# Post ts_111077287880543544

- Post ID: `ts_111077287880543544`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-09-16T22:55:05.411Z (UTC)
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## Post text

> FoxNews paid a fortune for a BIG Poll, and then when the results came in, they showed backup information, but barely showed the Results - That I was leading DeSanctimonious by almost 50 points, and beating Crooked Joe. Bret Baier put it up immediately, but then it all went “dry.” Could it be possible that Fox talent was instructed not to use their own Poll? Anyway, you’ve all seen the results by now, and that of every other poll as well. DeSanctus is essentially over and done - Others also!

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T08:41:37.957Z (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 September 16, 2023, at approximately 6:55 PM EDT, Trump posted an authentic, grandiose response to a Fox News poll showing him leading DeSantis by approximately 50 points in the Republican primary. The post exemplifies dual psychological activation: supply-seeking through poll amplification fused with narcissistic injury at Fox's alleged editorial under-coverage. The injury triggers conspiratorial ideation in rhetorical question form -- planting a suppression narrative while maintaining deniability. Defense mechanisms include distortion of editorial discretion into coordinated institutional conspiracy, splitting (DeSantis is categorically over and done), and devaluation performed through the casual mid-post abbreviation of DeSanctimonious to DeSanctus. The dismissive compression of all other candidates into "Others also!" enacts ego-syntonic contempt. Surrounding same-day posts establish a sustained supply-seeking behavioral pattern consistent with mild elevated mood. Language is coherent and on-baseline; "backup information" represents a minor word-choice anomaly, not a clinically significant cognitive marker. Paranoid features are present but within Trump's documented baseline register. Danger assessment is none. The post illustrates how narcissistic supply and narcissistic injury activate simultaneously: the poll is supply, Fox's editorial choice is injury, and the post packages both into a persecution-transcendence narrative that reinforces audience loyalty while asserting his inevitability.

## Multi-Level Personality Analysis -- ts_111077287880543544

### Authorship Attribution
**Verdict: Authentic Trump (High confidence)**

Timestamp 22:55 UTC converts to **6:55 PM EDT** (Trump was almost certainly in the New York/New Jersey corridor in mid-September, before his seasonal southward migration to Mar-a-Lago). While early evening rather than the classic late-night window, the stylistic fingerprint is unambiguous: the dual-form nicknaming ("DeSanctimonious" then casually contracted to "DeSanctus" mid-post, as if the full taunt is no longer worth the syllables), "Crooked Joe," idiosyncratic capitalization (BIG, Results), the rhetorical question as deniable accusation, stream-of-consciousness em-dash chaining, and the dismissive-triumphalist closure ("Others also!") are all canonical authentic Trump markers. No aide writes "DeSanctus is essentially over and done" as a standalone sentence.

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### Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five)

- **Extraversion (very high):** Assertive broadcast posture; assumes audience investment in his polling metrics as a matter of shared importance.
- **Agreeableness (very low):** Contemptuous dismissal of rivals; conspiratorial hostility toward a historically allied institution (Fox News) triggered by a single editorial decision.
- **Conscientiousness (low-moderate):** Impulsive informal construction; the thought sequence lurches from poll grievance to conspiracy insinuation to rival dismissal without logical bridging.
- **Neuroticism (high):** Reactive to perceived slight; conspiratorial ideation activated by the perceived withholding of favorable coverage. Hostility facet prominent.
- **Openness (low):** Rigid zero-sum framing; poll numbers are the only valid epistemic currency.

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### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

**Dual trigger activation:**
1. **Supply-seeking:** A Fox poll showing a ~50-point lead is abundant narcissistic supply; Trump is its disseminating agent.
2. **Narcissistic injury:** Fox's editorial decision to under-feature "his" poll constitutes perceived betrayal -- an institution that owes him amplification has withheld tribute.

**Schemas activated:**
- Self as unassailable dominant: The poll "proves" invincibility.
- World as betrayal-prone even among allies: Fox, historically favorable, can turn conspiratorial without warning.
- Rivals as already eliminated: The fight is declared won before its conclusion; DeSantis is past-tense.

**Motive structure:** Pure agency -- power, status, dominance. Zero communion content.

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### Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role:** Triumphant frontrunner beset by institutional suppression -- a winner whose winning is being hidden.

**Contamination-then-transcendence arc:** Fox commissioned poll (neutral) -> results show Trump dominating (good) -> Fox suppressed results (contamination) -> "Anyway, you've all seen the results" (transcendence). The contamination is acknowledged but rendered impotent, affirming his inevitability.

**Identity claims:**
- "I was leading DeSanctimonious by almost 50 points" = unchallengeable frontrunner
- "beating Crooked Joe" = general-election viability
- Survivor of coordinated institutional suppression

**Contrasting others:** DeSantis (already eliminated foil), Fox News (disloyal institution), Biden (general-election scarecrow).

**Narrative sequence:** Contamination framing resolved by transcendence -- structurally consistent with Trump's long-standing martyrdom-to-triumph arc.

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### Level 4: Clinical Indicators

#### Malignant Narcissism (Kernberg)

**A. Narcissistic Features (high):**
Entitlement to media amplification of favorable data; grandiosity in framing the lead; devaluation of rivals via declarative verdict ("essentially over and done"); need for supply from even adversarial institutions.

**B. Antisocial Features (mild):**
Contempt for DeSantis expressed as elimination announcement rather than policy disagreement; casual disregard for factual basis of the conspiracy claim.

**C. Paranoid Features (moderate):**
The rhetorical question -- "Could it be possible that Fox talent was instructed not to use their own Poll?" -- presents editorial discretion as coordinated top-down suppression with no evidence beyond the perceived omission itself. The question form provides deniability while fully planting the allegation. This is within his documented baseline paranoid register but notable for targeting an allied institution.

**D. Ego-Syntonic Sadism (mild):**
"DeSanctus is essentially over and done -- Others also!" The brevity and informality of the dismissal amplifies its cruelty. The casual contraction of "DeSanctimonious" to "DeSanctus" mid-post enacts the devaluation in real time.

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#### Defense Mechanisms

1. **Distortion (pathological):** Fox's routine editorial prioritization reframed as coordinated institutional conspiracy against Trump personally.
2. **Splitting (immature):** DeSantis is absolutely finished; Trump is absolutely winning; no gradations exist.
3. **Projection (immature):** The allegation that Fox "instructed" talent may refract Trump's own history of directing loyal media allies on coverage framing.
4. **Devaluation (immature):** "DeSanctus is essentially over and done" is categorical devaluation serving to pre-empt any future challenge to the grandiose self.

**Narcissistic state:** Predominantly grandiose, with a thin persecution layer that amplifies rather than deflates the grandiosity -- the suppressed poll becomes proof of his threat-level to established institutions.

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#### Cognitive Status

Language is coherent and consistent with established baseline. "Showed backup information" is a mildly anomalous phrase (likely intended to mean supplementary or background data) -- a minor word-choice peculiarity, not a clinically significant marker. No word-finding failures, paraphasias, or temporal confusion. Perseverative focus on polling dominance is contextually explained by the day's behavioral pattern and represents motivated repetition rather than cognitive dysregulation. Syntactic complexity and vocabulary are on-baseline for Trump.

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### Longitudinal Context (Same-Day Posts)

The surrounding posts construct a day-long supply-seeking behavioral arc: links to articles calling him "the Washington of our time," a Family Research Council straw poll win, celebratory framing of the Paxton acquittal as "sooo BIG." This post's Fox poll complaint fits within sustained dominance-broadcasting punctuated by a single injury-response episode, consistent with a mildly elevated mood state and compulsive external validation seeking.

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### Rhetorical Analysis

- **Rhetorical question as accusation:** "Could it be possible that Fox talent was instructed not to use their own Poll?" plants conspiracy claim without direct assertion liability.
- **Nicknaming as devaluation:** "DeSanctimonious" -> "DeSanctus" -- the mid-post abbreviation performs contempt through economy; the target is no longer worth the full taunt.
- **Superlative/hyperbole:** "paid a fortune," "BIG Poll," "almost 50 points."
- **Appeal to collective knowledge as epistemic closure:** "you've all seen the results by now" -- presupposes shared awareness and creates in-group truth that excludes external verification.
- **Declarative verdict without argument:** "DeSanctus is essentially over and done" -- assertion as fact.
- **Dismissive sweep:** "Others also!" -- three words eliminate the remaining primary field.
- **Firehose dynamics (mild):** High-volume same-day output asserting dominance across multiple metrics normalizes Trump's inevitability as ambient background truth.

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Leading DeSanctimonious by almost 50 points" | **Mostly True** | National Republican primary polling in September 2023 consistently showed Trump leading DeSantis by 40-55+ points across major pollsters. The claim is directionally accurate. |
| "Beating Crooked Joe (Biden) in polling" | **Half True** | Head-to-head polling in September 2023 showed Trump competitive with Biden, often within margin of error or slightly ahead in select polls, but aggregate picture was genuinely contested and methodologically variable. |
| "Fox News barely showed the poll results" | **Unverifiable** | Fox News makes routine editorial decisions about which polling data to feature and for how long. Whether this specific poll's Trump-DeSantis margin was systematically suppressed vs. not prioritized in a given broadcast cannot be assessed from the post alone. |
| "Fox talent was instructed not to use their own poll" | **Mostly False** | Presented as rhetorical question but functions as assertion. No evidence provided beyond the perceived omission. Applies conspiracy framing to documented routine editorial discretion. |
| "DeSanctus is essentially over and done" | **Half True** | DeSantis campaign was in severe polling decline by September 2023 but he remained an active candidate until January 21, 2024. True as forward-looking forecast; false as present-tense factual claim. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 88%)

### Indicators

- DeSanctimonious and DeSanctus dual-form nicknaming in single post -- mid-post abbreviation performs contempt through economy
- Crooked Joe established epithet
- Rhetorical question as deniable accusation
- Idiosyncratic capitalization: BIG, Results
- Stream-of-consciousness dash chaining

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Fox News editorial decision to under-feature favorable poll results)

Sentiment: +0.18

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- High-volume same-day posting sequence (minimum 5 posts observed, likely more)
- Exclamatory affect across posts (sooo BIG, WOW!!!)
- Sustained grandiose self-comparison themes across multiple posts including Washington comparison and multiple poll wins
- Energized broadcast of dominance metrics across different domains: polls, straw polls, allied political victories
- Rapid topic traversal with consistent affective elevation

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 82%
- Antisocial: 35%
- Paranoid: 55%
- Sadism: 38%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- distortion (pathological)
- splitting (immature)
- projection (immature)
- devaluation (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 48%

Cognitive Markers:
- semantic paraphasia
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Collective epistemic closure (you've all seen the results by now)
- In-group truth-sharing framing -- positions audience as co-discoverers of suppressed facts
- Supply-seeking through audience validation of poll dominance narrative
- Persecution-transcendence arc builds parasocial solidarity against shared institutional enemy

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Conspiracy framing of routine editorial decision as coordinated suppression -- redefines Fox's normal news judgment as institutional betrayal
- Appeal to collective knowledge (you've all seen the results by now) constructs shared epistemic reality bypassing verification
- Rhetorical question form plants accusation while enabling deniability -- makes refutation structurally awkward

## Fact Checks (5)

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

> Leading DeSanctimonious by almost 50 points

**MOSTLY TRUE**

National Republican primary polling in September 2023 consistently showed Trump leading DeSantis by 40-55+ points across major pollsters. The claim is directionally accurate.

Sources: Multiple national Republican primary polls, September 2023

> Beating Crooked Joe (Biden) in polling

**HALF TRUE**

Head-to-head polling in September 2023 showed Trump competitive with Biden, often within margin of error or slightly ahead in select polls, but aggregate picture was genuinely contested and methodologically variable.

Sources: National head-to-head polling, September 2023

> Fox News barely showed the poll results

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Fox News makes routine editorial decisions about which polling data to feature and for how long. Whether this specific poll's Trump-DeSantis margin was systematically suppressed vs. not prioritized in a given broadcast cannot be assessed from the post alone.

> Fox talent was instructed not to use their own poll

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Presented as rhetorical question but functions as assertion. No evidence provided beyond the perceived omission. Applies conspiracy framing to documented routine editorial discretion.

> DeSanctus is essentially over and done

**HALF TRUE**

DeSantis campaign was in severe polling decline by September 2023 but he remained an active candidate until January 21, 2024. True as forward-looking forecast; false as present-tense factual claim.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- poll-obsession (90%)
- media-grievance (85%)
- rival-devaluation (88%)
- conspiracy-insinuation (80%)
- supply-seeking (85%)
- narcissistic-injury-response (75%)
- desantis-rivalry (90%)
- fox-news-relationship (82%)
- grandiose-state (80%)
- epistemic-closure (75%)

## That day

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

**Paxton Acquittal Fuels Persecution-Vindication Mythology as Trump Casts Himself as America's Last Shield**

Trump spent the day building a layered narrative of righteous persecution and inevitable triumph, anchored by Ken Paxton's acquittal on all impeachment charges in Texas. After late-night posts from a Washington D.C. evangelical summit where he vowed to fight "demonic forces" and free "political prisoners," the afternoon erupted with a rapid-fire burst of nearly two dozen posts celebrating poll leads, ally victories, and messianic self-comparisons to George Washington. The only real flash of anger came when he amplified coverage of Jack Smith's proposed gag order, but even that was folded into the broader martyrdom storyline rather than spiraling into sustained rage. The day's most notable pattern was how every topic -- polls, Paxton, evangelical applause, Fox News coverage -- was absorbed into a single overarching theme: the system is weaponized, but Trump and his allies keep winning anyway.

Full digest for 2023-09-16: https://trump.fm/date/2023-09-16/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, September 16). FoxNews paid a fortune for a BIG Poll, and then... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111077287880543544
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "FoxNews paid a fortune for a BIG Poll, and then when the..." Truth Social, 16 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111077287880543544. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "FoxNews paid a fortune for a BIG Poll, and then when the...," Truth Social, September 16, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111077287880543544.

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