# Post ts_111013181103824097 - Post ID: `ts_111013181103824097` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-09-05T15:11:53.667Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111013181103824097 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111013181103824097/analysis ## Post text > https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/08/26/gop-rep-strong-theyre-going-to-do-anything-to-get-trump-out-of-this-race-he-knows-where-the-bodies-are-buried/ ## Engagement - Likes: 4,824 - Reposts: 1,418 - Replies: 93 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.399Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T08:03:23.434Z (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, reshared without commentary at 11:11 AM ET (suggesting aide-mediated authorship), amplifies a Breitbart clip in which Rep. Dale Strong (R-AL) characterizes Trump's prosecutions as political persecution, framing Trump as possessing damaging knowledge that threatens powerful establishment figures. The "bodies buried" idiom performs double duty: it positions Trump simultaneously as victim of corrupt actors and as powerful keeper of dangerous truths — a characteristic oscillation between grandiose and vulnerable narcissistic states. Posted at the apex of acute legal pressure (Tarrio's 22-year sentence, Georgia arraignment waiver, multiple Jan. 6 convictions), the reshare-without-commentary format enables amplification of the persecution narrative with authorial deniability. Defense mechanisms include paranoid projection (legal accountability reframed as political warfare), splitting (pure victim vs. corrupt establishment), and denial of legal legitimacy (pathological level). The DARVO pattern is embedded structurally: deny the prosecutions have merit, attack prosecutors as corrupt and self-interested, reverse victim and offender. The "bodies buried" framing, while idiomatic, contributes to radicalization-enabling conditions by characterizing Trump's removal from the race as the self-preservation project of corrupt actors who fear his knowledge — without explicit calls to action. Danger level is elevated. No cognitive assessment is possible from this post due to absence of original language. # Post Analysis: ts_111013181103824097 **Date:** 2023-09-05 | **Platform:** Truth Social | **Age:** 77 | **UTC:** 15:11:53 --- ## Overview This post consists entirely of a hyperlink to a Breitbart clip featuring Rep. Dale Strong (R-AL), a freshman Alabama congressman who helped organize a 2016 Trump rally. Strong claims that opponents "will do anything" to remove Trump from the 2024 race and that Trump "knows where the bodies are buried"—figurative language implying Trump holds politically damaging information about powerful adversaries. Trump appends zero original language; the URL slug and its embedded headline constitute the entire communicative payload. The reshare-without-commentary format is itself a rhetorical act: it circulates an inflammatory claim while preserving authorial deniability. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Posted at 11:11 AM ET** (UTC-4, Labor Day, September 5, 2023). Trump's most likely location was New York/New Jersey area or Mar-a-Lago given the ongoing Georgia legal proceedings. Business-hours timing on a holiday combined with the impersonal link-only format—absent ALL CAPS, exclamation points, personal commentary, and any of Trump's characteristic rhetorical embellishments—strongly suggests aide-mediated posting, consistent with Scavino's operational style. Contrast with the same-day Michigan auto-industry post ("CHOICE IN SCHOOLS, AND CHOICE IN CARS!!!") and the MAGA rally post, which bear unmistakable authentic voice markers. The stark tonal contrast within a single day's posts is instructive. **Confidence: medium-high (aide-written).** --- ## Contextual Pressure The post appears at the apex of acute legal pressure: Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years for seditious conspiracy, Dominic Pezzola sentenced to 10 years, Georgia arraignment waiver submitted, and multiple Jan. 6 prosecutions producing landmark sentences simultaneously. These events constitute a maximum-intensity narcissistic injury constellation—accountability experienced as coordinated persecution. --- ## Psychological State and Trigger **Trigger type: Narcissistic injury** — multiple simultaneous legal accountability events experienced as persecution by corrupt, self-interested enemies. The "bodies buried" framing performs a psychologically complex double function: it positions Trump simultaneously as *victim* (targeted by self-interested actors) and as *powerful agent* (possessing knowledge that terrifies the powerful). This is the characteristic grandiose-vulnerable oscillation: the subject is both martyr and menace to the establishment. The reshare strategy may also reflect aide-implemented caution—amplifying the persecution frame without generating additional direct statements that could be used in ongoing legal proceedings. --- ## Narrative Identity Analysis (McAdams Level 3) - **Protagonist role:** Warrior-Victim hybrid — "hasn't blinked" despite overwhelming opposition; targeted *precisely because* his knowledge threatens the powerful - **Contamination sequence:** Political dominance → persecution by those his knowledge threatens → implied eventual vindication - **Contrasting other:** "They"—unnamed establishment figures with something to hide, motivated by self-preservation rather than justice - **Identity claim:** Resilient truth-keeper who possesses dangerous knowledge about the corrupt order; the persecution itself validates his importance --- ## Dispositional Traits (McAdams Level 1) Extraversion is expressed through continued public presence and combative framing under maximum legal pressure. Agreeableness is notably absent—pure adversarial framing, no conciliation, no acknowledgment of legal complexity. Neuroticism (angry hostility) is the dominant trait expression, though it is mediated through a proxy voice in this post. Openness to experience is low—rigid, closed interpretive framework admitting no alternative explanation for prosecutions. --- ## Defense Mechanisms (Vaillant's Hierarchy) - **Paranoid projection (Immature):** Prosecution attributed entirely to self-interested, corrupt motives of adversaries; no acknowledgment of evidentiary basis; malicious intent fully externalized - **Splitting (Immature):** Pure-victim Trump vs. the lawless, body-burying establishment; black-and-white moral universe, no ambiguity permitted - **Denial (Pathological):** Legal accountability reframed as entirely illegitimate political warfare; the prosecutions do not exist as legitimate legal events in this framework --- ## Rhetorical and Propaganda Techniques - **Amplification by proxy:** Resharing enables claim circulation without direct authorial ownership—immunization against accountability for the claim's implications - **Fear appeal:** "Bodies buried" implies existential stakes for unnamed powerful figures, signaling that Trump represents an existential threat to the corrupt order - **Delegitimization:** All prosecutions framed as political elimination operations, stripping them of legal standing before any factual engagement - **False dichotomy:** Either Trump is being persecuted by corrupt actors, or the prosecutions are legitimate—no middle ground admitted - **Epistemic closure:** Embedded in the framing is the assumption that any counter-evidence is itself part of the conspiracy; the system is unfalsifiable --- ## "Bodies Are Buried" — Danger Assessment While the phrase is idiomatic, it operates on multiple registers simultaneously: 1. **Persecution legitimation:** Frames prosecutions as self-preservation by corrupt actors who fear exposure 2. **Implicit power assertion:** Trump as keeper of dangerous truths that terrify the powerful 3. **Diffuse target articulation:** Unnamed but powerful figures are positioned as threatened by Trump's knowledge—a paranoia-amplifying frame for already-primed followers 4. **Radicalization maintenance:** For followers already conditioned toward grievance-based mobilization, the frame that Trump is being destroyed by corrupt actors who fear his knowledge intensifies the existing narrative without crossing into explicit incitement No explicit call to action, no dehumanizing language, no eliminationist rhetoric. **Danger level: Elevated**—the narrative contributes to conditions for radicalization by characterizing Trump's legal accountability as existential persecution by corrupt, self-interested power holders. --- ## Gaslighting and Reality Distortion The post implicitly employs DARVO: **D**eny the prosecutions have legal merit, **A**ttack the prosecutors as corrupt and self-interested, **R**everse **V**ictim and **O**ffender (Trump becomes the victim of the very system of justice). The framing that prosecutions are purely political attacks is a documented reality distortion—prosecutors in all four cases have presented substantial evidentiary records independent of political motivation. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "They're going to do anything to get Trump out of this race" | **Unverifiable** | Opinion claim from Rep. Strong; no specific evidence of coordinated extra-legal effort to remove Trump from the race beyond the existence of prosecutions themselves | | "He knows where the bodies are buried (Trump possesses damaging information about political adversaries)" | **Unverifiable** | Metaphorical claim; Rep. Strong provided no specifics. No verifiable factual content. | | "Implicit: Trump's prosecutions are politically motivated rather than legally grounded" | **Half True** | Political dimension of timing and target selection is acknowledged by many legal observers; however all four prosecutorial tracks rest on substantial evidentiary records developed through independent investigative processes (grand jury findings, documented evidence, witness testimony). The claim is reductive in attributing prosecutions entirely to political motivation while omitting evidentiary basis. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Cognitive Status No original language was produced in this post; cognitive assessment is not possible from this text alone. The URL-only format precludes any evaluation of word-finding, syntactic complexity, coherence, or speech markers. See same-day posts for comparative language analysis. --- ## Archetypal Analysis - **Primary archetype: Trickster** — the agent who disrupts corrupt order by threatening to expose its secrets; appeal is constituted by the threat of revelation - **Secondary archetype: Warrior** — besieged by overwhelming opposition, fighting on regardless - **Shadow projection:** Corruption, lawlessness, and conspiratorial self-interest are fully projected onto prosecutors and establishment figures; these shadow elements are disowned from the self-presentation ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 20%) ### Indicators - Posted 11:11 AM ET — business hours on Labor Day - URL-only post with zero original commentary or personal language - No ALL CAPS, exclamation points, or stream-of-consciousness markers - Stark tonal contrast with authentic same-day posts showing classic Trump voice - Impersonal format consistent with Scavino link-sharing style ## Psychological Profile ### State **Mixed State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Multiple simultaneous legal prosecutions: Tarrio 22-year sentence, Pezzola 10-year sentence, Georgia arraignment waiver, ongoing federal indictments) **Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting Federal and state prosecutors, political establishment figures - Proportionality: 15% Sentiment: -0.55 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 80% - Antisocial: 55% - Paranoid: 80% - Sadism: 20% **Defense Mechanisms:** - projection (immature) - splitting (immature) - denial (pathological) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Amplification by proxy — resharing enables claim circulation while immunizing against direct accountability - Persecution narrative maintenance — validating followers' prior beliefs about establishment corruption - Epistemic closure reinforcement — framing all counter-evidence as part of the conspiracy ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** ### Indicators - 'Bodies are buried' framing positions unnamed powerful figures as threatened by Trump's knowledge — diffuse target articulation without specificity - Persecution narrative at maximum legal pressure creates radicalization-enabling conditions for followers already primed toward grievance-based mobilization - Delegitimization of all four prosecution tracks simultaneously characterizes the entire justice system as a corrupt conspiracy - Congressional voice used as institutional amplifier for persecution narrative, lending credibility to radicalization frame ### Gaslighting - DARVO pattern: Deny legal merit of prosecutions, Attack prosecutors as corrupt and self-interested, Reverse Victim and Offender positioning Trump as victim of the justice system - Reality reframing: legal accountability with substantial evidentiary basis recast as entirely politically motivated persecution - Epistemic closure enforcement: framing pre-emptively interprets any prosecutorial evidence as confirmation of the conspiracy rather than evidence of wrongdoing ## Fact Checks (3) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._ > They're going to do anything to get Trump out of this race **UNVERIFIABLE** Opinion claim from Rep. Strong; no specific evidence of coordinated extra-legal effort to remove Trump from the race beyond the existence of prosecutions themselves Sources: Rep. Dale Strong statement, Breitbart clip, August 26, 2023 > He knows where the bodies are buried (Trump possesses damaging information about political adversaries) **UNVERIFIABLE** Metaphorical claim; Rep. Strong provided no specifics. No verifiable factual content. Sources: Rep. Dale Strong statement, Breitbart clip, August 26, 2023 > Implicit: Trump's prosecutions are politically motivated rather than legally grounded **HALF TRUE** Political dimension of timing and target selection is acknowledged by many legal observers; however all four prosecutorial tracks rest on substantial evidentiary records developed through independent investigative processes (grand jury findings, documented evidence, witness testimony). The claim is reductive in attributing prosecutions entirely to political motivation while omitting evidentiary basis. Sources: DOJ special counsel indictments; Fulton County DA indictment; Manhattan DA indictment Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - persecution-narrative (95%) - aide-written (75%) - DARVO (85%) - amplification-by-proxy (90%) - narcissistic-injury-response (85%) - legal-delegitimization (90%) - epistemic-closure (88%) - grandiose-vulnerable-oscillation (80%) - radicalization-enabling-narrative (65%) - bodies-buried-rhetoric (85%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Legal Siege Day: 49 Posts Oscillate Between Grandiose Supply-Seeking and Rage-Fueled Projection as Tarrio Gets 22 Years** A heavy posting day of 49 posts, driven by the sentencing of Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio to 22 years for seditious conspiracy and the looming Georgia arraignment the next morning. The late morning featured a rapid-fire dump of over 20 links in under 40 minutes, building a legal defense wall out of borrowed voices and right-wing media clips. The afternoon pivoted to rehabilitating the mugshot as a badge of "street cred," while the evening escalated into direct, angry attacks on the January 6th committee and Jack Smith — with Trump accusing investigators of destroying classified documents, the same type of charge he himself faces. The day ended hotter than it started, with the final posts landing as raw, all-caps fury about political persecution. Full digest for 2023-09-05: https://trump.fm/date/2023-09-05/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, September 5). https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/08/26/gop-rep... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111013181103824097 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/08/26/gop-rep-strong-th..." Truth Social, 5 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111013181103824097. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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