# Post ts_111530398719428495 - Post ID: `ts_111530398719428495` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-12-05T23:27:08.162Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111530398719428495 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111530398719428495/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111530398719428495.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Thank you Laura!A MUST WATCH!⬇️ ## What the media says **Video transcript** (8:28), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > All right, just as they scrambled to stop the rising Trump campaign back in 2015, they're back in strafing mode again, making wild and scary predictions. Trump is promising to resort to an authoritarian tactic should he become president again. If you don't think he is dying to silence his critics in the media, think again. His top priority if he becomes president again is vengeance. Donald Trump uses Nazi terminology to dehumanize his opponents. Now the headlines are so bad they're actually funny. From the New York Times today, why a second Trump presidency may be more radical than his first, while he has long exhibited authoritarian impulses, blah, blah, blah, you get it. Now over the weekend, Trump responded in a speech in Iowa, cleverly turning the tables on Biden. Over the past few years, you've watched Biden and his band of Marxist communist fascists try to crush free speech, censor their critics, criminalize dissent, destroy attorney-client privilege and even attempt to imprison their leading electoral rival by far on bogus charges. That happens to be me in case you forget. But somehow I'm not worried. I'm not worried. That's why we're doing this, because we have to straighten out our country. Of course, the New York Times poo-pooed President Trump's attacks, saying Mr. Trump's accusations against Mr. Biden, which he referenced repeatedly throughout his speech, veered toward the conspiratorial. He claimed the president and his allies were seeking to control American speech, their behavior on social media, and their purchases of cars and dishwashers. Okay. I'm reading that going, how is any of that untrue? It's totally true. Now it's good to see that Trump was pushing back on that charge, that American populism is somehow going to lead to some sort of dictatorship. It's ridiculous. They cite Trump's plan to take power away from unelected bureaucrats by turning a larger portion of the federal workforce into political appointments as a real problem. Apparently, their argument goes like this. By giving the president more power over the federal bureaucracy, we would be marching toward a dictatorship. But think about this for a minute. In the first place, it's nice to see that the media finally admits that unelected bureaucrats wield a significant amount of power, just as we've always claimed, but now let's have a serious conversation about whether that's appropriate. Biden's supporters want to make sure that those bureaucrats are not chosen by the president or any elected official. They want a system whereby the bureaucracy hires its own members and promotions come from within. Now, remember, all that power held by unelected bureaucrats is wielded as the bureaucrats themselves want. But as the voters want, welcome to the administrative state. Now, of course, the press would tell you that bureaucrats are proud civil servants, they're trustworthy because they are chosen by a neutral process and they are supposed to act in accordance with the law. But no one, not a single person knows anything about how Washington works, believes that our bureaucracy is neutral. Everyone understands that the bureaucracy is just another branch of the Democratic Party. Now, for as long as I can remember, it's always been socially progressive. Like the Democrat Party, it's always had a weakness for China. Like the Democrat Party, it's very friendly to plutocrats who donate to the right politicians. And like the Democratic Party, it despises middle America, who it sees as fundamentally evil. Now, ask yourself this. At the Department of HHS, Health and Human Services, are they going to promote pro-lifers within the federal bureaucracy? At the Department of Education, are they going to promote people who believe in homeschooling? At the Department of Treasury, are they going to promote people who worry about the trade deficit? At the State Department, are they going to promote people who don't trust the EU or the CCP? And at the Pentagon, are they going to promote anyone who opposes having a woke military? Of course not, to any of those questions. We know that in every one of those agencies, you cannot reach the highest levels of the bureaucracy unless you buy into the woke establishment agenda. And what that means is obvious. If the American people vote for like the run of a mill president, the weasels burrowed into the bureaucracy won't cause him or her too much trouble. But if the American people vote against the establishment candidate, then the bureaucrats will fight the president every step of the way. Now time and again, the media told us how brave the souls in the bureaucracy, how bravely they fought President Trump. Remember Alexander Vindman? And once again, the allies of the permanent bureaucracy are trying to frighten you, saying if Trump wins, the world as we know it will end. You think this is a vote about whether or not we still have democracy in this country? It certainly is. And Donald Trump has told us exactly what he will do. He will not abide by the rulings of the courts. He will certainly appoint people to office whether or not they can be confirmed by the Senate. Oh, really? She's worried about that. Well, I didn't hear Liz kick up any dust when the GAO ruled that the Biden administration had allowed five appointees to serve unlawfully, three of whom were still in their positions as of last February. By the way, the Post all needed Senate confirmation. And then even though Trump left office, office per the Constitution on January 20th, 2021, the Trump derangement sufferers have to leapfrog to 2029. Do you believe that Donald Trump were elected next year that he would try to stay in office beyond a second term? He would never leave office? There's no question. You think he would try to stay in power forever? Absolutely. Forever and ever and ever. What a silly woman. You notice how she never makes a positive case for anyone else or makes any substantive arguments against Trump's economy or his views on foreign policy or argue for spending cuts. Does she ever do that or does she ever, has she ever taken on the bureaucracy? Well, this is because Liz and the 13 Republicans or so who think like her actually like the appearance of a democratic process, one where the government remains a system where the voters get to choose certain officials, but where the permanent bureaucracy carries out the orders of the Democratic Party, no matter which party has the White House. We know what their idea of a perfect representative democracy looks like. The DOJ works to every channel to put the president's chief opponent in jail. The DOJ flags parents who protest at school board meetings and devout Catholics as well. The DOD purges staff who aren't on board with the woke agenda and of course the ATF, they try to turn lawful gun owners into criminals. They censor people with bogus misinformation labels and so on and so on. Liberals and the completely deranged never Trumpers love this setup and they don't want someone like Trump to expose the scam. They're so funny. They try to scare voters by warning if Trump wins, there'd be mass resignations. A lot of people who would gum up efforts by Trump and Trump's people to a severe democracy will just simply quit in disgust or horror or whatever you want to call it from places like the Justice Department and so on. Oh, bureaucrats would quit. Oh, that's a big loss. Here's the bottom line. Democracy should mean a system in which the voters have power. In our country these days, it's a system whereby the government can be used against the people. So President Trump is right. That system has to be changed and the louder the press squeals about this plan to take power from the bureaucrats and give it back to the voters and the officials they choose, the more you can be confident that he's right and they're wrong. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/530/398/258/132/346/original/39e1515d01b20820.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 9,286 - Reposts: 2,956 - Replies: 465 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.388Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T11:32:20.883Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Post Analysis: ts_111530398719428495 — "Thank you Laura! A MUST WATCH!" **Overview** This post is a minimal reshare comprising approximately seven words of original text: *"Thank you Laura!A MUST WATCH!⬇️"* plus an attached video. The reference to "Laura" almost certainly identifies **Laura Ingraham** (Fox News host, *The Ingraham Angle*), a consistent Trump media ally. No original claim, argument, or narrative is advanced; the post's entire function is media amplification. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Timestamp localization:** 23:27 UTC on December 5, 2023. Known events place Trump at a Cedar Rapids, Iowa rally that day (Kirkwood Community College), making Central Time the operative timezone: **23:27 UTC = 5:27 PM CT**. This falls in early evening—not within the late-night/early-morning window most diagnostic of authentic Trump authorship, but also not squarely within the 9–6 business-hours window most associated with aide drafting. **Stylometric evidence:** The missing space between "Laura!" and "A" (producing "Laura!A") is a characteristic Trump keyboard error visible across years of posts. The all-caps "MUST WATCH" and stacked exclamation marks are consistent with his authentic enthusiasm register. Crucially, the post lacks any of the aide-authorship hallmarks: no event announcement, no complete polished sentences, no professional formatting. The brevity and emotional spontaneity weigh toward authenticity. **Confidence:** Medium-high for authentic Trump. --- ### Psychological Context & State Analyzed in isolation, this post is psychologically thin. However, the day's full posting sequence provides essential context. The preceding posts were dominated by **extended, agitated defensive material**: attacks on Judge Engoron for ignoring appellate rulings, labeling the New York AG "Corrupt" and "Racist," invocations of "Witch Hunt," and claims the case is fatally rigged. Those posts reflect a narcissistic state oscillating between **vulnerable** (persecuted, embattled) and **grandiose** (counter-attacking, framing himself as uniquely victimized by unprecedented injustice). This brief reshare represents a **regulatory pivot**: after discharging grievance through repeated defensive posts, the subject pivots to **supply-seeking**—amplifying favorable external validation from a trusted ally in the right-wing media ecosystem. This pattern is consistent with narcissistic affect regulation: grievance discharge followed by active pursuit of mirroring/idealization from reliable supply sources. --- ### Trigger & Narcissistic Dynamics **Trigger type:** Supply-seeking / maintenance. The trigger is not a specific injury in this post; rather, this post functions as the resolution phase of the day's injury-response cycle (the NY gag order reinstatement + active civil fraud trial proceedings providing ample narcissistic injury). Laura Ingraham's content—almost certainly a favorable Fox News segment on the trial or the campaign—provides external validation that partially restores narcissistic equilibrium. **Rage:** Absent. This post is notably calm relative to the day's overall register. **Narcissistic state:** Grandiose/maintenance. Sharing content from a perceived ally who endorses his framing constitutes mild grandiosity-by-association. --- ### Defense Mechanisms Minimal direct defense content in this post. In context, the reshare functions as **displacement**—redirecting audience attention from the defensive, embattled register of preceding posts toward positively valenced external support. The pivot also reinforces the broader **rationalization** pattern visible throughout the day: every attack on the legal system is externally validated by a trusted media figure, normalizing the grievance. --- ### Narrative Identity (McAdams Level 3) The "Thank you Laura" framing positions a media ally as a validating other—reinforcing the **fighter/victim** protagonist role. Trump is embattled (legal persecution throughout the day's posts); Laura is rallying to his defense. The "MUST WATCH" imperative extends the urgency of his own situation through association: if Laura's content is definitionally important, and Laura is defending Trump, then Trump's cause is definitionally important. **Contrasting other** (implicit): The corrupt judicial system / biased AG, present throughout the day's posts, forms the shadow against which this moment of validation is cast. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis - **Imperative framing** ("MUST WATCH") directs audience behavior and creates urgency without supplying content - **Name-dropping** leverages parasocial familiarity with Fox News audience; Laura Ingraham is a known quantity requiring no elaboration - **Visual anchor** (downward emoji) functions as a UI gesture directing attention to the video - **Economy of text** signals confidence—brevity implies the content speaks for itself - No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism indicators --- ### Cognitive Assessment Insufficient linguistic data (7 words of original content) for meaningful cognitive status assessment. The missing space ("Laura!A") could indicate mild typing imprecision, but is well within normal error rates for informal mobile posting and consistent with Trump's long-established typing patterns. No basis for deviation from baseline here. --- ### Danger Assessment **None.** This is a routine media amplification post. No threatening content, no target identification, no eliminationist language. --- # ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 72%) ### Indicators - Missing space between 'Laura!' and 'A' — characteristic Trump keyboard error pattern - All-caps 'MUST WATCH' consistent with authentic enthusiasm register - Stacked exclamation marks consistent with authentic Trump style - No event-announcement or polished-sentence structure typical of aide authorship - Brevity and emotional spontaneity weigh toward authenticity ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Laura Ingraham / Fox News media ally) Sentiment: +0.62 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 25% - Antisocial: 5% - Paranoid: 5% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - displacement (neurotic) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 10% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Name-drops a known Fox News ally to leverage audience's pre-existing parasocial relationship with Laura Ingraham - Imperative framing ('MUST WATCH') recruits follower attention without requiring persuasive argument ## Tags - media-amplification (90%) - supply-seeking (80%) - fox-news-ally (85%) - laura-ingraham (90%) - authentic-trump (72%) - affect-regulation (70%) - low-intensity (90%) ## 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). Thank you Laura!A MUST WATCH!⬇️ [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111530398719428495 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Thank you Laura!A MUST WATCH!⬇️" Truth Social, 5 Dec. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111530398719428495. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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