# Post ts_111670545639250744

- Post ID: `ts_111670545639250744`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-12-30T17:28:20.444Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111670545639250744
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111670545639250744/analysis
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## Post text

> Fishermen, Loggers, & Lobstermen, who voted for President Trump overwhelmingly, are furious with this non-Lawyer Sec. of State. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/29/maine-secretary-state-makes-legal-ruling-striking-trump-ballot-based-youtube-videos/

## Engagement

- Likes: 7,463
- Reposts: 2,281
- Replies: 606
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.381Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T17:45:02.929Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Post ts_111670545639250744 (2023-12-30)

### Context
This post responds to Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' decision to remove Trump from the state's 2024 primary ballot under the 14th Amendment. Trump shares a Breitbart article framing the decision as legally illegitimate ("non-Lawyer Sec. of State" making a "legal ruling" based on "YouTube videos").

### Authorship
Posted at 12:28 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago for holidays). Business hours, polished grammar, proper capitalization of occupational groups, includes URL — consistent with aide-drafted content, though the specific rhetorical framing ("non-Lawyer") has Trump's fingerprints.

### Psychological Analysis
The post is a relatively restrained response to what constitutes a significant narcissistic injury (being ruled ineligible for a ballot). Rather than explosive rage, it employs strategic delegitimization: attacking Bellows' credentials ("non-Lawyer") and evidence basis ("YouTube videos"). The invocation of "Fishermen, Loggers, & Lobstermen" serves dual purposes — populist appeal and implicit threat (these people are "furious").

### Rhetorical Strategy
The post constructs a class-based frame: working-class Maine voters vs. an unqualified bureaucrat. The appeal to authority of the electorate ("voted for President Trump overwhelmingly") implicitly argues democratic legitimacy should override legal rulings.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Devaluation**: Dismissing Bellows as a "non-Lawyer" making "legal" rulings
- **Projection**: Framing others' fury rather than expressing his own directly

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Maine fishermen, loggers, and lobstermen voted for Trump overwhelmingly" | **Mostly True** | Trump won rural Maine and Maine's 2nd Congressional District in both 2016 and 2020. These occupational groups skew heavily Republican, though 'overwhelmingly' is imprecise. |
| "Maine Secretary of State is a non-lawyer" | **True** | Shenna Bellows does not hold a law degree; her background is in nonprofit advocacy (ACLU of Maine). |

Overall Veracity: 90%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (12:28 PM ET)
- Proper grammar and punctuation
- Includes formatted URL
- But 'non-Lawyer' framing has Trump's personal rhetorical style
- Capitalization of occupational groups is a Trump quirk

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows)

**Rage:** Intensity 30% targeting Shenna Bellows
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Speaking for/through working-class supporters
- Channeling rage through proxy groups

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Framing election officials as illegitimate actors
- Mobilizing supporter fury against named individual
- Pattern of targeting election workers who make adverse rulings

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._

> Maine fishermen, loggers, and lobstermen voted for Trump overwhelmingly

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Trump won rural Maine and Maine's 2nd Congressional District in both 2016 and 2020. These occupational groups skew heavily Republican, though 'overwhelmingly' is imprecise.

> Maine Secretary of State is a non-lawyer

**TRUE**

Shenna Bellows does not hold a law degree; her background is in nonprofit advocacy (ACLU of Maine).

Overall Veracity: 90%

## Tags

- ballot_removal (90%)
- populist_framing (70%)
- delegitimization (80%)
- maine (60%)

## That day

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

**Legal Siege Turns a Holiday Into a War Room: 37 Posts From Mar-a-Lago Under Compound Threat**

Trump spent the day at Mar-a-Lago responding to a pile-up of legal threats — ballot removals in Maine and Colorado, the ongoing New York fraud trial, and federal prosecution. The mood swung between genuine anger in his own posts and a firehose of flattering links shared by aides. His most notable post turned a New Year's greeting into a lengthy attack on Biden, Democrats, and immigrants, weaving election conspiracy theories into holiday well-wishes. The day's volume was high — 37 posts — but the bulk was staff-curated link dumps rather than personal output. A recurring theme throughout: every institution holding him accountable was reframed as an enemy of democracy.

Full digest for 2023-12-30: https://trump.fm/date/2023-12-30/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, December 30). Fishermen, Loggers, & Lobstermen, who voted... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111670545639250744
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Fishermen, Loggers, & Lobstermen, who voted for..." Truth Social, 30 Dec. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111670545639250744. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Fishermen, Loggers, & Lobstermen, who voted for...," Truth Social, December 30, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111670545639250744.

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