# Post ts_111541904824115995 - Post ID: `ts_111541904824115995` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-12-08T00:13:17.409Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111541904824115995 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111541904824115995/analysis ## Post text > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-07/trump-lawyer-says-ny-terrified-of-expert-saying-deutsche-bank-wasn-t-duped ## Engagement - Likes: 9,005 - Reposts: 2,352 - Replies: 128 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.388Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T11:30:43.502Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: ts_111541904824115995 — 2023-12-08T00:13:17Z ## Overview This post consists entirely of a Bloomberg URL with no original text. It was published at **19:13 EST on December 7** — the same day Trump personally appeared at the NY civil fraud trial as his defense team presented expert testimony. The inferential surface is minimal; analysis must be appropriately circumscribed. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Lean: aide-assisted (low-moderate confidence)** The post was published at 7:13 PM EST — business-adjacent evening hours, consistent with aide (Scavino) curation patterns. URL-only shares with no affective text are a common aide-driven format. However, the temporal coincidence with Trump's personal trial appearance that day creates genuine ambiguity: he had direct motivation to monitor and share favorable coverage. The absence of any original text prevents stylometric analysis. Rated 0.25 on the authenticity scale (0 = aide, 1 = authentic Trump). --- ## Psychological State **State: Regulated grandiose; supply-seeking** Despite the adverse legal context (ongoing $250M fraud trial, prior liability finding), the chosen article reframes the situation as prosecutorial weakness. The headline — "NY terrified of expert saying Deutsche Bank wasn't duped" — inverts the power dynamic: defendant becomes the party with the winning argument, prosecution becomes the desperate actor. This reframe is consistent with a grandiose narcissistic state rather than the vulnerable/persecuted posture seen in other trial-related posts. No rage indicators are present. **Trigger:** Narcissistic injury (ongoing trial exposure) managed through supply-seeking (favorable press curation). --- ## Defense Mechanisms 1. **Rationalization (neurotic):** Amplifying a single favorable article reframes an adverse proceeding as validation. 2. **Denial (pathological undercurrent):** The Deutsche Bank "wasn't duped" argument implicitly denies the fraud finding already entered by the court — a reality the post structurally ignores. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis All rhetorical work is outsourced to the Bloomberg headline. This creates a deniability structure: Trump (or aide) advances the narrative ("NY terrified," "Deutsche Bank wasn't duped") without making any accountable first-person claims. The Bloomberg masthead lends institutional authority. The framing effect of the headline — casting the prosecution as fearful rather than aggressive — is the operative persuasion mechanism. **Fact-check note:** NY AG's expert exclusion motion is standard adversarial practice. Judge Engoron had already found Trump liable before this damages phase began. Characterizing the motion as "terror" materially distorts normal litigation procedure. --- ## Cognitive Assessment No original language production. Cognitive status assessment is not possible from this post. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** Routine legal-narrative management post. --- ## Longitudinal Note This post fits a consistent Dec 7 pattern of link-sharing with minimal or no original text across multiple favorable outlets (American Thinker, Newsmax, Fox Business, The Messenger). The trial-related Bloomberg link is the only one with direct personal legal stakes. The regulated tone contrasts with the more emotionally activated text post on the same date ("world is going up in flames"), suggesting either compartmentalization or aide curation for the URL shares. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "NY (prosecution) is 'terrified' of expert saying Deutsche Bank wasn't duped" | **Mostly False** | The NY AG's motion to exclude the defense expert is standard pre-trial/trial evidentiary practice, not an indicator of fear. The prosecution had already secured a liability finding from Judge Engoron before trial on damages began. Characterizing routine expert exclusion motions as 'terror' misrepresents normal adversarial procedure. | Overall Veracity: 20% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 25%) ### Indicators - URL-only post with no original text - Posted at 19:13 EST — business/evening hours, consistent with aide curation - Professional context: links directly to favorable coverage of ongoing trial proceedings - No typos, emotional interjections, ALL CAPS, or stream-of-consciousness markers possible in a bare URL share ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (NY AG civil fraud trial proceedings — ongoing threat to business empire and public identity) Sentiment: +0.20 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 20% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) - denial (pathological) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Outsourcing the rhetorical work to a credentialed outlet (Bloomberg) to lend legitimacy to a defense-favorable claim - Implicit invite to followers to interpret the headline as vindication ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > NY (prosecution) is 'terrified' of expert saying Deutsche Bank wasn't duped **MOSTLY FALSE** The NY AG's motion to exclude the defense expert is standard pre-trial/trial evidentiary practice, not an indicator of fear. The prosecution had already secured a liability finding from Judge Engoron before trial on damages began. Characterizing routine expert exclusion motions as 'terror' misrepresents normal adversarial procedure. Sources: Known events: Trump NY fraud trial proceedings, Judge Engoron pre-trial liability ruling Overall Veracity: 20% ## Tags - civil-fraud-trial (95%) - deutsche-bank (80%) - defense-narrative (70%) - media-curation (70%) - supply-seeking (50%) - aide-authored (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Legal Siege Day: Trump Systematically Targets Every Judge and Prosecutor Across All Active Cases** Trump spent December 8 almost entirely consumed by his legal battles, firing off 25 posts dominated by attacks on the judges and prosecutors handling his cases. The morning was the most heated, with back-to-back rants about the New York fraud trial, the January 6 case, and the E. Jean Carroll verdict — including a flatly false claim that he was "found NOT GUILTY." Between the legal salvos, his team posted endorsements and favorable links to project campaign normalcy, and the evening closed with a coordinated three-part attack on Ron DeSantis over COVID. The overall mood was combative and defensive, with an unusually high number of posts naming and dehumanizing specific legal officials. Full digest for 2023-12-08: https://trump.fm/date/2023-12-08/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, December 8). https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-07... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111541904824115995 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-07/trump-law..." Truth Social, 8 Dec. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111541904824115995. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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