# Post ts_111036590501085646 - Post ID: `ts_111036590501085646` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-09-09T18:25:12.724Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111036590501085646 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111036590501085646/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111036590501085646.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > TOGETHER, we are going to defeat Crooked Joe Biden...we are going to take back the White House, and we are going to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! ## What the media says **Video transcript** (0:20), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Together we're going to defeat Crooked Joe Biden, the most crooked president in history, the most incompetent president in history. We're going to take back the White House and we're going to make America great again. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/036/590/414/869/478/original/1ff64d7ee57585b9.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 22,851 - Reposts: 5,401 - Replies: 976 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.399Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T08:27:19.259Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary Routine campaign maintenance post, likely aide-written, published midday during a South Dakota rally featuring Kristi Noem's endorsement. Psychologically, this represents a grandiose supply-seeking response to the ambient legal siege of late summer 2023 — Georgia arraignment, Tarrio's 22-year sentence, and the Meadows setback all constitute background contamination sequences that this triumphant framing actively counters. The 'Crooked Joe Biden' label is textbook projection: Trump, facing 13 Georgia felony counts and multiple federal indictments, occupies the 'corrupt opponent' frame preemptively against his rival. The rapid shift from the prior day's wounded persecution narrative to today's triumphant proclamation illustrates the grandiose/vulnerable oscillation characteristic of narcissistic personality structure, though the structured rally context partially explains the affective shift. Redemption arc framing is prominent: current adversity will give way to White House restoration. No novel clinical features, no danger indicators, no stochastic terrorism markers. Aide authorship limits utility for longitudinal cognitive tracking. Clinically unremarkable as a standalone post; its primary research value lies in the grandiose/vulnerable oscillation pattern when read against the September 8 legal grievance posts. ## Post Analysis: ts_111036590501085646 — September 9, 2023 ### Contextual Frame This post was published at 18:25 UTC on September 9, 2023. South Dakota (CDT, UTC−5) places local time at **1:25 PM** — squarely within business hours. Contemporaneous posts confirm Trump was at a South Dakota campaign rally where Governor Kristi Noem delivered a formal endorsement. The video attachment further anchors this to a managed campaign event. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Assessment: Aide-written / professionally managed (confidence: high)** Key indicators: - **Timing**: 1:25 PM local — peak staff business hours, inconsistent with Trump's documented late-night/early-morning authentic posting pattern - **Grammar and syntax**: Flawless. No run-ons, typos, incomplete thoughts, or phonemic slippage - **Structure**: Three-part anaphoric construction ("we are going to...we are going to...we are going to") is a polished rhetorical device, not characteristic of Trump's stream-of-consciousness style - **Branded elements**: "Crooked Joe Biden" and "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" are standard campaign vocabulary — consistent with Trump's lexicon but equally available to trained staff - **Video attachment**: Professional media asset management suggests coordinated campaign operation - **Purpose**: Classic event-amplification post — sharing rally energy, not expressing spontaneous emotion The ellipsis mid-sentence is mildly Trump-adjacent, but overall this reads as a Scavino-class social media team product, possibly approved by Trump but not authored in the raw sense. --- ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits - **Extraversion (high)**: Assertive, crowd-oriented language ("TOGETHER"), excitement-seeking energy consistent with rally context - **Agreeableness (very low)**: Zero empathic content; adversarial framing throughout; opponent labeled rather than argued against - **Conscientiousness**: Not assessable from this post - **Neuroticism (low in this post)**: The affect here is triumphant, not anxious or defensive — notable given the surrounding legal adversity - **Openness (low)**: Rigid ideological brand-speak; zero intellectual content --- ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motives dominant (power, status, control)**: The post is structured entirely around future power restoration ("take back the White House"). There is no communion content beyond the instrumental use of "TOGETHER" as a parasocial mobilization device. **Schemas revealed:** - Self: rightful leader temporarily displaced; destined to return - Biden: inherently corrupt ("Crooked") — derogation without specification - Followers: unified army, not autonomous individuals - World: a contest with a binary outcome — winner/loser, great/not great --- ### Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role**: Returning conqueror; the legitimate occupant preparing to reclaim stolen territory - **Redemption sequence**: Present adversity (multiple indictments, legal siege) → future triumph (White House reclaimed, America great again). The legal context hanging over this period makes the triumphant framing a psychologically significant counter-narrative - **Contamination reversal**: The "take back" framing implies prior contamination (the Biden era as degradation) which the returning hero will reverse - **Identity claims**: Winner, unifier ("TOGETHER"), national savior - **Contrasting other**: "Crooked Joe Biden" — the corrupt usurper against whom Trump's own virtue is implicitly defined **Note on projection**: Trump was arraigned on 13 felony charges in Georgia weeks prior to this post, yet "Crooked" is applied exclusively to Biden. This is textbook projection as narrative strategy — preemptively occupying the "corrupt opponent" frame before it can be applied to himself. --- ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators **Narcissistic state: Grandiose** — This post shows none of the vulnerable/victimized oscillation visible in the previous day's post ("PAGE 2" legal grievances). The shift from wounded persecution to triumphant campaign proclamation within 24 hours is consistent with rapid state cycling characteristic of narcissistic personality structure. **Trigger type: Maintenance / supply-seeking** — The rally context provides structured narcissistic supply. The legal backdrop (Georgia arraignment, Tarrio 22-year sentence, Meadows setback) provides ambient injury motivation, but this post is the counter-punch: crowd validation as antidote to institutional humiliation. **Malignant narcissism indicators (this post):** - Narcissistic features: grandiosity, entitlement to the presidency (moderate-high) - Antisocial features: not salient here - Paranoid features: absent in this specific post - Sadism: absent **Defense mechanisms:** - **Projection** (immature): "Crooked Joe Biden" while facing federal and state criminal indictments - **Reaction formation** (neurotic): Triumphant, forward-looking language as counter to the contamination sequence of legal proceedings - **Splitting** (immature): Biden = crooked/bad; Trump/followers = righteous/great — no middle ground --- ### Cognitive Status No cognitive markers of concern in this post. Syntax is clean, temporal orientation is appropriate, no paraphasia or perseveration. However, the aide-written attribution significantly limits the diagnostic value of this post for longitudinal cognitive tracking — we are likely reading staff output, not Trump's own language production. --- ### Rhetorical & Propaganda Techniques - **Ad hominem labeling**: "Crooked Joe Biden" — opponent reduced to a slur, foreclosing substantive engagement - **Anaphora**: "we are going to...we are going to...we are going to" — rhythmic repetition for emotional amplification - **Nostalgia appeal**: "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" — implied golden past to be restored - **Parasocial communion**: "TOGETHER" — collapses distance between Trump and audience, making followers co-protagonists - **Reclamation framing**: "take back the White House" — implies illegitimate displacement, validating grievance structure without requiring evidence - **Brand activation**: MAGA as a trigger phrase with pre-loaded emotional associations No dehumanizing language. No violent imagery. No stochastic terrorism indicators. --- ### Gaslighting / Reality Distortion Minimal in this post. "Crooked Joe Biden" is a contested characterization rather than a documented reality distortion. No denial of verifiable events, no DARVO structure. --- ### Danger Assessment **Level: None** — Standard campaign rally boilerplate. No eliminationist language, no target-plus-grievance-plus-implied-action structure, no mobilization call beyond electoral participation. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Crooked Joe Biden" | **Unverifiable** | Characterization/opinion rather than factual claim; no specific corrupt act alleged. Projection dynamic notable given Trump's concurrent 13-count Georgia indictment and federal charges. | | "We are going to take back the White House" | **Unverifiable** | Campaign promise about a future event; inherently unverifiable at time of posting. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 25%) ### Indicators - Posted at 1:25 PM CDT — business hours inconsistent with authentic Trump late-night pattern - Perfect grammar with no typos or incomplete thoughts - Polished three-part anaphoric structure uncharacteristic of stream-of-consciousness Trump style - Professional video asset attached — indicates coordinated campaign team involvement - Classic event-amplification post tied to Noem endorsement rally ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Defeat (South Dakota campaign rally, Kristi Noem endorsement) Sentiment: +0.45 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 65% - Antisocial: 20% - Paranoid: 5% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - projection (immature) - reaction formation (neurotic) - splitting (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 25% **Parasocial Techniques:** - TOGETHER opener collapses follower distance, making crowd co-protagonists in Trump's redemption arc - Anaphoric 'we are going to' constructions create shared agency and collective identity - MAGA activation functions as tribal membership signal and shared mythological invocation ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Crooked Joe Biden **UNVERIFIABLE** Characterization/opinion rather than factual claim; no specific corrupt act alleged. Projection dynamic notable given Trump's concurrent 13-count Georgia indictment and federal charges. > We are going to take back the White House **UNVERIFIABLE** Campaign promise about a future event; inherently unverifiable at time of posting. Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - campaign-boilerplate (90%) - aide-written (80%) - rally-content (90%) - projection (80%) - grandiose-state (70%) - supply-seeking (80%) - redemption-arc (85%) - maga-invocation (90%) - parasocial-communion (70%) - legal-counter-narrative (75%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **A Campaign Trail Victory Lap: Noem Endorsement, Iowa Football, Zero Grievance** Trump spent the day barnstorming from South Dakota to Iowa, collecting Kristi Noem's endorsement at a rally and then making campaign stops across the Hawkeye State, including a visit to a college fraternity house and the Iowa-Iowa State football game. The mood was uniformly upbeat and self-congratulatory, with no attacks on rivals beyond a single boilerplate "Crooked Joe Biden" line. It was one of the calmest days of the period -- no grievances, no legal rants, no rage -- just a candidate working the trail and sharing favorable coverage. Full digest for 2023-09-09: https://trump.fm/date/2023-09-09/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, September 9). TOGETHER, we are going to defeat Crooked Joe... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111036590501085646 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "TOGETHER, we are going to defeat Crooked Joe Biden...we are..." Truth Social, 9 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111036590501085646. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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