# Post ts_110800215094208119 - Post ID: `ts_110800215094208119` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-07-30T00:31:50.198Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110800215094208119 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110800215094208119/analysis ## Post text > https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-joe-biden-investigations/2023/07/29/id/1128961/ ## Engagement - Likes: 13,688 - Reposts: 3,324 - Replies: 375 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.404Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T06:55:27.665Z (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 — 2023-07-30 00:31:50 UTC (ts_110800215094208119) ### Overview This post consists entirely of a bare URL to a Newsmax article. There is no original text, no commentary, no headline quotation, and no emotional content directly attributable to the subject. As a standalone unit, it provides minimal direct psychological signal. Its significance lies in (a) authorship attribution, (b) its function within the surrounding post cluster, and (c) the implicit framing embedded in the URL slug itself. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Timing:** UTC 00:31:50 converts to **8:31 PM EDT** (UTC−4, Eastern Daylight Time). Trump was in Erie, Pennsylvania on July 29 for a rally at Erie Insurance Arena that lasted approximately 100 minutes. Given the rally began at 6:00 PM EDT and ran ~100 minutes, it would have concluded around 7:40–8:00 PM EDT. This post was made roughly 30–90 minutes after the rally ended, while Trump was likely still in Erie or in transit. **Format analysis:** The post is a bare, uncommented URL — no capitalization, no exclamation points, no emotional annotation. This departs sharply from the surrounding authentic-Trump posts in this cluster, which feature ALL CAPS outbursts, rhetorical questions, and high-affect content. The adjacent posts sharing RSBN links include editorial headline quotations (e.g., `"TRUMP SCORCHES THE WEAPONIZED BIDEN ADMINISTRATION"`), whereas this post is entirely stripped of any authorial fingerprint. **Verdict:** The bare-URL format is more consistent with aide posting (Scavino or equivalent), likely a secondary amplification of rally coverage from a different outlet (Newsmax vs. RSBN). However, the timing — evening, post-rally — does not rule out a quick, unadorned share. Confidence: **medium** for aide authorship. --- ### Content Inference from URL Slug The URL slug reads: `/donald-trump-joe-biden-investigations/2023/07/29/id/1128961/` Without fetching the article, the slug implies a segment or article framing **Trump and Biden as symmetrical subjects of investigation** — a classic whataboutism construction. This is contextually coherent: the July 27 superseding indictment (bringing Trump to 40 counts, adding obstruction charges related to surveillance footage deletion) and the simultaneous collapse of Hunter Biden's plea deal created a news environment Trump's communications operation was actively exploiting to argue equivalence. The strategic function of this post — amplifying a Newsmax framing that positions Trump and Biden as co-defendants in the court of public opinion — is consistent with the broader cluster's **DARVO** pattern: Deny/minimize own legal exposure → Attack prosecutors → Reverse victim/offender (cast Trump as the one being unjustly targeted while Biden is the real criminal who gets away). --- ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Minimal Signal) No direct trait signal from this post. Within the cluster, the prior all-caps post manifests extreme **neuroticism** (angry hostility, impulsiveness) and low **agreeableness** (antagonism, contempt). This bare URL post represents a tonal discontinuity, suggesting either aide authorship or deliberate modulation after the emotional expenditure of the all-caps post. --- ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motives:** The choice of a Newsmax link specifically frames the legal jeopardy as mutual — "Biden investigations" alongside Trump's name — serving the **power and status preservation** motive. The implicit message is: *I am not uniquely culpable; my enemies are equally or more culpable.* **Schema:** This post reinforces the us-vs-them persecutory schema dominant across this cluster. The legal system is framed not as a neutral arbiter but as a weapon aimed selectively at Trump. --- ### Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role:** Indirect here. The URL amplifies favorable external framing (Trump as wrongly targeted, Biden as the real wrongdoer), supporting the **victim-turned-avenger** role. **Contamination sequence:** The surrounding post cluster constructs a contamination arc — what should be a victorious campaign rally in Erie is "contaminated" by unjust indictments. The media-sharing posts (including this one) function as narrative repair: countering the contamination story by broadcasting the "real" story to the base. --- ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators Insufficient direct textual material for cognitive assessment. The surrounding cluster shows no new cognitive markers beyond established baseline patterns (repetition, hyperbole, all-caps emotional regulation). --- ### Defense Mechanisms **Implicit (inferred from URL context):** - **Projection** (immature): The "investigations" framing attributes criminal culpability to Biden, displacing focus from Trump's own 40-count indictment. - **Rationalization** (neurotic): By sharing symmetrical "both sides are investigated" coverage, the post provides a logical scaffold to dismiss the indictment as politically motivated. --- ### Rhetorical & Propaganda Techniques 1. **Whataboutism** (implied): The URL construction equates Trump and Biden as co-subjects of "investigations," deflecting from the qualitative asymmetry (40 federal felony counts vs. Hunter Biden's state-level tax/gun charges). 2. **Appeal to authority** (Newsmax as trusted in-group media): Posting from Newsmax rather than mainstream outlets signals in-group epistemics — this is *real* news, as opposed to "fake news." 3. **RAND Firehose (volume component):** This post is part of a same-day cluster of at least 5 posts, most sharing favorable external coverage. Volume alone creates an impression of dominant narrative presence. 4. **Agenda-setting by omission:** Linking to coverage that foregrounds Biden's legal troubles while contextualizing (minimizing) Trump's superseding indictment. --- ### Gaslighting & Reality Distortion The implicit equivalence between Trump's 40-count federal indictment and Hunter Biden's plea-deal situation constitutes a **reality distortion** — the two legal situations are not comparable in scale, charge severity, or evidentiary weight. The framing invites the audience to experience them as equivalent, which is a mild gaslighting mechanism (not targeted at a specific individual, but at the broader information environment). --- ### Danger Assessment No stochastic terrorism indicators, dehumanizing language, or eliminationist rhetoric in this post. The danger signal resides in the surrounding cluster (particularly the all-caps persecution post), not here. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Both Trump and Biden are simultaneously subjects of federal investigations (implied by URL slug framing)" | **Half True** | Hunter Biden was under DOJ investigation and his plea deal collapsed July 26, 2023 — so the literal claim of parallel investigations has factual basis. However the implied equivalence is misleading: Trump faced 40 federal felony counts across two indictments including obstruction charges, while Hunter Biden faced state-level tax and gun misdemeanors. The qualitative and quantitative asymmetry is enormous. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 30%) ### Indicators - Bare URL with no accompanying text — atypical for authentic Trump posts which nearly always include emotional annotation - 8:31 PM EDT timing is post-rally, transition period; within range for either Trump or aide - Newsmax link (vs. RSBN) slightly differentiates from adjacent aide-pattern RSBN posts, reducing aide confidence somewhat - No capitalization, no exclamation points, no rhetorical content — stylistic discontinuity from adjacent authentic cluster posts ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (July 27 superseding indictment adding 3 felony counts (obstruction of justice / surveillance footage deletion), bringing total to 40 federal counts) Sentiment: +0.10 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 10% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - projection (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Signals epistemic solidarity with audience by choosing in-group media outlet (Newsmax) - Implicit invitation to view Biden as equally or more culpable — shared enemy bonding ## Danger Assessment **NONE** ### Gaslighting - False equivalence: URL framing positions Trump's 40-count federal indictment and Hunter Biden's plea deal as symmetrical 'investigations,' distorting the relative severity of both legal situations for the audience ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Both Trump and Biden are simultaneously subjects of federal investigations (implied by URL slug framing) **HALF TRUE** Hunter Biden was under DOJ investigation and his plea deal collapsed July 26, 2023 — so the literal claim of parallel investigations has factual basis. However the implied equivalence is misleading: Trump faced 40 federal felony counts across two indictments including obstruction charges, while Hunter Biden faced state-level tax and gun misdemeanors. The qualitative and quantitative asymmetry is enormous. Sources: Known events: superseding indictment July 27 adding 3 counts to total 40; Known events: Hunter Biden plea deal collapse July 26 Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - media-amplification (90%) - whataboutism (70%) - aide-authored (60%) - hunter-biden (70%) - indictment-response (80%) - newsmax (50%) - false-equivalence (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Three Days After Superseding Indictment, Rally Euphoria Collapses Into Sustained Legal Fury and Prosecutor Targeting** Trump's day swung between post-rally triumph and raw legal anger over the superseding indictment handed down three days earlier. The morning opened with an intense all-caps defense of the Mar-a-Lago security tapes and repeated attacks on Special Counsel Jack Smith, calling him "deranged" and DOJ officials "thugs." A brief afternoon calm -- a golf shot at Bedminster, a congratulations message -- gave way to evening posts demanding Biden be prosecuted and invoking Hillary Clinton's emails. The through-line was clear: every post either chased crowd-size validation or fought the indictment, with no middle ground. Full digest for 2023-07-30: https://trump.fm/date/2023-07-30/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, July 30). https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-jo... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110800215094208119 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-joe-biden-in..." Truth Social, 30 Jul. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110800215094208119. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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