# Post ts_110775728613224868 - Post ID: `ts_110775728613224868` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-07-25T16:44:36.150Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110775728613224868 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110775728613224868/analysis ## Post text > https://thenationalpulse.com/analysis-post/greitens-accept-it-already-desantis-is-done/ ## Engagement - Likes: 5,221 - Reposts: 1,458 - Replies: 106 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.405Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T06:19:27.617Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Post Analysis: ts_110775728613224868 — July 25, 2023 ### Overview This post consists exclusively of a URL to a *National Pulse* op-ed by Eric Greitens (former Missouri Governor, convicted of campaign finance violations, Trump surrogate) arguing Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign is effectively finished. No accompanying text, commentary, or affect markers from Trump are present. The post must be understood through context: its placement within a same-day cluster of favorable-to-Trump links, the identity of the proxied author, and the outlet's unambiguous partisan alignment. The article argues DeSantis is polling ~32 points behind Trump, has experienced a major staff shakeup, faces near-insolvency in small-dollar fundraising, and "avoids retail politics like it's the plague." Greitens concludes by endorsing Trump as the only candidate "the establishment gravely fears." --- ### Authorship Attribution **Local time analysis**: Trump was almost certainly at Bedminster, NJ in late July (his established summer residence). UTC 16:44 converts to **12:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time** — firmly within business hours. Combined with the clean URL-only format (no typos, no emotional markers, no accompanying affect), this is consistent with **aide-assisted posting**, most likely Scavino. However, the subject matter — neutralizing DeSantis through a loyal proxy — aligns strongly with Trump's personal preoccupations, suggesting at minimum he directed the content selection. Confidence: **medium**. Assessment: aide-executed, likely Trump-directed. The same-day cluster of posts (Laura Loomer Substack, AP News polling, Just the News polling, Newsmax alternate electors story, RFK corruption angle) exhibits a curation pattern — a coordinated portfolio of favorable narratives across several fronts simultaneously — strongly consistent with Scavino-managed account activity. --- ### Psychological State and Triggers DeSantis's persistence in the race, despite significant polling decline, represents a residual narcissistic irritant — a comparison figure who has not yet submitted. The choice to amplify Greitens serves multiple functions: 1. **Supply-seeking**: Reinforces the "inevitable winner" narrative among the follower base 2. **Preemptive attack via proxy**: Delegating the attack to a surrogate maintains plausible deniability while achieving competitor devaluation — Trump never has to acknowledge DeSantis as a genuine threat 3. **Competitive elimination through declaration**: "DeSantis is Done" attempts to manufacture a self-fulfilling prophecy in donor and supporter psychology — if enough people believe it, it becomes true The narcissistic state is **grandiose** — this is dominance display, not wounded vulnerability. The trigger is competitive comparison; DeSantis's continued existence as a polling entity constitutes an implicit unfavorable comparison that must be eliminated. --- ### Defense Mechanisms - **Displacement via proxy**: Rather than attacking DeSantis directly (which would tacitly acknowledge him as a threat worthy of engagement), Trump routes the attack through Greitens. This is a structurally elegant immature defense — the aggression is expressed, the image of invulnerability is preserved. - **Splitting**: The binary framing (DeSantis "done" / Trump inevitable) reflects all-or-nothing object relations consistent with Trump's baseline. No nuance, no conditional scenarios — the rival is categorically finished. - **Rationalization (borrowed)**: Greitens's marshaling of polling data, financial figures, and operational anecdotes provides logical scaffolding for what is fundamentally a competitor-elimination impulse. The intellectual apparatus launders the aggression. --- ### Narrative Identity (McAdams Level 3) - **Protagonist role**: The inevitable, establishment-feared champion whose rivals collapse without direct combat - **Contrasting other**: DeSantis as the manufactured candidate — funded by the donor class, lacking authentic populist support, exposed as hollow by contact with actual voters - **Narrative sequence**: Contamination arc imposed on DeSantis — promising governor → bungled campaign launch → implosion → inevitable withdrawal - **Identity claim (implicit)**: "I don't need to say it myself — everyone sees it." The act of curating rather than authoring performs a kind of above-the-fray superiority. Greitens's framing that voters prefer candidates "the establishment gravely fears" reinforces Trump's core **Trickster/Anti-Establishment** archetype: Trump's dominance is paradoxically *proven* by elite opposition, not undermined by it. --- ### Rhetorical Techniques - **Third-party credentialing**: Greitens delivers the attack, lending it apparent political independence - **Epistemic closure reinforcement**: The National Pulse is an explicitly pro-Trump outlet; no sourcing disclosure, no competing perspectives - **Inevitability manufacturing**: "Accept it already" addresses DeSantis supporters directly — the imperative framing treats resistance as irrational rather than legitimate - **Bandwagon effect**: The rhetorical posture that the conclusion is already settled aims to trigger social conformity among undecided primary voters --- ### Cognitive Observations URL-only posts yield **no direct cognitive data**. No speech production, vocabulary, syntactic complexity, or coherence can be assessed from Trump himself. This is a structural limitation inherent to this post type. Cognitive trajectory assessment requires contemporaneous speech transcripts or text-authored posts. No cognitive markers flagged; insufficient data. --- ### Danger Assessment No danger indicators present. This is intra-party political rivalry management via media amplification — no eliminationist language, no mobilization calls, no dehumanization. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "DeSantis has slipped to third in South Carolina and trails Trump by approximately 32 points" | **Mostly True** | By July 2023, DeSantis had fallen significantly from his post-announcement polling peak. National polling showed Trump with large leads; the specific 32-point figure varies by survey but directionally accurate. | | "DeSantis campaign underwent major staff shakeup with roughly a dozen departing staffers" | **Mostly True** | DeSantis's campaign did undergo significant staff restructuring in mid-2023, widely reported. | | "DeSantis campaign is virtually bankrupt with minimal small-dollar donor support" | **Half True** | The campaign faced genuine fundraising challenges relative to Trump, but was not insolvent. The characterization is polemical overstatement of real financial difficulties. | | "DeSantis is done / campaign has effectively collapsed" | **Unverifiable** | Political opinion/prediction. DeSantis would remain in the race until January 2024, making this premature at the time of posting. | Overall Veracity: 65% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 25%) ### Indicators - 12:44 PM Eastern — business hours at Bedminster NJ summer residence - URL-only format with no accompanying text, typos, or emotional markers - Part of a coordinated same-day cluster of favorable-link posts consistent with Scavino curation - Clean, polished presentation inconsistent with Trump's personal posting style ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Comparison (DeSantis continued polling presence as comparison figure) Sentiment: +0.30 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 65% - Antisocial: 35% - Paranoid: 20% - Sadism: 30% **Defense Mechanisms:** - displacement (immature) - splitting (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Sharing ally content to simulate independent third-party validation of Trump's dominance - Inevitability framing to trigger bandwagon conformity among undecided followers ## Fact Checks (4) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._ > DeSantis has slipped to third in South Carolina and trails Trump by approximately 32 points **MOSTLY TRUE** By July 2023, DeSantis had fallen significantly from his post-announcement polling peak. National polling showed Trump with large leads; the specific 32-point figure varies by survey but directionally accurate. Sources: AP News polling article shared in same-day cluster; JustTheNews polling article shared same day > DeSantis campaign underwent major staff shakeup with roughly a dozen departing staffers **MOSTLY TRUE** DeSantis's campaign did undergo significant staff restructuring in mid-2023, widely reported. > DeSantis campaign is virtually bankrupt with minimal small-dollar donor support **HALF TRUE** The campaign faced genuine fundraising challenges relative to Trump, but was not insolvent. The characterization is polemical overstatement of real financial difficulties. > DeSantis is done / campaign has effectively collapsed **UNVERIFIABLE** Political opinion/prediction. DeSantis would remain in the race until January 2024, making this premature at the time of posting. Overall Veracity: 65% ## Tags - primary-rivalry (95%) - competitor-devaluation (90%) - proxy-attack (85%) - media-curation (85%) - desantis (95%) - grandiose-state (70%) - aide-authored (75%) - epistemic-closure (70%) - inevitability-framing (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Legal Siege Triggers 40-Post Displacement Marathon: Biden Corruption as Shield Against Mounting Indictments** Trump posted 40 times from Bedminster — well above his usual pace — in a day dominated by legal anxiety. A late-night burst of Biden corruption links gave way to a midday dump of polling and endorsement articles, before the afternoon brought genuine heat: attacks on Jack Smith, a tirade calling congressional Democrats "slimeballs," and a surprisingly furious reaction to a minor EU travel fee. About 40% of the day's posts hammered Biden family corruption, building a counter-narrative ahead of Devon Archer's expected congressional testimony. The mood swung between calculated deflection and real anger, with brief detours into policy boasting about Texas property taxes and the Right to Try Act. Full digest for 2023-07-25: https://trump.fm/date/2023-07-25/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, July 25). https://thenationalpulse.com/analysis-post/greiten... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110775728613224868 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://thenationalpulse.com/analysis-post/greitens-accept-i..." Truth Social, 25 Jul. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110775728613224868. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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