# Post ts_115085538447688269

- Post ID: `ts_115085538447688269`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-08-24T20:05:55.311Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115085538447688269
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115085538447688269/analysis
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## Post text

> The Appellate Court removed incompetent Judge Engoron, but he refused to go, or even to acknowledge them. He's a highly overturned, CROOKED Judge, who is retiring into a life of lawsuits, along with his Chief Clerk, soon! He is almost as Corrupt as Leticia James, but not quite! President DJT

## Engagement

- Likes: 28,350
- Reposts: 7,450
- Replies: 2,155
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.298Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T03:46:17.654Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Trump grossly mischaracterizes a mixed NY appeals court ruling (which vacated the $64.6M penalty but upheld fraud findings) as the court "removing" Judge Engoron. This distortion transforms a partial victory into total vindication—a pattern consistent with pathological-level reality distortion in service of narcissistic needs. The post's most clinically notable feature is the retaliatory threat: Engoron is "retiring into a life of lawsuits, along with his Chief Clerk." A sitting president threatening judicial officers with legal retaliation represents an escalation in judiciary intimidation. The hierarchical ranking of corruption ("almost as Corrupt as Leticia James, but not quite!") reveals ego-syntonic sadism—pleasure in constructing degradation hierarchies. Even favorable news cannot be processed without attack, suggesting the narcissistic injury from the original fraud finding remains unresolved. The revenge motive dominates over any strategic communication goal.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_115085538447688269

### Context
Trump responds to the NY appeals court ruling that vacated the $64.6M fraud penalty. He mischaracterizes the ruling as removing Judge Engoron from the case and frames it as validation of his longstanding attacks on the judge and AG Letitia James.

### Authorship
Posted 4:06 PM ET (likely at Bedminster or Mar-a-Lago in August). Business hours, but the emotional reactivity, capitalized "CROOKED," and the signature "President DJT" (a known Trump sign-off pattern) suggest authentic authorship with possible light aide formatting. The content is too personally aggressive and legally specific to be aide-drafted.

### Reality Distortion
The post significantly distorts the appeals court ruling. The court did NOT "remove" Engoron—it vacated the penalty as excessive while largely upholding his fraud findings. The claim that Engoron "refused to go" appears to be fabrication or confusion about the procedural posture. This transforms a partial legal victory into a total vindication narrative.

### Psychological Dynamics
Classic narcissistic injury response pattern—even when receiving favorable news (penalty vacated), Trump cannot simply celebrate the win. He must attack, devalue, and humiliate the perceived persecutors. The hierarchical ranking of corruption ("almost as Corrupt as Leticia James, but not quite!") reflects splitting with a competitive/sadistic edge—he enjoys constructing a corruption leaderboard.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Distortion**: Grossly misrepresenting the court ruling
- **Devaluation**: "incompetent," "CROOKED," "Corrupt"
- **Projection**: Accusing judge of corruption while the fraud finding against Trump was upheld

### Rhetorical Devices
The threat about "retiring into a life of lawsuits" is notable—it signals retaliatory intent against a judicial officer, an intimidation tactic directed at judiciary broadly.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The Appellate Court removed incompetent Judge Engoron" | **Mostly False** | The appeals court vacated the $64.6M penalty as excessive but upheld fraud liability findings. Engoron was not 'removed' from the case. |
| "He refused to go, or even to acknowledge them" | **Unverifiable** | No evidence in provided context of Engoron refusing to comply with appellate ruling. The ruling modified penalties, not judicial assignment. |
| "He's a highly overturned judge" | **Unverifiable** | Partial reversal on penalty could support 'overturned' loosely, but 'highly overturned' as a general characterization is not verified. |

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- Emotional reactivity and personal attacks
- ALL CAPS 'CROOKED'
- Signature 'President DJT'
- Business hours but highly personal content
- Characteristic ranking/hierarchy construction

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (NY fraud case / Judge Engoron)

**Rage:** Intensity 65% targeting Judge Engoron, Letitia James
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.60

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Grandiose victory framing
- Rapid-fire attacks on multiple targets

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 60%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 60%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- distortion (pathological)
- devaluation (immature)
- projection (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- victimhood narrative
- shared enemy construction

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Threat of retaliatory lawsuits against sitting judge and court clerk
- Systematic delegitimization of judicial officers
- Intimidation pattern toward judiciary

### Gaslighting

- Reframes partial legal victory as total vindication and judicial removal
- Characterizes penalty reduction as judge being 'removed'
- Attacks credibility of judicial institutions

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> The Appellate Court removed incompetent Judge Engoron

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The appeals court vacated the $64.6M penalty as excessive but upheld fraud liability findings. Engoron was not 'removed' from the case.

Sources: Pre-researched events: NY Appeals Court rulings

> He refused to go, or even to acknowledge them

**UNVERIFIABLE**

No evidence in provided context of Engoron refusing to comply with appellate ruling. The ruling modified penalties, not judicial assignment.

> He's a highly overturned judge

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Partial reversal on penalty could support 'overturned' loosely, but 'highly overturned' as a general characterization is not verified.

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Tags

- judiciary-attack (90%)
- reality-distortion (85%)
- retaliatory-threat (70%)
- narcissistic-rage (65%)
- legal-case-ny-fraud (90%)

## That day

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

**Leisurely Sunday Split Between Golf Nostalgia and Retaliatory Governance Threats**

A relaxed Sunday divided between leisure and confrontation. Trump bookended the day with golf talk and military appreciation, but the middle was dominated by a lengthy, heated response to Maryland Governor Wes Moore that included threats to withhold federal bridge funding over a perceived slight. After cooling off with article shares and a warm recap of golfing with Roger Clemens, he closed the afternoon by grossly mischaracterizing a New York appeals court ruling as total vindication while threatening Judge Engoron with future lawsuits. The overall mood was self-congratulatory, punctuated by two sharp retaliatory outbursts aimed at anyone seen as challenging his authority.

Full digest for 2025-08-24: https://trump.fm/date/2025-08-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, August 24). The Appellate Court removed incompetent Judge... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115085538447688269
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Appellate Court removed incompetent Judge Engoron, but..." Truth Social, 24 Aug. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115085538447688269. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The Appellate Court removed incompetent Judge Engoron, but...," Truth Social, August 24, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115085538447688269.

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