# Post ts_112960785265816091

- Post ID: `ts_112960785265816091`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-08-14T14:13:14.708Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112960785265816091
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112960785265816091/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112960785265816091.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realamericasvoice/statuses/112950003781247781 Here we go! The stupid people are at it again!

## Engagement

- Likes: 12,371
- Reposts: 4,416
- Replies: 1,424
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.340Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-25T10:41:39.593Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Truth Social RT — "The stupid people are at it again"
**Post ID:** ts_112960785265816091 | **Date:** 2024-08-14 | **UTC:** 14:13:14

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## Authorship Attribution
**Local time:** 10:13 AM EDT (Trump was in the Eastern timezone, with a Montana rally scheduled for that evening, likely still in transit or at a staging location). Business hours timing slightly favors aide involvement, but the caption's crude informality — "the stupid people are at it again!" — is lexically consistent with authentic Trump voice. "Stupid" is a documented signature Trump pejorative deployed frequently in verified-authentic posts and recorded speech. The complete absence of polish, event announcement, or substantive framing argues against pure aide authorship. **Assessment:** Possibly Trump personally selecting and captioning the repost during a monitored-hours window; confidence low.

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## Psychological State
This is a **maintenance post** operating in grandiose mode — contemptuous, dismissive, and ego-syntonic. No acute narcissistic injury is evident. The post contributes to a day-long posting cluster characterized by adversarial framing: Google manipulation claims, Kamala attacks, self-congratulation over the Musk interview. This fits the day's emotional register: expansive dismissal from a position of perceived dominance rather than wounded reactivity.

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## Defense Mechanisms
- **Devaluation (immature):** "The stupid people" reduces unspecified adversaries to an intellectual category beneath engagement. No argument is made; no content is addressed. The label does all the work.
- **Splitting (immature):** Crisp in-group (knowing us) vs. out-group (stupid them) binary with zero nuance.

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## Rhetorical Analysis
The post's most effective rhetorical feature is **strategic vagueness**. "The stupid people" names no one, references no specific action, and engages with no argument. This functions as a projective screen — each follower maps their own most-hated adversary onto the label, making the post simultaneously relevant to every grievance in the in-group ecosystem. The "Here we go!" opener performs **anticipatory contempt**: the speaker signals having predicted this move, claiming prescience and positioning himself as beyond surprise by his opponents' behavior. This is a parasocial bonding mechanism — "we've seen this before, you and I."

The RT of Real America's Voice serves an **epistemic closure** function: allied media is cited as the authoritative source while Trump adds only the contemptuous emotional frame, outsourcing substantive claims to the ecosystem.

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## Cognitive Status
No markers of cognitive concern in this brief post. The terseness is stylistically consistent with RT behavior across Trump's documented posting history and does not suggest word-finding difficulty or circumlocution.

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## Danger Assessment
**None to elevated.** "Stupid people" is contemptuous but non-eliminationist. No dehumanizing language, no violent imagery, no identifiable target. The post contributes to a hostile rhetorical environment but does not approach stochastic terrorism threshold.

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## Longitudinal Note
The post fits within the established day-pattern: rapid-fire posting across allied media amplification, election manipulation claims, and opponent devaluation. The "stupid people" formulation is consistent with Trump's baseline contempt register and does not represent a notable deviation from established patterns.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 55%)

### Indicators

- Caption 'Here we go! The stupid people are at it again!' uses crude, informal lexicon consistent with authentic Trump ('stupid' is a signature pejorative)
- Extremely minimal commentary — no polished framing, no event announcement
- UTC 14:13 = 10:13 AM EDT (business hours slightly favors aide involvement)
- RT of allied media outlet (Real America's Voice) with zero substantive addition — a pattern seen in both authentic and aide-assisted posts
- No typos, but brevity and crudeness are consistent with Trump's documented terse RT style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Real America's Voice allied media content)

Sentiment: -0.45

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- devaluation (immature)
- splitting (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared contempt bonding — 'Here we go!' invites followers into a conspiratorial knowing ('we've seen this before')
- Strategic vagueness allows each follower to project their own preferred adversary onto 'the stupid people'
- Allied media amplification reinforces in-group epistemic world

## Tags

- devaluation (80%)
- contempt (70%)
- strategic_vagueness (75%)
- allied_media_amplification (65%)
- in_group_bonding (70%)
- maintenance_post (80%)
- splitting (60%)
- epistemic_closure (60%)

## That day

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

**Harris Fixation and Institutional Persecution Narratives Escalate Through Morning Rage Spiral**

Trump spent the day focused on Kamala Harris, attacking her record across multiple posts while weaving in claims that Google was rigging the election against him. A late-night batch of campaign links gave way to a combative morning that peaked with a furious response to Judge Merchan upholding the hush money gag order, which Trump compared to the Soviet Union. The afternoon brought a calmer stretch — a rally link from Asheville, NC and celebratory endorsement posts — before the evening closed with a candidate endorsement that doubled as a grudge-settling exercise against a Republican who voted to impeach him. The mood oscillated between triumphalist self-promotion and bitter grievance, with institutional distrust as the throughline.

Full digest for 2024-08-14: https://trump.fm/date/2024-08-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, August 14). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realamericasvoic... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112960785265816091
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realamericasvoice/statuses..." Truth Social, 14 Aug. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112960785265816091. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realamericasvoice/statuses...," Truth Social, August 14, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112960785265816091.

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