# Post ts_111182319175813797

- Post ID: `ts_111182319175813797`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-10-05T12:05:55.789Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> Fox has totally given up on Ron DeSanctimonious, and is on their next “journey” pushing Nikki “Birdbrain” Haley, who stated loudly and often that “President TRUMP was a GREAT President, and I would NEVER run against him.” Well, so much for that! Fox & Friends just put on a hand picked Haley acolyte who absolutely gushed Birdbrain. It was really something to behold, so obvious and lame. Oh well, we took out Ron, a far less talented person than people originally believed, Crooked Joe is down to “us” by 11 Points, and now we have to focus on one of the most overrated people I know, Nikki. This reminds me of 2016 all over again, when Globalist Murdoch pushed Jeb, and all others, as they fell like flies. After beating Hillary, he then called me and said, “Hi, what a great win. So proud of you.” Such sincerity! But don’t worry? When Fox ratings drop still further, you can bet on the fact that they’ll be back - they really have no choice. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T10:15:20.741Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This authentic post, composed at 8:05 AM EDT during Trump's civil fraud trial, exhibits displacement from acute legal threat to the primary arena where narcissistic supply remains abundant. Grandiose state dominates, with media betrayal processed through rationalization rather than expressed vulnerability. The central clinical feature is the Murdoch phone call anecdote — an unverifiable private memory presented as public evidence, structurally functioning to reduce a global media baron to Trump's supplicant. Preemptive devaluation of Haley before she poses genuine threat is the primary political-psychological move. The 2016 historical parallel is deployed as a redemption prophecy template, converting present opposition into structural inevitability. Multiple significant factual claims are exaggerated, distorted, or false. Elevated posting volume (fifth post of day) with rapid associative shifts suggests mild hypomanic coloring, within documented baseline. No danger indicators. Stable trajectory relative to established patterns.

# Psychological Analysis: Truth Social Post, 2023-10-05

## Authorship Attribution

**Verdict: Authentic Trump (high confidence, 0.87)**

Posted at **8:05 AM EDT** in New York — well within his documented early-morning posting window. The post bears every major stylistic marker of authentic Trump: an unverifiable private-conversation anecdote (Murdoch phone call with direct quotation), on-the-fly nickname coinage ("Birdbrain" for Haley), idiosyncratic punctuation ("don't worry?"), mixed-caps emphasis, stream-of-consciousness associative structure, and the sarcastic aside ("Such sincerity!"). No aide would construct a post around an alleged private phone call from Rupert Murdoch. The emotional reactivity is consistent with his documented morning posting behavior during periods of legal stress.

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## Psychological Context

### Trigger: Narcissistic Injury via Media Comparison

The proximate trigger is Fox News shifting favorable coverage from DeSantis to Haley — implying Trump is not the preferred vessel for the establishment's support. This constitutes a classic narcissistic injury via comparison, arriving simultaneously with Trump's civil fraud trial. The post represents **displacement**: rather than engage the existential legal threat dominating his other same-day posts, Trump redirects competitive energy to the primary arena where narcissistic supply remains abundant.

### Narcissistic State: Grandiose

The post is predominantly grandiose, not vulnerable:
- "We took out Ron" — presents a desired outcome as accomplished fact
- Poll numbers deployed as trophies ("62 Point lead," "11 Points")
- Positions himself as the inevitable force before whom all opposition collapses

Vulnerability is present but managed: the Fox betrayal narrative is processed through *rationalization* (they'll come back when ratings fall) rather than expressed as wound.

### Defense Mechanisms

**Rationalization (neurotic):** "When Fox ratings drop still further, you can bet on the fact that they'll be back — they really have no choice." Converts betrayal into a predicted self-correcting market outcome Trump controls by inaction.

**Splitting (immature):** Fox is entirely good when supporting Trump, entirely bad now; Murdoch's congratulatory call framed as wholly insincere. Binary frame allows no intermediate position.

**Distortion (pathological):** "We took out Ron, a far less talented person than people originally believed." DeSantis did not suspend his campaign until January 22, 2024. Presents anticipated future as accomplished historical fact.

**Projection (immature):** Accuses Murdoch of coordinated media manipulation ("Globalist Murdoch pushed Jeb") while simultaneously executing a coordinated multi-post media counter-narrative across his own platform.

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## Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist Role:** *The Unstoppable Sequential Eliminator* — methodically taking out rivals one by one, echoing 2016. Each eliminated opponent validates the protagonist's superior judgment: "a far less talented person than people originally believed" retroactively confirms Trump always knew.

**Narrative Sequence:** Redemption template. The 2016 parallel is the post's master rhetorical move — it converts present opposition (Fox against him) into historical inevitability (establishment always opposes Trump, Trump always wins). The audience is positioned as witnesses to a repeating prophecy being fulfilled.

**Contrasting Other:** Rupert Murdoch / the globalist media establishment — the gatekeeper who opposes, then must capitulate. The Murdoch phone call anecdote is structurally essential: it depicts the most powerful media figure in America personally calling Trump to congratulate him, reducing Murdoch to supplicant.

**Identity Claims:**
- Inevitable Republican nominee (62-point lead framing)
- The agent who "takes out" rivals
- Superior talent-evaluator (DeSantis was never as good as advertised)
- The candidate who defeated the establishment's chosen candidates in 2016 and will again

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## Clinical Indicators

### Malignant Narcissism (Kernberg)

- **Narcissistic Features (0.82):** Grandiosity throughout, entitlement, devaluation of multiple figures, no empathic acknowledgment of opponents as persons
- **Paranoid Features (0.52):** Conspiracy framing ("Globalist Murdoch pushed Jeb, and all others"), preoccupation with media manipulation against him
- **Antisocial Features (0.35):** Contempt for media norms, fabrication/distortion of facts without apparent concern
- **Ego-Syntonic Sadism (0.38):** Pleasure in describing DeSantis's decline ("fell like flies"), Murdoch's alleged insincerity rendered with relish

### Hypomanic Indicators (Mild)

This is the fifth post of the day during an active legal trial, with rapid associative topic-shifting within a single post, and grandiose certainty about outcomes not yet determined. Within Trump's documented baseline but slightly elevated.

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## Rhetorical & Propaganda Analysis

**Preemptive Devaluation:** The post's central strategic move — by installing "Birdbrain" and "most overrated" before Haley builds momentum, Trump attempts to precondition his audience's interpretive frame for all future coverage.

**Manufactured Verbatim Quotation:** Haley's alleged "I would NEVER run against him" is presented in caps as if exact and documented. The "NEVER" capitalization implies she made an emphatic, binding commitment — amplifying the betrayal frame beyond what the original statements may have supported.

**Historical Prophecy Template:** The 2016 parallel converts current vulnerability into structural inevitability. Audience members who were present for 2016 are invited to recognize the pattern and share Trump's certainty.

**Conspiracy Framing:** "Globalist Murdoch" inserts ideological signaling (globalist carries specific meaning to Trump's base) that frames media opposition as coordinated elite betrayal rather than market or editorial choice.

**Firehose Volume:** Fifth post of the day, saturating audience attention during a period of legal threat.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "62 Point lead over Republicans" | **Mostly False** | RCP polling aggregates in October 2023 showed Trump with approximately 45-55 point leads over DeSantis in GOP primary polling. 62 points is at or beyond the outer edge of any credible poll at this date, consistent with cherry-picking a single favorable outlier. |
| "Up on Crooked Joe Biden by 4 to 11 Points" | **Half True** | Head-to-head polling in October 2023 was genuinely mixed — some polls showed small Trump leads, others showed Biden leading or statistical tie. 11 points is an extreme outlier. The stated range appears constructed from cherry-picked favorable polls. |
| "Haley stated she would 'NEVER' run against Trump" | **Mostly True** | Haley made multiple documented supportive statements about Trump before her February 2023 candidacy announcement. The verbatim 'NEVER' in caps is presented as exact quotation but appears to be an embellished paraphrase. |
| "We took out Ron DeSantis" | **False** | DeSantis did not suspend his campaign until January 22, 2024. At the time of this post he was an active candidate, though his campaign was struggling. |
| "Globalist Murdoch pushed Jeb in 2016" | **Mostly True** | Fox News gave Jeb Bush significant favorable coverage in early 2016 primary, and Murdoch's preference for establishment candidates over Trump was documented in contemporaneous reporting and later accounts. |

Overall Veracity: 46%

## Summary

This authentic post, composed at 8:05 AM EDT during Trump's civil fraud trial, exhibits displacement from acute legal threat to primary competition where supply is abundant. Grandiose narcissistic state dominates, with media betrayal processed through rationalization rather than expressed vulnerability. The central clinical feature is the Murdoch anecdote — an unverifiable private memory presented as public evidence, functioning to reduce a global media baron to Trump's supplicant. Preemptive devaluation of Haley before she poses genuine threat is the primary political-psychological move. No danger indicators. Stable trajectory relative to baseline.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 87%)

### Indicators

- 8:05 AM EDT — within authentic Trump early-morning posting window
- Unverifiable private conversation (Murdoch phone call) with direct quotation — no aide construct
- On-the-fly nickname coinage ('Birdbrain') mid-post
- Idiosyncratic punctuation: 'don't worry?' — question mark on declarative
- Stream-of-consciousness associative structure with mid-paragraph tangent

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (Fox News pivoting coverage from DeSantis to Haley, implying Trump not favored candidate)

**Rage:** Intensity 45% targeting Fox News / Rupert Murdoch / Nikki Haley
- Proportionality: 25%

Sentiment: -0.42

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Fifth post of the day during active civil fraud trial — elevated posting volume
- Rapid associative topic-shifting within single post (Fox → DeSantis → polls → Murdoch anecdote → ratings prediction → MAGA)
- Grandiose certainty about future outcomes ('you can bet on the fact')

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 82%
- Antisocial: 35%
- Paranoid: 52%
- Sadism: 38%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Poll numbers cited as trophies inviting audience to share dominance
- Murdoch phone call positions audience as insiders to elite hypocrisy
- 2016 parallel invites shared victory memory
- MAGA sign-off as tribal identity reinforcement

## Fact Checks (5)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._

> 62 Point lead over Republicans

**MOSTLY FALSE**

RCP polling aggregates in October 2023 showed Trump with approximately 45-55 point leads over DeSantis in GOP primary polling. 62 points is at or beyond the outer edge of any credible poll at this date, consistent with cherry-picking a single favorable outlier.

Sources: RealClearPolitics GOP primary polling averages, October 2023

> Up on Crooked Joe Biden by 4 to 11 Points

**HALF TRUE**

Head-to-head polling in October 2023 was genuinely mixed — some polls showed small Trump leads, others showed Biden leading or statistical tie. 11 points is an extreme outlier. The stated range appears constructed from cherry-picked favorable polls.

Sources: FiveThirtyEight general election polling averages, October 2023

> Haley stated she would 'NEVER' run against Trump

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Haley made multiple documented supportive statements about Trump before her February 2023 candidacy announcement. The verbatim 'NEVER' in caps is presented as exact quotation but appears to be an embellished paraphrase.

Sources: Haley public statements 2021-2022

> We took out Ron DeSantis

**FALSE**

DeSantis did not suspend his campaign until January 22, 2024. At the time of this post he was an active candidate, though his campaign was struggling.

Sources: DeSantis campaign suspension announcement, January 22, 2024

> Globalist Murdoch pushed Jeb in 2016

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Fox News gave Jeb Bush significant favorable coverage in early 2016 primary, and Murdoch's preference for establishment candidates over Trump was documented in contemporaneous reporting and later accounts.

Sources: Contemporary 2015-2016 media criticism; Michael Wolff, Fire and Fury (2018)

Overall Veracity: 46%

## Tags

- derogatory-nickname (90%)
- media-grievance (85%)
- grandiose-narcissism (80%)
- preemptive-devaluation (78%)
- historical-mythologization (72%)
- displacement-from-legal-threat (70%)
- reality-distortion (65%)
- conspiracy-framing (60%)
- poll-trophy-display (58%)
- primary-competition (90%)

## That day

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

**Trial Fury: Trump's 17-Post Blitz Against NY Fraud Case Peaks at "High" Danger With Racial Targeting of AG James**

Trump spent the day consumed by his New York civil fraud trial, launching repeated attacks on Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Engoron while cycling between defiance and victimhood. The morning brought the sharpest rage, with racially coded nicknames and accusations of persecution that prompted a "high" danger assessment. Between trial volleys, he displaced anxiety onto Republican rivals DeSantis, Haley, and Senator Cassidy, claimed credit for Biden's border wall decision, and floated the fantasy of becoming House Speaker. Seventeen posts across the day -- elevated but not unprecedented during legal crises -- reflected a man under sustained institutional threat channeling that pressure into every available target.

Full digest for 2023-10-05: https://trump.fm/date/2023-10-05/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, October 5). Fox has totally given up on Ron DeSanctimonious,... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111182319175813797
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Fox has totally given up on Ron DeSanctimonious, and is on..." Truth Social, 5 Oct. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111182319175813797. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Fox has totally given up on Ron DeSanctimonious, and is on...," Truth Social, October 5, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111182319175813797.

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