# Post ts_111210744683908553 - Post ID: `ts_111210744683908553` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-10-10T12:34:54.625Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111210744683908553 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111210744683908553/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111210744683908553.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Ron DeSanctimonious has the Poll numbers of a wounded bird falling from the sky. I am up on him by 57 points, and going higher. He has proven to be a terrible and inept candidate who even fought Social Security and MediCare. He will SOON be out of money and dropping out of the race for President. After having single handidly gotten him elected Governor, with no thanks or glory, it has been a beautiful thing to watch. Good luck Ron! ## Engagement - Likes: 18,531 - Reposts: 4,273 - Replies: 1,120 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.395Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T11:35:09.328Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary Post exhibits clinically significant narcissistic devaluation of a formerly idealized ally. DeSantis, once elevated by Trump, is comprehensively devalued following his decision to compete in the primary. The most diagnostically notable feature is "a beautiful thing to watch" — explicit, ego-syntonic pleasure in a rival's decline, consistent with sadistic features within the malignant narcissism framework (Kernberg 1984). The transactional grievance structure ("no thanks or glory") reveals the conditional nature of Trump's relational schema: support is a debt instrument that, when unpaid, legitimizes punitive devaluation. The false magnanimity closer ("Good luck Ron!") delivers cruelty as sportsmanship, maximizing dominance display. Post is authenticated with high confidence via spelling error "handidly," early-morning local timing (08:34 EDT), and characteristic emotional structure. Splitting and rationalization defenses support a grandiose narcissistic state with no vulnerability markers. Narrative is contamination-sequenced: Trump as kingmaker betrayed. Cognitive status within baseline; no deterioration indicators. The Medicare/Social Security attack is mostly false as characterized. Danger level: none. The post's primary psychological function is identity construction through total domination of a contrasting other, with sadistic pleasure as a visible secondary reward. # Psychological Analysis: ts_111210744683908553 **Date:** October 10, 2023 | **Platform:** Truth Social | **Subject Age:** 77 --- ## Authorship Attribution **Verdict: Authentic Trump (confidence: high)** Post time converts to **08:34 EDT** (Trump was in New York for the ongoing civil fraud trial; Weisselberg was present Oct 10). Early morning is consistent with Trump's pre-dawn posting pattern. More decisively, the misspelling **"handidly"** (for "single-handedly") is characteristic of Trump's documented orthographic errors — aides would not introduce this. The personalized nickname **"DeSanctimonious"** is a Trump original. The raw transactional grievance about receiving "no thanks or glory" reflects unfiltered emotional reactivity that staff-written posts consistently avoid. --- ## Psychological State & Triggers The post exemplifies the **narcissistic devaluation cycle** in mature form. DeSantis was formerly idealized — Trump elevated him as Florida governor, describing him in near-hagiographic terms. The betrayal (running against Trump) activates full devaluation: DeSantis becomes simultaneously incompetent ("terrible and inept"), ungrateful, broke, and doomed. There is no residual positive valence. **Trigger:** Comparative threat. DeSantis's continued presence in the race — even at severely deflated poll numbers — functions as a persistent narcissistic injury by its mere existence. One does not need to be competitive to threaten a narcissistic ego; the act of daring to compete is sufficient. **Narcissistic state:** Firmly **grandiose** — expansive, prophetic, dominant. No vulnerability markers. The grandiosity is reinforced by self-positioning as kingmaker: Trump does not merely lead DeSantis in polls; he *made* DeSantis, and DeSantis is now evidence of what happens when a creation forgets its creator. --- ## Defense Mechanisms 1. **Splitting (immature):** DeSantis is now wholly bad — "terrible," "inept," "wounded bird." The prior positive valence is erased rather than integrated. 2. **Devaluation (immature):** The vivid image "Poll numbers of a wounded bird falling from the sky" achieves total reduction. DeSantis is not a competitor; he is a spectacle of pathetic decline. 3. **Rationalization (neurotic):** The transactional grievance narrative ("After having single handidly gotten him elected Governor, with no thanks or glory") constructs a moral ledger that makes the attack righteous rather than predatory. 4. **Passive aggression (immature):** "Good luck Ron!" performs civility while delivering a dominance signal. The cruelty is enhanced by its delivery as kindness — a signature recurring rhetorical move. --- ## Sadism Marker The phrase **"it has been a beautiful thing to watch"** warrants specific clinical attention. This is explicit ego-syntonic sadism: Trump is not merely reporting DeSantis's decline but expressing aesthetic pleasure in it. Watching a former ally's suffering is framed as a *beautiful experience*. This pattern appears consistently in Trump's public communications about defeated rivals and warrants documentation in longitudinal analysis. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role: Kingmaker / Betrayed Benefactor.** The narrative sequence is contamination: a positive state (Trump generously elevated DeSantis) was corrupted by DeSantis's ingratitude and ambition. Trump is now restoring proper order. The "contrasting other" (DeSantis) serves to define Trump: where DeSantis is inept, Trump is dominant; where DeSantis is ungrateful, Trump is magnanimous; where DeSantis declines, Trump ascends. The post's psychological function is not primarily to attack DeSantis but to *construct Trump's identity* through opposition. **Identity claims in this post:** - I make governors; I can unmake them - I am owed loyalty and gratitude - I predicted all of this (prophetic authority) - I am 57 points ahead — the field is settled --- ## Rhetorical Analysis The **"wounded bird falling from the sky"** metaphor is more visually evocative than Trump's typical vocabulary. Whether this represents a momentary stylistic elevation or borrowed phrasing is unclear, but it is effective: it conveys both helplessness and imminent fatal impact. **Medicare/Social Security weaponization** is politically calculated: DeSantis had made comments on entitlement reform that Trump converted into an attack line. This is audience-targeted (seniors) and represents a policy-level attack atypical of Trump's usual style, suggesting possible briefing on the specific policy framing even if surrounding prose is authentic. The **false magnanimity closer** ("Good luck Ron!") ensures the attack cannot be read as anxious or fearful. Only someone utterly confident in their position can afford to wish a rival luck. The performative grace makes the cruelty land harder. --- ## Archetypal Dimension **Primary archetype: King (with Tyrant shadow).** Trump positions himself as the legitimate sovereign of the Republican primary whose authority derives not only from polls but from *origin* — he created DeSantis's political existence. The Tyrant shadow emerges in the pleasure taken in the vassal's downfall. **Secondary archetype: Trickster-Kingmaker.** The "single-handedly" claim revises history to maximize leverage. --- ## Cognitive Status Within Trump's established baseline. Vocabulary and syntactic complexity are consistent with prior posts. "Handidly" is an orthographic error consistent with documented patterns. No semantic paraphasia, temporal confusion, or name confusion observed. **Baseline deviation: none.** --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "I am up on him by 57 points" | **Mostly True** | October 2023 RealClearPolitics averages showed Trump leading DeSantis by approximately 45–62 points in Republican primary polling; 57 is within the plausible range. | | "He even fought Social Security and MediCare" | **Mostly False** | DeSantis made comments suggesting openness to entitlement reform in earlier years, but characterizing this as 'fighting' Social Security and Medicare significantly overstates and distorts his actual stated positions. | | "After having single handidly gotten him elected Governor" | **Mostly False** | Trump's 2018 endorsement was pivotal in DeSantis's Republican primary win but the general election was DeSantis's own 32,000-vote victory over Andrew Gillum; 'single-handedly' erases DeSantis's campaign organization, fundraising, and the votes of millions of Floridians. | | "He will SOON be out of money and dropping out" | **Unverifiable** | DeSantis suspended his campaign January 21, 2024, amid fundraising difficulties. The directional prediction proved correct, though 'SOON' implied a shorter timeline. | Overall Veracity: 43% ## Danger Assessment **Level: None.** Intra-party political combat with no dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or eliminationist rhetoric. --- ## Longitudinal Note The pattern of publicly celebrating a former ally's downfall — "a beautiful thing to watch" — is consistent with prior documented instances (Sessions, Christie, Barr). The devaluation follows a predictable template: public building-up → perceived betrayal → systematic humiliation campaign → false magnanimity at moment of defeat. This cycle should be tracked as a stable behavioral signature. The volume of posts on October 10 (≥5 on diverse topics with consistent high emotional arousal) represents an elevated-output day worth flagging for longitudinal hypomanic pattern tracking. ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 87%) ### Indicators - Misspelling 'handidly' (for 'single-handedly') — characteristic Trump orthographic error - Trademark nickname 'DeSanctimonious' — original Trump coinage - Stream-of-consciousness structure with abrupt transitions - Post time 12:34 UTC = 08:34 EDT (New York, fraud trial ongoing Oct 10) — early morning consistent with Trump pre-dawn posting - Passive-aggressive false magnanimity closer ('Good luck Ron!') — signature Trump rhetorical move ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (Ron DeSantis (rival threatening primary dominance)) **Rage:** Intensity 55% targeting Ron DeSantis - Proportionality: 30% Sentiment: -0.42 **Mildly Hypomanic** - Elevated output: ≥5 posts on Oct 10 spanning diverse topics with consistent high arousal - Expansive self-reference across posts ('57 points and going higher', 'NOBODY ELSE WILL, NOBODY ELSE CAN') - Rapid topic switching with no decrease in emotional intensity - Decreased apparent restraint — all attacks unfiltered and simultaneous ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 85% - Antisocial: 30% - Paranoid: 20% - Sadism: 55% **Defense Mechanisms:** - devaluation (immature) - splitting (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) - passive aggression (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 42% Cognitive Markers: - phonemic paraphasia **Parasocial Techniques:** - Invites audience to share in schadenfreude ('a beautiful thing to watch') - Positions followers as witnesses to prophesied downfall ('He will SOON be out of money') - Uses declarative certainty to build prophetic credibility ## Fact Checks (4) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._ > I am up on him by 57 points **MOSTLY TRUE** October 2023 RealClearPolitics averages showed Trump leading DeSantis by approximately 45–62 points in Republican primary polling; 57 is within the plausible range. Sources: RealClearPolitics Republican primary polling averages, October 2023 > He even fought Social Security and MediCare **MOSTLY FALSE** DeSantis made comments suggesting openness to entitlement reform in earlier years, but characterizing this as 'fighting' Social Security and Medicare significantly overstates and distorts his actual stated positions. > After having single handidly gotten him elected Governor **MOSTLY FALSE** Trump's 2018 endorsement was pivotal in DeSantis's Republican primary win but the general election was DeSantis's own 32,000-vote victory over Andrew Gillum; 'single-handedly' erases DeSantis's campaign organization, fundraising, and the votes of millions of Floridians. > He will SOON be out of money and dropping out **UNVERIFIABLE** DeSantis suspended his campaign January 21, 2024, amid fundraising difficulties. The directional prediction proved correct, though 'SOON' implied a shorter timeline. Overall Veracity: 43% ## Tags - devaluation (95%) - splitting (85%) - sadism (75%) - kingmaker_narrative (90%) - intra-party_rivalry (90%) - false_magnanimity (85%) - transactional_loyalty (90%) - authentic_authorship (87%) - grandiose_state (85%) - contamination_sequence (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Trial Pressure Produces Late-Night Escalation Spiral and Daylight Pivot to Israel Exploitation Blitz** Trump spent the day juggling his ongoing New York civil fraud trial with an aggressive social media offensive. Late the night before, he spiraled through increasingly heated posts -- attacking a dropout rival, spinning a false conspiracy about Forbes being controlled by China, and claiming sole credit for Israel's safety without a word of sympathy for October 7 victims. The morning brought defensive whataboutism about Biden's classified documents, a gleeful takedown of DeSantis, and a combative swipe at a forming Republican challenger coalition. The afternoon shifted to a rapid-fire burst of aide-posted article shares, all framing Trump as the only leader who could have prevented the Hamas attack. The trial was never far from view, visibly driving the day's paranoid edge and displaced aggression. Full digest for 2023-10-10: https://trump.fm/date/2023-10-10/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, October 10). Ron DeSanctimonious has the Poll numbers of a... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111210744683908553 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Ron DeSanctimonious has the Poll numbers of a wounded bird..." Truth Social, 10 Oct. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111210744683908553. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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