# Post ts_112691893263039639 - Post ID: `ts_112691893263039639` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-06-28T02:30:28.350Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112691893263039639 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112691893263039639/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112691893263039639.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Crooked Joe wants to END the TRUMP TAX CUTS and raise taxes on 91% of American families… ## What the media says **Video transcript** (0:36), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Nobody's ever created an economy like us. Nobody ever cut taxes like us. He's the only one I know. He wants to raise your taxes by four times. He wants to raise everybody's taxes by four times. He wants to trump tax cuts to expire. So everybody, including the two of you, are going to pay four to five times. Nobody ever heard of this before. All my life I'd grow up and I see politicians talking about cutting taxes. When we cut taxes, as I said, we did more business. Apple and all these companies, they were bringing money back into our country. The worst president in history by far, and everybody knows it. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/691/893/223/622/665/original/2c4ec9299f73cd3e.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 22,345 - Reposts: 6,006 - Replies: 1,184 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.346Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T10:12:48.271Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Psychological Analysis: ts_112691893263039639 **Platform:** Truth Social | **Date:** 2024-06-28 | **Local Time:** ~10:30 PM EDT | **Age:** 78 --- ## Situational Context This post arrives on the night of the first 2024 presidential debate — an event widely regarded as catastrophic for Biden and advantageous for Trump. Rather than responding to an injury, Trump is in opportunistic supply-seeking mode, capitalizing on Biden's weakness with a sharp economic attack timed to the peak of debate commentary. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five) - **Extraversion (high):** Assertive, dominant tone; public performance of strength - **Agreeableness (very low):** No conciliation, pure attack framing; devaluation of opponent - **Conscientiousness (moderate):** Unusually disciplined message for Trump — tight, on-topic, paired with media asset - **Neuroticism (low):** No anxiety markers; grandiose rather than reactive - **Openness (low):** Rigid binary framing; no policy nuance entertained --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Dominant motive: Power/status.** The post is structured to demonstrate dominance over Biden at peak public visibility. Agency motive far exceeds communion. The 91% figure is designed to activate fear-based compliance rather than genuine civic deliberation. **Schema revealed:** World is zero-sum (Biden takes → Trump protects). Followers are dependents whose financial security is personally stewarded by Trump. Opponents are actively malevolent, not merely mistaken. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** Protector/Provider — Trump as the guardian of ordinary Americans' prosperity - **Narrative sequence:** Contamination implied — Biden will destroy what Trump built - **Identity claims:** "TRUMP TAX CUTS" — the legislation is personally his, a gift he gave; its repeal would be a betrayal of his people - **Contrasting other:** "Crooked Joe" — corrupt, punitive, anti-family The self-branding of "TRUMP TAX CUTS" is the most psychologically revealing element. It converts a shared legislative outcome into a personal possession and a personal gift, establishing a parasocial debt relationship with followers: *I gave you this; he will take it away.* --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators ### Malignant Narcissism Low-level but present. The proprietary naming of shared legislation is consistent with narcissistic entitlement and the need to embed self-identity into institutional achievements. No sadism or antisocial features are meaningfully activated in this post. ### Narcissistic Dynamics - **State:** Grandiose (expansive, not wounded) - **Trigger:** Supply-seeking via post-debate dominance display - **Rage:** Absent; tone is predatory-opportunistic rather than wounded ### Defense Mechanisms 1. **Distortion (pathological):** The 91% figure grossly misrepresents Biden's $400K threshold policy 2. **Splitting (immature):** Trump tax cuts = all good; Biden = all bad; no policy complexity survives 3. **Idealization of self / devaluation of other:** Simultaneous moves within a single sentence --- ## Authorship Attribution **Likely authentic text, with aide-coordinated media asset.** UTC 02:30 = 10:30 PM EDT on debate night. Timing, nickname usage, ellipsis, and selective CAPS pattern all favor authentic Trump composition. The polished video attachment and disciplined message brevity suggest staff coordination on the visual layer, with Trump supplying or approving the text in his habitual late-evening pattern. --- ## Cognitive Status No markers of concern in this post. Syntactically simple but coherent and goal-directed. The brevity is likely a function of video-primary content strategy rather than cognitive limitation. Baseline comparison shows no deviation. --- ## Rhetorical & Propaganda Assessment Classic fear-and-rescue frame. "Crooked Joe" handles character destruction; "END the TRUMP TAX CUTS" creates the threat narrative; "91% of American families" universalizes the stakes. The trailing ellipsis gates the argument behind the video, functioning as a rhetorical hook. Part of a documented multi-post debate-night blitz consistent with the RAND Firehose model: high volume, emotionally charged, coordinated. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Biden wants to END the TRUMP TAX CUTS" | **Mostly False** | Biden's stated policy was to allow TCJA provisions to expire only for those earning over $400,000 annually, while explicitly extending cuts for those below that threshold. This constitutes partial expiration of select high-income provisions, not wholesale repeal of the legislation. | | "raise taxes on 91% of American families" | **Mostly False** | The 91% figure appears to originate from Republican analysis modeling full TCJA expiration — a scenario inconsistent with Biden's stated policy limiting changes to those earning over $400K. Independent analyses (TPC, CBO) indicated Biden's plan would raise taxes primarily on top earners, with most families below the threshold seeing no increase. | Overall Veracity: 20% ## Danger Assessment **Level: None.** Standard political attack rhetoric. No dehumanizing language, no violent imagery, no target identification beyond the opposing candidate. No stochastic terrorism indicators. --- ## Order/Chaos Dynamics - **Positioning:** Order restorer (promising to maintain the order — the tax cuts — against chaos Biden would impose) - **Grievance:** Economic threat to working families - **Who gets order:** "91% of American families" — i.e., nearly everyone except implicit elites who benefit from Biden's favor - **Who gets chaos:** American families if Biden wins --- ## Archetypal Analysis **Primary archetype: King/Provider.** Trump cast as the sovereign who granted prosperity (TRUMP TAX CUTS) and who must be returned to the throne to preserve it. Biden as the usurping Tyrant who would revoke the king's gifts. Secondary: **Warrior** (attack framing, "Crooked Joe"). The Trickster is subdued here — this is a conventional dominance display rather than chaos-agent mode. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 65%) ### Indicators - Late evening post: 02:30 UTC = 10:30 PM EDT — within authentic Trump's habitual posting window - Use of 'Crooked Joe' — signature Trump nickname, consistently self-generated - Trailing ellipsis — characteristic of authentic Trump stream-of-consciousness style - Selective ALL CAPS (END, TRUMP TAX CUTS) rather than full-paragraph caps — mixed signal - Concise, on-message structure with attached video suggests possible aide coordination for the visual asset, but text feels authentic ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Post-debate momentum — Biden's widely-panned debate performance creates opportunity for amplified attack, not an injury but an opening for narcissistic supply via dominance display) Sentiment: -0.62 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 70% - Antisocial: 30% - Paranoid: 10% - Sadism: 10% **Defense Mechanisms:** - distortion (pathological) - splitting (immature) - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 28% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Threat amplification — '91% of American families' creates direct personal stake for followers - Protective framing — positions Trump as guardian of followers' financial wellbeing - Enemy nomination — 'Crooked Joe' provides followers a clear antagonist to rally against ## Danger Assessment **NONE** ### Gaslighting - Misrepresents Biden's $400K-threshold policy as universal tax hike — attacks audience's ability to accurately assess the policy - Frames partial expiration of high-income provisions as 'END[ing]' cuts for 91% of families — rapid revisionism of documented policy positions ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._ > Biden wants to END the TRUMP TAX CUTS **MOSTLY FALSE** Biden's stated policy was to allow TCJA provisions to expire only for those earning over $400,000 annually, while explicitly extending cuts for those below that threshold. This constitutes partial expiration of select high-income provisions, not wholesale repeal of the legislation. Sources: Biden 2024 campaign tax platform; Treasury Department budget proposals 2024 > raise taxes on 91% of American families **MOSTLY FALSE** The 91% figure appears to originate from Republican analysis modeling full TCJA expiration — a scenario inconsistent with Biden's stated policy limiting changes to those earning over $400K. Independent analyses (TPC, CBO) indicated Biden's plan would raise taxes primarily on top earners, with most families below the threshold seeing no increase. Sources: Tax Policy Center analyses of Biden tax plan; Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget 2024 Overall Veracity: 20% ## Tags - post-debate-attack (90%) - economic-fear-frame (85%) - self-branding (80%) - supply-seeking (75%) - grandiose-state (72%) - statistical-distortion (80%) - splitting (70%) - debate-night-burst (65%) - firehose-pattern (60%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Post-Debate Victory Lap: 39-Post Grandiose Marathon After Biden's CNN Collapse** The day after the first 2024 presidential debate was a sustained victory celebration. Trump spent the late evening and early morning hours rapid-firing mockery and attack clips targeting Biden's widely criticized performance, then shifted to celebrating a favorable Supreme Court ruling on January 6 prosecutions. The mood was uniformly triumphant with only one brief flash of irritation -- at Fox News for giving airtime to RFK Jr. -- interrupting an otherwise wall-to-wall grandiose state. The afternoon brought routine campaign business, including a rally in Chesapeake, Virginia and congressional endorsements, all carried on the momentum of what Trump clearly viewed as a historic win. Full digest for 2024-06-28: https://trump.fm/date/2024-06-28/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, June 28). Crooked Joe wants to END the TRUMP TAX CUTS and... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112691893263039639 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Crooked Joe wants to END the TRUMP TAX CUTS and raise taxes..." Truth Social, 28 Jun. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112691893263039639. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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