# Post ts_112928228742133486 - Post ID: `ts_112928228742133486` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-08-08T20:13:41.578Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112928228742133486 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112928228742133486/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112928228742133486.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > The Presidency was taken away from Joe Biden, and I’m no Biden fan… ## What the media says **Video transcript** (0:43), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > The presidency was taken away from Joe Biden, and I'm no Biden fan, but I'll tell you what. From a constitutional standpoint, from any standpoint you look at, they took the presidency away. And people were saying he lost after the debate. He couldn't win. Well, I don't know that that's true, necessarily. But whether he could win or he couldn't win, he had the right to run. And they took it away. They said they're going to use the 25th Amendment. They're going to hit you hard. Either we can do it the nicer. I heard, I know exactly, because I know a lot of people on the other side, believe it or not. And they said, we'll do it the nice way or we'll do it the hard way. And he said, all right, so that I mean, they've really taken what they've done is pretty incredible. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/928/228/671/078/999/original/70549dbc011ea63a.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 14,852 - Reposts: 3,608 - Replies: 559 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.341Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-25T08:16:09.029Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary A brief, strategically calculated post deploying feigned fairness as a delegitimization tool. By temporarily casting Biden as victim of Democratic Party machinations, Trump positions himself as a credible witness to Harris's illegitimacy as nominee — projecting his own 2020 'stolen election' schema onto the opposing party's internal transition. The 'I'm no Biden fan' disclaimer is a parasocial credentialing move soliciting admiration for apparent magnanimity while serving an agency/power motive. Authorship appears collaborative: Trump's cadence within an aide-shaped production package timed to the Harris nomination news cycle. No rage markers, no dehumanizing language, no danger indicators in isolation. The post is best read as a controlled rhetorical pivot after the loss of a favorable matchup opponent. Clinically, the projection defense is notable: the 'taken away' construction maps Trump's own foundational grievance schema directly onto a political adversary, suggesting this schema functions as a universal interpretive lens rather than a context-specific claim. Contrast with same-day posts where uninhibited rage and hyperbole dominate — this post's restraint is itself diagnostic of calculated political positioning rather than reactive discharge. ## Psychological Analysis: Truth Social Post — 2024-08-08T20:13:41Z ### Overview This is a strikingly brief post — a single unfinished sentence attached to a video — deployed on the same day Biden's replacement by Harris was being cemented in public consciousness. Its apparent mildness relative to the same-day posts is itself the rhetorical signal worth investigating. The incomplete construction (terminal ellipsis + video) suggests the text functions as a hook, with rhetorical payload delivered in the attached media. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Local time:** UTC 20:13 converts to 4:13 PM EDT. On August 8, 2024, Trump was in Bedminster, NJ (his standard summer residence; he held a press conference there that day). This is solidly mid-afternoon business hours — a timing pattern more consistent with aide involvement than authentic late-night impulsive posting. **Stylistic signals cut both ways:** - *Aide indicators:* clean grammar, complete (if brief) sentence construction, video attached (production asset), afternoon timing, likely part of a coordinated media push timed to the news cycle - *Authentic Trump indicators:* the aside "I'm no Biden fan…" is precisely the kind of rhetorical hedge-with-wink that Trump favors in verbal speech; the trailing ellipsis is habitual; the casual register fits his voicing **Assessment:** Likely a collaborative post — Trump's phrasing, aide-shaped structure and coordinated with a video asset. Attribution confidence: medium. Authentic voice embedded within a produced package. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis The post deploys **feigned fairness** ("I'm no Biden fan") as a credentialing move — a classic *ethos* maneuver that positions the speaker as an honest broker rather than a partisan attacker. By granting Biden a measure of sympathy, Trump momentarily casts himself as a disinterested observer of Democratic Party misconduct, which lends surface legitimacy to the delegitimization of Harris. This is the **enemy-of-my-enemy construction**: Biden is elevated temporarily from target to victim in order to frame Harris and the Democratic establishment as the true villains. The political utility is clear — Trump is attempting to exploit any residual Biden-loyalist dissatisfaction within the Democratic coalition. **"Taken away"** is carefully chosen eliminationist framing of process: it erases Biden's own agency (his July 21 voluntary withdrawal) and reframes a coordinated endorsement transition as a seizure or coup. This primes audiences toward distrust of democratic institutions. **Propaganda techniques employed:** - False victimhood by proxy (Biden-as-victim) - Delegitimization of Harris through illegitimacy narrative - Strategic feigned objectivity - Incomplete framing (text + video = two-stage persuasion hook) No violent imagery. No dehumanizing language in this post specifically (contrast sharply with same-day posts about "criminals" and "terrorists"). Stochastic terrorism: absent here. --- ### Psychological / Narcissistic Dynamics **State:** Grandiose but modulated. This is a controlled, strategic post rather than a reactive one. The absence of ALL CAPS, exclamation points, and superlatives (all present in the same-day posts) signals this is not a rage expression but a calculated political maneuver. **Trigger:** The obvious trigger is Kamala Harris's formal nomination and the Walz VP announcement (August 6). Trump is recalibrating his attacks now that Biden — whose cognitive decline was productive attack material — has been replaced by a more vigorous opponent. The "taken away" framing is a hedge against Harris being a stronger candidate while still undermining her legitimacy. **Narcissistic dynamic:** Supply-seeking through the "fair and balanced observer" persona. By saying "I'm no Biden fan," Trump solicits admiration for his magnanimity and integrity — implicitly claiming he will acknowledge wrongdoing even against his opponents. This is a parasocial technique: it invites the audience to see Trump as principled rather than purely partisan. **Defense mechanisms:** - *Rationalization*: Reframes a voluntary political transition as an illegitimate seizure, providing pseudo-logical cover for rejecting Harris's candidacy - *Projection*: The language of "taken away" mirrors Trump's own 2020 narrative that the presidency was stolen from him — he is applying his own core grievance schema to the opposing party's internal transition **Narcissistic injury vector:** Indirect. Biden's replacement with Harris eliminates a favorable matchup opponent and demands rhetorical recalibration. The post manages that transition. --- ### Multi-Level Personality Framework **Level 1 — Traits:** - Low agreeableness facet (trust) — immediately suspicious of Democratic process - Low conscientiousness (deliberation) somewhat evident in incomplete, trailing construction, though controlled - Extraversion (assertiveness) present but subdued vs. baseline same-day posts **Level 2 — Motives:** - Agency/power motive dominant: the post is a power-positioning move, not a communion gesture - The fake sympathy ("I'm no Biden fan") is an instrumental communion gesture serving power ends **Level 3 — Narrative Identity:** - Protagonist role: Righteous witness/truth-teller - Narrative sequence: Contamination (legitimate democratic process → corrupt seizure by establishment) - Contrasting other: The unnamed Democratic establishment that "took" the presidency - Identity claim: "I call it like I see it, even when it doesn't benefit me" --- ### Cognitive Status Insufficient linguistic material in the text alone to make cognitive assessments. The single sentence is fluent and coherent. No markers of word-finding difficulty, perseveration, or temporal confusion. The trailing ellipsis and video-hook format is consistent with prior behavior and does not indicate deficit. Baseline comparison: not flagged. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "The Presidency was taken away from Joe Biden" | **Mostly False** | Biden announced his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race on July 21, 2024, issuing a public letter stating he believed it was in the best interest of the Democratic Party and the nation for him to stand aside. He immediately endorsed Kamala Harris. While substantial pressure from Democratic leaders, major donors, and elected officials preceded this decision, the act itself was voluntary and self-announced. The framing 'taken away' actively erases Biden's stated agency and reframes a complex political transition as an involuntary seizure, which is materially misleading. | Overall Veracity: 20% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 55%) ### Indicators - Afternoon post (4:13 PM EDT) consistent with aide-managed production schedule - Video asset attached suggesting coordinated media package - Idiomatic aside 'I'm no Biden fan' is characteristic Trump cadence - Trailing ellipsis consistent with Trump's habitual written style - Single coherent sentence without typos or misspellings — cleaner than typical late-night authentic posts ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Comparison (Kamala Harris officially becoming Democratic nominee; Walz VP selection) Sentiment: -0.30 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 55% - Antisocial: 30% - Paranoid: 35% - Sadism: 10% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) - projection (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 35% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Feigned objectivity ('I'm no Biden fan') to appear as credible fair-minded witness - Supply-seeking via magnanimity performance — invites audience to admire Trump for acknowledging Democratic wrongdoing despite personal distaste for Biden ## Danger Assessment **NONE** ### Gaslighting - 'Taken away' erases Biden's documented voluntary withdrawal announcement, rewriting observable recent history - Framing a democratic party transition process as an institutional seizure constitutes reality revision of recent and well-documented events ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-25._ > The Presidency was taken away from Joe Biden **MOSTLY FALSE** Biden announced his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race on July 21, 2024, issuing a public letter stating he believed it was in the best interest of the Democratic Party and the nation for him to stand aside. He immediately endorsed Kamala Harris. While substantial pressure from Democratic leaders, major donors, and elected officials preceded this decision, the act itself was voluntary and self-announced. The framing 'taken away' actively erases Biden's stated agency and reframes a complex political transition as an involuntary seizure, which is materially misleading. Sources: Biden withdrawal letter July 21 2024; Harris nomination virtual roll call August 1-5 2024 Overall Veracity: 20% ## Tags - delegitimization (90%) - feigned-objectivity (85%) - projection (80%) - harris-targeting (75%) - stolen-election-schema (75%) - enemy-of-enemy-construction (70%) - gaslighting (65%) - reality-revision (60%) - coordinated-posting (60%) - aide-assisted (55%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Harris-Walz Ticket Triggers 51-Post Blitz: Multi-Vector Attack Campaign with Sustained Projection Dynamics** Trump unleashed an unusually high-volume day of posting -- 51 in total -- almost entirely focused on defining the newly formed Harris-Walz ticket as dangerous, criminal, and illegitimate. The morning brought a long, emotionally charged attack on Harris that peaked in catastrophist language about national destruction, followed by a midday escalation where he labeled critics of his allied judges as "CRIMINALS" committing "ILLEGAL" acts. A brief flash of vulnerability appeared when he complained about media ignoring his crowd sizes while amplifying Harris's. The day closed with a sweeping demand that all his legal cases be dismissed, revealing the sustained pressure of Jack Smith's revised indictment running beneath the campaign bluster. Full digest for 2024-08-08: https://trump.fm/date/2024-08-08/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, August 8). The Presidency was taken away from Joe Biden, and... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112928228742133486 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Presidency was taken away from Joe Biden, and I’m no..." Truth Social, 8 Aug. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112928228742133486. 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