# Post ts_111013244883054023 - Post ID: `ts_111013244883054023` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-09-05T15:28:06.818Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111013244883054023 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111013244883054023/analysis ## Post text > https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/revenue-down-416billion-compared-time-last-year-despite-passage ## Engagement - Likes: 5,474 - Reposts: 1,683 - Replies: 86 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.399Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T08:26:09.419Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: URL-Only Post — Federal Revenue / IRA Critique (2023-09-05) ### Overview This post consists entirely of a hyperlink to a *Just The News* article reporting a $416 billion year-over-year decline in federal revenues, framed as evidence of the Inflation Reduction Act's failure to deliver on its deficit-reduction promise. There is no accompanying text, caption, or commentary. Psychological inference is accordingly constrained; what is analyzable is the behavioral act of content curation, timing, and contextual significance. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Verdict: Aide-authored (high confidence)** UTC 15:28:06 converts to **11:28 AM EDT**. In early September 2023, Trump was based at **Bedminster, NJ** (his summer residency), making this squarely mid-morning business hours. Five posts from this same day follow an identical URL-only format — linking to *Just The News*, *Daily Caller*, and *Loomered* articles across a range of right-wing talking points. This systematic, dispassionate content aggregation pattern — no typos, no emotional punctuation, no ALL CAPS, no stream-of-consciousness — is characteristic of aide-managed curation (consistent with Scavino's operational profile). Authentic Trump posts in this period typically contain reactive commentary and are concentrated in late-night windows. This post exhibits none of those markers. --- ### Rhetorical Function The post performs its political argument entirely through the act of curation. Sharing this article constitutes an **implicit contamination narrative**: Biden's signature legislative achievement (IRA) → promised deficit reduction → fiscal failure. The framing is rhetorically efficient precisely because no explicit claim is made; the account is insulated from rebuttal while the attack is executed. This is **argument by article selection** — a low-risk, deniable form of political messaging. The other URL posts from this day form a coordinated thematic cluster: DeSantis vulnerabilities (insurance commissioner lobbying), Biden-Ukraine corruption allegations, cultural grievance content (nonbinary energy workers, California parental notification), and Trump trial procedural favorable framing. Taken together, these constitute a managed content operation rather than spontaneous expression. --- ### Contextual Significance The post arrives **one day before Trump's waived Georgia arraignment** (September 6, 2023), during a period of maximum legal exposure — Georgia RICO charges, Proud Boys sentencing, ongoing federal proceedings. The saturation of URL-only posts on this date is consistent with a **deflection strategy**: flooding the feed with opposition-damaging economic and political content while the account holder avoids any direct, personally attributable statement during a legally sensitive window. This is displacement at the account-management level — redirecting audience attention outward during periods of acute vulnerability. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Federal revenue fell $416 billion compared to the same period last year" | **Mostly True** | Treasury Department data supports a substantial year-over-year revenue decline in this approximate range for the fiscal year through August 2023 vs August 2022. The figure is grounded in official government data. | | "Revenue fell despite passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (implied: IRA caused or failed to prevent the decline)" | **Half True** | The $438 billion drop in individual income tax receipts is primarily attributable to the unwinding of anomalously elevated FY2022 capital gains realizations during the 2021 equity market boom — a macroeconomic baseline effect independent of IRA provisions. IRA revenue provisions (15% corporate minimum tax) were still in delayed implementation. Expert sources cited within the article itself (CRFB, Tax Foundation) note IRA was designed to raise tens of billions annually over time, not hundreds. The causal 'despite passage' framing is misleading. | Overall Veracity: 65% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 6%) ### Indicators - 11:28 AM EDT — mid-morning business hours at Bedminster NJ - URL-only format with zero original text - No typos, emotional punctuation, or ALL CAPS - Five identical URL-only posts same day suggest scheduled curation session - Consistent with Scavino aide-managed aggregation pattern ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance (Biden economic record) Sentiment: -0.45 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 10% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - displacement (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Content curation as surrogate voice — maintains audience engagement without personal exposure ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Federal revenue fell $416 billion compared to the same period last year **MOSTLY TRUE** Treasury Department data supports a substantial year-over-year revenue decline in this approximate range for the fiscal year through August 2023 vs August 2022. The figure is grounded in official government data. Sources: U.S. Treasury Department monthly budget statements; Just The News article citing Treasury data > Revenue fell despite passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (implied: IRA caused or failed to prevent the decline) **HALF TRUE** The $438 billion drop in individual income tax receipts is primarily attributable to the unwinding of anomalously elevated FY2022 capital gains realizations during the 2021 equity market boom — a macroeconomic baseline effect independent of IRA provisions. IRA revenue provisions (15% corporate minimum tax) were still in delayed implementation. Expert sources cited within the article itself (CRFB, Tax Foundation) note IRA was designed to raise tens of billions annually over time, not hundreds. The causal 'despite passage' framing is misleading. Sources: Congressional Budget Office baseline analyses; Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; Tax Foundation assessments of IRA revenue provisions Overall Veracity: 65% ## Tags - aide-authored (95%) - content-curation (90%) - economic-attack (80%) - IRA-criticism (85%) - deflection-pattern (70%) - legal-period-avoidance (65%) - url-only (100%) ## 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://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencie... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111013244883054023 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/revenue-..." Truth Social, 5 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111013244883054023. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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