# Post ts_111295603626898024 - Post ID: `ts_111295603626898024` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-10-25T12:15:39.333Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111295603626898024 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111295603626898024/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111295603626898024.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > I will soon be leaving for Crooked Joe Biden’s “Political Opponent Court” in Lower Manhattan. I have a very partisan and angry Judge, a Corrupt Attorney General, and am not allowed a Jury Trial under the Statute they have chosen to use (for the very first time ever!). The good news, that even the Fake News is seeing, is that the facts are ALL on my side! I BUILT A GREAT COMPANY, FAR BIGGER & STRONGER THAN ANYONE HAD ASSUMED! This is a RIGGED TRIAL, right out of a Banana Republic, but sadly, it gives the Republicans the right to do the same thing when we assume office…And remember, Crooked Joe Biden is the most CORRUPT (and Incompetent!) President in the history of the U.S., VERY FERTILE GROUND THERE, but very bad for our Country! This unfair political Witch Hunt is causing companies to leave New York at a record pace. They don’t want this to happen to them! ## Engagement - Likes: 27,937 - Reposts: 7,675 - Replies: 3,201 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.393Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T10:24:20.214Z (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 post, composed as Trump departed for the New York civil fraud trial, exhibits a high-intensity narcissistic injury response combining pathological denial, DARVO, and oscillation between grandiose and vulnerable narcissistic states within a single text. The most clinically striking feature is the assertion that "the facts are ALL on my side" — made approximately four weeks after Judge Engoron ruled that Trump committed fraud — constituting direct denial of adjudicated reality rather than legal optimism or spin. Defense mechanisms span all three levels of Vaillant's hierarchy simultaneously: denial and distortion (pathological), projection and splitting (immature), rationalization (neurotic). The post's most consequential element is the normalization of institutional retaliation: "it gives the Republicans the right to do the same thing when we assume office" frames anticipated DOJ weaponization as constitutionally justified reciprocity. The confident "when we assume office" (not "if") functions as both coalition signal and adversary warning. Gaslighting is substantive — requiring the audience to distrust independent judicial findings in favor of the speaker's account. Danger is rated elevated at the institutional level; no physical violence indicators are present. Authorship is likely authentic given timing, emotional register, and posting session context. ## Psychological Analysis — Truth Social Post (2023-10-25T12:15:39Z) ### Context Trump is posting from his residence as he prepares to attend the New York civil fraud trial before Judge Arthur Engoron. Critically, Engoron had already ruled on September 26, 2023 that Trump *committed* fraud by inflating asset valuations. The ongoing trial concerns only the penalty/damages phase. This context is essential: Trump's claim that "the facts are ALL on my side" is asserted *after* the liability finding. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Assessment: Likely authentic (0.75 confidence: medium)** The post timestamps at approximately **8:15 AM EDT** on the morning he is physically departing for court — emotionally charged context consistent with authentic posting. Supporting authentic indicators include: ALL CAPS emotional eruptions, ellipsis-style sentence linkage, stream-of-consciousness accumulation of grievances, and multiple exclamation points. One minor anomaly: the phrase **"when we assume office"** is slightly atypical — the standard formulation is "take office." This could represent a semantic paraphasia or light aide polish, but the overall register is authentic. The bracketed "PERSECUTION!" in a contemporaneous post further confirms the authentic voice of this posting session. --- ### Trigger Analysis **Primary trigger: Narcissistic injury (defeat + exposure)** The most acute trigger is *compelled physical appearance* in a courtroom where his financial fraudulence has already been adjudicated. Being required to *show up* — under judicial authority, stripped of power to refuse — constitutes a profound narcissistic wound. The liability ruling (September 26) represents a prior injury now being re-enacted daily. This post is a pre-emptive framing effort before entering the arena of loss-of-control. --- ### Narcissistic State: Mixed Grandiose / Vulnerable (Oscillating) The post exhibits classic oscillation within a single text: **Grandiose pole:** *"I BUILT A GREAT COMPANY, FAR BIGGER & STRONGER THAN ANYONE HAD ASSUMED!"* — expansive, boastful, capitalizing on achievement even as the court contradicts the claim's legitimacy. **Vulnerable pole:** "I have a very partisan and angry Judge," "not allowed a Jury Trial," "Witch Hunt," "Banana Republic" — cast as persecuted outsider, the system arrayed against him. This oscillation within one paragraph is diagnostically notable: the grandiose assertion functions as a defensive counterpunch to the vulnerable state the trial imposes. --- ### Defense Mechanisms | Mechanism | Level | Evidence | |-----------|-------|----------| | **Denial** | Pathological | "facts are ALL on my side" — asserted post-liability ruling, a direct denial of adjudicated reality | | **Distortion** | Pathological | Legitimate civil enforcement proceeding reframed as "Banana Republic" show trial | | **Projection** | Immature | Accuses Biden of being "the most CORRUPT President" while himself on trial for fraud | | **Splitting** | Immature | All-bad (judge, AG, Biden) vs. all-good (himself, Republicans) binary without nuance | | **Rationalization** | Neurotic | The threat of Republican retaliation is framed as a natural constitutional consequence ("gives Republicans the *right* to do the same thing") | **DARVO pattern present:** - **Deny**: "This is a RIGGED TRIAL" - **Attack**: "very partisan and angry Judge," "Corrupt Attorney General" - **Reverse Victim and Offender**: He is the real victim; Biden is the real criminal --- ### Rhetorical Analysis **Labeling/Branding:** "Crooked Joe Biden's 'Political Opponent Court'" — rebrands an independent judicial venue as an arm of political persecution. The scare quotes around a fabricated name are characteristic of delegitimization framing. **Implied Threat / Normalization of Retaliation:** *"it gives the Republicans the right to do the same thing when we assume office"* — this is rhetorically significant. It simultaneously (a) frames future DOJ weaponization as merely reciprocal and therefore justified, and (b) functions as a warning to opponents. The phrase "when we assume office" — not *if*, not *take* — reflects confident expectation of power restoration. **Hyperbole and Superlatives:** "record pace," "the most CORRUPT," "FAR BIGGER & STRONGER THAN ANYONE HAD ASSUMED." **False Dichotomy:** Courts are either legitimate or "Banana Republic" — no middle ground. **Whataboutism:** Biden corruption pivot deflects from the trial's subject matter. **Appeal to Fear:** "causing companies to leave New York at a record pace" — unsubstantiated causal claim designed to generate economic anxiety. --- ### Gaslighting & Reality Distortion The most clinically striking element is the assertion that "the facts are ALL on my side" made *after* Judge Engoron ruled that Trump committed fraud. This is not spin or optimism — it is a direct inversion of adjudicated fact. The post demands that readers accept a reality that the judicial record contradicts. This is a textbook gaslighting maneuver: the gaslighter's claim is not merely false but requires the audience to distrust authoritative external evidence in favor of the speaker's assertion. Additional distortions: - The no-jury-trial situation is framed as unprecedented persecution, when bench trials are standard for NY Executive Law §63(12) civil enforcement actions. - The "Banana Republic" frame equates independent judiciary with autocracy — an inversion of institutional meaning. --- ### Cognitive Status Language is emotionally charged but structurally coherent. Syntactic complexity is within Trump's established range. The "assume office" phrasing is minor and could be stylistic. No evidence of word-finding difficulty, perseveration beyond rhetorical intent, or temporal confusion. **Baseline deviation: slight.** This is consistent with heightened stress affecting production rather than structural cognitive change. --- ### Danger Assessment: **Elevated** No eliminationist or physically violent language is present. However, the explicit promise of institutional retaliation — "gives the Republicans the *right* to do the same thing when we assume office" — represents a danger at the institutional level. This normalizes the weaponization of the justice system as political payback and functions as a signal to supporters that prosecutions of political opponents are legitimate post-election goals. Combined with the complete delegitimization of independent courts ("Banana Republic," "Political Opponent Court"), this post contributes to an epistemic environment where judicial authority is conditional on political alignment. --- ### Summary (Clinically Significant) This post, composed on the morning Trump departed for the New York civil fraud trial, exhibits a high-intensity narcissistic injury response combining DARVO, pathological denial of adjudicated fact, and oscillation between grandiose and vulnerable narcissistic states within a single text. The most clinically notable feature is the assertion that "facts are ALL on my side" — made weeks after Judge Engoron ruled Trump committed fraud — which constitutes a direct denial of adjudicated reality rather than legal optimism. Defense mechanisms span all three levels of Vaillant's hierarchy simultaneously: denial and distortion (pathological), projection and splitting (immature), rationalization (neurotic). The post's most consequential element may be the threat of reciprocal institutional weaponization ("when we assume office"), which normalizes future DOJ deployment against political opponents as constitutionally justified retaliation. Authorship is assessed as likely authentic given emotional register, timing relative to departure, and posting session context. Danger level is elevated at the institutional level; no physical violence indicators are present. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Not allowed a Jury Trial under the Statute they have chosen to use" | **Mostly True** | NY Executive Law §63(12) civil fraud enforcement actions are bench trials by statute. Trump had no right to a jury trial in this proceeding under established New York law. | | "For the very first time ever (regarding the statute)" | **Mostly False** | NY AG has previously used Executive Law §63(12) in other civil enforcement actions. The unprecedented scale of this specific case does not make the statute's use novel. | | "The facts are ALL on my side" | **False** | Judge Engoron ruled on September 26, 2023 — approximately one month before this post — that Trump committed fraud by inflating asset valuations. The ongoing trial was solely to determine penalty/damages, not liability. | | "This unfair political Witch Hunt is causing companies to leave New York at a record pace" | **Mostly False** | While some businesses have relocated from New York, attributing departures to this specific trial is unsupported. Business migration from NY is a multi-factor trend predating and independent of this case. | | "Crooked Joe Biden is the most CORRUPT (and Incompetent!) President in the history of the U.S." | **False** | No credible historical or legal basis supports this claim. The assertion is stated as empirical fact but is opinion; Biden has not been charged with or convicted of corruption. The claim inverts the factual situation in which Trump himself is the defendant in a fraud proceeding. | Overall Veracity: 24% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 75%) ### Indicators - Post timed at 8:15 AM EDT as Trump is departing for court — emotionally charged, real-time context - ALL CAPS emotional passages ('I BUILT A GREAT COMPANY', 'FAR BIGGER & STRONGER') - Stream-of-consciousness accumulation of grievances with ellipses and run-on constructions - Unusual phrasing 'when we assume office' vs standard 'take office' — minor semantic anomaly suggesting possible light aide polish - Multiple exclamation points and emotional escalation pattern consistent with authentic voice ## Psychological Profile ### State **Mixed State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Compelled court appearance under judicial authority after fraud liability ruling (September 26, 2023); loss of control over legal narrative) **Rage:** Intensity 72% targeting Judge Engoron, AG Letitia James, Joe Biden, New York judicial system broadly - Proportionality: 25% Sentiment: -0.72 Baseline Deviation: slight ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 88% - Antisocial: 55% - Paranoid: 72% - Sadism: 30% **Defense Mechanisms:** - denial (pathological) - distortion (pathological) - projection (immature) - splitting (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 100% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct address ('And remember') creating shared knowledge bond with audience - Inclusive 'we' ('when we assume office') positioning audience as coalition members in future power - Shared enemy identification (Biden, corrupt judge, fake news) as in-group cohesion mechanism - Conspiracy framing requiring audience to distrust institutional sources and trust only Trump ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** ### Indicators - Explicit promise of institutional retaliation: 'gives Republicans the right to do the same thing when we assume office' — normalizes DOJ weaponization against political opponents as post-election goal - Complete delegitimization of independent judicial authority ('Banana Republic,' 'Political Opponent Court') creates epistemic foundation for rejecting future adverse rulings - Confident use of 'when we assume office' (not 'if') signals certainty of power restoration to audience — reinforces permanence of retaliation threat ### Gaslighting - Claims 'facts are ALL on my side' after Judge Engoron already ruled on September 26 that fraud occurred — direct inversion of adjudicated fact - Labels a legitimate civil enforcement proceeding a 'RIGGED TRIAL' — requires audience to distrust independent court record - Frames no-jury bench trial (standard for NY Executive Law §63(12) cases) as unprecedented persecution ('for the very first time ever!') - Describes the AG's use of an existing statute as novel and targeted, obscuring its established legal basis ## Fact Checks (5) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Not allowed a Jury Trial under the Statute they have chosen to use **MOSTLY TRUE** NY Executive Law §63(12) civil fraud enforcement actions are bench trials by statute. Trump had no right to a jury trial in this proceeding under established New York law. Sources: NY Executive Law §63(12); James v. Trump, NY Supreme Court > For the very first time ever (regarding the statute) **MOSTLY FALSE** NY AG has previously used Executive Law §63(12) in other civil enforcement actions. The unprecedented scale of this specific case does not make the statute's use novel. Sources: NY AG enforcement history > The facts are ALL on my side **FALSE** Judge Engoron ruled on September 26, 2023 — approximately one month before this post — that Trump committed fraud by inflating asset valuations. The ongoing trial was solely to determine penalty/damages, not liability. Sources: James v. Trump, Judge Arthur Engoron ruling, September 26, 2023 > This unfair political Witch Hunt is causing companies to leave New York at a record pace **MOSTLY FALSE** While some businesses have relocated from New York, attributing departures to this specific trial is unsupported. Business migration from NY is a multi-factor trend predating and independent of this case. > Crooked Joe Biden is the most CORRUPT (and Incompetent!) President in the history of the U.S. **FALSE** No credible historical or legal basis supports this claim. The assertion is stated as empirical fact but is opinion; Biden has not been charged with or convicted of corruption. The claim inverts the factual situation in which Trump himself is the defendant in a fraud proceeding. Overall Veracity: 24% ## Tags - narcissistic_injury (95%) - DARVO (90%) - denial_of_adjudicated_fact (92%) - institutional_retaliation_threat (78%) - gaslighting (85%) - NY_fraud_trial (95%) - grandiose_vulnerable_oscillation (88%) - epistemic_closure (82%) - judiciary_delegitimization (87%) - whataboutism (75%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Two-Front Day: Trump Claims Credit for Speaker Johnson While Fighting NY Fraud Trial and Warning Meadows** Trump split his day between celebrating the election of ally Mike Johnson as House Speaker and combating his New York civil fraud trial, with a late-night session the prior evening warning former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows against cooperating with federal prosecutors. He rebranded 22 days of Republican Speaker chaos as a "quick and easy" resolution, then shifted to anxious combativeness before heading to court. After Michael Cohen's cross-examination, Trump claimed total vindication in a characterization legal observers largely rejected. The evening closed with a rapid burst of credit-claiming for the Johnson speakership, cycling back to grandiose mode after each legal stressor. Full digest for 2023-10-25: https://trump.fm/date/2023-10-25/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, October 25). I will soon be leaving for Crooked Joe Biden’s... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111295603626898024 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I will soon be leaving for Crooked Joe Biden’s “Political..." Truth Social, 25 Oct. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111295603626898024. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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