# Post ts_111058468101923625 - Post ID: `ts_111058468101923625` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-09-13T15:08:58.369Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111058468101923625 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111058468101923625/analysis ## Post text > https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/polling/trump-expands-primary-lead-former-president-becomes-top-choice-nearly-60 ## Engagement - Likes: 11,005 - Reposts: 2,516 - Replies: 161 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.398Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T08:34:37.447Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Psychological Analysis: ts_111058468101923625 **Platform:** Truth Social | **Date:** 2023-09-13 | **Local Time:** ~11:08 AM EDT | **Age:** 77 --- ## Post Summary URL-only share of a Just the News article reporting Trump polling at nearly 60% among Republican primary voters. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Aide-authored** (confidence: high). The 11:08 AM EDT timestamp falls squarely within managed social media business hours. The complete absence of original text — no exclamations, no typos, no capitalization bursts — is inconsistent with Trump's authenticated posting style. The broader day's posting pattern shows multiple systematically queued favorable links (14th Amendment defense, "Trump is great for democracy," Nobel Peace Prize framing, "better off under Trump"), suggesting a curated content calendar rather than reactive posting. --- ## Multi-Level Personality Analysis ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits Minimal direct trait expression possible from URL-only content. The *selection* of this content to share reflects high assertiveness facet of extraversion and strong status/dominance orientation. Low agreeableness is inferred from the implicit framing (winning is a form of contempt for competitors). ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motive dominates.** This is textbook *narcissistic supply management*: the poll numbers function as external validation of a grandiose self-concept under legal siege. As of September 13, 2023, Trump was navigating four simultaneous criminal indictments (federal classified documents, federal January 6th, Georgia RICO, Manhattan DA). The 60% polling figure serves as a reality anchor — evidence that despite prosecutorial pressure, power remains intact. **Schema revealed:** *Popularity = legitimacy*. If enough people support you, legal accountability becomes persecution. The poll functions as both supply and argument. ### Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role:** The Inevitable Victor. This post, read in same-day sequence, fits a contamination-then-redemption oscillation: "When will the Fascists apologize to me?" (persecution/contamination) followed by the polling triumph (comeback/redemption). The narrative arc within a single day mirrors the macro-narrative arc of the 2024 campaign itself — "they tried to stop me but the people chose me anyway." **Contrasting other:** Implicitly, the prosecutorial establishment attempting to remove him from the race, now shown to be failing. ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators At this micro-post level, clinical inference is sharply limited. The broader day's posting pattern is consistent with the grandiose narcissistic state — five separate posts framing the subject as Nobel-worthy, historically significant, persecuted-yet-triumphant. The poll share fits the supply-seeking trigger type without paranoid or rage features visible here. --- ## Defense Mechanisms **Distortion (pathological):** Selective amplification of a favorable primary poll while simultaneously navigating four criminal indictments constructs a reality in which popularity displaces legal accountability. The poll doesn't address the legal charges; it reshapes the emotional frame around them. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis The *passive brag* technique: outsource the grandiose claim to a credentialed third party (polling organization + news outlet), achieve the self-aggrandizement without direct assertion. This is more sophisticated than explicit self-praise and carries implicit social proof ("60% of Republicans agree"). **Selective exposure** is the operative propaganda technique: the primary polling lead is real within the Republican electorate, but general election polling against Biden at this time showed a much tighter race — that data is not amplified. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Trump becomes top choice of nearly 60% in Republican primary polling" | **Mostly True** | Aggregated Republican primary polls from August–September 2023 consistently showed Trump in the 50–60% range, with the nearest competitor (DeSantis) at 12–18%. 'Nearly 60%' is within the credible range for this period, though specific poll methodologies vary. | Overall Veracity: 80% ## Danger Assessment **None.** This post contains no eliminationist language, no targets, no mobilization language. --- ## Cognitive Status No assessable language produced. URL-only posts are excluded from language production analysis per methodology. --- ## Order/Chaos Dynamics **Order restorer positioning** (implicit): the poll frames Trump as the settled will of the Republican electorate — a kind of democratic mandate that positions the legal system as the chaos agent disrupting proper order. The framing inverts the conventional narrative (law = order; Trump = chaos) to (Trump = people's will = order; prosecution = elite disruption = chaos). --- ## Contextual Note The September 13, 2023 context is notably rich: Mark Meadows had just been denied federal court transfer in the Georgia case (legal setback for Trump co-defendants), and Speaker McCarthy had just launched the Biden impeachment inquiry. The day's posting pattern — heavy on self-flattery, persecution framing, and legal defense materials — reads as a managed response to intensifying legal pressure, using favorable polling as the psychological counterweight. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 15%) ### Indicators - Post published at 15:08 UTC = 11:08 AM EDT (Trump in New York/Mar-a-Lago corridor in September 2023) — solidly within business hours - URL-only post with zero added text — no emotional commentary, no typos, no ALL CAPS - Professional, structured amplification of favorable polling data consistent with planned social media management - Pattern on this date: multiple URL shares throughout the day suggesting a curated content queue rather than reactive posting ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Favorable primary polling data) Sentiment: +0.65 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 40% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - distortion (pathological) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 10% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Vicarious identification — followers share in the triumph of the poll numbers, reinforcing in-group dominance narrative ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Trump becomes top choice of nearly 60% in Republican primary polling **MOSTLY TRUE** Aggregated Republican primary polls from August–September 2023 consistently showed Trump in the 50–60% range, with the nearest competitor (DeSantis) at 12–18%. 'Nearly 60%' is within the credible range for this period, though specific poll methodologies vary. Sources: RealClearPolitics aggregate, August–September 2023; Multiple national polls including CNN, Fox News, Quinnipiac from this period Overall Veracity: 80% ## Tags - supply-seeking (90%) - grandiose-state (70%) - aide-authored (90%) - passive-brag (80%) - selective-exposure (75%) - legal-context-response (80%) - polling-amplification (95%) - persecution-triumph-oscillation (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Grandiose Baseline Day: Late-Night Putin Validation, Romney Victory Lap, and a 14-Post Link Dump** A moderately busy day of 27 posts was dominated by self-congratulation and rival-bashing, with Trump celebrating Romney's retirement, mocking DeSantis's declining polls, and attacking Biden over inflation numbers. The most notable moment came after midnight when he cited Putin's criticism of America as validation of his own persecution claims — a rare instance of openly leveraging hostile foreign propaganda. A massive midday burst of shared links, mostly posted by staff, padded the count, while a two-part morning response to a New York Times article revealed disproportionate sensitivity to any suggestion of cognitive error. Full digest for 2023-09-13: https://trump.fm/date/2023-09-13/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, September 13). https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/polling/tr... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111058468101923625 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/polling/trump-expand..." Truth Social, 13 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111058468101923625. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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