# Post ts_111631675528088215

- Post ID: `ts_111631675528088215`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-12-23T20:43:09.571Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111631675528088215
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111631675528088215/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111631675528088215.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Our adversaries are using the Crooked Joe Biden indictments of his political opponent, me—against us…

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:32), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Our adversaries are using the crooked Joe Biden indictments of his political opponent, me, against us by strongly proclaiming that the United States is a corrupt and failing democracy. They are using it left and right. They are using it like never before. They are making us look very bad, making us look like a third world country or a banana republic. Thank you.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/631/675/226/593/759/original/129bcd02470c6c18.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 5,124
- Reposts: 1,308
- Replies: 159
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.382Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T15:01:17.030Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Post exhibits DARVO inversion: criminal indictments are recast as "Crooked Joe Biden indictments," attributing prosecutorial action to Biden personally and eliding the institutional independence of DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith and unrelated state prosecutors. The embedded appositive ("his political opponent, me") signals vulnerable narcissistic state — victim identity foregrounded while political centrality is preserved. The pivot from "me" to "us" deputizes followers as co-victims, transmitting personal legal jeopardy into shared group persecution. Context is significant: post arrives four days after the historic Colorado Supreme Court 14th Amendment ruling and on the same day as the federal immunity appeal filing — compounding narcissistic injuries. Post anchors a coordinated six-post LAWFARE cluster suggesting aide-orchestrated scheduling with Trump-authentic text. Primary defenses: projection, splitting, and pathological denial. Danger level elevated: "adversaries using this against us" frames legal proceedings as existential group threat, compounded by same-day "final chance to SAVE AMERICA before it's lost forever" rhetoric. Factual claim that Biden directs the indictments is mostly false — prosecutorial independence is structurally insulated from presidential direction across all three relevant jurisdictions.

## Psychological Analysis: Truth Social Post, December 23, 2023

### Authorship Attribution

**Local time: 3:43 PM EST (Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, FL)**

Trump was almost certainly at Mar-a-Lago for the Christmas holiday period. The 3:43 PM local time falls squarely within business hours — a mild aide indicator. However, the syntax is characteristically Trumpian: the embedded appositive "me" mid-clause, possessive attribution of institutional proceedings to Biden, and the trailing em-dash with ellipsis are stylistic signatures inconsistent with polished aide drafting. The video attachment and this post's position within a coordinated six-post same-day LAWFARE cluster suggest a hybrid model — aide-orchestrated posting schedule with Trump-authentic or Trump-directed text. **Confidence: medium.**

### Psychological State and Triggers

This post arrives under compounding legal pressure: four days after the historic Colorado Supreme Court 14th Amendment ruling (December 19) and on the same day Trump filed his federal immunity appeal in the DC Circuit. These represent cascading narcissistic injuries — judicial validation of culpability constitutes a direct challenge to his grandiose self-concept as untouchable.

The post exemplifies the **vulnerable narcissistic state**: framing is defensive rather than expansive, centering persecution over dominance. The appositive construction "his political opponent, me" foregrounds the victim role while preserving centrality — *the* opponent, singular and irreplaceable.

**Trigger:** Narcissistic injury — Colorado ruling plus federal immunity appeal filing on this date.

### DARVO and Reality Distortion

The clinically most significant feature is the DARVO inversion embedded in: **"the Crooked Joe Biden indictments of his political opponent, me."** This construction operates on three simultaneous levels:

1. **Attribution:** Prosecutorial action reframed as Biden's personal political weapon, eliding the institutional independence of DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith (federal), Fulton County DA Fani Willis (Georgia), and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg (New York)
2. **Role reversal:** The defendant is recast as victim; the political rival as state aggressor
3. **Collective expansion:** "me" → "against us" deputizes followers as co-victims, transmitting personal legal jeopardy into shared group persecution

This is systematic epistemic inversion: Deny (charges lack merit) → Attack (Biden is behind this) → Reverse Victim and Offender (Trump suffers; Biden perpetrates).

### Defense Mechanisms

- **Projection (immature):** Attributing political weaponization to prosecutors mirrors Trump's documented use of DOJ during his own presidency
- **Splitting (immature):** "Our adversaries" vs. "us" — binary, zero-sum, no gradation possible
- **Denial (pathological):** Charges exist only as instruments; their substantive content is never engaged
- **Rationalization (neurotic):** "LAWFARE" framework (per same-day cluster) provides pseudo-logical coherence to persecution narrative

### Narrative Identity (McAdams Level 3)

**Protagonist role:** Persecuted political martyr — the leader whose opponents resort to state power because they cannot defeat him otherwise. The mid-sentence appositive "me" is a syntactic assertion of singular centrality.

**Narrative sequence:** Contamination — legitimate legal and democratic processes recast as corrupt instruments of a captured state apparatus.

**Contrasting other:** "Crooked Joe Biden" — the corrupt incumbent weaponizing government against a political opponent.

**Identity claim:** His opponents' resort to legal persecution is itself evidence of his power and their illegitimacy.

### Archetypal Analysis

**Primary:** Warrior/Martyr hybrid — constant struggle against unjust enemies, suffering as galvanizing force. **Secondary:** Trickster inversion — exposing hidden corruption of the legal order by surviving and narrating it.

The "against us" framing invokes tribal solidarity: the leader's wound is the community's wound, compelling shared grievance and defensive loyalty.

### Rhetorical Techniques

- **Possessive attribution:** "Crooked Joe Biden indictments" — transfers institutional agency to political rival
- **Collective pronoun expansion:** Personal jeopardy ("me") becomes group persecution ("us")
- **Open-loop ellipsis:** Trailing structure directs audience to video for resolution — a structural hook
- **Pre-baked epithet:** "Crooked" — character assassination embedded in noun phrase, normalized through repetition
- **Vague enemy designation:** "Our adversaries" — broad enough to encompass foreign powers, domestic elites, or the "deep state," maximizing perceived threat

### Cognitive Status

The sentence "the Crooked Joe Biden indictments of his political opponent, me—against us…" is syntactically unusual but consistent with Trump's established baseline — embedded appositives, fragmented trailing constructions, and ellipsis are characteristic features. No acute deviation from prior communication patterns is detected. Complexity score is modest but within his typical range.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The indictments of Trump are directed by 'Crooked Joe Biden' against his political opponent" | **Mostly False** | Federal indictments brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith under DOJ independence regulations (28 C.F.R. § 600) designed to insulate investigations from presidential direction. Georgia indictment brought by elected Fulton County DA Fani Willis — a state official with no Biden nexus. New York indictment brought by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. No documented evidence supports Biden's personal direction of any prosecution. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- 3:43 PM EST — business hours, mild aide indicator
- Embedded appositive 'me' mid-clause — characteristic Trumpian self-insertion
- Trailing em-dash and ellipsis — stream-of-consciousness stylistic signature
- Possessive attribution of institutional proceedings to Biden — authentic Trump rhetorical fingerprint
- Video attachment consistent with aide-curated media production

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Colorado Supreme Court 14th Amendment ruling (December 19, four days prior) compounded by federal immunity appeal filing on this same date)

**Rage:** Intensity 55% targeting Joe Biden / prosecutorial apparatus / institutional legal system
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 85%
- Antisocial: 55%
- Paranoid: 75%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Collective pronoun expansion: 'me' → 'us' transmits personal legal jeopardy as shared group persecution
- Shared victimhood induction — followers cast as co-targets of adversarial conspiracy
- Tribal solidarity activation through vague 'adversaries' framing allowing audience to populate category with preferred enemies

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Frames ongoing legal proceedings as adversarial action against a collective group ('us') — can rationalize defensive escalation
- Vague 'adversaries' designation maximizes perceived threat without specifying target — broad mobilization potential
- Part of same-day cluster including 'final chance to SAVE AMERICA before it's lost forever' — cumulative escalatory framing

### Gaslighting

- Attributes DOJ and state prosecutions to Biden personally — contradicts documented institutional independence
- Frames criminal indictments as political persecution without engaging substantive charges
- Demands audience accept false causal attribution as condition of in-group solidarity

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> The indictments of Trump are directed by 'Crooked Joe Biden' against his political opponent

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Federal indictments brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith under DOJ independence regulations (28 C.F.R. § 600) designed to insulate investigations from presidential direction. Georgia indictment brought by elected Fulton County DA Fani Willis — a state official with no Biden nexus. New York indictment brought by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. No documented evidence supports Biden's personal direction of any prosecution.

Sources: DOJ Special Counsel regulations 28 C.F.R. § 600; Fulton County indictment public record (August 2023); Manhattan DA public record (March 2023)

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- DARVO (92%)
- LAWFARE_narrative (88%)
- collective_victim_framing (87%)
- prosecutorial_attribution_distortion (85%)
- reality_distortion (82%)
- narcissistic_injury_response (82%)
- vulnerable_narcissistic_state (80%)
- Colorado_ballot_ruling_response (78%)

## That day

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

**A Procedural SCOTUS Win Becomes Fuel for a Coordinated Holiday Persecution Campaign**

Trump spent the day before Christmas Eve fixated on the Supreme Court's refusal to fast-track Jack Smith's immunity appeal — a narrow procedural ruling he treated as sweeping vindication. A heated morning post attacking prosecutors by name gave way to a rapid-fire afternoon burst of aide-curated media clips, all hammering the same "lawfare" theme. The underlying driver appeared to be the Colorado ballot disqualification from four days earlier, which went conspicuously unmentioned while the persecution narrative intensified. The day ended with an apocalyptic fundraising pitch casting the 2024 election as America's "final chance," blending personal legal jeopardy with national existential threat.

Full digest for 2023-12-23: https://trump.fm/date/2023-12-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, December 23). Our adversaries are using the Crooked Joe Biden... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111631675528088215
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Our adversaries are using the Crooked Joe Biden indictments..." Truth Social, 23 Dec. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111631675528088215. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Our adversaries are using the Crooked Joe Biden indictments...," Truth Social, December 23, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111631675528088215.

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