# Post ts_111563586909783832 - Post ID: `ts_111563586909783832` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-12-11T20:07:19.708Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111563586909783832 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111563586909783832/analysis ## Post text > https://revolver.news/2023/10/desantis-attacks-trump-over-his-critique-of-israels-government-but-nearly-90-of-israelis-agree-with-trump/ ## Engagement - Likes: 5,970 - Reposts: 1,571 - Replies: 163 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.388Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T11:35:12.899Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary Low clinical significance; no summary required. This is a routine, aide-curated URL share functioning as primary-season credibility maintenance against the DeSantis rivalry. Psychologically, it enacts a narcissistic injury response (DeSantis's critique) via external validation (Israeli public opinion), but at subclinical intensity with no acute markers. # Psychological Analysis: Trump Truth Social Post — 2023-12-11T20:07 UTC ## Overview This post consists exclusively of a hyperlink to a Revolver News article from October 2023, resurfaced in mid-December during the height of the 2024 Republican primary. The article headline, embedded in the URL itself, frames the substance entirely: DeSantis attacked Trump over his critique of Israel's government; nearly 90% of Israelis agree with Trump. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Assessment: Aide-written (Scavino) — High Confidence** Every available stylometric indicator points to staff curation rather than authentic Trump composition: - **Timing:** 20:07 UTC converts to ~15:07 EST — squarely in the business hours window (9am–6pm) associated with aide posting patterns. Trump's December 2023 schedule placed him in the New York area for the civil fraud trial (attending December 7) or at Mar-a-Lago; either location yields the same EST conversion. - **Format:** A bare URL with zero accompanying text is antithetical to Trump's authentic posting style, which nearly always includes emotional framing, superlatives, or reactive commentary. - **Article age:** The Revolver News article was published in October 2023, two months prior. Its December repost reflects archival curation — maintaining narrative threads — rather than impulsive real-time reaction. - **Outlet relationship:** Revolver News (founded by former Trump administration official Darren Beattie) is a known pro-Trump amplification vehicle. Scheduling shares from allied outlets is a characteristic Scavino operation. --- ## Psychological Context & Trigger The post's function becomes clear when situated within the primary campaign narrative. DeSantis had attacked Trump's foreign policy position on Israel — a narcissistic injury in the domain of international credibility. Rather than composing a direct retort (Trump's typical pattern), this aide-mediated share deploys **external validation** as a defensive move: the Israeli people themselves vindicate Trump's critique, implicitly exposing DeSantis as both wrong and out of touch. **Trigger type:** Narcissistic injury from primary rival criticism **Narcissistic state:** Grandiose (external validation sought and displayed) **Rage:** Absent in this post; the response is measured and strategic --- ## Multi-Level Personality Analysis ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits The post is too minimal to yield direct trait observation. Inferentially, the act of sustaining the DeSantis rivalry narrative reflects continued **low agreeableness** (competitive, non-conciliatory) and **achievement striving** (defending primary standing). ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations - **Agency motive (dominance/status):** The share asserts superiority over DeSantis by aligning Trump with Israeli popular opinion — a status maneuver in the primary hierarchy. - **Schema activation:** Self = vindicated by the masses; DeSantis = misinformed attacker; Israelis = external validators confirming Trump's exceptional judgment. ### Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** The unfairly attacked truth-teller whose position is validated by the very people under discussion. - **Narrative sequence:** Contamination-to-redemption: DeSantis's attack (contamination) → Israeli public agreement (redemption). - **Identity claim (implicit):** "I understand Israel better than my rivals." - **Contrasting other:** DeSantis — cast as both aggressive and uninformed. ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators At the subclinical level, this post reflects routine **narcissistic supply maintenance** during a period of primary-season stress. The same day Trump posted Iowa poll celebration ("Great new poll numbers out of Iowa — MAGA!!!") and simultaneously resurfaced this Israel-DeSantis validation piece, suggesting a coordinated same-day messaging strategy covering two separate credibility domains (domestic political standing + foreign policy judgment). No acute clinical indicators are present. --- ## Defense Mechanisms 1. **Rationalization (neurotic):** The 90% Israeli agreement figure reframes Trump's position as objectively correct, avoiding engagement with the substantive content of DeSantis's critique. 2. **Projection (immature, mild):** DeSantis is implicitly positioned as the one lacking understanding of Israeli sentiment — the error is redirected onto the attacker. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis The rhetorical work is performed entirely by the URL string: - **Appeal to majority:** "Nearly 90% of Israelis agree with Trump" is a superlative-adjacent figure, consistent with Trump's habitual rhetorical register. - **Third-party credibility laundering:** Using Revolver News rather than direct assertion adds a veneer of journalistic corroboration to what is campaign messaging. - **Whataboutism:** DeSantis's critique of Trump's position is deflected by pivoting to Israeli popular opinion rather than engaging the argument on its merits. - **Victim/persecutor inversion:** DeSantis "attacks" the frontrunner — the power asymmetry is reversed, positioning Trump as the embattled party. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Nearly 90% of Israelis agree with Trump's critique of Israel's government" | **Half True** | Israeli public opinion polls from late 2023 showed significant dissatisfaction with Netanyahu's coalition government amid the Gaza operation — however, this broad dissatisfaction is conflated by the Revolver News framing with specific agreement with Trump's particular critique. The 90% figure is not independently verifiable from the URL headline alone and likely overstates the degree of alignment with Trump's specific position. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Danger Assessment **Level: None** No dehumanizing language, no violent imagery, no eliminationist rhetoric. This is a routine primary-season credibility maintenance post. --- ## Longitudinal Notes This post fits within a consistent December 2023 pattern: multiple same-day posts combining poll validation ("Iowa"), empty reposts (likely article shares), and competitive primary framing against DeSantis. The legal pressure Trump was under on December 11 specifically — Jack Smith's extraordinary petition to the Supreme Court on immunity — may have intensified the campaign's need to push proactive positive narratives. The Israel credibility piece serves that function in a low-cost, deniable format (aide-curated URL). ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 10%) ### Indicators - Post consists solely of a URL with zero accompanying text - 3:07 PM EST local time — squarely within business hours regardless of whether Trump was in New York or Mar-a-Lago - No typos, ALL CAPS, emotional outbursts, or stream-of-consciousness markers - Clean, deliberate article amplification consistent with Scavino scheduling queue - Revolver News URL from October 2023 resurfaces in December — suggests curated archival share, not impulsive reaction ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (DeSantis) Sentiment: +0.20 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 40% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 20% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) - projection (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 10% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Validation-by-proxy: using Israeli public opinion as surrogate audience to endorse Trump's worldview - Competitive signaling to MAGA base that Trump bested DeSantis on foreign policy credibility ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Nearly 90% of Israelis agree with Trump's critique of Israel's government **HALF TRUE** Israeli public opinion polls from late 2023 showed significant dissatisfaction with Netanyahu's coalition government amid the Gaza operation — however, this broad dissatisfaction is conflated by the Revolver News framing with specific agreement with Trump's particular critique. The 90% figure is not independently verifiable from the URL headline alone and likely overstates the degree of alignment with Trump's specific position. Sources: Revolver News (pro-Trump outlet, October 2023 — partisan source); General Israeli polling on Netanyahu government approval, late 2023 Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - israel-foreign-policy (80%) - desantis-rivalry (90%) - aide-authored (90%) - external-validation (70%) - revolver-news (60%) - supply-maintenance (60%) - primary-campaign (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Legal Walls Close In as Trump Floods Feed with Validation and Ends Day in Rage** Trump spent a relatively quiet day in New York during his civil fraud trial, but the posting pattern told a clear story. The morning was dominated by poll numbers and feel-good coverage, while the afternoon saw a rapid dump of curated links -- counter-programming against two major legal blows: Jack Smith's extraordinary Supreme Court petition and Trump's decision not to testify in the fraud case. The day ended with a sharp turn toward anger, including an attack on a New York Times reporter over "dictator" coverage and a rant pathologizing all critics as suffering from a "terminal disease." The contrast between the polished morning and the combative close suggested the legal pressure was building beneath the surface all day. Full digest for 2023-12-11: https://trump.fm/date/2023-12-11/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, December 11). https://revolver.news/2023/10/desantis-attacks-tru... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111563586909783832 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://revolver.news/2023/10/desantis-attacks-trump-over-hi..." 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