# Post ts_111449875458256286

- Post ID: `ts_111449875458256286`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-11-21T18:09:00.660Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111449875458256286/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111449875458256286.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> The Polls Show the People Want Crooked Joe Out…

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:16), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> -Wow, my poll numbers continue to go up, leading my opponents, including Crooked Joe, by a lot. Make America great again.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/449/875/343/079/879/original/ce6cb9ca592f8a5b.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 9,912
- Reposts: 2,405
- Replies: 220
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.390Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T10:59:26.053Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: "The Polls Show the People Want Crooked Joe Out…" — November 21, 2023

## Authorship Attribution

**Local Time Conversion:** Trump was in Fort Dodge, Iowa on this date (campaign rally). Iowa is in the Central Time Zone (UTC−6). The UTC timestamp of 18:09 converts to **12:09 PM local time** — solidly within business hours.

**Assessment:** Mixed signals. The textual content is highly characteristic of authentic Trump: the "Crooked Joe" pejorative nickname (consistent across thousands of prior posts), the trailing ellipsis (a personal stylistic tic), and the punchy declarative structure. However, the midday timing and the presence of a professionally produced video attachment (.mp4) suggest aide coordination. Likely scenario: aide-generated caption accompanying a professionally produced campaign video, possibly with Trump approval or brief input on the text. The nickname and ellipsis may be his verbal contribution to an otherwise coordinated package. Confidence: medium.

## Contextual Frame

This post appeared on a day of significant legal and political activity: the Colorado 14th Amendment ruling (which Trump was publicly celebrating), the federal gag order appeal, and the day after a campaign rally in Fort Dodge. The post functions as routine campaign maintenance — a brief attack on Biden amplified by video — rather than a reactive emotional discharge tied to a specific trigger. The Biden-Xi fentanyl agreement at APEC (noted in the events) may provide implicit context: the China/fentanyl theme appears in the same-day post about the Xi deal, suggesting a coordinated messaging sequence.

## Multi-Level Personality Analysis

### Level 1: Dispositional Traits
The post, though brief, expresses trait-consistent patterns:
- **Low Agreeableness**: Pejorative labeling ("Crooked Joe") reflects interpersonal antagonism and trust deficits toward outgroup figures
- **High Extraversion**: Assertive, public, declarative claim-staking
- **Low Neuroticism** (in this instance): Tone is controlled and confident rather than anxious or rageful — consistent with a grandiose rather than vulnerable narcissistic state
- **Low Openness**: No ambiguity acknowledged; polling data is presented as monolithic and unqualified

### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations
- **Agency motives dominate**: The post is status-claiming — invoking democratic legitimacy (polls, "the People") to delegitimize the incumbent
- **Schema of zero-sum competition**: "Out" implies replacement, not coexistence — the political world is winner/loser binary
- **Need for validation via external authority**: Polls are cited not as data but as a mirror reflecting what the subject already believes. The appeal to "the People" functions as projected consensus — the polls are framed as confirming an already-held certainty

### Level 3: Narrative Identity
- **Protagonist role**: Voice of the People / Democratic Legitimacy Surrogate — the subject positions himself as interpreter of the popular will, not merely a candidate
- **Contrasting Other**: "Crooked Joe" — the label does double work: it asserts criminality and dismisses the opponent's legitimacy to hold office
- **Narrative sequence**: Subtle redemption arc implied — the People have recognized the error (Biden's presidency), and the corrective (Trump's return) is forecast
- **Identity claim**: "I represent what the people actually want" — a claim to democratic authenticity that the subject uses to pre-validate his candidacy

### Level 4: Clinical Indicators

**Narcissistic Dynamics:**
- **Trigger type**: Supply-seeking / maintenance — no acute narcissistic injury evident; this is campaign-mode operation
- **Narcissistic state**: Grandiose — confident, expansive, not defensive or wounded
- **Rage**: Absent in this post; "Crooked" is habitual devaluation rather than acute rage expression
- The devaluation of Biden via nickname ("Crooked Joe") is ego-syntonic and routinized — a practiced dominance display rather than an emotional reaction

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- **Projection** (Immature, Level 2): Projecting the label "Crooked" onto an opponent while the subject faces 91 felony counts across four indictments. The projection is overt and consistent with prior usage
- **Splitting** (Immature, Level 2): The framing is binary — Biden is out, Trump is in; no ambiguity or complexity about polling nuance
- **Rationalization** (Neurotic, Level 3): Polls are invoked as objective evidence, but the framing strips all methodological context, cherry-picking the interpretation that serves the argument

**Cognitive Status:**
- Brief post offers limited cognitive signal
- No word-finding difficulties, paraphasia, or tangentiality observable
- The construction is syntactically simple but internally coherent
- No deviation from established baseline in this sample

## Rhetorical & Propaganda Analysis

- **Ad hominem labeling**: "Crooked Joe" — the label substitutes for argument, associating Biden with criminality without evidence
- **Appeal to democratic authority**: Polls are invoked as the voice of "the People" — a populist framing that implies anyone disagreeing with the polls is anti-democratic
- **False implication**: "The polls show" implies polling consensus where in reality polling on Biden's approval (≈40% at this period) is more nuanced than "the people want him out"
- **Ellipsis as hook**: The trailing "…" implies continuation — functioning rhetorically to invite the viewer into the video, creating narrative tension
- **Dehumanizing language**: Absent; "Crooked" is devaluing but not eliminationist
- **Violent imagery**: Absent
- **Stochastic terrorism**: Absent

## Gaslighting & Reality Distortion
Minimal in this post. The claim is a selective but not fabricated use of polling data — misrepresentation through framing rather than outright denial of reality.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The polls show the people want Crooked Joe out" | **Half True** | Biden's approval ratings in November 2023 were approximately 37-41% — among the lowest of his presidency — and head-to-head polling showed competitive Trump leads in several swing states. Dissatisfaction with Biden is factually grounded. However, 'the people want Crooked Joe out' conflates approval ratings with electoral preference, elides the significant portion of respondents who preferred Biden over Trump specifically, and presents polling nuance as monolithic popular verdict. The 'Crooked' label is editorializing without evidentiary foundation. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Danger Assessment
**None.** This is a conventional campaign attack. No eliminationist language, no mobilization call, no target-plus-grievance-plus-implied-action structure.

## Archetypal Analysis
The post channels the **Hero/Savior** and **King** archetypes simultaneously: the subject positions himself as the legitimate sovereign (validated by "the People") against a corrupt pretender. The "Crooked" label positions Biden as the **Shadow** — the corrupting force that must be removed. The appeal to polls invokes the archetype of democratic restoration, consistent with the "Make America Great Again" mythological frame of return to a prior golden order.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 55%)

### Indicators

- Authentic: 'Crooked Joe' is a habitual Trump nickname used consistently across thousands of posts
- Authentic: trailing ellipsis is a documented Trump stylistic tic
- Authentic: punchy declarative structure with no subordinate clauses
- Aide-indicator: 12:09 PM Central Time is firmly within business hours
- Aide-indicator: video attachment (.mp4) suggests professionally coordinated campaign content

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Biden general campaign context)

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 22%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Appeals to 'the People' as a unified body that validates the subject's political position
- Invites audience into shared certainty via ellipsis leading to video content

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> The polls show the people want Crooked Joe out

**HALF TRUE**

Biden's approval ratings in November 2023 were approximately 37-41% — among the lowest of his presidency — and head-to-head polling showed competitive Trump leads in several swing states. Dissatisfaction with Biden is factually grounded. However, 'the people want Crooked Joe out' conflates approval ratings with electoral preference, elides the significant portion of respondents who preferred Biden over Trump specifically, and presents polling nuance as monolithic popular verdict. The 'Crooked' label is editorializing without evidentiary foundation.

Sources: Major polling aggregators (RealClearPolitics, FiveThirtyEight) showing Biden approval ~40% in November 2023

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- campaign_attack (90%)
- biden_devaluation (85%)
- poll_invocation (80%)
- pejorative_nickname (85%)
- grandiose_state (60%)
- projection (70%)
- supply_seeking (65%)
- aide_coordinated (55%)
- video_amplification (50%)

## That day

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

**Iowa Rally Day Masks Legal Siege as 21-Post Blitz Culminates in Evening Eruption Over NY Fraud Trial**

Trump spent the day campaigning in Iowa with a Fort Dodge rally, firing off a rapid burst of nearly 20 posts around noon before going quiet for five hours. The midday cluster mixed standard campaign messaging with attacks on Biden, DeSantis, Kim Reynolds, and multiple legal proceedings. The day's sharpest moment came in the early evening, when a raw, high-anger post about the New York civil fraud trial named specific officials and reversed the court's own findings. Underneath the rally-day energy, legal anxiety was the constant undercurrent — nearly half the posts referenced ongoing prosecutions or election grievances.

Full digest for 2023-11-21: https://trump.fm/date/2023-11-21/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, November 21). The Polls Show the People Want Crooked Joe Out… [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111449875458256286
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Polls Show the People Want Crooked Joe Out…" Truth Social, 21 Nov. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111449875458256286. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The Polls Show the People Want Crooked Joe Out…," Truth Social, November 21, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111449875458256286.

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