# Post ts_112237631352199484

- Post ID: `ts_112237631352199484`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-04-08T21:05:41.674Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> People forget, fighting Roe v. Wade was, right from the beginning, all about bringing the Issue back to the States, pursuant to the 10th Amendment and States’ Rights. It wasn’t about anything else. After we won, Marjorie Dannenfelser of SBA, and Lindsey Graham, started saying, “No, let’s go back to the Federal Government with 0 weeks,” and when they got nowhere, they upped it to 6 week, and more recently they upped it to 15 weeks, and were obviously willing to take the number UPWARD, UPWARD, UPWARD because they were getting nowhere with the Democrats, and they never will, because the Democrats would never give up on this Issue no matter how many weeks the Republicans went - even if they went, “Unlimited Abortion!” We had a Great Victory, it’s back in the States where it belongs, and where everyone wanted it. The States will be making the decision. Republicans are now free to run for Office based on the Horrible Border, Inflation, Bad Economy, and the Death & Destruction of our Country!

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T18:09:35.049Z (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 is part of a coordinated five-post salvo accompanying Trump's formal announcement that abortion should be left to states. It reveals strategic narcissistic management of political liability: Trump claims credit for overturning Roe while scapegoating allies (Graham, Dannenfelser) for the electorally toxic push toward federal bans. Key psychological features include rationalization (reframing the entire anti-abortion movement as exclusively about states' rights), distortion ("where everyone wanted it" contradicts 60%+ polling opposition to Dobbs), and splitting (allies as incompetent, Democrats as immovable). The "UPWARD, UPWARD, UPWARD" construction reveals contempt for compromise-as-weakness, a core narcissistic schema. The closing pivot to border/economy issues is calculated strategic messaging — redirecting party focus to favorable terrain. The attack on own allies demonstrates dominance assertion: Trump positions himself as the strategic genius whose subordinates nearly squandered his victory. Clinically significant for the combination of historical revisionism, ally devaluation, and grandiose self-positioning as party savior on a single issue in a single day.

## Psychological Analysis: Abortion Strategy Post (2024-04-08)

This post is part of a coordinated five-post salvo on abortion released the same day as Trump's video announcing his "leave it to the states" position. This is the longest and most detailed of the series, functioning as a strategic narrative reframe.

### Authorship
Posted at ~5:05 PM EDT (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or Palm Beach area). The timing is business hours, suggesting possible aide involvement. However, the stream-of-consciousness style, capitalization patterns ("UPWARD, UPWARD, UPWARD"), quotation-mark dialogue construction, and characteristic run-on sentence structure are strongly authentic Trump. The content shows genuine emotional investment and personal grievance toward Graham and Dannenfelser. Likely dictated or thumb-typed by Trump himself, possibly with minimal aide cleanup.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post reveals a subject managing a politically dangerous issue by reframing retreat as victory. Having helped overturn Roe, Trump now distances himself from the politically toxic consequences. The attack on allies (Graham, Dannenfelser) serves dual purposes: (1) scapegoating them for the unpopular federal ban position, and (2) asserting dominance over the party's direction.

The "UPWARD, UPWARD, UPWARD" construction reveals contempt for what he sees as weak negotiating — a core narcissistic schema where compromise equals capitulation.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Rationalization**: Reframes the entire Roe fight as always being about states' rights (revisionist)
- **Projection**: Attributes strategic failure to allies rather than acknowledging the political liability he created
- **Splitting**: Democrats as immovable enemies ("they never will"), allies as incompetent

### Rhetorical Analysis
The post deploys a sophisticated (for Trump) argumentative structure: historical claim → ally critique → reductio ad absurdum ("even if they went 'Unlimited Abortion!'") → victory declaration → pivot to favorable issues. The closing pivot to "Horrible Border, Inflation, Bad Economy" is pure strategic messaging — redirecting the party away from abortion toward issues where Republicans poll better.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Fighting Roe v. Wade was all about bringing the issue back to the States pursuant to the 10th Amendment" | **Half True** | While federalism was one argument, many anti-abortion advocates explicitly sought federal bans. The movement was not monolithic on this point. |
| "Where everyone wanted it [back in the states]" | **Mostly False** | Polling consistently shows majority support for Roe protections. Post-Dobbs polls showed 60%+ disapproval of the decision. 'Everyone' is a significant distortion. |
| "Democrats would never give up on this Issue no matter how many weeks" | **Mostly True** | Democrats have generally opposed federal gestational limits, though some moderate Democrats have supported restrictions after viability. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- UPWARD, UPWARD, UPWARD capitalization pattern
- Run-on sentence structure with multiple clauses
- Quotation-mark dialogue construction
- Personal grievance toward named individuals
- Business hours timing suggests possible aide involvement but style is authentic

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Exposure (Political liability from Roe overturn; allies pushing federal ban)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Lindsey Graham and Marjorie Dannenfelser
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 65%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Positioning self as protector of Republican electoral interests
- Claiming to have delivered what 'everyone wanted'
- Redirecting audience attention to favorable issues

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- 'where everyone wanted it' contradicts polling showing majority opposed Dobbs decision
- Revisionist framing that the anti-abortion movement was always and only about states' rights

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Fighting Roe v. Wade was all about bringing the issue back to the States pursuant to the 10th Amendment

**HALF TRUE**

While federalism was one argument, many anti-abortion advocates explicitly sought federal bans. The movement was not monolithic on this point.

Sources: Historical record of anti-abortion movement goals

> Where everyone wanted it [back in the states]

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Polling consistently shows majority support for Roe protections. Post-Dobbs polls showed 60%+ disapproval of the decision. 'Everyone' is a significant distortion.

Sources: Gallup, Pew Research polling data

> Democrats would never give up on this Issue no matter how many weeks

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Democrats have generally opposed federal gestational limits, though some moderate Democrats have supported restrictions after viability.

Sources: Congressional voting records

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- abortion (100%)
- ally-attack (80%)
- strategic-repositioning (90%)
- historical-revisionism (60%)
- party-dominance (70%)

## That day

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

**Trump Launches Abortion Strategy, Punishes Graham for Dissent, Then Pivots to Trial Persecution**

Trump spent the day rolling out his new abortion stance — leave it to the states — then spent hours publicly punishing Senator Lindsey Graham and anti-abortion leader Marjorie Dannenfelser for pushing back. The mood was confident and controlling, more political enforcer than angry ranter, though flashes of genuine irritation broke through. He closed the evening by pivoting to his upcoming hush money trial, sharing articles attacking Judge Merchan and framing all prosecutions as political hit jobs. The day's dominant pattern was strategic grandiosity: claiming sole credit for overturning Roe while aggressively distancing himself from its electoral consequences.

Full digest for 2024-04-08: https://trump.fm/date/2024-04-08/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, April 8). People forget, fighting Roe v. Wade was, right... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112237631352199484
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "People forget, fighting Roe v. Wade was, right from the..." Truth Social, 8 Apr. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112237631352199484. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "People forget, fighting Roe v. Wade was, right from the...," Truth Social, April 8, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112237631352199484.

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