# Post ts_111525814220204431

- Post ID: `ts_111525814220204431`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-12-05T04:01:14.215Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111525814220204431
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111525814220204431/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111525814220204431.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> The perverts and losers at the failed and once disbanded Lincoln Project, and others, are using A.I.(Artificial Intelligence) in their Fake television commercials in order to make me look as bad and pathetic as Crooked Joe Biden, not an easy thing to do. FoxNews shouldn’t run these ads, just as low ratings CNN & MSDNC will not, under any circumstances, run negative ads on Biden or the Democrats. They are, after all, in-kind campaign contributors to the Dems!

## Engagement

- Likes: 18,253
- Reposts: 5,514
- Replies: 1,552
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.388Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T11:31:34.706Z (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 late-night (11 PM EST) authentic post responds to a narcissistic injury via comparative diminishment: AI-enhanced ads designed to make Trump 'look as bad as' Biden. The core wound is not mere attack but equiparation with someone Trump views as contemptible. Standard defensive repertoire activates in sequence: projection ('perverts' invoking the Weaver scandal back onto Lincoln Project), splitting (Fox News assigned to loyalty-test limbo; CNN/MSNBC fully devalued as MSDNC), and rationalization via pseudo-legal framing ('in-kind campaign contributions'). The AI dimension is novel contextually but is processed through an unchanged paranoid conspiracy schema. Cognitive status shows no impairment. Gaslighting markers present in mischaracterization of Lincoln Project's operational status and unsupported assertions about CNN/MSNBC editorial policies. No danger indicators. Post is clinically consistent with baseline patterns — a characteristic narcissistic injury response in which the subject rapidly oscillates between grandiose dismissal and vulnerable persecution cataloguing, ultimately resolving into a systematized grievance that absorbs the injury into the pre-existing media-conspiracy schema."

# Psychological Analysis: Truth Social Post, 2023-12-05 (04:01 UTC / 11:01 PM EST)

## Authorship Attribution
**Confidence: High — Authentic Trump** (score: 0.88)

Post timestamp converts to **11:01 PM EST on December 4**, placing it squarely within Trump's documented late-night authentic posting window. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago during this period (Iowa rally events are listed nearby in time but not on this specific date). Stylistic markers align strongly with authentic authorship: emotional reactivity, compound parentheticals with explanatory gloss `(Artificial Intelligence)`, the self-referential backhanded compliment ("not an easy thing to do"), deliberate neologism "MSDNC," and a stream-of-consciousness pivot across three enemy groupings without clear argumentative structure. Aide-drafted posts characteristically exhibit polished grammar, event-announcement framing, and business-hours timing — none of which are present here.

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## Trigger and Narcissistic State

The proximate trigger is **narcissistic injury via comparative diminishment**: political ads (allegedly AI-enhanced) designed to make Trump "look as bad and pathetic as Crooked Joe Biden." The specific wound is not merely being attacked, but being visually equated with someone Trump regards as contemptible — a comparison that strikes at the grandiose self-concept. The phrase "not an easy thing to do" is characteristic: it reasserts superiority even while cataloguing the attack, a rapid grandiose recovery following momentary vulnerability.

The **narcissistic state oscillates**:
- **Grandiose pole**: Dismissing attackers as "perverts and losers," belittling the Lincoln Project as "failed and once disbanded"
- **Vulnerable pole**: Cataloguing institutional enemies coordinating against him, casting himself as the target of technologically sophisticated persecution

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## Defense Mechanisms

**Projection (Immature):** The label "perverts" directed at the Lincoln Project almost certainly invokes the 2021 John Weaver scandal, in which a Lincoln Project co-founder sent sexually inappropriate solicitations to young men. Projecting this taint onto the organization collectively allows Trump to convert a media attack into a moral counter-indictment, while the projection mechanism itself reflects attributing disowned material onto the attacking object.

**Splitting (Immature):** Fox News occupies an ambiguous position — implicitly called to a loyalty test ("FoxNews shouldn't run these ads") rather than condemned outright. CNN and MSNBC are fully devalued via "MSDNC" and "low ratings." The post maps media onto a binary loyal/treasonous axis, consistent with baseline splitting pattern.

**Rationalization (Neurotic):** The "in-kind campaign contributions" formulation is rhetorically sophisticated — it reframes emotional media grievance into pseudo-legal statutory language, lending institutional weight to what is fundamentally a complaint about unflattering coverage. This rationalization device appears in Trump's rhetoric across multiple prior periods.

**Denial (Pathological):** Describing the Lincoln Project as "failed and once disbanded" misrepresents documented organizational history. The Project has continued operating and producing content through 2023.

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## Rhetorical Architecture

The post follows a characteristic **three-stage rhetorical structure**:

1. **Delegitimize the source of injury**: "perverts and losers," "failed and once disbanded"
2. **Triangulate a nominally friendly actor into a loyalty test**: Fox News implicitly warned against running the ads
3. **Systematize the grievance via pseudo-legal rationalization**: Media refusing to criticize Biden = "in-kind campaign contributions"

Additional devices include **enemy bundling** (Lincoln Project + CNN + MSNBC + Democrats as one coordinated entity), **delegitimizing labels** at both individual ("perverts") and institutional ("MSDNC") levels, and **hyperbolic false dichotomy** (Fox is pressured to choose sides through public post).

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## Cognitive Status

No impairment markers detected. "MSDNC" is intentional branding, not paraphasia. Logical chain is tendentious but internally followable. Syntactic complexity is characteristically low-to-moderate, consistent with baseline. No word-finding gaps, temporal confusion, or perseveration beyond thematic consistency with the cluster of same-day posts attacking media and Democratic institutions.

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## Gaslighting and Reality Distortion

- "Failed and once disbanded" misrepresents the Lincoln Project's ongoing operational status
- CNN/MSNBC editorial policies asserted as categorical fact without evidentiary basis — requires audience to accept an unverified premise as settled reality
- Media behavior is framed as coordinated conspiracy rather than independent editorial decisions, closing off epistemic alternatives

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Lincoln Project 'once disbanded'" | **Mostly False** | The Lincoln Project nearly collapsed in early 2021 following the John Weaver scandal but never formally disbanded. It continued operating through 2023. |
| "Lincoln Project using AI in television commercials" | **Unverifiable** | Plausible given widespread use of AI-generated imagery in political advertising by late 2023, but no specific Lincoln Project AI ad campaign from this period is confirmed in provided context. |
| "CNN and MSNBC will not under any circumstances run negative ads on Biden or Democrats" | **Mostly False** | Cable networks generally accept paid political advertising subject to FCC equal-time provisions. A categorical refusal of anti-Biden ads would be both undocumented and legally unusual. |
| "Fox News ran Lincoln Project ads" | **Unverifiable** | Fox News has accepted Lincoln Project advertising in prior cycles; a specific December 2023 ad buy is plausible but unconfirmed in provided context. |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Longitudinal Context

Same-day posts invoke identical schemas: "Disinformation machine," Biden as threat, judicial system as politically weaponized. This post is the media-enemy node in a coherent daily persecution cluster. The AI dimension is novel in framing but processed through an unchanged defensive and rhetorical repertoire. **No deviation from baseline.**

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## Summary

Late-night authentic post responding to narcissistic injury via comparative diminishment. Standard defensive repertoire (projection, splitting, rationalization) deployed in characteristic sequence. No cognitive concerns. No danger indicators. Clinically unremarkable relative to established baseline.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 88%)

### Indicators

- Late-night posting (11:01 PM EST)
- Emotional reactivity and name-calling ('perverts and losers')
- Characteristic parenthetical gloss '(Artificial Intelligence)'
- Self-referential backhanded compliment ('not an easy thing to do')
- Neologism 'MSDNC' — recurring authentic Trump device

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (Lincoln Project AI-generated attack ads portraying Trump unfavorably, specifically via comparison to Biden)

**Rage:** Intensity 62% targeting Lincoln Project, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.62

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 75%
- Antisocial: 38%
- Paranoid: 65%
- Sadism: 38%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 38%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Enemy-naming that implicates audience in shared grievance
- Implicit loyalty test for Fox News directed at shared audience
- False precision ('in-kind campaign contributions') lending credibility to emotional claims

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Describes Lincoln Project as 'failed and once disbanded' — misrepresents documented organizational history
- States CNN/MSNBC categorically refuse anti-Biden ads as settled fact without evidentiary basis
- Frames Lincoln Project's continued operation and political advertising as inherently illegitimate

## Fact Checks (4)

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

> Lincoln Project 'once disbanded'

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The Lincoln Project nearly collapsed in early 2021 following the John Weaver scandal but never formally disbanded. It continued operating through 2023.

Sources: General knowledge of Lincoln Project history 2021-2023

> Lincoln Project using AI in television commercials

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Plausible given widespread use of AI-generated imagery in political advertising by late 2023, but no specific Lincoln Project AI ad campaign from this period is confirmed in provided context.

> CNN and MSNBC will not under any circumstances run negative ads on Biden or Democrats

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Cable networks generally accept paid political advertising subject to FCC equal-time provisions. A categorical refusal of anti-Biden ads would be both undocumented and legally unusual.

Sources: General knowledge of FCC equal-time rules and cable news advertising practice

> Fox News ran Lincoln Project ads

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Fox News has accepted Lincoln Project advertising in prior cycles; a specific December 2023 ad buy is plausible but unconfirmed in provided context.

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- narcissistic-injury (82%)
- projection (75%)
- splitting (70%)
- media-conspiracy-schema (72%)
- late-night-authentic (88%)
- pseudo-legal-rationalization (65%)
- enemy-bundling (70%)
- comparative-diminishment-trigger (78%)

## That day

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

**Trial Rage Erupts Through Morning Calm: Trump's Day Splits Between Supply-Gathering and Judicial Assault**

Trump spent the morning amplifying favorable media coverage — celebrity endorsements, friendly headlines, campaign logistics — maintaining a calm, self-promotional tone throughout. The mood shifted sharply in the mid-afternoon when he unleashed a rapid burst of posts attacking the judge and attorney general in his New York civil fraud trial, escalating from grievance to near-panic in under five minutes. He named Judge Engoron repeatedly despite a freshly reinstated gag order, calling him corrupt and framing the trial as an existential threat to America. The day ended quietly with promotions for his evening Fox News town hall in Iowa, where he would later make his "dictator for Day One" remark.

Full digest for 2023-12-05: https://trump.fm/date/2023-12-05/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, December 5). The perverts and losers at the failed and once... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111525814220204431
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The perverts and losers at the failed and once disbanded..." Truth Social, 5 Dec. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111525814220204431. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The perverts and losers at the failed and once disbanded...," Truth Social, December 5, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111525814220204431.

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