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DeSanctimonious Repeatedly Praised Fauci Before His Relentless Bashing Began…

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and you have a lot of people there who are working very very hard and they're not getting a lot of sleep and they're really focusing on a big country that we have and and from from Dr. Birx to Dr. Fauci to the vice president who's worked very hard the Surgeon General they're really doing a good job and great I mean you call you know we've talked to Dr. Fauci number of times talked to you know Surgeon US Surgeon General number of times VP you know they've been really really good and really really helpful I would defer to people like Dr. Fauci I think Dr. Fauci said nationwide you're looking at six to eight weeks of where we're really going to be having to dig in here

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-24. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level
None
Narcissistic State
Grandiose
Authorship
Self-Written
Intensity
47%

Posted at 10:32 PM local time (New York, during the civil fraud trial period), this is a high-confidence authentic Trump attack on DeSantis framing him as a hypocrite on Fauci. The post's primary clinical feature is textbook projection: Trump's own Fauci arc (praised in 2020, attacked later) is nearly identical to the one he weaponizes against DeSantis. By attacking this inconsistency in his rival, he displaces his own disowned narrative inconsistency outward. The "DeSanctimonious" nickname — deployed with evident relish — functions simultaneously as mockery, identity theft, and devaluation mechanism. Triggered by DeSantis polling data (prior post links a poll comparison article), this is a grandiose-state supply-restoration maneuver: competitive anxiety converted into dominance display. The adjacent posts this evening — defending his vaccine record while attacking DeSantis for Fauci positioning — reveal logically contradictory claims held simultaneously without acknowledgment, consistent with splitting. The trailing ellipsis is characteristic, the timing authentic, and the rhetorical structure competent. No cognitive deviation from baseline; no danger indicators. Hypomanic posting volume (five-plus posts in a single evening session) is mild and consistent with trial-period stress plus primary competition anxiety. Factual basis of the attack is mostly accurate; the hypocrisy is real but applies symmetrically to the attacker.

Authorship Analysis
Self-Written
Indicators:
  • 10:32 PM local EDT timing — squarely in authentic Trump nocturnal window
  • Self-coined 'DeSanctimonious' nickname — signature Trump rhetorical invention
  • Trailing ellipsis style consistent with authentic posts
  • Brief, punchy, emotionally reactive — no polish
  • Emotionally competitive content matching same-session DeSantis poll anxiety
Psychological Profile
▶ State
Grandiose State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (DeSantis polling competitiveness)

Rage: Intensity 45% targeting Ron DeSantis

Proportionality
25%
Sentiment
-0.58
Mildly Hypomanic
Five or more posts in single evening sessionMultiple DeSantis attack vectors deployed simultaneously (polling link, Fauci video, Speaker speculation)Late-night posting cluster during high-stress trial period
▶ Clinical
Malignant Narcissism:
Narcissistic
72%
Antisocial
38%
Paranoid
32%
Sadism
30%
Defense Mechanisms:
projectiondevaluationrationalization
Cognitive Complexity:
Complexity
32%
Parasocial Techniques:
Conspiratorial ellipsis inviting audience to complete the implicationVideo 'receipts' format creates pseudo-empirical intimacy with followers
Danger Assessment

None

Gaslighting Detected:
  • Selective framing presents DeSantis's Fauci arc as uniquely hypocritical while omitting Trump's own near-identical trajectory
  • Simultaneous adjacent post defending vaccine record creates internally contradictory reality frame presented without acknowledgment
Reality Distortions:
  • Trump's own documented praise of Fauci in 2020 is erased from the frame
  • DeSantis's inconsistency is presented as disqualifying when the same standard would apply to the attacker
Fact Checks (2)
"DeSantis repeatedly praised Fauci"
Mostly True

DeSantis followed federal COVID guidance in early 2020 and did not publicly criticize Fauci; video clips documented general support for the administration COVID response. 'Repeatedly' may overstate enthusiasm but the directional claim holds.

"DeSantis's bashing of Fauci was relentless"
True

DeSantis called for Fauci's firing, sold 'Don't Fauci My Florida' merchandise, and made Fauci-criticism a centerpiece of his 2021-2023 political brand and presidential primary campaign.

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

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Analyzed
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Rage Level
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Max Danger
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