixed — oscillating between vulnerable persecution framing and grandiose formal third-person self-reference ("President Donald J. Trump") within a single post, reflecting the destabilized self characteristic of acute narcissistic injury. Paranoid features are prominent (0.88): the conspiracy is coordinated across media, law enforcement, and politics. The historical grievance list (Russia, Mueller, Dossier, FISA) functions as a conditioned interpretive lens — followers are instructed to assimilate new legal developments into a pre-validated persecution schema, constituting an epistemic closure demand. The "Trials and Tribulations" phrasing subtly invokes religious martyrdom register. Stochastic terrorism indicators are present: named target (Jack Smith), elaborate grievance, and delegitimization of all legal recourse. Danger level is elevated given the January 6 context and the "STEAL ANOTHER ELECTION" framing that preceded 2021 mobilization. Cognitive function is within established 2020s baseline; perseveration on the grievance list is consistent with prior posts. # Psychological Analysis: ts_110765467868246819 **Platform:** Truth Social | **Date:** 2023-07-23 | **Local Time:** ~5:15 PM EDT (Bedminster, NJ) --- ## Situational Context This post arrives in the immediate aftermath of Trump receiving a target letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith in the January 6 investigation — a formal signal that indictment was forthcoming. The concurrent denial of his motion to transfer the Manhattan hush money case to federal court compounds the legal pressure. This is a post authored under acute multi-front legal siege. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits The post expresses an extreme profile: **very low Agreeableness** (0.05 — hostile, antagonistic, devaluing), **very high Neuroticism** (0.90 — angry hostility, vulnerability under threat), **high Extraversion** (0.80 — assertive, dominant, seeking audience), and **very low Openness** (0.15 — rigid schema, impervious to disconfirming evidence). Conscientiousness is low-to-absent (0.20) — the post is reactive, impulsive, lacking deliberation. --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Dominant motive: Power/Status preservation.** The target letter represents an existential threat to both freedom and status. The response is entirely organized around restoration of dominance — reframing legal jeopardy as an attack *on him* rather than accountability *by him*. **Agency schema:** The world is populated by enemies conducting coordinated conspiracies to destroy him. This schema is longstanding and self-sealing: new threats are automatically assimilated into the pre-existing persecution framework. **Communion:** Absent except instrumentally. The direct-address instruction ("please remember") recruits followers not for intimacy but as a defensive army. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role:** Martyred champion — suffering unjustly at the hands of a corrupt state apparatus while remaining innocent. **Narrative sequence:** Contamination — a pattern of victories (winning 2016, "defeating" Russia hoax, "exposing" Mueller) being continuously poisoned by enemies. Current charges extend the contamination arc. **Identity claims:** "President Donald J. Trump" — the formal third-person title functions as an identity anchor under threat; asserting the title when facing criminal exposure is a grandiosity restoration maneuver. **Contrasting other:** "Radical Lunatics," Jack Smith, "Fake News Media" — the triumvirate of political, legal, and media enemies constitutes the fully populated persecution cast. --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators ### Malignant Narcissism Assessment All four components are elevated: - **Narcissistic features (0.92):** Grandiosity (formal title self-reference), entitlement (legal processes are illegitimate when applied to him), devaluation (Smith as "Deranged"), belief in unique persecution ("levels never seen before") - **Antisocial features (0.62):** Reflexive contempt for legal authority, implicit encouragement of followers to dismiss rule of law, repeated lying documented in false historical characterizations - **Paranoid features (0.88):** Coordinated conspiracy spanning media, prosecutors, and political opponents; bearing of elaborate grudges (Russia, Mueller, Dossier, FISA all retained and rehearsed); preoccupation with perceived attacks - **Ego-syntonic sadism (0.48):** "Deranged Jack Smith" carries pleasurable contempt; the relish in the devaluation is visible in the word choice ### Narcissistic State **Mixed** — oscillating within a single post. Vulnerable pole: "Trials and Tribulations," HOAX victim, being stolen from. Grandiose pole: formal title, unique scale of persecution ("never seen before"). This oscillation is characteristic of acute narcissistic injury where the self is destabilized between wounded victimhood and reasserted dominance. ### Narcissistic Rage **Present. Intensity: 0.87. Proportionality: 0.15.** The trigger (target letter) is real but the response vastly exceeds proportionate concern — a formal legal notice becomes evidence of a civilization-scale conspiracy. The rage is global in character: it implicates prosecutors, media, and unnamed "Radical Lunatics" simultaneously, a hallmark of narcissistic rage's generalized quality (Kohut 1972) vs. the more targeted quality of ordinary anger. --- ## Defense Mechanisms 1. **Denial (Pathological):** The entire legal apparatus is a "HOAX" — wholesale rejection of documented institutional processes 2. **Distortion (Pathological):** Legal accountability is restructured into election theft; reality is grossly reshaped to meet inner need for innocence 3. **Projection (Immature):** "STEAL ANOTHER ELECTION" — election interference allegations against Trump are attributed to prosecutors 4. **Splitting (Immature):** Binary world — all-bad enemies (Radical Lunatics, Deranged Smith, Fake News) vs. all-good self (innocent President) 5. **Rationalization (Neurotic):** Historical grievance list constructs pseudo-inductive case: previous investigations were hoaxes → this one must be too --- ## Cognitive Status No marked deviation from established 2020s baseline. Sentence structure is compound-complex but coherent. Vocabulary is consistent with his speech register. **Perseveration** is present — the rehearsed list of grievances (Russia, Mueller, Dossier, FISA) represents the same accumulated complaint sequence observable across dozens of posts over five years, deployed here as reflex rather than fresh construction. No word-finding difficulties, temporal confusion, or name errors observed. **Baseline deviation: None.** This is quintessential within-baseline Trump under legal pressure. --- ## Gaslighting & Reality Distortion Strong **DARVO** structure: Deny (HOAX), Attack (Radical Lunatics, Deranged Smith), Reverse Victim and Offender (he is being stolen from, not held accountable). **Epistemic closure demand:** Followers who accept the "coordinated HOAX" framing must simultaneously reject the factual record of the Mueller investigation, the Steele Dossier's partial corroboration, the documented FISA application errors (distinct from "FISA Fraud"), and the real indictment proceedings. Accepting Trump's narrative requires wholesale rejection of consensus institutional reality — a loyalty test with escalating evidentiary demands. --- ## Archetypal Analysis **Primary archetypes activated:** - **Victim/Martyr:** Persecution by coordinated enemies; "Trials and Tribulations" (biblical register) - **Warrior:** Naming and attacking each enemy; combat orientation - **Trickster (inverted):** Accusing the establishment of the very chaos and rule-breaking he embodies The phrase "Trials and Tribulations" deserves attention — it invokes a specifically religious-martyrdom register, subtly positioning Trump's legal ordeal as sacred suffering. This is not accidental; it activates the evangelical component of his coalition's identification with him. --- ## Order/Chaos Dynamics **Order attacker + Order restorer:** The "establishment" (prosecutors, media, Democrats) represents corrupt false order that must be exposed. Trump simultaneously positions himself as the legitimate order that this corrupt apparatus is trying to prevent from being restored ("STEAL ANOTHER ELECTION"). **Grievance mapping:** Deeply intense, multi-layered, historically reinforced. The grievance ecosystem is now a closed system — new injuries are automatically integrated rather than evaluated. --- ## Danger Assessment: **Elevated** The post identifies specific named targets (Jack Smith), articulates elaborate grievances, and frames the situation as an ongoing theft requiring the audience to "remember" — a sustained activation rather than a discrete call. The January 6 context makes the "STEAL ANOTHER ELECTION" framing particularly charged; this exact framing preceded mobilization in 2021. No explicit eliminationist language or direct mobilization call, but the stochastic terrorism pattern (target + grievance + delegitimization of legal recourse) is present. **Stochastic terrorism indicators: present.** --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "The Russia investigation and Mueller probe were a coordinated HOAX" | **Mostly False** | Mueller documented extensive Russian interference in the 2016 election and identified 10 potential instances of obstruction of conduct by Trump. The 'no collusion' framing referred narrowly to the absence of established criminal conspiracy, not to absence of contacts, findings, or Russian interference itself. | | "The Steele Dossier was 'fake'" | **Half True** | The Steele Dossier contained significant unverified and subsequently discredited elements. However, some elements were independently corroborated. 'Fake' overstates the finding; 'substantially unverified' is the accurate characterization from FBI/DOJ assessments. | | "FISA Fraud occurred in the Russia investigation" | **Half True** | The DOJ IG documented material errors, omissions, and unsupported assertions in the FISA applications for Carter Page surveillance. 'Fraud' is an escalation beyond what was documented — IG found no evidence of intentional fraud but found significant procedural failures. | | "This is 'PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT at levels never seen before in the U.S.'" | **False** | No credible legal authority has characterized the Jack Smith investigations as misconduct. The claim is asserted without specific factual basis. The historically unprecedented element is a former president facing criminal exposure, not the conduct of the prosecution. | | "Jack Smith has already spent over $25,000,000" | **Unverifiable** | Special Counsel expenditure reports are public on a semi-annual basis, but the specific figure and its accounting basis (whether it includes DOJ support staff, infrastructure, etc.) cannot be independently confirmed from available knowledge. The figure may be an approximation or inflation of reported costs. | Overall Veracity: 34% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 82%) ### Indicators - ALL CAPS passages (HOAX, STEAL ANOTHER ELECTION, PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT) - Ad hominem nicknames ('Deranged Jack Smith', 'Radical Lunatics') - Multiple exclamation points, including triple at close - Stream-of-consciousness grievance accumulation - Self-referential third-person ('President Donald J. Trump') ## Psychological Profile ### State **Mixed State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Jack Smith target letter (Jan. 6 investigation)) **Rage:** Intensity 87% targeting Jack Smith, Fake News Media, 'Radical Lunatics' - Proportionality: 15% Sentiment: -0.88 **Mildly Hypomanic** - Rapid same-day posting cadence (5+ posts July 23) - Elevated energy and pressure of speech visible in ALL CAPS frequency - Grandiosity under pressure (formal title self-reference) - Decreased inhibition — raw, unpolished emotional discharge ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 92% - Antisocial: 62% - Paranoid: 88% - Sadism: 48% **Defense Mechanisms:** - denial (pathological) - distortion (pathological) - projection (immature) - splitting (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 38% Cognitive Markers: - perseveration **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct audience instruction ('please remember') converts followers into active participants in the persecution narrative - Shared enemy construction — uniting audience against named targets - Historical grievance accumulation anchors current injury in a validated pattern - Dollar figure specificity ('$25,000,000!!!') manufactures concrete outrage ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** **Stochastic Terrorism Pattern Detected** ### Indicators - Named individual target: 'Deranged Jack Smith' — specific personification of prosecutorial enemy - 'STEAL ANOTHER ELECTION' framing — the exact narrative that preceded January 6 mobilization - Delegitimization of all legal recourse ('PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT at levels never seen') removes institutional off-ramps - Audience conditioning instruction ('please remember') sustains activation over time rather than acute spike - Stochastic terrorism pattern: target identification + grievance articulation + institutional delegitimization ### Gaslighting - Blanket denial of documented multi-agency legal processes as 'coordinated HOAX' - DARVO structure: legal accountability inverted into election theft by prosecutors - 'Fake News Media' — systematic attack on followers' epistemic access to independent information - Historical revisionism: Mueller, Dossier, FISA all recast as unambiguous hoaxes to pre-validate current dismissal - Loyalty test: accepting the HOAX narrative requires simultaneous rejection of documented institutional record **Dehumanizing Language Present** ## Fact Checks (5) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._ > The Russia investigation and Mueller probe were a coordinated HOAX **MOSTLY FALSE** Mueller documented extensive Russian interference in the 2016 election and identified 10 potential instances of obstruction of conduct by Trump. The 'no collusion' framing referred narrowly to the absence of established criminal conspiracy, not to absence of contacts, findings, or Russian interference itself. Sources: Mueller Report Vol. I & II (2019); Senate Intelligence Committee Report (2020) > The Steele Dossier was 'fake' **HALF TRUE** The Steele Dossier contained significant unverified and subsequently discredited elements. However, some elements were independently corroborated. 'Fake' overstates the finding; 'substantially unverified' is the accurate characterization from FBI/DOJ assessments. Sources: DOJ Inspector General Report (Dec. 2019) > FISA Fraud occurred in the Russia investigation **HALF TRUE** The DOJ IG documented material errors, omissions, and unsupported assertions in the FISA applications for Carter Page surveillance. 'Fraud' is an escalation beyond what was documented — IG found no evidence of intentional fraud but found significant procedural failures. Sources: DOJ IG Report on Crossfire Hurricane (Dec. 2019) > This is 'PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT at levels never seen before in the U.S.' **FALSE** No credible legal authority has characterized the Jack Smith investigations as misconduct. The claim is asserted without specific factual basis. The historically unprecedented element is a former president facing criminal exposure, not the conduct of the prosecution. > Jack Smith has already spent over $25,000,000 **UNVERIFIABLE** Special Counsel expenditure reports are public on a semi-annual basis, but the specific figure and its accounting basis (whether it includes DOJ support staff, infrastructure, etc.) cannot be independently confirmed from available knowledge. The figure may be an approximation or inflation of reported costs. Overall Veracity: 34% ## Tags - jack-smith-investigation (95%) - jan6-target-letter (90%) - narcissistic-rage (92%) - darvo (88%) - persecution-narrative (90%) - paranoid-features (85%) - grievance-accumulation (87%) - enemy-personification (83%) - election-theft-framing (85%) - stochastic-terrorism-indicators (72%) ## 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). Every time you see these Radical Lunatics and... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110765467868246819 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Every time you see these Radical Lunatics and their..." Truth Social, 23 Jul. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110765467868246819. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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