# Post ts_111750578985847336

- Post ID: `ts_111750578985847336`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-01-13T20:41:52.360Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> Crazed, Trump hating Judge, Lewis Kaplan, who presided over the Election Interference Witch Hunt, disguised as a trial, of a woman I have never met before (celebrity photo line does not count - I had no idea who she was!), was asked if he could delay this Rigged Political Scam for one day so that I could attend the FUNERAL OF MY BELOVED MOTHER-IN-LAW WITH MY WIFE, THE FORMER (AND NEXT!) FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES — AND HE SAID NO. He is a bad person and an even worse Judge. Appointed by, and friends with, Clinton, he purposely scheduled this HOAX right in the middle of the important New Hampshire Primary. This is the second trial concerning the same person, who is represented and financed by POLITICAL OPERATIVES. It could have taken place at any time, including months ago. Can anyone imagine a husband not going to his wife’s mother’s funeral over a MADE UP STORY - A story that has been allowed to simmer by a really bad Judge who suffers from TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME!

## Engagement

- Likes: 16,338
- Reposts: 5,276
- Replies: 1,784
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.377Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T17:48:04.885Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post exemplifies Trump's mixed narcissistic state under legal pressure, combining grandiose self-reference ("THE FORMER (AND NEXT!) FIRST LADY") with vulnerable victimhood (persecuted husband denied funeral attendance). The convergence of multiple narcissistic injuries — judicial control, public legal proceedings, and the emotionally potent funeral denial — produces a characteristic defensive cascade: pathological denial of established facts (never met Carroll, despite jury finding), gross distortion of the proceeding's nature, projection of derangement onto the judge, and splitting into all-bad (judge) versus all-good (victimized family man). The rhetorical architecture is notably sophisticated — building from attack to pathos to a closing rhetorical question that invites parasocial identification. The post's most clinically significant feature is the pathological denial: asserting he never met a woman a jury found he sexually abused, with photographic evidence. This represents reality distortion in service of narcissistic defense rather than cognitive impairment — the denial is strategically deployed, not confused. The funeral narrative serves dual psychological purposes: genuine narcissistic injury at being denied control, and instrumentalization of family grief as a sympathy vehicle. Cognitively, the post shows no decline — complex syntax is maintained across multiple embedded clauses with coherent argumentation throughout.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_111750578985847336

### Context
This post concerns Judge Lewis Kaplan's refusal to delay the E. Jean Carroll defamation damages trial so Trump could attend the funeral of Amalija Knavs (Melania Trump's mother, who died January 9, 2024). The trial was scheduled during the New Hampshire primary season.

### Authorship
Posted at 3:41 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago in January). The post is clearly authentic Trump — stream-of-consciousness structure, emotional intensity, ALL CAPS passages, characteristic parenthetical asides, and the signature rhetorical escalation pattern. The length, emotional reactivity, and stylistic markers are unmistakable.

### Psychological State
This post is driven by a convergence of narcissistic injuries: legal proceedings he cannot control, a judge who denied his request, and the symbolic humiliation of being unable to attend a family funeral. The funeral denial provides a potent victimhood narrative — it transforms a legal obligation into a story of judicial cruelty.

### Defense Mechanisms
**Denial** — "a woman I have never met before" (he was found liable in the first trial). **Distortion** — reframing the trial as "Election Interference" and a "Political Scam." **Projection** — attributing derangement to the judge ("TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME"). **Splitting** — the judge is wholly evil ("bad person," "even worse Judge"), while Trump is wholly victimized. **Rationalization** — the scheduling is framed as intentional political interference rather than routine judicial calendar management.

### Rhetorical Analysis
The post is architecturally sophisticated despite its emotional register. It builds through: (1) delegitimizing the judge, (2) delegitimizing the plaintiff, (3) introducing the sympathetic funeral narrative, (4) pivoting to political conspiracy, (5) closing with an appeal to common decency ("Can anyone imagine a husband not going to his wife's mother's funeral"). The rhetorical question at the end is particularly effective parasocial technique — it invites the audience to identify with Trump as a sympathetic family man rather than a defendant.

### Cognitive Markers
The post is syntactically complex and coherent despite its emotional charge. Long compound sentences are maintained without losing the thread. No word-finding difficulties or paraphasias. The parenthetical "(celebrity photo line does not count - I had no idea who she was!)" shows real-time self-editing, suggesting active cognitive engagement.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "A woman I have never met before" | **False** | A jury found in May 2023 that Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll. Photographic evidence of them together was presented at trial. |
| "Judge Kaplan was appointed by and friends with Clinton" | **Mostly True** | Kaplan was appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994. The 'friends with' claim is unverifiable. |
| "This is the second trial concerning the same person" | **Mostly True** | The January 2024 trial was a damages trial following the May 2023 liability finding. Related but technically a continuation. |
| "Scheduled right in the middle of the important New Hampshire Primary" | **Half True** | NH primary was Jan 23; trial ran Jan 16-26. Overlap exists but scheduling was judicial, not politically motivated. |

Overall Veracity: 53%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 95%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness structure
- ALL CAPS emotional emphasis
- Parenthetical asides with real-time self-correction
- Characteristic epithets (Crazed, Trump hating)
- Emotional reactivity and escalation pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Judge Kaplan / E. Jean Carroll trial)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting Judge Lewis Kaplan
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.80

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Pressured, lengthy output
- Emotional intensity
- Grandiose reference to next First Lady

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 70%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Rhetorical question inviting audience identification ('Can anyone imagine a husband not going...')
- Casting himself as devoted family man
- Framing audience as fellow victims of judicial overreach

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Sustained delegitimization of federal judiciary
- Framing judge as politically motivated enemy

### Gaslighting

- Denial of having met Carroll despite jury finding and photo evidence
- Reframing a legitimate civil trial as a 'HOAX' and 'MADE UP STORY'
- Attacking judicial legitimacy to undermine verdict credibility

## Fact Checks (4)

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

> A woman I have never met before

**FALSE**

A jury found in May 2023 that Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll. Photographic evidence of them together was presented at trial.

Sources: Carroll v. Trump jury verdict, May 2023

> Judge Kaplan was appointed by and friends with Clinton

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Kaplan was appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994. The 'friends with' claim is unverifiable.

Sources: Federal Judicial Center records

> This is the second trial concerning the same person

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The January 2024 trial was a damages trial following the May 2023 liability finding. Related but technically a continuation.

Sources: Carroll v. Trump case docket

> Scheduled right in the middle of the important New Hampshire Primary

**HALF TRUE**

NH primary was Jan 23; trial ran Jan 16-26. Overlap exists but scheduling was judicial, not politically motivated.

Sources: NH Secretary of State, SDNY court calendar

Overall Veracity: 53%

## Tags

- legal_attack (90%)
- judicial_delegitimization (85%)
- victim_narrative (80%)
- carroll_case (90%)
- family_instrumentalization (70%)
- pathological_denial (85%)
- mixed_narcissistic_state (75%)

## That day

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

**Legal Siege on Two Fronts: Late-Night Mob Proxy, Daytime Iowa Confidence, Evening Rage Spiral**

Trump spent the day toggling between Iowa caucus confidence and escalating fury over two simultaneous legal battles — the New York civil fraud trial and the E. Jean Carroll defamation case. The most alarming moment came after midnight, when he publicly thanked a former mob underboss while naming both judges presiding over his cases. Campaign messaging was mostly handled by staff during travel hours, while the most raw and personal attacks came directly from Trump late at night and into the evening, culminating in a rapid-fire cluster of posts savaging Carroll, Judge Kaplan, and the attorney general with peak-level intensity. The day's mood landed somewhere between defiant campaign rally and courthouse hallway meltdown.

Full digest for 2024-01-13: https://trump.fm/date/2024-01-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, January 13). Crazed, Trump hating Judge, Lewis Kaplan, who... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111750578985847336
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Crazed, Trump hating Judge, Lewis Kaplan, who presided over..." Truth Social, 13 Jan. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111750578985847336. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Crazed, Trump hating Judge, Lewis Kaplan, who presided over...," Truth Social, January 13, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111750578985847336.

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