# Post ts_112933128700380873 - Post ID: `ts_112933128700380873` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-08-09T16:59:49.006Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112933128700380873 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112933128700380873/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112933128700380873.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > “Democrats should be furious that this has been going on…” ## What the media says **Video transcript** (1:18), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Like Democrats should be furious that this has been going on Democrats should say hold on I don't want to see another campaign speech I want to know why my president elect has been immensely decline and you have been defending him The press has been defending him. That's what the discussion should be about So before we get into like, you know, why Kamala and is she the most competent person for the job? Let's look at the fact that we've all had wool pulled over our eyes And as someone who did vote for Biden and I voted for a competent Mentally sharp Biden to be running my country from 2020 to 2024 I feel misled not because he went into cognitive decline like that shit happens, but the moment that happened They should have fessed up and say, you know what? Here's our transition plan Kamala is gonna step up We're gonna let Biden, you know Go to Wisconsin and retire on a ranch cuz and honor him for his years of service And now we're gonna find through a democratic process the best Democrat to lead the party Not the person who we can slot in without due process and say well look at her She looks not like Trump. So vote for her that is fucked up. And that's what we actually need to be talking about ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/933/128/598/102/791/original/3dad66210fbd7bfe.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 12,537 - Reposts: 4,307 - Replies: 780 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.341Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-25T09:00:04.831Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary "Democrats should be furious that this has been going on…" is a 12-word video-share wrapper deploying an unusually sophisticated cross-partisan rhetorical move: inviting Democratic voters into a shared grievance rather than attacking them as opponents. Posted at 10:59 AM MDT during a Montana rally day, the business-hours timing and grammatical cleanliness suggest aide involvement, though same-day posts with evident typing errors indicate Trump was also personally active. The text's primary rhetorical architecture — a presupposition-loaded referent-free claim paired with a suspense-generating ellipsis — functions as an engineered curiosity gap designed to drive video engagement. Psychologically, the post reflects preemptive attack mode in response to Harris-Walz consolidation, executed with strategic restraint rather than acute narcissistic reactivity; the subject does not appear in the text, and no rage markers are present. Most clinically notable in the surrounding same-day context is an adjacent post amplifying the documented misquote of Harris saying 'reduce population' rather than 'reduce pollution' — either uncritical consumption of distorted viral material or deliberate misrepresentation. No danger indicators are present. The post is below threshold for clinical significance on its own; its interest is primarily rhetorical and contextual. # Analysis: ts_112933128700380873 — "Democrats should be furious that this has been going on…" **Platform:** Truth Social | **Date:** 2024-08-09 | **UTC:** 16:59:49 | **Age:** 78 --- ## Authorship Attribution **Local time:** Trump was in Bozeman, Montana (MDT, UTC−6) for a campaign rally at Montana State University. The post was made at **10:59 AM MDT** — firmly within business hours. This is a primary indicator favoring aide-written or aide-polished content. Additional authorship signals: - **Grammatical completeness**: No typos, no mid-thought fragments characteristic of authentic Trump - **Strategic cross-partisan framing**: More polished than Trump's typical impulsive register - **Video-share wrapper format**: A common pattern for Scavino/aide posting cadence - **Complicating factor**: Multiple same-day posts, including "WERLS ON THE 2024 ELECTION" (likely a typo for "WORDS"), suggest Trump was *also* personally active, making full aide attribution uncertain **Verdict:** Probable aide-written or aide-directed, possibly with Trump providing topical direction. Confidence: **medium**. --- ## Context & Trigger This post arrives during peak political pressure: Harris had just formally secured the Democratic nomination, selected Tim Walz as VP (August 6), and held a high-energy Philadelphia rally. The Jack Smith revised indictment was also freshly filed. Trump was simultaneously facing his most consolidated opposition since 2020 — a strong circumstantial trigger for defensive or preemptive political output. --- ## Psychological Analysis ### State & Trigger The post is operating in **preemptive attack mode** — not reactive rage, but anticipatory political maneuvering. There is no overt first-person appearance; Trump does not insert himself as protagonist or victim. This is conspicuously restrained relative to his documented baseline during periods of political and legal threat. The **narcissistic state** reads as **grandiose** in its latent structure (the subject positions himself as possessor of knowledge Democrats lack), but it is expressed quietly — a *knowing insider* rather than an aggrieved combatant. ### Defense Mechanisms - **Displacement** (immature): Redirects implied outrage from Trump's own legal indictment onto an unnamed systemic wrongdoing, distributing the emotional load cross-partisanly - **Projection** (immature): Framing unnamed institutional processes as corrupt mirrors the critiques directed at Trump's own conduct - **Rationalization** (neurotic): The appeal to Democratic anger provides pseudo-logical cover for partisan content wrapped in bipartisan packaging ### Rage Assessment Rage is **absent** in this post. No hostile adjectives, no named targets, no emotional escalation. Intensity score: **0.2/1.0**. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis The core rhetorical achievement of this 12-word fragment is the **cross-partisan grievance seed**: addressing Democrats as sympathetic victims rather than opponents temporarily suspends the us/them binary to introduce doubt within Harris's coalition at its peak unification moment. This is strategically timed. **Key devices:** - **Presupposition loading**: "this has been going on" asserts duration and concealment without specifying the referent — the listener must accept an implied wrongdoing to process the sentence - **Epistemic vagueness**: The referent "this" is deliberately withheld, forcing engagement with the video - **Suspense / curiosity gap**: The ellipsis is an engineered psychological hook — classic dark-pattern engagement bait - **Implied revelation**: The speaker casts himself as bringing hidden truth to light **Propaganda techniques:** - Appeal to shared victimhood across partisan lines - Engagement bait via withheld referent - Part of a broader same-day Firehose-pattern posting (multiple unconnected narratives) --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Democrats should be furious that 'this' has been going on" | **Unverifiable** | No specific factual claim is made; 'this' lacks a referent in the text. The claim is entirely presuppositional and depends on the video content, which is not available for review. | | "Kamala Harris said 'reduce population' (adjacent post, same day)" | **Mostly False** | Harris's documented statement referenced 'reduce pollution' — a common and documented misquote that spread virally through right-wing media in August 2024, exploiting an audio ambiguity. The substitution of 'population' for 'pollution' represents either deliberate misquotation or uncritical amplification of distorted source material. | Overall Veracity: 35% ## Cognitive Markers The 12-word text is too brief for meaningful cognitive assessment. No paraphasia, perseveration, confabulation, or temporal confusion is detectable. The adjacent "WERLS ON THE 2024 ELECTION" post may reflect a phonemic near-miss or accidental post, but is equally consistent with a simple typing error. **Baseline deviation: None assessable.** --- ## Narrative Identity (Level 3) Trump casts himself, implicitly, as the **revealer of hidden truths** — a figure with access to information that even members of the opposing party deserve to know. The protagonist role is *magnanimous insider* rather than warrior or victim. The contrasting "other" is unnamed institutional actors enabling the unspecified wrongdoing. This is a **contamination sequence** invocation: a good political process corrupted by unnamed bad actors. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** No eliminationist language, no dehumanization, no target identification, no violent imagery, no mobilization call. --- ## Summary Note This post is below threshold for clinical significance on its own terms. Its primary interest is rhetorical and contextual: a strategically restrained, aide-probable cross-partisan appeal during a moment of maximum Democratic consolidation. The surrounding same-day posts, particularly the amplified Harris misquote, are more analytically significant than the analyzed post itself. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 30%) ### Indicators - Business hours post (10:59 AM MDT) favors aide-written - Grammatically complete, no typos or errors - Strategic cross-partisan framing more polished than typical Trump register - Adjacent same-day posts ('WERLS ON THE 2024 ELECTION') suggest Trump was personally active, complicating attribution - Video-share wrapper format is common aide pattern ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Comparison (Harris nomination consolidation and Walz VP selection) Sentiment: -0.25 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 20% - Paranoid: 20% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - displacement (immature) - projection (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 20% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Cross-partisan sympathy appeal ('Democrats should be furious') - Epistemic teaser with video withheld ('this has been going on...') - Implied insider knowledge of ongoing wrongdoing ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-25._ > Democrats should be furious that 'this' has been going on **UNVERIFIABLE** No specific factual claim is made; 'this' lacks a referent in the text. The claim is entirely presuppositional and depends on the video content, which is not available for review. > Kamala Harris said 'reduce population' (adjacent post, same day) **MOSTLY FALSE** Harris's documented statement referenced 'reduce pollution' — a common and documented misquote that spread virally through right-wing media in August 2024, exploiting an audio ambiguity. The substitution of 'population' for 'pollution' represents either deliberate misquotation or uncritical amplification of distorted source material. Sources: Contemporary media fact-checks of Harris 'reduce population' viral clip, August 2024 Overall Veracity: 35% ## Tags - cross-partisan-appeal (90%) - video-share-wrapper (80%) - epistemic-teaser (80%) - aide-written-likely (60%) - preemptive-attack (70%) - harris-walz-response (70%) - adjacent-misquote (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Coordinated Counter-Programming Day Punctuated by Rogan Betrayal Flash** A mid-intensity day of curated content drops ahead of a Montana rally, almost entirely focused on countering Kamala Harris's post-nomination momentum. The morning brought a rapid-fire burst of testimonial videos and opposition clips -- nine posts in under twenty minutes -- mostly aide-produced material designed to amplify "Democrats leaving the party" narratives. The one moment of genuine emotion came in a post targeting Joe Rogan, savoring the idea of him being booed at UFC events for apparently praising VP pick Tim Walz. Otherwise, the day was disciplined and strategically flat, ending with routine rally arrival posts from Bozeman. Full digest for 2024-08-09: https://trump.fm/date/2024-08-09/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, August 9). “Democrats should be furious that this has been... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112933128700380873 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“Democrats should be furious that this has been going on…”" Truth Social, 9 Aug. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112933128700380873. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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