# Post ts_111488631582527922 - Post ID: `ts_111488631582527922` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-11-28T14:25:12.196Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111488631582527922 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111488631582527922/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111488631582527922.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/Speedy13/statuses/111483949791673192 Kim Reynolds is now the MOST UNPOPULAR GOVERNOR IN THE NATION. The great people of Iowa understand loyalty, and don’t like DeSanctimonious, who was against Ethanol and Social Security! ## Engagement - Likes: 5,250 - Reposts: 1,375 - Replies: 135 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.390Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T11:08:48.932Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary A textbook devaluation response to narcissistic injury. Reynolds' DeSantis endorsement triggers immediate and total status reversal—from featured ally in Trump's own Iowa ads to 'MOST UNPOPULAR GOVERNOR IN THE NATION' within days. The post reveals the loyalty schema at the core of Trump's interpersonal world: alliance is conditional entirely on deference, and its withdrawal produces reflexive devaluation rather than negotiation. Tactically, Ethanol and Social Security attacks are precisely calibrated for Iowa caucus dynamics, suggesting emotional reactivity operating alongside political calculation. The parasocial maneuver is notable: Trump recruits Iowa voters as co-grievants by framing his personal injury as their collective grievance ('the great people of Iowa understand loyalty'). The simultaneous TV ad campaign featuring Reynolds' own past praise creates an objective contradiction the post ignores, consistent with the splitting defense—the prior idealization is simply erased and inverted. Cognitively unremarkable; consistent with established baseline. No danger indicators. ## Post Analysis: ts_111488631582527922 *November 28, 2023 (Thanksgiving Day) | Truth Social | ~9:25 AM EST, Mar-a-Lago* --- ### Overview This retruth-with-commentary targets Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds immediately following her endorsement of Ron DeSantis. The post exemplifies Trump's devaluation dynamic in miniature: a political ally who defects to a rival is swiftly recast as a liability and publicly humiliated. What makes this post analytically rich is its simultaneity with Trump's Iowa TV ad campaign—one ad specifically featuring Reynolds' own past praise of Trump—creating a documentary contradiction the post does not acknowledge. The devaluation must be total and immediate. --- ### Authorship Attribution The post is formatted as a retruth of user `Speedy13`, with Trump's commentary appended. The appended text carries a strong Trump linguistic fingerprint: "DeSanctimonious" (his established personal nickname for DeSantis), ALL CAPS emphasis on a superlative claim, explicit loyalty framing, and tactically selected Iowa-specific policy attacks. The UTC timestamp (14:25:12) converts to approximately 9:25 AM EST—within normal waking hours for Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago. This is not late-night/early-morning timing, which lowers the authenticity signal from timing alone. However, the RT mechanism is worth noting: Trump frequently retruthed third-party posts that carried messaging he endorsed, sometimes adding his own commentary inline. The appended text here is unmistakably his voice—no aide would independently coin "DeSanctimonious" or frame this attack in exactly this register. **Assessment: high confidence authentic Trump commentary, amplified via retruth of a sympathetic third-party post.** --- ### Psychological Trigger **Classic narcissistic injury via loyalty betrayal.** Reynolds' DeSantis endorsement constitutes—within Trump's interpersonal schema—an unforgivable act of ingratitude. The injury is amplified by public visibility: Reynolds was a high-profile Iowa Republican whose endorsement carried genuine caucus weight. Trump does not process such defections as political calculation; they register as personal betrayal. The speed and totality of the devaluation is diagnostically notable. Reynolds transitions from featured character in Trump's own TV ads to "MOST UNPOPULAR GOVERNOR IN THE NATION" within days of her endorsement announcement. There is no hedging, no acknowledgment of prior alliance. The prior idealization is simply erased and inverted. --- ### Narcissistic Dynamics **State:** Mixed grandiose/retaliatory. The post is not vulnerable in its surface presentation—it is dismissive and aggressive—but the underlying wound (being "rejected" by a prominent Iowa Republican) is evident in the attack's urgency. The phrase "the great people of Iowa understand loyalty" is a parasocial maneuver: Trump recruits Iowa voters as proxies for his own sense of grievance, validating his injury by attributing shared outrage to an entire state. **Defense mechanisms:** - **Splitting (immature):** Iowa voters = loyal/great/understanding; Reynolds = disloyal/unpopular/failed. No middle ground exists. - **Devaluation (immature):** Complete status reversal for Reynolds. The prior idealization (featured in Trump ads) is nowhere acknowledged. - **Projection (immature):** "Loyalty" is projected outward as an Iowa cultural value, when it is Trump's own demand. He frames his entitlement to loyalty as an objective regional virtue. --- ### Multi-Level Personality Framework **Level 1 – Trait Salience:** Dominant facets: low agreeableness (antagonism, devaluation), high assertiveness (extraversion), high angry hostility (neuroticism facet), low modesty. The Conscientiousness facet of "achievement striving" is present in the tactical precision—policy attacks (Ethanol, Social Security) are specifically calibrated for Iowa caucus voters, not random. **Level 2 – Characteristic Adaptations:** Core agency motive is **power/dominance**: the post reasserts Trump's hierarchical primacy in the Iowa Republican ecosystem. The loyalty schema is the dominant interpersonal construct—those who break it are immediately expelled from the "great people" category and reassigned to the hostile out-group. **Level 3 – Narrative Identity:** - **Protagonist role:** The loyal standard-bearer whose former allies betray him, but whose authentic base (Iowa voters) remains steadfast. - **Contrasting other:** Reynolds and DeSantis as the disloyal opportunists. - **Narrative sequence:** Contamination (Reynolds was an ally → became a traitor). - **Identity claims:** Implicitly, "I am the one Iowa voters truly trust; Reynolds miscalculated." --- ### Rhetorical Analysis The post is strategically calibrated for Iowa caucus dynamics: - **Ethanol attacks** on DeSantis exploit a genuine Iowa political nerve—DeSantis had made comments skeptical of ethanol mandates that were politically costly in a corn-state caucus. - **Social Security attacks** tap senior voter anxiety, a reliable mobilization trigger. - **ALL CAPS** on the superlative claim ("MOST UNPOPULAR GOVERNOR IN THE NATION") performs certainty without evidence, characteristic of the RAND Firehose model's reality-distortion element. - **"DeSanctimonious"** continues the semantic dehumanization of DeSantis through nicknames that embed contempt. - **Loyalty framing** ("the great people of Iowa understand loyalty") is a **false dichotomy construction**: either you are loyal (=good, =Trump) or you have failed the Iowa people. - **Ad hominem via proxy:** Reynolds is attacked through her polling numbers, and DeSantis is attacked through policy positions—both techniques allow Trump to claim he's just "telling it like it is" rather than making purely personal attacks. --- ### Cognitive Status No markers of concern. Language is targeted, syntactically coherent, and tactically organized. The argument follows a clean three-part structure: Reynolds is unpopular → Iowa values loyalty → DeSantis violated Iowa-relevant policy positions. "DeSanctimonious" is pre-established coinage, not novel confabulation. Vocabulary and complexity are consistent with Trump's established baseline for social media posts—low-complexity declarative sentences, punchy and repetitive. **Baseline deviation: none.** --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Kim Reynolds is now the MOST UNPOPULAR GOVERNOR IN THE NATION" | **Mostly False** | Reynolds' approval had declined following the DeSantis endorsement and she polled underwater with some Iowa Republicans, but available national gubernatorial approval tracking does not support her ranking as literally the most unpopular governor nationwide. Governors in structurally hostile states typically occupy bottom rankings. This is a Trump superlative exaggeration. | | "DeSanctimonious was against Ethanol" | **Half True** | DeSantis expressed skepticism about ethanol mandates and federal renewable fuel standards in 2023, which was politically costly in Iowa. He later moderated this position. The claim overstates documented skepticism as categorical opposition. | | "DeSanctimonious was against Social Security" | **Half True** | DeSantis had in prior years discussed entitlement reform and questioned Social Security sustainability. His 2024 campaign position shifted toward protecting Social Security. The prior record provides legitimate attack material but his current stated position contradicted the framing. | Overall Veracity: 40% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 82%) ### Indicators - DeSanctimonious nickname (established Trump coinage) - ALL CAPS superlative emphasis - loyalty framing as core interpersonal construct - Iowa-specific policy attack precision (Ethanol/Social Security) - RT-with-commentary format consistent with Trump Truth Social usage ## Psychological Profile ### State **Mixed State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Abandonment (Kim Reynolds' endorsement of DeSantis) **Rage:** Intensity 65% targeting Kim Reynolds and Ron DeSantis - Proportionality: 30% Sentiment: -0.52 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 82% - Antisocial: 30% - Paranoid: 50% - Sadism: 45% **Defense Mechanisms:** - splitting (immature) - devaluation (immature) - projection (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 28% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Recruiting Iowa voters as co-grievants in personal injury narrative - Flattery of target audience ('great people of Iowa') as loyalty validation - Implied in-group/out-group: loyal Iowans vs. disloyal Reynolds ## Fact Checks (3) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Kim Reynolds is now the MOST UNPOPULAR GOVERNOR IN THE NATION **MOSTLY FALSE** Reynolds' approval had declined following the DeSantis endorsement and she polled underwater with some Iowa Republicans, but available national gubernatorial approval tracking does not support her ranking as literally the most unpopular governor nationwide. Governors in structurally hostile states typically occupy bottom rankings. This is a Trump superlative exaggeration. Sources: Morning Consult gubernatorial approval tracking; Iowa-based polling following Reynolds' DeSantis endorsement > DeSanctimonious was against Ethanol **HALF TRUE** DeSantis expressed skepticism about ethanol mandates and federal renewable fuel standards in 2023, which was politically costly in Iowa. He later moderated this position. The claim overstates documented skepticism as categorical opposition. Sources: DeSantis June 2023 town hall remarks on Renewable Fuel Standard; Iowa ethanol industry response > DeSanctimonious was against Social Security **HALF TRUE** DeSantis had in prior years discussed entitlement reform and questioned Social Security sustainability. His 2024 campaign position shifted toward protecting Social Security. The prior record provides legitimate attack material but his current stated position contradicted the framing. Sources: DeSantis prior gubernatorial campaign statements on entitlements; 2024 campaign Social Security policy statements Overall Veracity: 40% ## Tags - narcissistic_injury (90%) - devaluation (88%) - loyalty_schema (85%) - iowa_caucus (80%) - desantis_attack (85%) - kim_reynolds (90%) - splitting (82%) - thanksgiving_posting (60%) - ethanol_policy (70%) - social_security_attack (65%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Thanksgiving Leftovers: Evening Rage at Rivals Yields to a Coordinated Afternoon Campaign Targeting Judge Engoron's Family** The day after Thanksgiving was dominated by two impulses: attacking Republican rivals and undermining the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial. The evening before brought sharp jabs at Fox News, Nikki Haley, and the trial itself, followed the next morning by a broadside against Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds for endorsing DeSantis. The most notable pattern was a rapid-fire afternoon cluster of five articles in under two minutes, all targeting Judge Engoron and his wife by name through fringe media outlets. The rest of the day was padded with low-effort link shares touting endorsements, poll numbers, and crowd reception -- the typical grandiose buffer around genuine anxiety about the trial. Full digest for 2023-11-28: https://trump.fm/date/2023-11-28/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, November 28). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/Speedy13/statuse... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111488631582527922 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/Speedy13/statuses/11148394..." Truth Social, 28 Nov. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111488631582527922. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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