# Post ts_114746355912265245

- Post ID: `ts_114746355912265245`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-06-25T22:27:20.598Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
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## Post text

> BREAKING NEWS…I was shocked to hear that the State of Israel, which has just had one of its Greatest Moments in History, and is strongly led by Bibi Netanyahu, is continuing its ridiculous Witch Hunt against their Great War Time Prime Minister! Bibi and I just went through HELL together, fighting a very tough and brilliant longtime enemy of Israel, Iran, and Bibi could not have been better, sharper, or stronger in his LOVE for the incredible Holy Land. Anybody else would have suffered losses, embarrassment, and chaos! Bibi Netanyahu was a WARRIOR, like perhaps no other Warrior in the History of Israel, and the result was something that nobody thought was possible, a complete elimination of potentially one of the biggest and most powerful Nuclear Weapons anywhere in the World, and it was going to happen, SOON! We were fighting, literally, for the Survival of Israel, and there is nobody in Israel’s History that fought harder or more competently than Bibi Netanyahu. Despite all of this, I just learned that Bibi has been summoned to Court on Monday for the continuation of this long running, (He has been going through this “Horror Show” since May of 2020 – Unheard of! This is the first time a sitting Israeli Prime Minister has ever been on trial.), politically motivated case, “concerning cigars, a Bugs Bunny doll, and numerous other unfair charges” in order to do him great harm. Such a WITCH HUNT, for a man who has given so much, is unthinkable to me. He deserves much better than this, and so does the State of Israel. Bibi Netanyahu’s trial should be CANCELLED, IMMEDIATELY, or a Pardon given to a Great Hero, who has done so much for the State. Perhaps there is no one that I know who could have worked in better harmony with the President of the United States, ME, than Bibi Netanyahu. It was the United States of America that saved Israel, and now it is going to be the United States of America that saves Bibi Netanyahu. THIS TRAVESTY OF “JUSTICE” CAN NOT BE ALLOWED!

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T02:21:05.165Z (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 is a clinically significant projection episode in which Trump maps his entire "witch hunt" persecution narrative onto Netanyahu, effectively writing a proxy argument for his own desired legal treatment. The demand that Israel cancel a corruption trial or issue a pardon — backed by the implicit threat that "the United States of America saves Bibi Netanyahu" — represents an extraordinary assertion of executive power over a sovereign ally's judiciary. The grandiosity is markedly inflated following the Iran strikes, with Trump positioning himself as Israel's savior and Netanyahu as a valued subordinate whose worth is measured by his "harmony" with Trump. Defense mechanisms are predominantly immature (projection, idealization, splitting), with pathological distortion in reframing bribery charges as trivial ("cigars, a Bugs Bunny doll"). The post reveals Trump's core schema: legal accountability for allies equals persecution, loyalty to Trump equals heroism, and the American presidency confers authority to override foreign legal systems. The intensity and length suggest genuine emotional activation rather than strategic messaging.

## Psychological Analysis: Trump Defense of Netanyahu / Demand to Cancel Trial

### Post Context
Posted 6:27 PM ET (Trump likely at White House or traveling), this is a lengthy, emotionally charged post defending Netanyahu and demanding Israel cancel his corruption trial. Coming days after the joint US-Israel strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, Trump frames himself as co-savior of Israel and positions Netanyahu's legal troubles as a "witch hunt" — language he consistently applies to his own legal proceedings.

### Authorship
The post timing (6:27 PM ET) falls in business hours, but the content is unmistakably Trump-authored: stream-of-consciousness structure, excessive capitalization, emotional escalation, parenthetical digressions, characteristic rhetorical patterns ("like perhaps no other Warrior in the History of Israel"), and the signature projection of his own legal grievances onto allies. The length and emotional intensity suggest he dictated or typed this himself, possibly with minimal formatting assistance.

### Psychological Analysis

**Projection as Primary Dynamic:** This is one of the most transparent projection episodes in the corpus. Every element of Trump's own legal situation is mapped onto Netanyahu:
- "Witch Hunt" (his signature term for his own prosecutions)
- "politically motivated case"
- Long-running trial framed as persecution
- Demand for cancellation/pardon
- Framing legal accountability as ingratitude toward a "hero"

Trump is essentially writing a brief for his own desired treatment, using Netanyahu as proxy. The line "it is going to be the United States of America that saves Bibi Netanyahu" is a remarkable assertion of extraterritorial power over another nation's judiciary.

**Narcissistic Supply & Grandiosity:** The post centers Trump as the true hero — "It was the United States of America that saved Israel" — with Netanyahu cast as a competent but secondary partner who worked "in better harmony with the President of the United States, ME." The parenthetical "ME" is a grandiose insertion ensuring no reader misses who the real protagonist is.

**Trigger Analysis:** Multiple converging triggers:
1. Post-strike high — grandiosity inflated by the Iran operation
2. Falling approval ratings (-14 net) creating narcissistic injury
3. MTG criticism from within his own base
4. Netanyahu's trial may remind him of his own legal vulnerabilities

**Implied Threat to Israeli Judiciary:** The demand to cancel a trial or issue a pardon constitutes interference in a sovereign nation's legal system, framed as an order from the savior of the state. This carries implicit coercive weight given US-Israel power dynamics.

### Cognitive Notes
The post is very long but maintains coherent (if grandiose) argumentation throughout. Syntax is characteristically loose. The parenthetical aside about May 2020 and "first sitting PM on trial" shows retained factual recall. No notable cognitive markers beyond baseline verbosity and tangential style.

### Rhetorical Techniques
Heavy use of superlatives, historical framing ("Greatest Moments in History"), warrior mythology, appeal to gratitude/loyalty, and the firehose technique (overwhelming with emotional claims to prevent critical evaluation of the core demand — that a democratic nation should cancel a corruption trial).

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Netanyahu's trial has been ongoing since May 2020" | **True** | Netanyahu's corruption trial began May 24, 2020 |
| "First time a sitting Israeli PM has been on trial" | **True** | Netanyahu is the first sitting Israeli PM to stand trial |
| "Complete elimination of potentially one of the biggest nuclear weapons anywhere in the world" | **Mostly False** | US struck Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities but Iran did not yet possess nuclear weapons; destruction of enrichment capacity ≠ elimination of nuclear weapons |
| "Charges concern 'cigars, a Bugs Bunny doll'" | **Half True** | Case 1000 involves gifts including cigars and champagne from billionaire Arnon Milchan, but the charges also include serious bribery and fraud allegations in Cases 2000 and 4000 involving media manipulation |

Overall Veracity: 68%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness structure
- ALL CAPS emphasis on key words
- Parenthetical digressions mid-sentence
- Signature 'WITCH HUNT' terminology
- Grandiose self-insertion ('ME')

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Criticism (Post-Iran strike grandiosity combined with approval rating decline)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Israeli judiciary/prosecutors
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: +0.15

**Moderately Hypomanic**
- Grandiose self-assessment inflated beyond baseline
- Pressured/verbose speech pattern (extremely long post)
- Elevated emotional intensity
- Expansive claims about historical significance

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 90%
- Antisocial: 60%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- idealization (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- distortion (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared victimhood narrative with audience
- Positioning audience as witnesses to injustice
- Creating in-group through outrage at 'witch hunts'

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- US President publicly demanding foreign ally cancel criminal trial
- Implicit coercion through framing US as Israel's savior
- Undermining judicial independence as norm in allied democracies
- Normalizing executive override of legal process

### Gaslighting

- Reframing legitimate corruption charges as 'Witch Hunt'
- Trivializing charges as 'cigars and Bugs Bunny doll'
- Framing legal accountability as ingratitude toward a hero

## Fact Checks (4)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._

> Netanyahu's trial has been ongoing since May 2020

**TRUE**

Netanyahu's corruption trial began May 24, 2020

> First time a sitting Israeli PM has been on trial

**TRUE**

Netanyahu is the first sitting Israeli PM to stand trial

> Complete elimination of potentially one of the biggest nuclear weapons anywhere in the world

**MOSTLY FALSE**

US struck Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities but Iran did not yet possess nuclear weapons; destruction of enrichment capacity ≠ elimination of nuclear weapons

> Charges concern 'cigars, a Bugs Bunny doll'

**HALF TRUE**

Case 1000 involves gifts including cigars and champagne from billionaire Arnon Milchan, but the charges also include serious bribery and fraud allegations in Cases 2000 and 4000 involving media manipulation

Overall Veracity: 68%

## Tags

- projection (95%)
- witch_hunt_narrative (90%)
- foreign_judicial_interference (85%)
- netanyahu_alliance (80%)
- iran_strikes (75%)
- grandiose_savior (90%)
- rule_of_law_erosion (80%)

## That day

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

**Obsessive "OBLITERATION" Narrative Consumes NATO Summit Day as Rage Escalates Against Media Scrutiny**

Trump spent the day at a NATO summit in the Netherlands but was almost entirely consumed by defending his Iran strike narrative. He obsessively repeated the word "OBLITERATION" across more than a dozen posts, marshaling quotes from officials, allies, and Israeli sources to validate the strikes' success. As media skepticism from CNN and the New York Times mounted through the afternoon, his tone escalated sharply — culminating in a vicious personal attack on a CNN reporter and a call to shut down Voice of America. He closed the night by projecting his own legal grievances onto Netanyahu, demanding Israel drop corruption charges against its prime minister.

Full digest for 2025-06-25: https://trump.fm/date/2025-06-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, June 25). BREAKING NEWS…I was shocked to hear that the... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114746355912265245
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "BREAKING NEWS…I was shocked to hear that the State of..." Truth Social, 25 Jun. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114746355912265245. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "BREAKING NEWS…I was shocked to hear that the State of...," Truth Social, June 25, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114746355912265245.

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