# Post ts_115153378284802465

- Post ID: `ts_115153378284802465`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-09-05T19:38:29.082Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115153378284802465
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115153378284802465/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115153378284802465.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> In addition to my previously posted TRUTH concerning Google, please let this Statement serve to represent that Google has also paid, in the past, $13 Billion Dollars in false claims and charges for a total of $16.5 Billion Dollars. How crazy is that? The European Union must stop this practice against American Companies, IMMEDIATELY!

## Engagement

- Likes: 27,563
- Reposts: 6,337
- Replies: 1,714
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.297Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T04:02:51.085Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Google/EU Fine Statement (2025-09-05)

This is a follow-up post to an earlier Truth about the EU fining Google $3.5B, now adding that Google has paid $13B in past "false claims and charges" for a total of $16.5B. The post demands the EU stop "this practice against American Companies, IMMEDIATELY!"

### Authorship
Posted at 3:38 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or similar). Business hours, relatively formal language ("please let this Statement serve to represent"), correct grammar, no typos, no ALL CAPS outbursts beyond "IMMEDIATELY." This reads as a hybrid — likely aide-drafted structure with Trump's editorial voice layered on ("How crazy is that?"). The phrase "please let this Statement serve to represent" is unusually legalistic/formal for authentic Trump.

### Psychological State
This is a continuation of the earlier Google/EU post — a sustained grievance rather than impulsive reaction. The framing is nationalist-protective: American companies as victims of European predation. Trump positions himself as defender/protector of American corporate interests.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Appeal to outrage**: "How crazy is that?" — rhetorical question inviting audience alignment
- **Hyperbole/framing**: Characterizing EU regulatory fines as "false claims and charges" without evidence
- **Command authority**: "IMMEDIATELY!" — performative presidential authority directed at a foreign entity
- **Nationalist framing**: "American Companies" as in-group requiring protection

### Reality Distortion
The characterization of EU antitrust fines as "false claims" is a significant reframing. EU fines against Google were upheld by courts and based on documented anticompetitive behavior. Calling them "false" is distortion rather than opinion.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Google paid $13 Billion in past EU fines/charges" | **Mostly True** | EU has levied approximately €8.25B in antitrust fines against Google (2017-2019), roughly ~$9-10B at various exchange rates. With other regulatory actions the cumulative figure approaches but may not exactly equal $13B. |
| "Total of $16.5 Billion Dollars in fines" | **Mostly True** | Internal math checks out ($3.5B + $13B = $16.5B). The component figures are approximately correct. |
| "These were 'false claims and charges'" | **False** | EU antitrust fines against Google were based on documented anticompetitive practices and upheld by European courts. |

Overall Veracity: 53%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (~3:38 PM ET)
- Formal legalistic phrasing: 'please let this Statement serve to represent'
- Correct grammar and spelling throughout
- Structured follow-up to earlier post
- 'How crazy is that?' feels like authentic Trump injection

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (EU regulatory action against American companies)

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- nationalist in-group solidarity
- rhetorical question for audience alignment

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Google paid $13 Billion in past EU fines/charges

**MOSTLY TRUE**

EU has levied approximately €8.25B in antitrust fines against Google (2017-2019), roughly ~$9-10B at various exchange rates. With other regulatory actions the cumulative figure approaches but may not exactly equal $13B.

Sources: EU Commission antitrust decisions 2017-2019

> Total of $16.5 Billion Dollars in fines

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Internal math checks out ($3.5B + $13B = $16.5B). The component figures are approximately correct.

> These were 'false claims and charges'

**FALSE**

EU antitrust fines against Google were based on documented anticompetitive practices and upheld by European courts.

Sources: EU General Court rulings upholding Google fines

Overall Veracity: 53%

## Tags

- EU-trade (90%)
- Google (80%)
- nationalist-grievance (70%)
- reality-distortion (50%)

## That day

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

**Morning Grievance Barrage Peaks Over Epstein Before Fading Into Routine Policy Posturing**

Trump opened the day early with a rapid-fire pair of posts — a sarcastic concession on losing India and Russia to China, followed immediately by a scathing attack on retiring Congressman Jerry Nadler. The morning's most notable post was a lengthy, anxious defense against the Epstein investigation, which he branded a "hoax" and demanded be shut down. The afternoon cooled off significantly, shifting to standard trade grievances against the EU over Google fines, a brief swipe at the Fed chair, and a routine political endorsement. Despite a weak jobs report released that day, Trump said nothing about it — a telling omission for a president who typically trumpets economic data.

Full digest for 2025-09-05: https://trump.fm/date/2025-09-05/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, September 5). In addition to my previously posted TRUTH... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115153378284802465
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "In addition to my previously posted TRUTH concerning..." Truth Social, 5 Sep. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115153378284802465. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "In addition to my previously posted TRUTH concerning...," Truth Social, September 5, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115153378284802465.

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