# Post ts_113913032836526850 - Post ID: `ts_113913032836526850` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2025-01-29T18:22:19.522Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113913032836526850 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113913032836526850/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113913032836526850.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > It is great to see that the Department of Justice has dropped the Witch Hunt against former Congressman Jeff Fortenberry, a longtime proud and highly respected American public servant. Jeff and his family were forced to suffer greatly due to the illegal Weaponization of our Justice System by the Radical Left Democrats. Jeff’s “case” was originally overturned by the Ninth Circuit, but the “persecutors” would not leave it alone and, shockingly,  indicted him again in Washington, D.C. The charges were totally baseless. That Scam is now over, so Jeff and his family can go back to having a great life together, and be a part of our Country’s future as we MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. I am very proud of our Department of Justice, something I have not been able to say for many years! ## Engagement - Likes: 43,012 - Reposts: 8,617 - Replies: 1,736 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.323Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T21:00:19.615Z (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 post demonstrates a textbook projection sequence: Trump accuses the prior DOJ of "illegal Weaponization" — using prosecutorial power for political ends — while celebrating an act that is definitionally the behavior complained of (DOJ dropping charges against a political ally at presidential behest). The post is clinically notable for three features. First, the possessive absorption of DOJ ("our Department of Justice") reflects narcissistic institutional merger — the constitutional body becomes an extension of the self, valued only instrumentally. Second, the characterization of Fortenberry's charges as "totally baseless" constitutes deliberate reality distortion: he was convicted by a jury for lying to FBI investigators; the 9th Circuit reversal was procedural (venue), not an exoneration on merit. Third, the idealization-devaluation split is in full display — DOJ transitions from years of denunciation to pride in a single post, contingent entirely on demonstrated loyalty. The closing "I am very proud of our Department of Justice, something I have not been able to say for many years" is the most diagnostically significant line: it signals to DOJ personnel that institutional virtue is now measured by fidelity to Trump's preferences. The post is in grandiose rather than vulnerable narcissistic state — this is a victory lap. Danger is elevated at the institutional level: the rhetoric normalizes the framework that any prosecution of Trump allies constitutes "illegal Weaponization," providing preemptive ideological cover against future legitimate enforcement. # Psychological Analysis: Trump / Truth Social / 2025-01-29 ## Authorship Attribution **Medium confidence: Likely authentic with possible light aide polish.** Posted at approximately 1:22 PM EST during the House GOP retreat at Trump National Doral — business hours, reducing the probability of raw authentic posting. However, the post is saturated with Trump's idiosyncratic lexical fingerprints: "Witch Hunt," "Weaponization," possessive "our Department of Justice," scare-quoted "persecutors," and MAGA sign-off. The sentence structure is more organized than raw Trump stream-of-consciousness, suggesting dictation or light aide editing rather than pure spontaneous composition. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits - **Extraversion**: Elevated — assertive, publicly celebratory, claiming credit - **Agreeableness**: Low — adversarial framing, zero acknowledgment of opposing perspective - **Conscientiousness**: Moderate — coherent structure, purposeful argument, clear narrative arc - **Neuroticism**: Mild-moderate — controlled anger embedded in language ("shockingly," "forced to suffer") but overall grandiose rather than agitated - **Openness**: Low — rigid ideological schema, all events filtered through fixed "Weaponization" narrative --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Dominant motive: Power/Status (Agency)** The post's primary function is demonstrating control over institutional actors. "I am very proud of our Department of Justice, something I have not been able to say for many years" is the tell: pride is expressed not in Fortenberry's exoneration per se, but in DOJ's subordination to Trump's values/will. This is an achievement-of-dominance motive, not a justice motive. **Schemas activated:** - *Self*: Righteous redeemer, vindicator, protector of loyal allies - *Others (allies)*: Victims of corrupt system, deserving rescue - *Others (enemies)*: Persecutors, criminal conspirators against innocent Americans - *World*: Fundamentally contested terrain where good actors are systematically hunted unless protected by Trump --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role**: Savior/Redeemer. Trump enters the narrative not as a combatant but as the force that made persecution stop — the powerful protector who absorbs institutions into his orbit and transforms them from enemies into instruments of justice. **Narrative sequence**: Contamination-into-Redemption. Fortenberry's good life was contaminated (by "Radical Left" DOJ), and Trump's version of justice completes the redemption arc. The phrase "go back to having a great life together" signals narrative closure — the hero's work is done. **Identity claims**: - "I am very proud" — emotionally invested protector - Implicit: Only Trump's DOJ can be trusted; prior DOJ was criminal **Contrasting other**: The faceless "Radical Left Democrats" who wielded DOJ as a weapon. The enemy is institutional and ideological, not personalized in this post — which is notable and slightly atypical. --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators ### Malignant Narcissism Assessment **Narcissistic features (High, ~0.72):** The possessive absorption of DOJ ("our Department of Justice") is clinically notable. It reflects the fantasy of institutional merger — the department ceases to be a constitutional body and becomes an extension of the self. Entitlement and grandiosity are expressed through the casual framing of federal prosecutorial decisions as responsive to Trump's personal moral judgments. **Antisocial features (Moderate, ~0.55):** Directing DOJ to drop charges against a political ally — and publicly celebrating it — demonstrates disregard for institutional independence as a norm. The characterization of Fortenberry's conviction as "totally baseless" constitutes deliberate public deception: he was convicted by a jury for lying to FBI agents about illegal foreign campaign contributions; the 9th Circuit reversal was on venue grounds (the case should have been tried in Nebraska), not on the merits of his conduct. **Paranoid features (Moderate-High, ~0.60):** The "Radical Left Democrats" framing assigns conspiratorial intentionality to the prosecution. Calling it "illegal Weaponization" transforms a legal proceeding into a criminal conspiracy against Trump's people. **Sadism (Low, ~0.30):** Mild pleasure in the reversal ("That Scam is now over") but the tone is triumphant rather than cruel. No explicit savoring of opponents' humiliation in this post. --- ### Defense Mechanisms **Projection (Pathological):** The most clinically significant feature. Trump accuses the prior DOJ of "illegal Weaponization" — using prosecutorial power for political ends — while the act being celebrated (DOJ dropping charges at presidential behest against a political ally) is definitionally what he is complaining about. The projection is total and ego-syntonic. **Denial (Pathological):** "Charges were totally baseless" denies the factual record of Fortenberry's jury conviction. This is not spin; it is the assertion of an alternative reality directly contradicted by documented court proceedings. **Idealization/Devaluation (Immature):** DOJ transitions from years of being condemned (devalued as corrupt, weaponized) to being "very proud" of in a single post — contingent entirely on whether it is serving Trump's will. Classic splitting: the institution has no independent value, only instrumental value relative to loyalty. --- ### Cognitive Status Markers **Relative to baseline**: No significant deviation. Vocabulary is characteristic, sentence completion is intact, no phonemic or semantic paraphasias detected. Narrative coherence is higher than baseline raw Trump, consistent with the aide-polish hypothesis. **Complexity score**: Moderate (~0.50). Simpler than formal prose but structured around a clear argument with temporal sequencing (original case → 9th Circuit → re-indictment → dismissal → future). This is better organized than typical raw Trump output. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis The post's key technique is **systematic delegitimization by lexical substitution**: prosecutors become "persecutors," a case becomes a "case," legitimate legal proceedings become a "Scam." Each substitution performs the same epistemic work: it signals to followers how to categorize the event without requiring engagement with factual content. The **possessive construction** ("our Department of Justice," "our Country's future") is both rhetorical and ideological: it collapses the constitutional independence of federal institutions into tribal property, normalizing the idea that government bodies exist to serve the in-group. This is textbook authoritarian epistemic closure. The MAGA sign-off is technically unnecessary to the Fortenberry narrative — its function is to convert a specific ally-vindication into a generic movement victory, extending the emotional reward to all followers regardless of their connection to Fortenberry. --- ## Gaslighting & Reality Distortion **Present and significant:** 1. "Charges were totally baseless" — Fortenberry was convicted by a federal jury. The reversal was procedural (venue), not an exoneration on the merits. This is a documented false statement. 2. "illegal Weaponization of our Justice System by the Radical Left Democrats" — the prosecution was initiated through standard federal law enforcement channels for lying to federal investigators. Calling it "illegal" inverts the legal record. 3. DARVO structure: The actual offender (Fortenberry, convicted of lying to investigators about illegal foreign campaign contributions) is positioned as victim; the prosecutors are positioned as criminals ("persecutors"). --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Jeff's case was originally overturned by the Ninth Circuit" | **True** | The 9th Circuit did overturn Fortenberry's conviction in 2023, finding the case was improperly tried in California rather than Nebraska where the relevant conduct occurred. | | "The charges were totally baseless" | **False** | Fortenberry was convicted by a federal jury on three counts of lying to federal investigators about illegal foreign campaign contributions from Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire. The 9th Circuit reversal was on venue grounds (wrong jurisdiction), not on the merits of the underlying conduct. Characterizing this as 'totally baseless' directly misrepresents the legal record. | | "indicted him again in Washington, D.C." | **True** | After the 9th Circuit venue reversal, federal prosecutors re-indicted Fortenberry in the District of Columbia, the appropriate venue for the conduct. | | "illegal Weaponization of our Justice System by the Radical Left Democrats" | **Mostly False** | The prosecution was initiated through standard federal law enforcement channels for documented lying to FBI investigators. There is no public evidence of improper political direction of the case. The 'illegal' characterization has no legal basis — the prosecution was legitimate even if the venue was improper. | Overall Veracity: 55% ## Archetypal Analysis **Primary archetype: Savior/King-Redeemer**. Trump enters the Fortenberry narrative as the restorer of proper order — the legitimate king who unmakes the corrupt Tyrant's injustices. The "Radical Left Democrats" embody the Tyrant archetype who corrupted the DOJ. **Shadow projection**: The very act being celebrated — using DOJ as a personal instrument — is the shadow element projected onto opponents as "Weaponization." What is disowned in the self is fully attributed to the other. **Order/Chaos positioning**: Order Restorer. The post claims to restore legitimate order against a prior corrupt order. Notably, the chaos introduced by subordinating DOJ to presidential will is reframed as order, inverting the conventional understanding. --- ## Danger Assessment **Level: Elevated (institutional, not interpersonal)** No direct violence indicators. No dehumanizing language. No stochastic terrorism pattern. However, the post normalizes the use of the DOJ as a presidential loyalty instrument while simultaneously criminalizing those who prosecuted a political ally. If this framing is internalized by followers and DOJ personnel, the systemic danger is significant: it establishes that prosecutions of Trump allies are by definition "illegal Weaponization," providing ideological cover for obstruction of future legitimate enforcement. This represents institutional erosion danger rather than individual violence risk. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 65%) ### Indicators - Business hours post (1:22 PM EST at Mar-a-Lago/Doral during House GOP retreat) suggests possible aide involvement - Contains highly characteristic Trump lexical markers: 'Witch Hunt,' 'Weaponization,' 'Radical Left Democrats,' 'MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN' - Scare quotes around 'case' and 'persecutors' — a Trump rhetorical signature - Possessive 'our Department of Justice' is an authentic Trump ownership claim pattern - Structure is slightly more coherent than raw Trump stream-of-consciousness, suggesting light aide polish ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (DOJ dropping charges against political ally Fortenberry) Sentiment: +0.35 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 72% - Antisocial: 55% - Paranoid: 60% - Sadism: 30% **Defense Mechanisms:** - projection (pathological) - denial (pathological) - rationalization (neurotic) - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 50% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct address to followers as shared community ('our Country's future') - MAGA sign-off as tribal membership confirmation - Co-opting DOJ as collective possession ('our Department of Justice') — merges audience identity with his administration ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** ### Indicators - Normalization of DOJ subordination to presidential will as virtue - Preemptive delegitimization of future prosecutions of political allies ('illegal Weaponization' framing) - Signals to DOJ personnel that institutional loyalty = loyalty to Trump preferences - Criminalization of prior prosecutors ('persecutors') chills future legitimate enforcement ### Gaslighting - 'Charges were totally baseless' — directly contradicts jury conviction record (9th Circuit reversal was on venue grounds, not merit) - 'illegal Weaponization' — characterizes standard federal prosecution for lying to investigators as criminal conspiracy - DARVO inversion: convicted party (Fortenberry) recast as victim; prosecutors recast as criminals ('persecutors') - Systematic lexical substitution: 'case' → 'case' (scare quotes), 'prosecutors' → 'persecutors' ## Fact Checks (4) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._ > Jeff's case was originally overturned by the Ninth Circuit **TRUE** The 9th Circuit did overturn Fortenberry's conviction in 2023, finding the case was improperly tried in California rather than Nebraska where the relevant conduct occurred. Sources: United States v. Fortenberry, 9th Circuit 2023 > The charges were totally baseless **FALSE** Fortenberry was convicted by a federal jury on three counts of lying to federal investigators about illegal foreign campaign contributions from Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire. The 9th Circuit reversal was on venue grounds (wrong jurisdiction), not on the merits of the underlying conduct. Characterizing this as 'totally baseless' directly misrepresents the legal record. Sources: United States v. Fortenberry, district court conviction 2022; 9th Circuit reversal on venue grounds 2023 > indicted him again in Washington, D.C. **TRUE** After the 9th Circuit venue reversal, federal prosecutors re-indicted Fortenberry in the District of Columbia, the appropriate venue for the conduct. Sources: Federal court records, D.C. district court re-indictment > illegal Weaponization of our Justice System by the Radical Left Democrats **MOSTLY FALSE** The prosecution was initiated through standard federal law enforcement channels for documented lying to FBI investigators. There is no public evidence of improper political direction of the case. The 'illegal' characterization has no legal basis — the prosecution was legitimate even if the venue was improper. Sources: DOJ case record; 9th Circuit opinion on venue Overall Veracity: 55% ## Tags - DOJ_weaponization_projection (92%) - institutional_capture (88%) - ally_vindication (85%) - DARVO (82%) - false_statement_of_law (90%) - grandiose_state (75%) - epistemic_closure (78%) - savior_archetype (80%) - projection_pathological (88%) - MAGA_tribal_signaling (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Victory Laps and Midnight Scrolling While 67 Die in the Potomac** Trump spent the day in a uniformly self-congratulatory mood, claiming credit for a SpaceX astronaut rescue already in motion and for California water levels driven by weather rather than policy. A late-night burst of retruths from fan accounts dominated the post count, with Trump scrolling and amplifying supporter content well past midnight while rescue crews worked the Potomac River crash site. In the afternoon, he celebrated his Justice Department dropping charges against a Republican ally while accusing the prior administration of the very politicization he was enacting. The day closed with an attack on Fed Chair Jay Powell, blaming him for inflation and positioning himself as the sole economic savior. Full digest for 2025-01-29: https://trump.fm/date/2025-01-29/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, January 29). It is great to see that the Department of Justice... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_113913032836526850 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "It is great to see that the Department of Justice has..." Truth Social, 29 Jan. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113913032836526850. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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