# Post ts_111048096843272971

- Post ID: `ts_111048096843272971`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-09-11T19:11:25.613Z (UTC)
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## Post text

> The once fabled United Autoworkers of America will soon go OUT OF BUSINESS under Crooked Joe Biden if he is allowed to pull off his ALL ELECTRIC CAR HOAX. China will build them all. ENDORSE TRUMP! Likewise, TRUCKERS better get on board with “TRUMP” because the new all electric trucking mandates will quickly DESTROY THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY. Vote TRUMP and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T08:32:29.098Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

On the anniversary of 9/11, four days before the UAW strike began, Trump issued a preemptive labor-constituency capture post framing Biden's EV policies as an "ALL ELECTRIC CAR HOAX" that would destroy the auto and trucking industries for China's benefit. The post is clinically notable primarily for its imperious entitlement structure — "ENDORSE TRUMP!" directed at a 400,000-member union as a command rather than an appeal — and for its deployment of the epistemic closure technique ("HOAX") that renders any contrary factual evidence definitionally suspect. Psychologically, this is a grandiose-state supply-seeking post with instrumental deployment of workers' genuine economic anxieties. Defense mechanisms include denial (regulatory policy as theatrical hoax), projection (accusing Biden of cynical manipulation), and splitting (workers either saved by Trump or destroyed by Biden). Factual claims are significantly inflated: EV transition does pose real UAW workforce displacement questions, but "out of business" and "DESTROY" are catastrophism unsupported by evidence; "China will build them all" directly contradicts IRA domestic content provisions. Rhetorical construction follows a four-step labor-capture template: genuine anxiety → existential inflation → singular villain → singular remedy. No danger indicators. Cognitive status consistent with established baseline. Authorship likely authentic Trump (0.72) despite business-hours timing, based on strong stylistic fingerprint. Post represents standard Trump political mobilization, albeit strategically timed and cynically leveraging real worker anxieties for electoral purposes.

# Psychological Analysis: ts_111048096843272971
**Platform:** Truth Social | **Date:** 2023-09-11 | **Age:** 77

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## Overview

Posted four days before the UAW strike against the Big Three automakers began (September 15, 2023), this post is a preemptive labor-constituency outreach bid — strategically timed to capture auto worker and trucker allegiance before union leadership or Biden could frame the narrative. The posting date on 9/11 adds an ambient patriotic register from the memorial context of the day's earlier post ("WE WILL NEVER FORGET!"), though this post makes no explicit connection.

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## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five)

- **Extraversion (High):** Assertive, dominant, attention-demanding. Direct commands ("ENDORSE TRUMP!") signal high social dominance orientation.
- **Agreeableness (Very Low):** Antagonistic framing, derogatory nickname ("Crooked Joe"), contempt for opposing policy position as "HOAX."
- **Conscientiousness (Moderate):** Goal-directed — the post has a clear strategic objective (labor endorsement). But execution is impulsive and unpolished.
- **Neuroticism (Moderate):** Angry hostility present but not dominant. Post is more calculatedly aggressive than dysregulated.
- **Openness (Low):** Rigid ideological framing; complex economic transition reduced to binary hoax/catastrophe.

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## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

**Agency motives dominate**: power (commanding endorsement from major unions), status (positioning as singular industry savior), and control (directing workers' political behavior as if natural authority).

**Communion motives are instrumental**: Workers are addressed as "people like us" only insofar as they validate Trump. No genuine solidarity language; no expression of care for workers as individuals.

**Schemas revealed:**
- *Self*: Indispensable protector of American industry; possesses unique insight others lack ("HOAX" implies Trump sees through deception others miss)
- *Biden*: Malevolent deceiver ("Crooked"), either incompetent or deliberately destructive
- *China*: Existential economic threat ready to absorb American industry the moment leadership falters
- *Workers*: A constituency to be captured, not collaborated with; addressed as a mass ("TRUCKERS") rather than individuals

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## Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role:** Savior-Warrior hybrid. Trump as the one who can see the HOAX for what it is, standing between American workers and industrial annihilation.

**Narrative sequence:** Classic contamination-then-redemption: Good (American auto/trucking industries) → Contamination (Biden's EV mandates, China ascendancy) → Potential Redemption (only available via "Vote TRUMP").

**Identity claims:**
- "I am the protector of American labor"
- "I am the only one who sees through the deception"
- "My name is synonymous with survival ('Vote TRUMP')"

**Contrasting other:** Biden as globalist puppet enabling Chinese economic conquest; the "all electric" agenda as vehicle (pun structurally embedded) of American industrial surrender.

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## Level 4: Clinical Indicators

### Narcissistic Dynamics

**State:** Grandiose. The post lacks the wounded quality of vulnerable narcissism; it is expansive, dominant, and self-aggrandizing. Trump issues commands to major unions as if they owe him allegiance by default.

**Trigger:** Supply-seeking with strategic labor constituency targeting. No identifiable narcissistic injury in this post; this is proactive positioning ahead of a predicted news cycle.

**Entitlement:** "ENDORSE TRUMP!" directed at 400,000 UAW members is striking in its presumptive command structure — not "I hope to earn your support" but a directive, as if the endorsement is already owed and merely needs to be claimed.

### Defense Mechanisms

1. **Denial (Pathological):** Labeling Biden's EV regulations a "HOAX" constitutes a wholesale denial of documented regulatory reality. These are legally codified EPA rules and IRA incentive structures — not theatrical fabrication.

2. **Projection (Immature):** Accusing Biden of cynically manipulating workers for political gain maps precisely onto Trump's own documented pattern of courting labor while opposing union organizing and collective bargaining mechanisms.

3. **Splitting (Immature):** Workers exist in a binary: aligned with Trump (saved) or under Biden (destroyed). No gradation, no policy complexity, no acknowledgment of legitimate tradeoffs in energy transition.

### Malignant Narcissism Sub-scores (0–1)
- Narcissistic features: **0.72** (grandiosity, entitlement, exploitation of workers as endorsement resource)
- Antisocial features: **0.35** (deceitfulness via "HOAX" framing; contempt for democratic deliberation)
- Paranoid features: **0.40** (conspiratorial framing of EV policy as coordinated deception; "China will build them all" as persecution narrative)
- Sadism: **0.15** (minimal; no evident enjoyment of others' suffering in this post)

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## Rhetorical & Propaganda Analysis

The post deploys a four-step labor-capture rhetorical move:

1. **Identify genuine anxiety** — EV transition does pose real workforce displacement questions for UAW members; this is not invented from nothing.
2. **Inflate to existential stakes** — "OUT OF BUSINESS," "DESTROY" transform policy concern into apocalyptic framing.
3. **Assign singular villain** — Biden as knowing deceiver; China as ultimate beneficiary.
4. **Present singular remedy** — "ENDORSE TRUMP" / "Vote TRUMP" as the only available exit from catastrophe.

The word "HOAX" does significant epistemic work: it pre-emptively closes off any factual defense of EV policy by defining it as deception rather than as policy. This is characteristic of Trump's epistemic strategy across domains — the framing becomes unfalsifiable because any contrary evidence is itself part of the hoax.

**Notable stylistic curiosity:** Trump places his own name in quotation marks in the truckers passage — "get on board with 'TRUMP'" — an unusual self-citation that functions as a brand objectification. The name becomes a movement identity distinct from the person.

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## Cognitive Status

**Complexity score vs. baseline:** Consistent with established Trump baseline. No word-finding difficulty, no temporal confusion, no perseveration beyond standard rhetorical emphasis. Syntactic complexity is low but stable; this is not a regression from earlier patterns.

**Coherence:** The post is internally coherent within its own logic. The argument structure is simple but functional: IF Biden EV → industry death; THEREFORE vote Trump. No tangentiality or circumstantiality observed.

**Longitudinal note:** Compare to same-day posts which show similar patterns — the Biden election interference post ("SCAM!") and the DeSantis/"Sloppy Chris Christie" post ("a complete psycho") — all show consistent emotional register, nickname usage, and ALL CAPS patterns. No deviation from established baseline.

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## Gaslighting & Reality Distortion

- **"ALL ELECTRIC CAR HOAX"**: Labels actual federal regulatory and incentive policy as theatrical deception. DARVO-adjacent: the actual policy becomes evidence of conspiracy rather than governance.
- **"China will build them all"**: Rhetorically constructed as inevitability rather than contested prediction. The IRA specifically includes domestic content requirements for EV tax credits — directly contradicting this framing.
- **Epistemic closure dynamic**: Workers who accept the "HOAX" framing must reject the substantial body of evidence supporting EV transition policy — functioning as a loyalty test requiring embrace of a counterfactual.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "UAW will 'soon go OUT OF BUSINESS' under Biden EV policies" | **Mostly False** | EV transition does reduce per-vehicle assembly labor, a documented workforce concern. However, 'out of business' is extreme catastrophism. UAW bargained EV transition terms and remains a functioning union. |
| "Biden's ALL ELECTRIC CAR policy is a HOAX" | **False** | Biden's EV policies are codified in EPA regulations and the Inflation Reduction Act (2022). These are actual laws and regulatory rulemakings, not theatrical deception. |
| "China will build all electric cars if Biden's policies continue" | **Mostly False** | China dominates EV supply chains and battery manufacturing globally. However, IRA domestic content requirements specifically incentivize US EV manufacturing and restrict Chinese battery supply chain components from qualifying for tax credits. |
| "New all electric trucking mandates will quickly DESTROY THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY" | **Mostly False** | California CARB Advanced Clean Trucks rule and EPA proposals impose electrification timelines on commercial vehicles. Real compliance cost concerns exist in the industry. 'Quickly DESTROY' is hyperbole unsupported by industry or economic analysis. |

Overall Veracity: 15%

## Danger Assessment

**Level: None**. No dehumanizing language, no eliminationist rhetoric, no target-plus-grievance-plus-implied-action structure. This is standard political mobilization, aggressively framed but not proximate to violence. The economic fear appeals are manipulative but do not approach stochastic terrorism thresholds.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Score: 0.72 (likely authentic Trump)**

Posting at approximately 3:11 PM EDT (business hours at likely Trump Tower NYC location) introduces moderate uncertainty. However, the stylistic fingerprint — ALL CAPS emphatics, "Crooked Joe Biden," abrupt topic pivots, imperative commands, idiosyncratic quotation mark usage — is overwhelmingly consistent with authentic Trump composition. Most probable: authentic Trump draft, possibly lightly formatted or timed by staff.

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## 9/11 Contextual Note

The post appears third in a sequence on the 9/11 anniversary, following a brief memorial post ("WE WILL NEVER FORGET!") and an election interference complaint. The rapid pivot from solemn commemoration to aggressive political mobilization — within the same day — is consistent with Trump's documented pattern of treating symbolic occasions as platforms for political advancement rather than purely commemorative moments.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 72%)

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS emotional emphasis ('OUT OF BUSINESS', 'HOAX', 'DESTROY THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY')
- Nickname deployment: 'Crooked Joe Biden'
- Exclamation point density characteristic of authentic posts
- Stream-of-consciousness pivot from UAW to truckers mid-post
- 'ENDORSE TRUMP!' imperative as first-person demand, not polished third-person framing

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (UAW pre-strike labor constituency)

Sentiment: -0.45

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 72%
- Antisocial: 35%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 15%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- denial (pathological)
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 28%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct second-person address to specific occupational identities ('TRUCKERS better get on board')
- Manufactured urgency: 'soon,' 'quickly' — time pressure to foreclose deliberation
- In-group identity affirmation: workers cast as 'real Americans' being betrayed by elites
- Call to action as membership test: 'ENDORSE TRUMP' as loyalty signal

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- 'ALL ELECTRIC CAR HOAX' — labels codified federal regulatory policy as deliberate theatrical deception, foreclosing factual engagement
- 'China will build them all' stated as inevitability, ignoring IRA domestic content requirements that directly contradict the claim
- DARVO-adjacent: genuine Biden policy becomes evidence of conspiracy rather than governance; workers who reject 'HOAX' framing implicitly defined as dupes

## Fact Checks (4)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._

> UAW will 'soon go OUT OF BUSINESS' under Biden EV policies

**MOSTLY FALSE**

EV transition does reduce per-vehicle assembly labor, a documented workforce concern. However, 'out of business' is extreme catastrophism. UAW bargained EV transition terms and remains a functioning union.

Sources: General knowledge: UAW strike Sept 15 2023; IRA EV provisions; UAW bargaining history

> Biden's ALL ELECTRIC CAR policy is a HOAX

**FALSE**

Biden's EV policies are codified in EPA regulations and the Inflation Reduction Act (2022). These are actual laws and regulatory rulemakings, not theatrical deception.

Sources: General knowledge: IRA 2022; EPA vehicle emissions standards

> China will build all electric cars if Biden's policies continue

**MOSTLY FALSE**

China dominates EV supply chains and battery manufacturing globally. However, IRA domestic content requirements specifically incentivize US EV manufacturing and restrict Chinese battery supply chain components from qualifying for tax credits.

Sources: General knowledge: IRA Section 30D domestic content provisions; CATL restrictions

> New all electric trucking mandates will quickly DESTROY THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY

**MOSTLY FALSE**

California CARB Advanced Clean Trucks rule and EPA proposals impose electrification timelines on commercial vehicles. Real compliance cost concerns exist in the industry. 'Quickly DESTROY' is hyperbole unsupported by industry or economic analysis.

Sources: General knowledge: California CARB ACT rule; EPA Phase 3 GHG standards

Overall Veracity: 15%

## Tags

- labor-constituency-targeting (92%)
- ev-policy-distortion (88%)
- epistemic-closure (85%)
- grandiose-state (78%)
- supply-seeking (75%)
- splitting-defense (72%)
- economic-fear-appeal (88%)
- china-threat-narrative (70%)
- uaw-preemptive-courtship (90%)
- authentic-trump-voice (72%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**On 9/11 Anniversary, Legal Grievance Eclipses National Mourning in 18-Post Barrage**

Trump spent the 22nd anniversary of September 11 almost entirely consumed by his legal troubles and political attacks, offering only a single four-word memorial before pivoting to hours of grievance. A late-night burst of posts processing his Georgia indictment gave way to an aggressive afternoon session attacking Biden, Fox News, Republican rivals, and the justice system itself. The most alarming moment came when he framed immigration as an "invasion" destroying American cities, deploying dehumanizing language on the nation's most emotionally charged date. The day revealed how completely personal legal crisis had displaced any capacity for communal mourning or national reflection.

Full digest for 2023-09-11: https://trump.fm/date/2023-09-11/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, September 11). The once fabled United Autoworkers of America... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111048096843272971
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The once fabled United Autoworkers of America will soon go..." Truth Social, 11 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111048096843272971. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The once fabled United Autoworkers of America will soon go...," Truth Social, September 11, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111048096843272971.

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