# Post ts_111652403118952774

- Post ID: `ts_111652403118952774`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-12-27T12:34:27.612Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111652403118952774/analysis
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## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/RealRogerStone/statuses/111645849291689571 But isn’t that what you want?

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.381Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T15:02:39.544Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

On December 27, 2023 — the precise day Colorado's ballot disqualification appeal reached SCOTUS — Trump retweeted Roger Stone with a five-word taunt: "But isn't that what you want?" The phrase is a compressed DARVO maneuver, reversing critics' stated fears (revenge, authoritarianism) back at them as secretly desired outcomes, while positioning Trump as the perceptive exposer of hypocrisy. Early-morning Mar-a-Lago timing (7:34 AM EST) and oral-register brevity indicate authentic authorship with high confidence. The Stone amplification is ideologically significant: Stone represents the most explicitly authoritarian node in Trump's network, and retweeting him constitutes a form of ideological outsourcing — endorsing content without owning its specifics. The post is itself low-intensity but functions within a high-activation day (6+ posts) marked by escalating combative rhetoric including "rot in hell" amplification and immunity appeals. Dominant defenses are projection and splitting. The narcissistic state is mixed: grandiose in the certainty of seeing through opponents, vulnerable in requiring ally amplification rather than generating independent content. No explicit dehumanizing or violent language, but the Stone association warrants an elevated danger flag given Stone's documented pattern of authoritarian and intimidation-adjacent rhetoric. Danger level: elevated (indirect, via network amplification).

# Analysis: Trump RT of Roger Stone — December 27, 2023

## Overview

This post is a retweet (RT) of Roger Stone's Truth Social post, to which Trump appends only: *"But isn't that what you want?"* The Roger Stone original could not be retrieved (JavaScript-gated), but the appended comment is itself analytically rich. Trump's choice of interlocutor (Stone — perhaps his most Machiavellian and legally compromised loyalist), combined with the brief taunting rhetorical question, is characteristic of a specific psychological mode: grandiose deflection via DARVO-inflected rhetoric, deployed during a period of acute legal and political pressure.

## Authorship Attribution

**Timing:** UTC 12:34:27 → EST 07:34 AM (Mar-a-Lago, Florida, where Trump characteristically spends the holiday period through New Year's). Early morning (7:34 AM local) is consistent with authentic Trump posting behavior — he is a well-documented early riser who typically posts between 6–9 AM from Mar-a-Lago before his day begins. This is **not** aide-hours business posting.

**Stylometry:** The comment "But isn't that what you want?" is a quintessentially authentic Trump rhetorical device: a short, punchy rhetorical question that taunts without elaborating, implying self-evident meaning while leaving the target undefined. Aides tend toward complete sentences and explicit attribution. This fragment has the quality of an impulsive, oral-register aside. **High confidence: authentic Trump.**

## Contextual Frame

Read against the day's broader posting behavior — immunity appeals, "rot in hell," attacks on Dingell, Haley, and DeSantis, the reposted Steve Bannon salvo — this RT functions as a node in a coordinated (if loosely so) ecosystem of combative content amplification. Roger Stone, who was pardoned by Trump and remains one of the most explicitly authoritarian voices in Trump's orbit, is being used as a content amplifier and ideological relay. Trump's endorsing nod ("But isn't that what you want?") is maximally economical: it aligns him with Stone's content without making him its author.

## Psychological Analysis

### Trigger
The period is defined by acute narcissistic injury across multiple vectors: the Colorado Supreme Court ballot disqualification ruling (appealed to SCOTUS on this exact date), the ongoing federal election subversion case, the NY civil fraud trial, and the general posture of the legal and political establishment treating him as a criminal defendant. Supply-seeking and preemptive attack are co-present. The posting volume (six posts on this single day) is consistent with a hypomanic or reactive cycle driven by cumulative narcissistic injury.

### DARVO Mechanism
"But isn't that what you want?" is a textbook DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) construction. It:
1. **Reverses** the moral valence of the accusation (you claim to fear X, but you secretly want X)
2. **Attacks** the accuser's sincerity and motives
3. **Positions Trump as exposing hypocrisy** rather than responding to legitimate criticism

In the context of this period — where critics labeled the "revenge/dictatorship" word cloud disturbing — the most coherent reading is that Trump is taunting critics who claim to fear his authoritarianism by suggesting their relentless prosecution is itself a provocation that necessitates the strong response they claim to fear. This is a sophisticated (if psychologically defensive) rhetorical inversion.

### Narcissistic State: Mixed (Grandiose + Vulnerable)
The post oscillates between:
- **Grandiose**: the supreme confidence of "I see through you" — casting himself as the one who perceives the true desire beneath the political theater
- **Vulnerable**: the Stone amplification channel implies coalition-building from a besieged position; Trump does not post ally content when he is dominant — he does so when he needs reinforcement

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection** (immature): The most operative defense. If critics fear revenge or authoritarianism from Trump, he projects that desire back onto them — they are the ones who "want" it.
- **Splitting** (immature): The implicit framing is binary — you either want this or you don't, enemies vs. allies.
- **Rationalization** (neurotic): The rhetorical question implies the pursuit is justified because opponents' own behavior reveals their desires.

## Rhetorical Analysis

The five-word fragment is rhetorically dense:
- **Rhetorical question**: Requires no answer, implies self-evidence; positions the audience as already knowing the truth
- **Socratic irony**: Feigned inquiry to expose opponent's contradiction
- **Whataboutism by implication**: "You want this" deflects from substantive response
- **Parasocial intimacy**: The "you" is ambiguous — it could be critics, media, Democrats, all opponents — allowing each audience segment to self-select their reading
- **Taunting register**: The phrase has a combative, slightly contemptuous quality; it is not a genuine question

No dehumanizing language. No explicit violent imagery. The danger in this post is indirect — it amplifies Stone, who has no such restraint.

## Cognitive Status

Insufficient data from five words to assess cognitive markers. The post demonstrates appropriate (if minimal) syntactic structure. No word-finding issues detectable. Consistency with baseline: Trump's brief rhetorical asides are a documented communication pattern, not a novel deviation.

## Longitudinal Pattern

This post reinforces patterns observed across the day:
- High posting volume (six posts) indicating elevated activation
- Escalating rhetorical aggression (from immunity appeals to "rot in hell")
- Ally amplification (Stone, Bannon) as a characteristic coalition-maintenance behavior under pressure
- The rhetorical question form ("But isn't that what you want?") mirrors the broader rhetorical posture of the day: turning every accusation back on the accuser

## Summary

On December 27, 2023 — the same day Colorado's ballot appeal reached SCOTUS — Trump retweeted Roger Stone with the taunt "But isn't that what you want?" The phrase is a compressed DARVO maneuver: it reverses critics' stated fears (revenge, authoritarianism) back onto them as secret desires, positions Trump as the perceptive exposer of hypocrisy, and sidesteps substantive response to legal and political pressure. The early-morning Mar-a-Lago timing and oral-register brevity indicate authentic authorship. The Stone amplification signals coalition-reinforcement behavior characteristic of periods of acute narcissistic injury — the legal siege of late 2023 is the most concentrated in Trump's career. The post is not independently dangerous, but it reinforces an ideological ecosystem (Stone's network) with a documented record of explicit authoritarian advocacy and violence-adjacent rhetoric.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 82%)

### Indicators

- Early morning Mar-a-Lago posting time (7:34 AM EST)
- Oral-register brevity — five-word rhetorical fragment
- Rhetorical question form characteristic of authentic Trump asides
- Impulsive, incomplete quality without polished framing
- Aide-written posts tend toward complete sentences and explicit event context

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Colorado ballot ruling, federal election case, NY fraud trial — convergent legal pressure)

Sentiment: -0.35

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Six posts on a single day indicating elevated activation
- Accelerated posting volume across allies, enemies, and legal topics
- Shortened response latency to perceived provocations (Colorado ruling day)

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 78%
- Antisocial: 55%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 45%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Ambiguous 'you' invites audience self-selection
- Rhetorical question implying shared insider knowledge
- Ally amplification (Stone) to reinforce in-group solidarity

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Amplification of Roger Stone — a figure with documented ties to violence-adjacent rhetoric and political intimidation
- DARVO framing normalizes the feared authoritarian outcome by attributing it to critics' desires
- Part of a day-long pattern including 'rot in hell' language and combative escalation

### Gaslighting

- Reversal of critics' stated concerns as secretly desired outcomes
- Implies critics lack self-awareness or sincerity about their own stated fears
- No evidence offered — assertion of hidden desire treated as self-evident

## Tags

- DARVO (90%)
- Roger Stone amplification (85%)
- rhetorical question (80%)
- projection (80%)
- ally_amplification (75%)
- authentic_trump (82%)
- Colorado ballot ruling response (70%)
- mixed_narcissistic_state (65%)

## That day

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

**Immunity on Repeat: Legal Siege Drives Multi-Wave Grievance Campaign from Mar-a-Lago**

Trump spent the day in full legal-defense mode from Mar-a-Lago, posting 28 times as the Colorado ballot case reached the Supreme Court and Jack Smith pressed forward with prosecution. The morning and afternoon were dominated by repeated -- sometimes near-identical -- claims of election fraud and presidential immunity demands, interspersed with attacks on prosecutors, a congresswoman, and primary rivals. He celebrated Michigan's favorable ballot ruling but framed it through a persecution lens, and lashed out at a director who contradicted his account of a movie cameo. The evening wound down into a familiar pattern of sharing favorable polls, supporter quotes, and MAGA slogans. The day's most striking feature was the sheer repetition of the same grievance list across multiple posts, suggesting genuine psychological distress rather than strategic messaging.

Full digest for 2023-12-27: https://trump.fm/date/2023-12-27/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, December 27). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/RealRogerStone/s... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111652403118952774
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/RealRogerStone/statuses/11..." Truth Social, 27 Dec. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111652403118952774. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/RealRogerStone/statuses/11...," Truth Social, December 27, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111652403118952774.

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