# Post ts_112530671112353369

- Post ID: `ts_112530671112353369`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-05-30T15:09:33.630Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112530671112353369
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112530671112353369/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112530671112353369.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Chairman Michael Whatley: “First they tried to get the President off the ballot, now they’re trying to get him off the campaign trail, and they’re trying to WEAPONIZE the JUDICIARY to win this election—and it’s just not going to work!”

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:22), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> What they've done is they've weaponized the judicial system. We've got civil cases. We've got criminal cases We've got cases all across the country including in New York every single one of them has one intent first They try to get the president off the ballot now They're trying to get him off the campaign trail and they're trying to weaponize the judiciary to win this election And it's just not going to work

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/530/671/025/926/618/original/0d36fb775db7b794.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 7,049
- Reposts: 2,025
- Replies: 280
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.350Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T18:11:56.030Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Repost of RNC Chairman Michael Whatley Defense

### Context
This post was made on May 30, 2024 — the day the Manhattan jury was deliberating in the Trump hush-money trial. Trump is sharing a video clip of RNC Chairman Michael Whatley articulating the "weaponized judiciary" narrative. This is one of several posts that day expressing grievance about the trial.

### Authorship
Posted at 15:09 UTC = 11:09 AM ET. Trump was in New York for the trial. The format — quoting an ally with a video clip — is consistent with aide/Scavino posting, though Trump was known to be actively posting that day. The polished formatting with proper attribution and quotation marks suggests aide involvement, but the content selection reflects Trump's personal preoccupation.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a **supply-sourcing post** — Trump amplifies a surrogate who validates his persecution narrative. By sharing Whatley's words rather than his own, he achieves third-party validation (more credible than self-assertion) while maintaining the victim/fighter narrative. The three-part rhetorical structure Whatley uses ("first they tried... now they're trying... they're trying") constructs a conspiracy arc of escalating persecution.

The post functions as narcissistic supply procurement during a period of acute threat (jury deliberation). The choice to amplify allies rather than attack directly is a modestly more controlled strategy than some same-day posts (e.g., "ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!").

### Rhetorical Techniques
Whatley's quoted rhetoric employs conspiracy framing ("they"), weaponization metaphor, and defiant closure ("it's just not going to work"). The CAPS on "WEAPONIZE" and "JUDICIARY" mirror Trump's own emphasis style.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "They tried to get the President off the ballot" | **Mostly True** | Multiple states attempted to remove Trump from ballots under 14th Amendment Section 3; SCOTUS ruled unanimously against Colorado's removal in Trump v. Anderson. |
| "They're trying to WEAPONIZE the JUDICIARY to win this election" | **Mostly False** | The Manhattan DA is a state prosecutor, not a federal actor directed by Biden. The case followed standard prosecutorial processes. No evidence of coordination with Biden campaign. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 25%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (11:09 AM ET)
- Proper quotation formatting
- Video clip attachment typical of Scavino
- But content selection reflects Trump's acute preoccupation

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Manhattan criminal trial jury deliberation)

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- denial (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Third-party validation through surrogate voice
- Building shared persecution narrative

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Framing lawful prosecution as 'weaponization'
- Reframing criminal trial as election interference

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> They tried to get the President off the ballot

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Multiple states attempted to remove Trump from ballots under 14th Amendment Section 3; SCOTUS ruled unanimously against Colorado's removal in Trump v. Anderson.

> They're trying to WEAPONIZE the JUDICIARY to win this election

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The Manhattan DA is a state prosecutor, not a federal actor directed by Biden. The case followed standard prosecutorial processes. No evidence of coordination with Biden campaign.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- surrogate-amplification (80%)
- persecution-narrative (70%)
- trial-related (100%)
- validation-seeking (60%)

## That day

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

**First U.S. President Convicted of Felonies: 44 Posts Map the Arc from Anticipatory Defense to Acute Narcissistic Crisis**

Trump spent the day of his historic Manhattan conviction flooding his feed with surrogate quotes and raw outbursts, toggling between coordinated legal messaging and unfiltered emotional eruptions. The morning opened with a cheerful greeting to Montana and quickly devolved into all-caps screams of "ELECTION INTERFERENCE" and "LAWFARE" as the jury deliberated. After the guilty verdict on all 34 counts landed in the late afternoon, he declared his civil rights violated, called the trial "a disgrace," and labeled the entire justice system "rigged" — never once using the word "guilty" or "convicted." By evening he had pivoted to defiance, reframing the November election as the "real verdict" and scheduling a next-morning press conference at Trump Tower.

Full digest for 2024-05-30: https://trump.fm/date/2024-05-30/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, May 30). Chairman Michael Whatley: “First they tried to... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112530671112353369
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Chairman Michael Whatley: “First they tried to get the..." Truth Social, 30 May. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112530671112353369. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Chairman Michael Whatley: “First they tried to get the...," Truth Social, May 30, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112530671112353369.

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