# Post ts_113832366021933841 - Post ID: `ts_113832366021933841` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2025-01-15T12:27:41.613Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113832366021933841 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113832366021933841/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113832366021933841.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > “Jack Smith has 'no standing' in Trump case anymore, David Schoen says PUT BOTH UP!” https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366981933112 ## Engagement - Likes: 16,505 - Reposts: 4,321 - Replies: 806 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.324Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T20:09:25.925Z (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 brief post illustrates a characteristic Trump triumphalist pattern following a significant legal event. Jack Smith's January 13–14 final report — which stated Trump would have been convicted but for his election — constituted a proximate narcissistic injury; the procedural dismissal of Smith's cases provided the superficial resolution Trump here celebrates. The 'PUT BOTH UP!' command, posted at 7:27 AM local time at Mar-a-Lago, is highly authentic: fragmentary, impulsive, ALL CAPS, directive. It reveals the grandiose narcissistic state — the subject is not merely sharing favorable coverage but commanding its amplification, enacting the entitlement schema in real time. The post participates in a sustained reframing effort: Smith's dismissal on constitutional/procedural grounds is transmuted into evidence of original prosecutorial illegitimacy ('no standing'), a meaningful distinction that constitutes mild gaslighting of the historical record. No danger indicators are present. Cognitive markers are unremarkable for the genre. The sequential same-source Schoen posting suggests early-morning Fox News consumption driving reactive content — a well-documented pattern. Mild hypomanic indicators (early hour, elevated directive register, rapid sequential posting) are consistent with baseline and do not represent deviation. # Analysis: ts_113832366021933841 — January 15, 2025 ## Overview A brief, highly authentic post in which Trump approvingly shares a Fox News clip of attorney David Schoen declaring Jack Smith has "no standing" in Trump's cases, then adds a commanding directive — "PUT BOTH UP!" — likely addressed to staff or followers, referencing both Schoen videos posted in close succession. The post is contextually embedded in the aftermath of Smith's 137-page final report, released January 13–14, which stated Trump would have been convicted of election interference but for his electoral victory. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits **Dominant facets:** Assertiveness (extraversion), low agreeableness (entitlement, contempt for the prosecutorial process), low conscientiousness (impulsive, unpolished command). Neuroticism is subdued relative to Trump's aggrieved posts — the grandiose state is ascendant. --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motives dominate:** The "PUT BOTH UP!" command is a pure agency expression — Trump is not asking, he is directing. The framing of Smith's procedural dismissal as total vindication serves the achievement motive (he won) and the power motive (the enemy is defeated and powerless). **Schemas revealed:** - Self: Vindicated winner, powerful enough to command media amplification - Others (Smith): Corrupt, now impotent persecutor - World: Zero-sum contest in which his victory is the opponent's total defeat --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role:** Triumphant fighter. The arc here is compressed redemption — the months-long prosecutorial threat (contamination) resolves cleanly into legal dismissal (redemption). Smith represents the archetypal enemy/persecutor; his "no standing" becomes the narrative endpoint. **Redemption sequence:** Legal prosecution → legal dismissal → public celebration. The subject constructs this as personal vindication rather than constitutional technicality. **Identity claims:** - "I am the one who was wrongly prosecuted and have now prevailed" - "I command the information environment" - "My legal team and allies (Schoen) speak truth" **Contrasting other:** Jack Smith — delegitimized, powerless, "no standing." --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators ### Malignant Narcissism Narcissistic features moderate-high: entitlement (command register), grandiosity (triumph over persecutor). Antisocial features low in this post. Paranoid features latent (implied in the "corrupt prosecutor" frame) but not foregrounded — grandiose state suppresses the paranoid register. Sadistic features: the "PUT BOTH UP!" has a mild quality of public humiliation of Smith, but this is not the dominant emotional texture. ### Narcissistic Dynamics **State:** Grandiose. The vulnerability/persecuted state that characterized Trump's posts during active legal jeopardy has shifted to triumphalism following the procedural dismissals. **Trigger:** Supply-seeking following narcissistic injury (Smith's report asserting Trump would have been convicted). The injury is managed by highlighting the dismissal rather than engaging the report's substance. **Rage:** Absent. The tone is celebratory, not aggrieved. ### Defense Mechanisms 1. **Rationalization (neurotic):** Procedural dismissal reframed as substantive vindication. The constitutional prohibition on prosecuting sitting presidents is transmuted into evidence that Smith was never legally justified. 2. **Splitting (immature):** Smith = totally defeated; Trump = totally vindicated. No acknowledgment of procedural nuance. 3. **Idealization (immature):** Schoen elevated as authoritative legal oracle confirming the preferred narrative. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Verdict: Authentic Trump (confidence: high)** - **Local time:** 7:27 AM EST, Mar-a-Lago — well within early-morning authentic posting window - **Style markers:** "PUT BOTH UP!" — ALL CAPS, imperative, fragmentary, syntactically incomplete - **Reactive pattern:** Mirrors adjacent Schoen post (ts posted minutes apart), consistent with early-morning Fox News scrolling behavior - **No aide indicators:** No event announcements, no polished complete sentences, no scheduling content --- ## Rhetorical & Propaganda Analysis **Devices employed:** - *Testimonial authority:* Schoen as expert validator of preferred legal narrative - *Quotation framing:* Headline presented as objective legal verdict - *ALL CAPS amplification:* Volume substituting for argument - *Imperative command:* "PUT BOTH UP!" — directive register enacting entitlement - *Epistemic funneling:* Single-source Fox News/Schoen framing positioned as authoritative **RAND Firehose element:** Sequential posting of two Schoen clips from the same source amplifies a single preferred narrative with volume. **Propaganda technique:** The Firehose model's consistency element — both Schoen clips deliver the same anti-Smith message, creating the impression of convergent independent confirmation when the source is singular. --- ## Gaslighting & Reality Distortion **Mild gaslighting present.** The claim that Smith has "no standing" is a meaningful misrepresentation. "Standing" is a specific legal doctrine requiring a party to have sufficient connection to a controversy to bring suit. Smith had standing; his cases were dismissed pursuant to longstanding DOJ policy (OLC opinions 1973, 2000) against prosecuting a sitting president. The framing implies Smith was legally barred from the outset — that his prosecution was illegitimate in origin — rather than terminated on constitutional/procedural grounds following Trump's electoral victory. This distinction is operationally important: it shifts the historical record from "DOJ policy prevented prosecution of a sitting president" to "Smith's cases were always without legal merit," which serves the narrative of total vindication. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Jack Smith has 'no standing' in Trump case anymore" | **Half True** | Smith's cases against Trump were dismissed — the federal election interference case was dropped in November 2024 following Trump's election victory, per longstanding DOJ policy against prosecuting sitting presidents. This is procedural/constitutional, not a finding that Smith lacked standing in the technical legal sense. Smith retained standing until dismissal; the cases were closed because Trump won, not because Smith was legally barred from the outset. Framing as 'no standing' implies Smith's prosecution was illegitimate rather than simply procedurally concluded. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Cognitive Status Post is too brief and contextually fragmented for meaningful complexity assessment. "PUT BOTH UP!" requires external context (the adjacent Schoen post) to be fully intelligible, which is either mild tangentiality or an informal directive — not clinically significant. No word-finding difficulties, paraphasias, or temporal confusion detectable. Consistent with established baseline for reactive early-morning posts. --- ## Archetypal Analysis **Primary archetype: Warrior/King hybrid.** The Warrior celebrates the defeat of an enemy (Smith dispatched); the King issues commands ("PUT BOTH UP!"). The Victim archetype — prominent during active prosecution — recedes as the grandiose state consolidates. The Trickster element is subdued: this is not rule-breaking but rule-winning. **Shadow projection:** Smith represents the corrupt institutional order — the "weaponized" system. Trump's own rule-bending is projected onto Smith as prosecutorial overreach. --- ## Order/Chaos Dynamics **Order attacker celebrating order restoration.** Trump positioned himself throughout the legal proceedings as the chaos-agent disrupting the corrupt institutional order (DOJ, FBI, Smith). This post celebrates the collapse of that order's prosecutorial arm — framed as restoration of proper hierarchy (Trump elevated; Smith diminished). **Grievance mapping:** The Jack Smith prosecution represents institutional grievance — the "weaponized" DOJ. Intensity here is low (triumphalist, not aggrieved); the grievance has been "resolved." --- ## Danger Assessment **Level: None.** No dehumanizing language, no violent imagery, no mobilization language, no stochastic terrorism indicators. Pure triumphalism over a legal/institutional target. --- ## Longitudinal Note This post represents a shift from the paranoid/vulnerable narcissistic state evident during active legal jeopardy toward a consolidating grandiose state as legal threats resolve. The commanding register ("PUT BOTH UP!") is consistent with the pre-inauguration power accumulation phase visible across the January 2025 posting sequence. The EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE announcement (Jan. 14) and cabinet appointment posts reflect the same grandiose trajectory. Baseline patterns are stable; no marked deviation detected. ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 92%) ### Indicators - 7:27 AM EST local time (Mar-a-Lago) — early morning window consistent with authentic Trump - ALL CAPS command 'PUT BOTH UP!' — impulsive, unpolished directive characteristic of authentic posts - Fragmentary syntax: headline quote + abrupt personal command with no connecting tissue - No event/scheduling content; purely reactive to Fox News coverage - Mirrors adjacent Schoen post (same Fox News source), suggesting scrolling and reactive posting ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Exposure (Jack Smith final report release + legal case dismissals) Sentiment: +0.62 **Mildly Hypomanic** - Early morning posting (7:27 AM) consistent with reduced sleep/elevated arousal - Sequential Fox News clip sharing suggests sustained reactive media consumption - Commanding, directive register ('PUT BOTH UP!') reflects elevated sense of agency and entitlement - Triumphalist tone disproportionate to procedural rather than substantive legal outcome ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 60% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 20% - Sadism: 20% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) - idealization (immature) - splitting (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 18% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct command to followers ('PUT BOTH UP!') inviting sharing behavior as loyalty expression - Parasocial triumph-sharing: followers invited to participate in the victory over a mutual enemy ## Danger Assessment **NONE** ### Gaslighting - Procedural case dismissal reframed as substantive legal vindication ('no standing' implies original illegitimacy rather than constitutional immunity) - Fox News/Schoen framing presented as authoritative legal verdict without qualification ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._ > Jack Smith has 'no standing' in Trump case anymore **HALF TRUE** Smith's cases against Trump were dismissed — the federal election interference case was dropped in November 2024 following Trump's election victory, per longstanding DOJ policy against prosecuting sitting presidents. This is procedural/constitutional, not a finding that Smith lacked standing in the technical legal sense. Smith retained standing until dismissal; the cases were closed because Trump won, not because Smith was legally barred from the outset. Framing as 'no standing' implies Smith's prosecution was illegitimate rather than simply procedurally concluded. Sources: DOJ policy re: prosecution of sitting presidents (OLC opinions 1973, 2000); Jack Smith final report released January 2025 Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - legal-triumphalism (85%) - jack-smith (90%) - fox-news-amplification (80%) - authentic-trump (92%) - grandiose-state (75%) - early-morning-post (85%) - supply-seeking (70%) - epistemic-closure (65%) - reality-distortion-mild (50%) - command-register (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Five Days Out: Grandiose Pre-Inaugural Crescendo Peaks With Hostage Deal Credit Claim** Five days before inauguration, Trump posted a moderate seven times from Mar-a-Lago, building from routine personnel announcements and early-morning Fox News grievances toward a triumphant afternoon claiming personal credit for the Gaza ceasefire deal. The morning featured a brief flash of institutional resentment directed at the FBI and Jack Smith, but the day's mood was overwhelmingly self-congratulatory. The hostage deal announcement was the clear emotional peak -- delivered first in an impulsive all-caps burst, then followed by an aide-polished essay crediting his election victory as the sole cause. No anger, no attacks on individuals, no danger signals -- just a man rehearsing his comeback narrative on the eve of power. Full digest for 2025-01-15: https://trump.fm/date/2025-01-15/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, January 15). “Jack Smith has 'no standing' in Trump case... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_113832366021933841 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“Jack Smith has 'no standing' in Trump case anymore, David..." Truth Social, 15 Jan. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113832366021933841. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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