# Post ts_111063557951255495 - Post ID: `ts_111063557951255495` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-09-14T12:43:23.308Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111063557951255495 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111063557951255495/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111063557951255495.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Not only is DeSanctimonious looking to destroy your Social Security, including moving the minimum age to 70, and your Medicare, but today he had a killer story in the Washington Post talking about his really bad spending habits. He’s gone, yet Fox has him all over the place, even on Hannity last night. They’ve actually picked another candidate, they just don’t know who it is yet…Ratings Freefall! I’m America First, so it will never be me! ## Engagement - Likes: 11,663 - Reposts: 3,057 - Replies: 426 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.398Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T08:37:45.348Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary Representative specimen of Trump's reactive attack posting composed during early morning executive time after monitoring cable news. Post demonstrates the interlocking narcissistic dynamics defining his political communication: devaluation of a rival via sustained epithet, premature declaration of that rival's political death as a grandiosity display, and reframing routine media coverage as institutional conspiracy. The Fox betrayal narrative is diagnostically revealing — ordinary primary-season coverage is processed through a lens of owed loyalty, consistent with the entitlement facet of narcissistic personality features. Defense mechanisms operating simultaneously include devaluation, projection (attributing destructive intent to DeSantis), denial ('He's gone'), and rationalization (Fox is merely confused, not preferential). The closing line functions as an unfalsifiable identity claim, simultaneously explaining potential future Fox snubs as principled refusal rather than rejection — a pre-emptive narcissistic defense. No cognitive irregularities or danger indicators present. Post is highly authentic (score: 0.85), composed at 8:43 AM EDT during documented executive time window with clear TV-reactive triggers. Overall picture is consistent with grandiose narcissistic state in response to dual narcissistic injury: a competitor's continued viability and a formerly loyal institution's perceived defection. ## Personality Analysis: Trump Truth Social Post — September 14, 2023 ### Authorship Attribution **Verdict: High authenticity (authentic Trump)** The UTC timestamp of 12:43 maps to **8:43 AM EDT** (September is daylight saving time; Trump was almost certainly in the New York/New Jersey area during this active campaign period). This is squarely within his documented "executive time" window — the hours when he watches *Fox & Friends* and morning cable news and posts reactively. The specific reference to Hannity "last night" is a classic TV-reactive tell: he watched the prior evening's coverage and is posting his response the following morning. Additional authenticity markers: "DeSanctimonious" (his own coined epithet, used consistently), stream-of-consciousness structure with abrupt topic pivots (policy → spending → Fox betrayal → self-identification), casual vernacular ("killer story"), mid-thought ellipsis, and the cryptic self-referential closing — all are incompatible with polished aide drafting. --- ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five) **Extraversion (high):** Assertive dominance posture throughout; seizing the frame, declaring rival's campaign over. **Agreeableness (very low):** Sustained personal attack via epithet, contemptuous dismissal ("He's gone"), zero acknowledgment of rival's legitimate candidacy. **Conscientiousness (low):** Associative topic-jumping without logical scaffolding — Social Security policy → spending habits → Fox loyalty → identity claim. No deliberate argumentative structure. **Neuroticism (moderate-high):** Reactive to cable news coverage of a rival; Fox's routine interview booking triggers a betrayal narrative. Hostile affect throughout. **Openness (very low):** Rigid ideological purity claim ("I'm America First"); black-and-white framing of Fox as either loyal or traitorous. --- ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Dominant motives:** Agency — power preservation, competitive status dominance, control of the Republican narrative frame. **Schemas:** - *Self:* Rightful standard-bearer of the GOP; ideologically pure; untouchable by Fox's machinations. - *DeSantis:* Illegitimate usurper; Social Security destroyer; already a political corpse. - *Fox News:* Defected institution; conspiring for an unnamed establishment candidate; suffering consequences via ratings. **Trigger:** Dual narcissistic injury — (1) DeSantis's continued primary viability, evidenced by ongoing Fox coverage, and (2) perceived institutional betrayal by Fox News, a previously loyal media ally. --- ### Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role:** Protector/Fighter — "your Social Security," "your Medicare" casts Trump as defender of ordinary Americans against an elite destroyer. **Narrative sequence:** Contamination — a once-loyal institution (Fox) has been corrupted, captured by unnamed establishment forces working against the true movement. **Identity claims:** "I'm America First" — ideological purity as the core self-definition, contrasted against Fox's alleged disloyalty and DeSantis's alleged policy betrayal. **Contrasting other (dual):** DeSantis as the existential policy threat; Fox News as the institutional traitor. **Redemption implicit:** Trump's own unwavering America First identity is positioned as the stable anchor amid institutional chaos — "so it will never be me." --- ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators **Narcissistic Personality Features (high confidence):** - Grandiosity: "He's gone" — premature burial of a rival still polling competitively. - Entitlement: Fox's decision to cover another candidate is framed as a violation of owed loyalty. - Devaluation: "DeSanctimonious" is a sustained contempt marker, not a political critique. - Envy projection: Implies Fox's preference for a different candidate is a kind of betrayal — consistent with belief that others should mirror his own dominance claims. **Paranoid Features (moderate confidence):** - "They've actually picked another candidate, they just don't know who it is yet" — conspiracy-flavored reading of routine primary coverage as coordinated institutional betrayal. - Preoccupation with perceived attack from formerly loyal media. **Antisocial Features (moderate confidence):** - Willingness to grotesquely mischaracterize DeSantis's policy as wanting to "destroy" Social Security — deliberate distortion for political effect, with apparent indifference to accuracy. **Narcissistic State:** Grandiose — expansive, dismissive, self-defining. No overt vulnerability markers, though the Fox betrayal narrative carries an implicit wounded quality. --- ### Defense Mechanisms **Devaluation (immature):** "DeSanctimonious," "He's gone" — systematically reducing the rival to an irrelevancy, denying his objective standing in the race. **Denial (pathological):** "He's gone" directly denies the external reality that DeSantis remained a viable primary competitor with significant resources, polling, and media presence at this stage. **Projection (immature):** Attributing destructive intent ("destroy your Social Security") to a rival who framed his own position as reform and sustainability. The grandiosity of "destroy" reflects Trump's own all-or-nothing framing projected outward. **Rationalization (neurotic):** Fox's coverage of DeSantis is explained not as a reasonable editorial decision but as institutional confusion — "they just don't know who it is yet" — reframing potential preference-shift as incompetence, neutralizing the threat to self-image. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis **Ad hominem + epithet:** "DeSanctimonious" — sustained personal attack via nickname functions as reality-distortion: replacing "DeSantis" with a contempt marker in followers' minds. **Appeal to fear:** "destroy your Social Security, including moving the minimum age to 70, and your Medicare" — second-person possessive ("your") creates direct ownership and threat, targeting elderly base's core financial anxieties. **Declarative certainty as dominance display:** "He's gone" — assertion of finished status as a power move, demanding followers adopt his reality frame. **Conspiracy framing:** "They've actually picked another candidate, they just don't know who it is yet" — introduces unfalsifiable institutional conspiracy, positioning Fox as both threatening and incompetent. **Self-identification close:** "I'm America First, so it will never be me" — the ambiguity is functional. It simultaneously means (a) Fox's unknown preferred candidate won't be Trump, because Trump won't compromise his principles, and (b) Trump cannot suffer ratings freefall or betrayal because he is the authentic movement. Multiple readings serve different audience segments. **Propaganda techniques:** Appeal to fear (Social Security), ad hominem (nickname), false conspiracy framing (Fox betrayal narrative), possessive threat framing. **Stochastic terrorism:** Absent. No target-plus-grievance-plus-implied-action structure. **Dehumanizing language:** Absent. --- ### Cognitive Status Post is coherent and syntactically intact. Topic progression is associative rather than logical — DeSantis policy → DeSantis spending → Fox coverage → self-identity claim — but this associative chaining is consistent with Trump's documented baseline style. No word-finding difficulty, phonemic paraphasia, temporal confusion, or neologisms detected. The closing line is ambiguous but appears deliberately so, not confabulatory. Lexical range and syntactic complexity are at or slightly below Trump's established baseline but within expected range for a reactive morning post. **Baseline deviation: none/slight.** --- ### Danger Assessment **Level: None.** Standard competitive political attack content. No eliminationist language, dehumanization of targets, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism pattern. The paranoid Fox conspiracy framing is a routine element of Trump's media criticism rather than an escalation toward violence. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "DeSanctimonious looking to destroy your Social Security, including moving the minimum age to 70" | **Mostly False** | DeSantis did discuss entitlement reform including potentially raising the retirement age for younger workers in 2023. However, 'destroy' is grossly hyperbolic and 'moving the minimum age to 70' exaggerates his actual stated positions. DeSantis explicitly framed his position as reform/sustainability rather than destruction. | | "Killer story in the Washington Post today about DeSantis spending habits" | **Mostly True** | DeSantis's campaign was extensively covered for high burn rate, luxury charter flights, and financial mismanagement throughout summer-fall 2023 by multiple outlets including WaPo. A story on this topic on Sept 14 is contextually plausible. Specific article unverifiable from available context but underlying substance is accurate. | | "DeSantis on Hannity last night" | **Unverifiable** | Fox News was extensively covering DeSantis during the 2023 primary season. Specific Hannity appearance on September 13, 2023 cannot be confirmed from available context. | | "Fox News Ratings Freefall" | **Mostly True** | Fox News experienced notable ratings declines in 2023, most sharply following Tucker Carlson's abrupt departure in April 2023. 'Freefall' is hyperbolic but directionally accurate for the period. | Overall Veracity: 57% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 85%) ### Indicators - 'DeSanctimonious' epithet — Trump's own coinage, used consistently - 8:43 AM EDT posting — within documented executive time window - TV-reactive content with specific Hannity reference from prior evening - Stream-of-consciousness associative topic jumps - Casual vernacular ('killer story') ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (DeSantis's continued primary viability and Fox News coverage of him as legitimate candidate) **Rage:** Intensity 45% targeting DeSantis and Fox News - Proportionality: 22% Sentiment: -0.38 **Mildly Hypomanic** - Early morning posting during executive time with reactive affect - Rapid associative topic shifts within single post - Confident premature declarative ('He's gone') - Multiple simultaneous attack vectors in one message ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 78% - Antisocial: 50% - Paranoid: 58% - Sadism: 32% **Defense Mechanisms:** - devaluation (immature) - denial (pathological) - projection (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 48% **Parasocial Techniques:** - second-person possessive framing ('your Social Security, your Medicare') creating direct stakes for followers - identity-mirroring close ('I'm America First') inviting followers to self-identify with the label - conspiratorial 'we vs. captured institutions' framing ## Danger Assessment **NONE** ### Gaslighting - 'destroy your Social Security' — mischaracterizes rival's policy position as eliminationist intent - Fox conspiracy framing ('they've actually picked another candidate') offered without evidence, demanding followers adopt this interpretive frame ## Fact Checks (4) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > DeSanctimonious looking to destroy your Social Security, including moving the minimum age to 70 **MOSTLY FALSE** DeSantis did discuss entitlement reform including potentially raising the retirement age for younger workers in 2023. However, 'destroy' is grossly hyperbolic and 'moving the minimum age to 70' exaggerates his actual stated positions. DeSantis explicitly framed his position as reform/sustainability rather than destruction. Sources: General knowledge of 2023 Republican primary policy positions > Killer story in the Washington Post today about DeSantis spending habits **MOSTLY TRUE** DeSantis's campaign was extensively covered for high burn rate, luxury charter flights, and financial mismanagement throughout summer-fall 2023 by multiple outlets including WaPo. A story on this topic on Sept 14 is contextually plausible. Specific article unverifiable from available context but underlying substance is accurate. Sources: General knowledge of 2023 DeSantis campaign coverage > DeSantis on Hannity last night **UNVERIFIABLE** Fox News was extensively covering DeSantis during the 2023 primary season. Specific Hannity appearance on September 13, 2023 cannot be confirmed from available context. > Fox News Ratings Freefall **MOSTLY TRUE** Fox News experienced notable ratings declines in 2023, most sharply following Tucker Carlson's abrupt departure in April 2023. 'Freefall' is hyperbolic but directionally accurate for the period. Sources: General knowledge of Fox News 2023 ratings trajectory Overall Veracity: 57% ## Tags - rival_attack (90%) - media_betrayal_narrative (80%) - desantis_devaluation (85%) - fox_conspiracy (75%) - social_security_fear_appeal (70%) - america_first_identity (65%) - premature_rival_burial (80%) - executive_time_posting (85%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Every Win Becomes a Wound: Hunter Indictment Weaponized Into Self-Victimhood as Institutional Delegitimization Saturates the Day** Trump spent September 14 cycling between attacking DeSantis after watching morning cable news, amplifying flattering poll coverage, and reframing the Hunter Biden gun indictment as proof that Democrats have weaponized the justice system against him. The mood was combative throughout, with a brief flash of anger about "rigged elections" and "rigged television" in the morning and a more sustained afternoon escalation demanding Democrats stop "interfering" with the 2024 election. A large block of link-only posts around midmorning appeared to be staff-managed content rather than personal output. The most striking pattern of the day was Trump's inability to treat a political win — his rival's son getting indicted — as anything other than further evidence of his own persecution. Full digest for 2023-09-14: https://trump.fm/date/2023-09-14/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, September 14). Not only is DeSanctimonious looking to destroy... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111063557951255495 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Not only is DeSanctimonious looking to destroy your Social..." Truth Social, 14 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111063557951255495. 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