# Post ts_111064898464007613

- Post ID: `ts_111064898464007613`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-09-14T18:24:17.913Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111064898464007613
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111064898464007613/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111064898464007613.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Prosecutor Weiss is appointed by the 2 Democrat Senators of Delaware under Blue Slip!

## Engagement

- Likes: 12,953
- Reposts: 3,594
- Replies: 497
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.398Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T08:33:32.618Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

A controlled, tactically-constructed delegitimization post targeting special counsel David Weiss. The post's core claim — that Weiss was "appointed by" Delaware's Democratic senators via blue slip — is mostly false: Weiss was Trump's own 2017 nominee, and blue-slip courtesy is not a formal appointment mechanism. The claim functions as preemptive inoculation against adverse legal outcomes by contaminating Weiss's perceived independence. Psychologically, this reflects paranoid narcissistic dynamics in a controlled register: the paranoid schema (Democratic influence has infiltrated all institutions) is applied to a routine confirmation tradition to produce a conspiratorial inference. Dominant defense mechanisms are distortion (reshaping constitutional reality) and projection (attributing partisan motivation to a Trump appointee). The exclamatory close and "Democrat Senators" pejorative are authentic Trump rhetorical fingerprints; the business-hours timestamp (2:24 PM EDT) introduces moderate ambiguity about direct authorship. Narcissistic rage is absent; this post represents strategic threat-management rather than injury response. No dangerous rhetoric. Clinically notable primarily for the consistent application of paranoid schemas to institutional processes and the deployment of real procedural vocabulary (blue slip) as cover for a fundamentally misleading claim — a sophisticated gaslighting pattern that exploits audience knowledge asymmetry.

## Analysis: Truth Social Post — September 14, 2023

### Authorship Attribution

**Local time conversion:** UTC 18:24 = 2:24 PM EDT (Trump was almost certainly in New York or New Jersey in mid-September 2023, well within EDT). This falls squarely in business hours, which is a meaningful authorship signal. However, the content is consistent with Trump's rhetorical fingerprints: the pejorative "Democrat" (not "Democratic") is an authentic and well-documented Trumpism, and the single exclamatory close is characteristic. The claim itself — invoking the obscure "blue slip" tradition — reads like a prepared talking point, possibly furnished by legal advisors and posted either by Trump directly or dictated to an aide. **Assessment: low confidence, moderate probability of Trump authorship with possible aide transcription.**

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Prosecutor Weiss is appointed by the 2 Democrat Senators of Delaware under Blue Slip" | **Mostly False** | David Weiss was nominated by President Trump in 2017 and confirmed as U.S. Attorney for Delaware in 2018. While the Senate blue-slip courtesy tradition involves home-state senator consultation, this is not a formal appointment power. The constitutional appointment mechanism is presidential nomination followed by Senate confirmation — not senator selection. Characterizing Weiss as 'appointed by' Democratic senators erases Trump's own role as nominator and misrepresents the blue slip as a formal appointment instrument. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 55%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (2:24 PM EDT) suggests possible aide involvement
- Use of 'Democrat' rather than 'Democratic' is a documented authentic Trump rhetorical tic
- Single exclamation point is consistent with Trump's punctuation style
- Factual-claim structure (not stream-of-consciousness) suggests prepared talking point
- No typos or misspellings — slightly inconsistent with unfiltered Trump posts

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Exposure (Weiss elevated to special counsel status in August 2023, expanding legal threat surface)

Sentiment: -0.55

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 55%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 5%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Insider knowledge performance (invoking obscure Senate procedure)
- Asymmetric knowledge claim positioning audience as uninformed

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Misrepresents Trump's own nominee as a Democratic appointment, requiring audience to forget Trump's role as nominator
- Blue-slip courtesy tradition reframed as formal appointment power — exploits knowledge asymmetry to make correction require expertise the average reader lacks
- Implicitly positions any Weiss finding as pre-contaminated by Democratic influence

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Prosecutor Weiss is appointed by the 2 Democrat Senators of Delaware under Blue Slip

**MOSTLY FALSE**

David Weiss was nominated by President Trump in 2017 and confirmed as U.S. Attorney for Delaware in 2018. While the Senate blue-slip courtesy tradition involves home-state senator consultation, this is not a formal appointment power. The constitutional appointment mechanism is presidential nomination followed by Senate confirmation — not senator selection. Characterizing Weiss as 'appointed by' Democratic senators erases Trump's own role as nominator and misrepresents the blue slip as a formal appointment instrument.

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- delegitimization (90%)
- legal_threat_response (85%)
- paranoid_features (65%)
- gaslighting (70%)
- fact_distortion (80%)
- preemptive_attack (80%)
- projection (65%)
- institutional_delegitimization (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). Prosecutor Weiss is appointed by the 2 Democrat... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111064898464007613
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Prosecutor Weiss is appointed by the 2 Democrat Senators of..." Truth Social, 14 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111064898464007613. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Prosecutor Weiss is appointed by the 2 Democrat Senators of...," Truth Social, September 14, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111064898464007613.

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