# Post ts_112848319395019188

- Post ID: `ts_112848319395019188`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-07-25T17:31:41.707Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112848319395019188
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112848319395019188/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112848319395019188.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> If they do “assassinate President Trump,” which is always a possibility, I hope that America obliterates Iran, wipes it off the face of the Earth — If that does not happen, American Leaders will be considered “gutless” cowards!

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:05), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> And as we recently learned, they even brazenly threatened to assassinate President Trump.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/848/319/344/240/800/original/7057365b86943cea.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 15,948
- Reposts: 4,686
- Replies: 1,670
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.343Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T18:50:13.373Z (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 represents one of the most extreme rhetorical escalations in the dataset: Trump endorses the conditional obliteration of Iran — a nation of 88 million people — as the appropriate response if he is assassinated. Posted 12 days after the Butler assassination attempt and during heightened US-Iran tensions coinciding with Netanyahu's congressional address, the post fuses narcissistic grandiosity with eliminationist rhetoric at an extraordinary scale.

The psychological architecture is notable: Trump's individual survival is equated with a national imperative so significant that genocide becomes the proportionate response. Any leader who would not comply is preemptively labeled a "gutless coward" — a dominance/loyalty test that forecloses proportionate policy responses.

Key clinical features include extreme splitting (obliterate or be cowards), acting out (direct expression of destructive impulses), and grandiosity that elevates personal safety to existential national stakes. The rage intensity is high but controlled enough to maintain conditional framing ("if"), providing thin deniability.

The post's danger rating is HIGH due to explicit eliminationist language directed at an entire nation, normalization of genocidal-scale violence, and the loyalty-test structure that pressures political actors toward maximally violent responses. While conditional, such rhetoric from a presidential candidate shifts the Overton window on acceptable discourse about nuclear-armed conflict. Longitudinal tracking recommended for escalation patterns.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_112848319395019188

### Context
This post appears to be a repost/quote of content discussing Iranian assassination threats against Trump, posted on July 25, 2024 — just 12 days after the Butler, Pennsylvania assassination attempt (July 13) and during Netanyahu's address to Congress. Trump was likely in the eastern US (likely Bedminster, NJ or similar); 17:31 UTC = ~1:31 PM ET, solidly business hours.

### Authorship
The post reads as a quote or repost of someone else's words (note the quotation marks around "assassinate President Trump" and the third-person reference). The attached video likely contains the original source material. The rhetoric is extreme but structured — the phrasing "wipes it off the face of the Earth" and the goading ("gutless cowards") are consistent with Trump's own rhetorical style, though the business-hours timing and relatively coherent structure suggest possible aide involvement in formatting/sharing. The third-person self-reference is common in both Trump's authentic posts and aide-crafted ones.

### Psychological Analysis
The post weaponizes the real assassination attempt (July 13) by conflating it with alleged Iranian threats, creating a framework where his personal safety becomes a casus belli for obliterating a nation-state. This represents an extraordinary fusion of narcissistic grandiosity (my life = justification for destroying a country) with paranoid threat-perception.

The post functions as both supply-seeking (reinforcing his centrality and irreplaceability) and a preemptive loyalty test — any leader who would not annihilate Iran on his behalf is "gutless."

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection**: Frames himself as target while issuing eliminationist rhetoric
- **Splitting**: Binary framing — obliterate Iran or be cowards, no middle ground
- **Acting out**: Direct expression of destructive impulse through genocidal language

### Danger Assessment
This post contains explicit eliminationist language ("obliterates," "wipes it off the face of the Earth") directed at an entire nation of 88 million people. While framed conditionally, it normalizes genocidal rhetoric as an appropriate response to a threat against one individual. The framing that American leaders who don't comply are "gutless cowards" represents a loyalty/dominance test with catastrophic policy implications.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Appeal to fear** (assassination threat)
- **False dichotomy** (obliterate Iran or be cowards)
- **Hyperbole** ("wipes it off the face of the Earth")
- **Ad hominem** preemptive attack on any leader who disagrees
- **Narcissistic framing**: his individual safety warrants destruction of a nation-state
- **Stochastic terrorism adjacent**: while targeting a state rather than individuals, normalizes eliminationist thinking

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Iran has plans to assassinate Trump" | **Mostly True** | US intelligence agencies have reported Iranian plots to assassinate Trump, stemming from the 2020 Soleimani killing. Multiple credible reports exist. However, the July 13 Butler shooting was by a domestic actor, not Iranian. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Third-person self-reference
- Business hours posting (1:31 PM ET)
- Relatively structured sentences
- But extreme rhetoric and ALL CAPS absent — may be quoting/sharing rather than composing
- Goading language ('gutless cowards') is characteristic Trump

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (July 13 assassination attempt + reported Iranian threats)

**Rage:** Intensity 80% targeting Iran / American leaders who wouldn't retaliate
- Proportionality: 5%

Sentiment: -0.80

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Grandiose self-importance (personal safety warrants national annihilation)
- Aggressive rhetoric with low inhibition

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 90%
- Antisocial: 70%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 50%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- acting out (immature)
- projection (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Positioning personal safety as national priority
- Loyalty test via implied cowardice
- Victim-hero fusion

## Danger Assessment

**HIGH**

### Indicators

- Explicit eliminationist language targeting entire nation ('obliterates Iran, wipes it off the face of the Earth')
- Normalizes genocidal-scale violence as proportionate response to individual threat
- Loyalty test framing pressures leaders toward extreme action
- Conditional framing provides thin deniability while establishing expectation

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

**Violent Imagery Present**

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Iran has plans to assassinate Trump

**MOSTLY TRUE**

US intelligence agencies have reported Iranian plots to assassinate Trump, stemming from the 2020 Soleimani killing. Multiple credible reports exist. However, the July 13 Butler shooting was by a domestic actor, not Iranian.

Sources: US intelligence briefings reported by multiple outlets

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- eliminationist_rhetoric (95%)
- narcissistic_grandiosity (90%)
- Iran (90%)
- loyalty_test (70%)
- assassination (85%)

## That day

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

**Iran Obliteration Threat Erupts Amid Frantic Pivot to Anti-Harris Messaging**

Trump spent the day recalibrating after Biden's withdrawal, launching his first sustained attacks on Kamala Harris as the likely Democratic nominee while dismissing Biden's Oval Office farewell as "barely understandable." The morning was quiet, devoted to promoting a new book. The afternoon brought a jarring spike: a post demanding the total destruction of Iran if he is assassinated, framing anything less as cowardice. That single post stood far apart in intensity and danger from the day's otherwise routine mix of campaign attacks, media complaints, and self-promotion.

Full digest for 2024-07-25: https://trump.fm/date/2024-07-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, July 25). If they do “assassinate President Trump,” which... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112848319395019188
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "If they do “assassinate President Trump,” which is always a..." Truth Social, 25 Jul. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112848319395019188. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "If they do “assassinate President Trump,” which is always a...," Truth Social, July 25, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112848319395019188.

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