# Post ts_113649312822268946 - Post ID: `ts_113649312822268946` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-12-14T04:34:51.453Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113649312822268946 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113649312822268946/analysis ## Post text > https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/bidens-lame-duck-clemency-acts-free-embezzler-corrupt-officials-and ## Engagement - Likes: 13,763 - Reposts: 4,527 - Replies: 1,021 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.326Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T19:06:34.534Z (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_113649312822268946 **Platform:** Truth Social | **Date:** 2024-12-14 | **Local Time:** 11:34 PM EST (New York) | **Age:** 78 --- ## Post Overview This post consists entirely of a single URL — no original text. The linked article from Just The News documents Biden's lame-duck clemency grants to individuals including Rita Crundwell ($53M municipal embezzler), Michael Conahan ("kids-for-cash" corrupt judge), Jimmy Dimora (bribery convictions), and others. The article frames these actions as hypocritical given Biden's repeated "no one is above the law" invocations during Trump-era prosecutions. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Score: 0.60 (leaning authentic, low confidence)** The post was published at **11:34 PM EST** in New York, where Trump was present for the NYSE opening bell week — firmly inside his authentic late-night posting window. However, the complete absence of original text is a significant deviation from his baseline style. Trump characteristically appends reactive commentary to shared articles, even minimally ("SAD!", "FAILING!", "SO CORRUPT!"). The text-free format is more consistent with aide-managed posting. Evidence is genuinely ambiguous; the late timing is the decisive factor pushing toward authentic attribution. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis The entire rhetorical payload is compressed into the URL slug: *"bidens-lame-duck-clemency-acts-free-embezzler-corrupt-officials-and."* This is **weaponized amplification** — using an aligned media outlet as a rhetorical outsourcing mechanism. Trump endorses the framing without personally authoring the attack, maintaining plausible neutrality ("I'm merely sharing information"). The implicit argumentative structure is a **tu quoque / irony frame**: Biden said no one is above the law → Biden frees actual convicted criminals → Biden's rule-of-law rhetoric was never principled, only politically weaponized. This framing is particularly potent in the transition period, as it pre-delegitimizes ongoing legal proceedings against Trump by contrast. Just The News (John Solomon's outlet) is a preferred amplification vehicle in the Trump ecosystem — selecting it rather than a mainstream outlet signals in-group credibility for his base. --- ## Psychological Dynamics **Trigger:** Maintenance/supply-seeking with a preemptive narrative element. Not high-activation narcissistic injury. **Dominant defense — Projection:** As Trump and his allies were publicly anticipating mass pardons for January 6 defendants and potentially Trump himself, amplifying criticism of Biden's pardons performs a preemptive rhetorical reversal: the "questionable pardon" narrative is attached to Biden, not to the incoming administration's expected clemency actions. **Devaluation by proxy:** The URL slug does the devaluing work. Biden is associated with "embezzler" and "corrupt officials" without Trump personally making the accusation. **Narcissistic register:** Low-grade grandiose. Trump positions himself as the implicit contrast — the future restorer of rule of law — without making that claim explicitly. This is a passive form of self-aggrandizement through opponent debasement. --- ## Baseline Comparison This URL-only format is anomalous relative to Trump's established posting style. Prior-day posts in this dataset include substantive original text with characteristic emotional markers (longshoremen meeting analysis, DST commentary, drone shoot-down demand). The silence here — the choice not to add commentary — is itself informative. Whether representing fatigue, delegation, or strategic restraint, it marks a deviation from his expressive baseline. It does not indicate cognitive deterioration; there is simply no text from which to draw such inferences. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Biden's lame-duck clemency acts freed an embezzler" | **True** | Rita Crundwell, former comptroller of Dixon, Illinois, convicted of embezzling over $53 million — the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history — received clemency. This is factually documented. | | "Biden's lame-duck clemency acts freed corrupt officials" | **Mostly True** | Michael T. Conahan (former judge convicted in 'kids-for-cash' racketeering scheme, $2.1M in kickbacks) and Jimmy Dimora (county commissioner convicted of bribery) received clemency. These are accurately described as corrupt officials. The article omits that some recipients, such as an Army veteran with a drug conviction, represented unambiguous rehabilitation cases. | Overall Veracity: 90% ## Clinical Significance **Not clinically significant.** This is a low-affect, minimal-engagement post functioning as routine political maintenance. No cognitive markers are assessable. No danger indicators. No gaslighting or reality distortion. Summary suppressed. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 60%) ### Indicators - 11:34 PM EST (UTC-5) — New York, NYSE visit week — firmly within authentic late-night posting window - URL-only format with zero original text is atypical for authentic Trump, who habitually appends emotional commentary ('TERRIBLE!', 'SO SAD!', etc.) - Just The News is a preferred right-media outlet in Trump's sharing ecosystem, consistent with authentic curation - No typos, capitalization bursts, or stream-of-consciousness elements to confirm authenticity — but their absence is explained by the absence of any text ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Biden lame-duck period) Sentiment: -0.55 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 10% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - projection (immature) - devaluation (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - weaponized amplification — using a media outlet as rhetorical proxy, maintaining plausible neutrality ('just sharing') while delivering an attack ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._ > Biden's lame-duck clemency acts freed an embezzler **TRUE** Rita Crundwell, former comptroller of Dixon, Illinois, convicted of embezzling over $53 million — the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history — received clemency. This is factually documented. Sources: Just The News article (fetched); publicly documented federal case > Biden's lame-duck clemency acts freed corrupt officials **MOSTLY TRUE** Michael T. Conahan (former judge convicted in 'kids-for-cash' racketeering scheme, $2.1M in kickbacks) and Jimmy Dimora (county commissioner convicted of bribery) received clemency. These are accurately described as corrupt officials. The article omits that some recipients, such as an Army veteran with a drug conviction, represented unambiguous rehabilitation cases. Sources: Just The News article (fetched); publicly documented federal cases Overall Veracity: 90% ## Tags - url-only-post (90%) - proxy-rhetoric (80%) - biden-attack (80%) - pardon-narrative (75%) - projection (65%) - late-night-post (70%) - low-intensity (80%) - authorship-ambiguous (75%) - amplification-strategy (70%) - rule-of-law-framing (65%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Late-Night Grievance Burst Gives Way to Afternoon Patronage Assembly Line** Trump's day split into two distinct modes. A burst of emotionally charged late-night posts included anger about January 6 defendants, criticism of Biden's border wall disposal, and a cryptic Duke Lacrosse reference that landed the same day as his ABC News defamation settlement. A brief flash of triumphalism declared "THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA HAS ALREADY BEGUN." The afternoon and evening were all business, with five formulaic personnel announcements including a notable pick: Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes to chair the intelligence oversight board. Full digest for 2024-12-14: https://trump.fm/date/2024-12-14/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, December 14). https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/bid... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_113649312822268946 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/bidens-lame-d..." Truth Social, 14 Dec. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113649312822268946. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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