# Post ts_115041695270508991 - Post ID: `ts_115041695270508991` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2025-08-17T02:16:01.600Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115041695270508991 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115041695270508991/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115041695270508991.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Victor Davis Hanson: "Donald Trump broke the Democratic Party—and he exposed it for what it was…" ## What the media says **Video transcript** (3:50), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > On Trump's greatest legacy, he broke the Democratic Party and he exposed it for what it was. It was a bicoastal elite party with a bunch of billionaires who spend lavishly and a bunch of subsidized poor and a professional class that feels frustrated. They make $200,000 and $300,000 a year, but they live in these blue cities that are very expensive and they can't buy their beautiful home. That's what the Mondami constituency is, frustrated young white professionals. And then they've lost the working class. It's not just the...they have lost the muscular classes, Hispanic muscular classes, black males, white. As I said before, if you look at 2016, '20 and '24, Donald Trump's white vote, it's pretty constant and he did not win the popular vote in 2016 or 2020 and yet he did win the popular vote and the electoral college in 2024 with the same percentage and actual numbers of white voters. So what happened? He picked up some women, he picked up some young people and he got 55% of Hispanic males and he got about 25% of black males and he picked up another 10% to 15% of Asian male. And how could that be if he was supposed to be a racist according to the Democrats? It happened because they don't like...it's not that they, they're just people. They don't want to be talked to. Nobody wants to be talked to and basically this is a caricature, but the democratic attitude toward a black truck driver or a Mexican American electrician was something like this. Now, you don't know what's good for you, but those 10,000 people crossing the border every year that we're going to...every day and the two to three million people that cross every year illegally in the Rio Grande Valley, they're going to be good for you. I don't care what you say about your schools being swamped, crime going up, they're good for you. Remember that. Men have a right to transition and they are now women and they're going to compete in your daughter's sports and you don't know what's good for you because you're too ignorant. But I will represent you. I'm a black woman with a PhD. I'm a Hispanic woman that's your congresswoman. I am your white liberal Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and I will tell you what is good for you. Got it? You know what, you don't understand that gas at 550 a gallon is really good for you because the planet is heating up and the new Green Deal is going to save you. Get some solar panels and get on the team. So they talked down sanctimoniously and that was never clear when Barack Obama confronted those black democratic activists, young men, and said basically, "You don't know what you're doing. You think Donald Trump's good or something? You've got to get out there and support Harris. You're suffering basically from Marxist false consciousness and I, as an elite, know what's good for you and I will tell you, now go do it." That's what he basically said to them. For me, the locus classicus, the epitome of this is Pete Buttigieg. Everything about him represents what I just said. Sanctimonious, self-righteous, talk down, I know the answers, I know what's good for you. I am the transportation secretary. I don't think California is suffering from not enough freeways or it's too crowded. It's suffering from racist legacies of clover leaves and I'm going to make non-racist clovers. Nobody wants that and that's what the Democratic Party, it's a Karen Scold. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/115/041/694/788/435/543/original/ffeba38a8729eb18.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 14,947 - Reposts: 4,100 - Replies: 847 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.299Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T03:36:09.412Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: VDH Quote Post (2025-08-17) A brief post sharing a video clip of conservative commentator Victor Davis Hanson praising Trump for "breaking" and "exposing" the Democratic Party. This is a routine supply-seeking post—Trump amplifies third-party validation rather than generating original content. **Timing:** 02:16 UTC on August 17. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago (having returned from the Alaska Putin summit); converting to ET gives ~10:16 PM on August 16—late evening, within the window of authentic posting but also plausible for aide activity. **Content:** The post is minimal—a quoted attribution plus attached video. The format (clean quote, proper attribution, video attachment) is consistent with aide curation, though the late-evening timing introduces ambiguity. The lack of editorializing, ALL CAPS, or emotional commentary leans toward Scavino-managed content. **Psychological function:** Classic narcissistic supply via proxy. Rather than self-aggrandizing directly, Trump shares an intellectual authority figure doing it for him. VDH's framing ("broke" and "exposed") positions Trump as a powerful agent who reveals hidden truths—reinforcing the Trickster/Hero archetype. The "exposed it for what it was" implies a contamination narrative applied to the opposition: they were always corrupt, Trump merely revealed it. **Defense mechanisms:** Idealization (of VDH as validator) and projection (Democratic Party as the entity that has been "broken" and "exposed" rather than any vulnerability on Trump's side). Low-intensity, routine maintenance post with no danger indicators. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 35%) ### Indicators - Clean formatting with proper attribution - Video attachment suggests curation - No typos or emotional flourishes - But late evening timing (10:16 PM ET) is within authentic window ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Victor Davis Hanson commentary) Sentiment: +0.60 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 50% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 10% - Sadism: 15% **Defense Mechanisms:** - idealization (immature) - projection (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 15% **Parasocial Techniques:** - authority endorsement - third-party validation ## Tags - proxy-validation (80%) - VDH-endorsement (60%) - anti-democratic-party (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Alaska Summit Fallout: Dawn Rage Gives Way to a Repost Blitz as Trump Rewrites the Narrative** Trump spent the day managing fallout from his Alaska summit with Putin, which ended without a formal agreement on the Ukraine war. He woke early and lashed out at the media for what he called dishonest coverage, insisting the meeting was a success and claiming to have stopped six wars. After a brief burst of frustration, he pivoted to an extended session of reposting supportive content from followers — roughly 16 reposts inside 15 minutes. A passing shot at an MSNBC host was the only other flash of irritation in an otherwise self-congratulatory day. Full digest for 2025-08-17: https://trump.fm/date/2025-08-17/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, August 17). Victor Davis Hanson: "Donald Trump broke the... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115041695270508991 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Victor Davis Hanson: "Donald Trump broke the Democratic..." Truth Social, 17 Aug. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115041695270508991. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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