# Post ts_110776430268458811

- Post ID: `ts_110776430268458811`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-07-25T19:43:02.559Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110776430268458811
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110776430268458811/analysis

## Post text

> https://paulingrassia.substack.com/p/ingrassia-wax-loomer-crispi-trump

## Engagement

- Likes: 3,697
- Reposts: 1,017
- Replies: 64
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.404Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T06:26:56.647Z (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 URL-only post amplifies a Substack article co-authored by Laura Loomer — a figure banned from multiple major platforms for extremist content — alongside Paul Ingrassia, Gavin Wax, and Mike Crispi. The article advances a dense persecution-and-salvation narrative: Trump as sole savior, Jack Smith as Marxist persecutor, DeSantis and Pence as traitors, and 2024 as an existential "final battle" requiring the enemy's demolition. Authorship indicators (business hours, zero-text format, same-day curation cluster) strongly suggest aide-managed posting, though the choice to elevate Loomer specifically may reflect personal direction. The post's psychological significance lies not in Trump's own language but in the act of amplification itself: implicit endorsement of eliminationist "demolish the deep state" framing, Loomer's extremist brand, and a stochastic terrorism precondition structure (target + grievance + urgency + implied action). No direct incitement is present, but the associative endorsement pattern and danger-level indicators are elevated. The post also demonstrates epistemic closure — all five same-day links route exclusively through the MAGA echo chamber — consistent with shared psychosis dynamics that demand followers accept a reality framework at odds with certified electoral and legal records.

# Analysis: Truth Social Post — 2023-07-25T19:43:02Z (ts_110776430268458811)

## Overview

This post consists solely of a URL to a Substack article co-authored by Paul Ingrassia, Gavin M. Wax, Laura Loomer, and Mike Crispi — all figures in the hard-right MAGA ecosystem. The absence of any accompanying text is itself analytically significant. The post functions as an act of amplification and implicit endorsement rather than direct expression, making most linguistic analysis impossible but authorship attribution and associative signaling highly informative.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Timestamp in local time:** 19:43 UTC converts to **3:43 PM Eastern** (Trump was almost certainly at Bedminster, NJ — his customary July residence — or possibly New York City). This falls squarely in business hours (9am–6pm ET).

**Authorship indicators:**
- Business-hours posting: consistent with aide-managed account activity
- No accompanying text: aides typically share links without editorial comment; Trump himself almost invariably adds at least a brief personal gloss
- Mechanical formatting: bare URL with no punctuation, capitalization, or emotional register
- Part of a same-day cluster of five link-share posts (Spectator, Fox Business, Breitbart, RSB Network, this Substack) — a curation pattern more consistent with a staff social media operation than impulsive personal posting

**Assessment:** High probability aide-curated post (confidence: medium-high). The clustering behavior, business-hours timing, and zero-text format all point to a staff member (likely Scavino's operation) executing a media-amplification routine. The *choice* of Laura Loomer as an amplified source, however, may reflect Trump's personal direction — she is a figure he has historically elevated despite (or because of) her extremist profile.

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## Content of Amplified Article

The Substack piece advances the following thesis cluster:
- Trump alone can "drain the swamp"
- Jack Smith is a "Marxist"-sympathizing rogue prosecutor
- Ron DeSantis has betrayed the movement for donor money
- Mike Pence is a neocon interventionist
- Biden's presidency is illegitimate
- 2024 is framed as an "existential" and "final battle"
- Notable direct quote attributed to Trump: *"2024 is our final battle. With you on my side, we will demolish the deep state..."*

The act of sharing this article — without distancing text — constitutes endorsement of all of the above.

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## Psychological Analysis

### Trigger and State
The amplified content functions as supply-seeking through proxy validation. Rather than directly asserting his own greatness, Trump's account circulates voices that do it for him — a pattern consistent with narcissistic supply collection. The article's framing (Trump as sole savior of civilization) feeds grandiose self-concept without requiring Trump to appear immodest in his own words.

The day's broader posting pattern (multiple link shares + a direct persecution narrative post about Jack Smith's $28M expenditure) reveals a coherent psychological operation: establish victimhood (persecution post) and simultaneously assert inevitability (link shares confirming polling dominance and the "only Trump can fix it" thesis).

**Narcissistic state:** Grandiose-by-proxy. The self is not directly inflated in this post, but the amplified material does the work.

### Narrative Identity (Level 3)
The amplified article reinforces all three of Trump's characteristic narrative roles simultaneously:
- **Hero/Savior**: "only Trump" can address institutional corruption
- **Warrior**: "demolish the deep state," "final battle"
- **Victim**: prosecuted by Marxists, betrayed by establishment Republicans

The **contrasting others** are sharply defined: DeSantis (traitor/donor puppet), Pence (neocon), Jack Smith (Marxist prosecutor), Biden (illegitimate). The narrative structure is classic contamination-sequence: a system that was (or could be) good has been corrupted, and only the protagonist's return can restore it.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection** (immature): Via the amplified text, Trump's own well-documented legal entanglements and norm-breaking are attributed to the judicial system itself ("weaponization")
- **Splitting** (immature): Absolute moral bifurcation — Trump's allies are patriots, his adversaries are Marxist, corrupt, or treasonous
- **Rationalization** (neurotic): The article provides an elaborate logical scaffolding to reframe criminal prosecution as political persecution

### Big Five Trait Expression (Inferred from Amplification Choice)
- **Agreeableness (very low)**: Amplifying content attacking former allies (DeSantis, Pence) by name
- **Neuroticism (elevated)**: Persecution-themed content dominates the day's posting
- **Openness (very low)**: Epistemic closure — only voices confirming pre-existing worldview are amplified
- **Extraversion (high)**: High-volume posting; constant audience engagement

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## Rhetorical Analysis

The amplified article employs:
- **Existential/apocalyptic framing**: "final battle," "existential" stakes — classic millenarian mobilization rhetoric
- **Eliminationist language**: "demolish the deep state" — targets an institutional enemy for destruction
- **False dichotomy**: Trump vs. everyone (no legitimate alternative framing presented)
- **Ad hominem**: DeSantis as donor puppet, Pence as neocon, Jack Smith as Marxist
- **Dehumanizing abstraction**: "deep state" as faceless enemy to be demolished
- **Superlatives and hyperbole**: consistent with Trump's documented rhetorical baseline
- **RAND Firehose model**: volume (five link-shares in one day), consistent framing, reality distortion (illegitimate Biden, Marxist prosecutor)

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## Danger Assessment

**Laura Loomer amplification** is the single most significant element of this post from a danger-assessment perspective. Loomer has been permanently banned from Twitter, Facebook, PayPal, Uber, Lyft, and other platforms for content characterized by civil rights organizations (ADL, SPLC) as Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, and inciting. Amplifying her co-authored work to Trump's 5M+ Truth Social followers:
1. Legitimizes an extremist voice
2. Expands her reach and influence
3. Signals to the base which voices are endorsed

The article's **"final battle" + "demolish the deep state"** framing is consistent with stochastic terrorism preconditions:
- **Target identified**: Jack Smith, institutional "deep state," DeSantis, Pence
- **Grievance articulated**: Marxist prosecutors, donor corruption, existential threat
- **Urgency established**: "final battle," existential framing
- **Action implied but not specified**: "demolish" is eliminationist without being operationally directive

This does not rise to direct incitement, but the structural pattern is present in the amplified content.

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## Cognitive Status

Insufficient linguistic data in the post itself (URL only) to assess cognitive markers. No comparison to baseline possible. See same-day text post (Jack Smith/$28M) for linguistic analysis.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Jack Smith has 'Marxist sympathies'" | **False** | Smith is a career federal prosecutor and former ICC war crimes prosecutor. No credible documentation of Marxist affiliation or sympathies exists. The characterization is ad hominem political branding. |
| "Biden is 'illegitimate'" | **False** | The 2020 presidential election was certified by all 50 states, validated by 60+ court rulings including by Trump-appointed judges, confirmed by DOJ and DHS, and ratified by Congress. No credible evidence of outcome-altering fraud has been substantiated. |
| "DeSantis abandoned Trump for wealthy donors" | **Unverifiable** | DeSantis did receive significant institutional Republican and billionaire donor support for his 2024 campaign. The characterization of this as 'abandonment' is editorial framing and a matter of political interpretation rather than falsifiable fact. |
| "'2024 is our final battle... demolish the deep state' attributed to Trump" | **Mostly True** | Trump has used 'final battle' rhetoric at rallies and in fundraising communications during this period. The specific phrasing may be composite or paraphrased rather than a direct verbatim quote, but the sentiment is consistent with documented Trump rhetoric. |

Overall Veracity: 33%

## Summary

This URL-only post is analytically significant less for what Trump says than for what he amplifies. Posted during business hours with no accompanying text, it bears the hallmarks of aide-managed content curation rather than direct personal expression — though the choice of Laura Loomer as a co-author to elevate may reflect Trump's personal imprimatur. The Substack article constitutes a dense concentration of the MAGA persecution-and-salvation narrative: Trump as sole savior, Jack Smith as Marxist persecutor, DeSantis and Pence as traitors, and 2024 as an existential "final battle." The "demolish the deep state" framing in the amplified quote meets the structural preconditions for stochastic terrorism rhetoric (target, grievance, urgency, implied action). The amplification of Laura Loomer specifically warrants elevated concern given her documented history of extremist content. Danger level is rated elevated rather than high because the post is a link share without direct mobilization language from Trump himself, but the associative endorsement pattern is clinically and politically significant.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Business-hours posting (3:43 PM ET at Bedminster/NYC)
- Zero accompanying text — aides share bare URLs; Trump adds personal gloss
- Part of same-day cluster of five link-share posts suggesting curation routine
- Mechanical formatting with no emotional register, capitalization, or typos
- Link-only posts without commentary are a consistent Scavino-operation signature

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Favorable media/commentary ecosystem)

Sentiment: +0.20

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Amplification of voices who frame Trump as sole savior
- Implicit endorsement of persecution narrative via sharing without distancing text
- Supply collection through proxy validation rather than direct self-aggrandizement

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Laura Loomer amplification: co-author is a figure permanently banned from multiple major platforms for extremist content (Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, inciting), designated by ADL and SPLC; amplifying her work to 5M+ followers legitimizes and extends her reach
- Eliminationist language in amplified content: 'demolish the deep state' frames an institutional target for destruction
- Millenarian urgency: 'final battle' framing invoking existential stakes with no peaceful resolution pathway articulated
- Stochastic terrorism precondition pattern in amplified article: target identification (Smith, 'deep state', DeSantis, Pence) + grievance articulation (Marxist prosecutors, donor corruption) + urgency framing (final battle) + implied but non-specific action (demolish)

### Gaslighting

- Amplified article characterizes documented criminal prosecution as 'weaponization' — reframing legal accountability as persecution
- Biden described as 'illegitimate' — denial of certified, adjudicated election results
- Jack Smith characterized as 'Marxist' — attacks on prosecutors' professional identity to delegitimize oversight

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

**Violent Imagery Present**

## Fact Checks (4)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._

> Jack Smith has 'Marxist sympathies'

**FALSE**

Smith is a career federal prosecutor and former ICC war crimes prosecutor. No credible documentation of Marxist affiliation or sympathies exists. The characterization is ad hominem political branding.

Sources: General knowledge of Jack Smith's prosecutorial career

> Biden is 'illegitimate'

**FALSE**

The 2020 presidential election was certified by all 50 states, validated by 60+ court rulings including by Trump-appointed judges, confirmed by DOJ and DHS, and ratified by Congress. No credible evidence of outcome-altering fraud has been substantiated.

Sources: CISA 'most secure election' statement; 60+ court rulings; State certification processes

> DeSantis abandoned Trump for wealthy donors

**UNVERIFIABLE**

DeSantis did receive significant institutional Republican and billionaire donor support for his 2024 campaign. The characterization of this as 'abandonment' is editorial framing and a matter of political interpretation rather than falsifiable fact.

> '2024 is our final battle... demolish the deep state' attributed to Trump

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Trump has used 'final battle' rhetoric at rallies and in fundraising communications during this period. The specific phrasing may be composite or paraphrased rather than a direct verbatim quote, but the sentiment is consistent with documented Trump rhetoric.

Sources: Trump rally speeches and fundraising emails, 2023

Overall Veracity: 33%

## Tags

- laura-loomer-amplification (85%)
- eliminationist-rhetoric (70%)
- final-battle-framing (75%)
- aide-authored (75%)
- supply-seeking (65%)
- persecution-narrative (80%)
- epistemic-closure (70%)
- deep-state-targeting (65%)
- reality-distortion (70%)
- 2024-campaign (50%)
- echo-chamber-curation (60%)
- stochastic-preconditions (60%)

## 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://paulingrassia.substack.com/p/ingrassia-wax... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110776430268458811
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://paulingrassia.substack.com/p/ingrassia-wax-loomer-cr..." Truth Social, 25 Jul. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110776430268458811. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://paulingrassia.substack.com/p/ingrassia-wax-loomer-cr...," Truth Social, July 25, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110776430268458811.

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