# Post ts_111019612357347765 - Post ID: `ts_111019612357347765` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-09-06T18:27:26.809Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111019612357347765 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111019612357347765/analysis ## Post text > https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-desantis-spokesman-jeremy-redfern-used-to-love-vaccines-and-anthony-fauci ## Engagement - Likes: 5,064 - Reposts: 1,447 - Replies: 77 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.399Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T08:23:35.958Z (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_111019612357347765 (2023-09-06) ### Overview This post consists entirely of a bare hyperlink to a Daily Beast article exposing that Ron DeSantis's spokesman, Jeremy Redfern, previously expressed support for vaccines and Anthony Fauci — positions now anathema to the MAGA base. There is no accompanying text, commentary, or framing language. This is a content-curation share, not an original statement. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Verdict: Aide-written (high confidence)** The UTC timestamp of 18:27:26 converts to approximately **2:27 PM Eastern Time** — solidly within standard business hours. Trump was likely in the New York/New Jersey area (Bedminster is his typical late-summer residence) or possibly back in New York for legal proceedings, given the Georgia arraignment waiver occurring around this period. Additional indicators of aide authorship: - No accompanying text whatsoever — Trump characteristically cannot resist commentary, epithets, or at minimum a superlative - Posting pattern on this date shows multiple bare URL drops in sequence (DeSantis campaign, DOJ/Garland content, anti-Trump indictment defenses) — consistent with a curated content queue, not organic browsing - The Daily Beast is not a typical Trump amplification source; an aide likely surfaced this oppo research article - No typos, no ALL CAPS, no emotional punctuation This has the hallmarks of a Scavino-era (or equivalent) social media assistant curating favorable attack content and scheduling posts in blocks. --- ### Psychological State and Triggers **Trigger type: Narcissistic injury via competitive threat** The September 2023 context is critical: DeSantis remained Trump's most significant Republican primary rival, though his campaign was visibly faltering. Trump's Truth Social feed on this date functions as a coordinated multi-front attack operation: 1. Legal defense content (DOJ/Garland impeachment, Jack Smith critiques) 2. DeSantis opposition research (campaign failures, aide hypocrisy) The article targets DeSantis not directly but through his spokesman — a proxy attack that avoids direct engagement while seeding doubt about DeSantis's authenticity with the vaccine-skeptical MAGA base. This reflects a sophisticated understanding of coalition vulnerability: DeSantis's anti-vax positioning is essential to his primary appeal, and exposing a hypocrite in his inner circle undermines that positioning without requiring Trump to engage in a visible one-on-one attack. **Narcissistic state: Grandiose** — The overall posting pattern suggests a confident offensive posture rather than wounded vulnerability. Trump is prosecuting his primary campaign through accumulated delegitimization of rivals. --- ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits No direct linguistic material to analyze. The selection of this specific article signals: - **Low agreeableness**: willingness to attack via proxy, opposition research - **High agency/power motive**: the article is weaponized, not shared for informational value - **No evidence of neuroticism** in this particular post --- ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Goal**: Erode DeSantis's credibility with vaccine-skeptic primary voters by associating his inner circle with Fauci-era orthodoxy. **Schema revealed**: The vaccine/Fauci axis has been fully incorporated into Trump's identity framework — being "anti-Fauci" is a loyalty signal, and exposing DeSantis's team as former believers is a tribal purity attack. --- ### Level 3: Narrative Identity Even without text, the curation choice reveals narrative positioning: - **Protagonist role**: The one who was always consistent, always anti-establishment, surrounded by true believers (implicitly contrasting with DeSantis's allegedly opportunistic conversion) - **Contrasting other**: DeSantis and his hypocritical aide — "performative" anti-Fauci posturing vs. (implied) authentic Trump resistance --- ### Defense Mechanisms - **Projection** (mild): By surfacing others' alleged inauthenticity, Trump deflects from scrutiny of his own inconsistencies (he was notably responsible for Operation Warp Speed and initially promoted vaccination) - **Splitting**: The Fauci/vaccine issue is presented as a pure binary — one either loved Fauci (disqualifying) or never wavered (legitimate) The irony is notable: Trump himself praised vaccines repeatedly post-development, making this a case of projection and motivated amnesia deployed through a surrogate. --- ### Rhetorical Techniques - **Ad hominem by proxy**: Attack on DeSantis conducted through his aide rather than directly - **Tribal purity appeal**: Leveraging vaccine skepticism as a loyalty litmus test - **Implicit whataboutism**: Redirects attention from Trump's legal exposure to DeSantis's team's past statements - **Negative amplification via curation**: Lending credibility to a left-leaning outlet (Daily Beast) when it serves tactical purposes — an instrumentalized media relationship --- ### Cognitive Assessment Insufficient linguistic material for any assessment. The bare URL provides no speech sample. --- ### Danger Assessment **None.** This is political opposition research dissemination. No threatening language, no targets, no mobilization signals. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern previously expressed support for vaccines and Anthony Fauci" | **Unverifiable** | Claim originates in the Daily Beast article being linked; cannot independently verify without accessing the article content. This type of social media history documentation is typically verified by journalists before publication. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 10%) ### Indicators - 2:27 PM Eastern — business hours, not late-night authentic pattern - Bare URL with zero accompanying text — inconsistent with Trump's compulsive commentary style - Daily Beast is not a typical Trump amplification source; suggests aide oppo research curation - Part of a sequential multi-URL drop pattern on the same day suggesting scheduled queue - No typos, emotional punctuation, or ALL CAPS ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (Ron DeSantis as primary rival) Sentiment: -0.40 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 40% - Antisocial: 20% - Paranoid: 10% - Sadism: 10% **Defense Mechanisms:** - projection (immature) - splitting (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - tribal purity signaling - proxy attack on rival ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern previously expressed support for vaccines and Anthony Fauci **UNVERIFIABLE** Claim originates in the Daily Beast article being linked; cannot independently verify without accessing the article content. This type of social media history documentation is typically verified by journalists before publication. Sources: Daily Beast article (not fetched) Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - DeSantis attack (90%) - proxy attack (80%) - vaccine politics (70%) - oppo research (80%) - aide-written (90%) - primary campaign (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Arraignment Day Silence Breaks Into a Storm of Grievance and Retribution** Trump spent the day of his formal Georgia arraignment on 13 felony charges without once mentioning the proceedings directly, instead flooding his feed with dozens of supportive articles and attacks on rivals. The afternoon brought a massive staff-managed burst of link-sharing -- legal counter-narratives, debate-dominance stories, and Nixon comparison pieces -- building a wall of distraction around the legal threat. Things turned personal when Trump took over the keyboard, savaging Mike Pence for criticizing him on television, promising to jail his prosecutors if re-elected, and closing the day by publicly demolishing Ann Coulter. The mood was a volatile mix of defiance and grievance, with the legal pressure visible not in what he said about it, but in how aggressively he talked about everything else. Full digest for 2023-09-06: https://trump.fm/date/2023-09-06/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, September 6). https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-desantis-spokesm... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111019612357347765 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-desantis-spokesman-jeremy-..." Truth Social, 6 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111019612357347765. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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