# Post ts_114894485362763615

- Post ID: `ts_114894485362763615`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-07-22T02:18:36.595Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114894485362763615
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114894485362763615/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114894485362763615.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Laura Ingraham: “We have too many actings and not enough permanent and confirmed appointees in the Trump Administration. The Senate has got to stay in session and get these Appellate Judges, and all of these other top officials CONFIRMED!”

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (1:42), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> So it explained very briefly what happens, you got so you got 15 out of 17 judges, Democrat appointees, Obama or Biden appointees. So that's a nightmare, right? We got to get people confirmed, meaning Jonathan's got to actually hold people over for Senate votes over the weekends and maybe cancel a vacation. So you get all of Trump's nominees confirmed. Otherwise, they're never going to get confirmed. So Jonathan, if you're watching, just just make Chuck Schumer stay for a weekend. You'll start getting people confirmed. But but what happens? The district judges get to vote on whether this continues, her term continues for people who don't know this. Yeah, it's a very weird statute. And you know, frankly, Laura from from one lawyer to another, I think the statute is probably deeply unconstitutional. But the statute purports to say that after the 120 day statutory limitation for an acting U.S. attorney for his or her term to end, then I at that point, either the U.S. Senate has to confirm the acting U.S. attorney or the federal judges in that particular state can bestow upon their imprimatur of legitimacy to essentially say this acting U.S. attorney's term can continue unless and until the U.S. Senate actually acts. I think that is zooming out and getting out and getting out the weeds a little bit here, Laura, the biggest issue, as you again correctly said, is that Chuck Schumer is gobbling up time. Jonathan needs floor time to get these U.S. attorneys confirmed. If he had a full-time U.S. attorney, this wouldn't be an issue in the first place. Yeah. Well, we have too many actings and not enough permanent and confirmed appointees in the Trump administration. The Senate has got to stay in session and get these appellate judges and all these other top officials confirmed in every department. A lot of these secretaries are missing key staffers. Josh, thank you very much.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/894/443/938/450/835/original/854bbc5df6515808.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 7,734
- Reposts: 2,209
- Replies: 804
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.302Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T02:59:47.059Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Laura Ingraham Quote on Senate Confirmations

### Overview
Trump reposts a Laura Ingraham quote criticizing the Senate for not confirming his appointees quickly enough. This is a routine amplification of a sympathetic media figure's talking point that aligns with his grievances about institutional obstruction.

### Authorship
Posted at ~10:18 PM ET (assuming Mar-a-Lago). Evening timing is consistent with authentic Trump posting, though the content—a clean quote repost with video—could be either Trump or an aide. The formatting is polished with no typos or emotional outbursts, slightly favoring aide involvement, but evening quote-sharing is well within Trump's pattern.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a **maintenance/supply-seeking** post. By amplifying Ingraham's criticism of the Senate rather than attacking directly himself, Trump uses a proxy voice to express frustration about institutional resistance. The quote frames the problem as the Senate's failure rather than any administrative shortcoming—a mild externalization pattern.

### Rhetorical Techniques
The Ingraham quote employs urgency framing ("got to stay in session") and the implicit contrast between "actings" (temporary, weak) and "confirmed" (permanent, strong). The ALL CAPS "CONFIRMED" adds emphasis typical of broadcast rhetoric.

### Clinical Significance
Minimal. This is routine political messaging with no notable cognitive, emotional, or clinical markers.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Too many acting officials and not enough confirmed appointees in Trump administration" | **Mostly True** | By mid-2025, multiple reports documented historically slow Senate confirmation of Trump nominees, with many positions filled by acting officials. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Evening posting time (~10:18 PM ET)
- Clean formatting with video attachment
- No typos or emotional markers
- Quote repost format common to both Trump and aides

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: -0.20

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- amplifying sympathetic media figure
- using proxy voice for grievance expression

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Too many acting officials and not enough confirmed appointees in Trump administration

**MOSTLY TRUE**

By mid-2025, multiple reports documented historically slow Senate confirmation of Trump nominees, with many positions filled by acting officials.

Sources: general knowledge of confirmation process pace

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- senate-confirmations (80%)
- media-amplification (60%)
- institutional-grievance (40%)

## That day

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

**Dealmaker-in-Chief Flexes Between Trade Victories and Media Vendettas**

Trump spent the day toggling between presidential deal-making and sharp-elbowed grievance. The morning opened with attacks on CNN, Obama, and a Republican congressman, followed by a long overnight gap. The afternoon was dominated by White House diplomacy — trade agreements with the Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan — interspersed with a triumphant announcement about a CBS lawsuit settlement and a dismissal of the Epstein story as a hoax. The day closed on a notably magnanimous note, with four rapid-fire disaster relief approvals for states led by both Republican and Democratic governors. Overall mood: chest-out and combative, but steered mostly toward showcasing wins.

Full digest for 2025-07-22: https://trump.fm/date/2025-07-22/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, July 22). Laura Ingraham: “We have too many actings and... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114894485362763615
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Laura Ingraham: “We have too many actings and not enough..." Truth Social, 22 Jul. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114894485362763615. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Laura Ingraham: “We have too many actings and not enough...," Truth Social, July 22, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114894485362763615.

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