# Post ts_114785849333345518

- Post ID: `ts_114785849333345518`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-07-02T21:51:02.336Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114785849333345518
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114785849333345518/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114785849333345518.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> I am very pleased to announce the nomination of Eric Tung to serve as Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Eric worked for two of our Country’s Greatest Supreme Court Justices, Antonin Scalia and Neil Gorsuch, before working at the Department of Justice, and serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California. Eric is a Tough Patriot, who will uphold the Rule of Law in the most RADICAL, Leftist States like California, Oregon, and Washington. It is critical now, more than ever before, that we have LAW AND ORDER. Good luck and congratulations Eric!

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.306Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T02:35:55.475Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Judicial Nomination Announcement (Eric Tung, 9th Circuit)

## Authorship
Almost certainly aide-drafted. Posted at 5:51 PM ET during business hours, follows the standard judicial nomination template used across dozens of similar posts. Polished grammar, complete biographical recitation, formulaic structure. The selective caps (RADICAL, LAW AND ORDER) are the only Trump-voice seasoning.

## Psychological State
Routine maintenance-mode grandiosity. The post reinforces Trump's self-as-sovereign schema — nominations framed as personal acts of power. No detectable emotional reactivity or injury response. Consistent with the day's other posts which mix legislative cheerleading with judicial announcements.

## Rhetorical Notes
The framing of California, Oregon, and Washington as "the most RADICAL, Leftist States" embeds ideological combat into what is nominally an administrative announcement. The nominee is described as a "Tough Patriot" — martial language applied to a judicial role, consistent with Trump's warrior-archetype framing of all government functions.

## Cognitive Markers
No indicators of note. The post is template-driven and aide-produced, making cognitive assessment inapplicable.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Eric Tung clerked for Justices Scalia and Gorsuch" | **Unverifiable** | Plausible biographical claim typical of judicial nomination announcements; not independently verified from available context |
| "Eric Tung served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California" | **Unverifiable** | Standard biographical claim in nomination announcement |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Longitudinal Context
This is one of multiple judicial nominations on the same day (cf. Joshua Dunlap for 1st Circuit), suggesting a batch announcement pattern. The 9th Circuit has long been a specific target of Trump's grievance narrative ("so-called judges"), making this nomination psychologically consistent with his ongoing project to reshape courts he perceives as adversarial.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 15%)

### Indicators

- Professional formatting with complete sentences
- Business hours posting (5:51 PM ET)
- Structured announcement format
- Correct grammar and spelling throughout
- Standard judicial nomination template

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.50

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 10%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Positioning self as protector of law and order
- Framing nomination as personal gift

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Eric Tung clerked for Justices Scalia and Gorsuch

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Plausible biographical claim typical of judicial nomination announcements; not independently verified from available context

> Eric Tung served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Standard biographical claim in nomination announcement

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- judicial-nomination (100%)
- 9th-circuit (80%)
- law-and-order (60%)
- aide-drafted (90%)

## That day

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

**Victory Lap Day: Trump Floods Feed With Legislative Wins, Trade Deals, and an Omnipotence Fantasy About Saving New York**

Trump spent the day in full celebration mode, pushing hard for his "One Big Beautiful Bill" in the Senate while announcing a trade deal with Vietnam and sharing a torrent of favorable media links. A rapid-fire morning session saw over a dozen posts in under an hour, mostly amplifying allies and sharing links about immigration enforcement facilities, gas prices, and legislative progress. The only real flash of anger came in the evening with a renewed call for Fed Chair Powell to resign. The overall mood was relentlessly self-congratulatory, with one notable moment where he declared himself the sole savior of New York City while calling an unnamed opponent a "Communist Lunatic."

Full digest for 2025-07-02: https://trump.fm/date/2025-07-02/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, July 2). I am very pleased to announce the nomination of... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114785849333345518
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I am very pleased to announce the nomination of Eric Tung..." Truth Social, 2 Jul. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114785849333345518. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I am very pleased to announce the nomination of Eric Tung...," Truth Social, July 2, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114785849333345518.

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