# Post ts_115215419860494912

- Post ID: `ts_115215419860494912`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-09-16T18:36:28.399Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115215419860494912/analysis
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## Post text

> Shockingly, I have just learned, that Gavin Newscum, the Governor of California, is in final stages of approval to build Low Income Housing in Pacific Palisades. How unfair is that to the people that have suffered so much! Newscum allowed their houses to burn by not accepting Hundreds of Millions of Gallons of Water from the Pacific Northwest, and now, the Low Income Housing starts rising long before he gets Permits for California Citizens to rebuild, but long after the Federal Permits were issued. Lee Zeldin, EPA Administrator, and I, as President, have done the job, and produced all Permits long before anybody expected that to happen. Unfortunately, the Governor of California and Mayor Karen Bass failed you. Gavin Newscum's plan to build Low Income Housing (at the Super Luxury Pacific Palisades Fire Site) is what caused the destruction of the Late, Great New York City Mayor John Lindsay's Political Career — and John Lindsay was a Republican.

## Engagement

- Likes: 26,785
- Reposts: 8,562
- Replies: 4,013
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.297Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T04:40:09.470Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post exemplifies Trump's opportunistic grievance construction, weaponizing the Pacific Palisades fire disaster against Gavin Newsom while positioning himself as the competent deliverer. The core psychological operation is splitting: Trump/Zeldin are idealized as efficient permit-producers while Newsom/Bass are devalued as total failures. The "Low Income Housing" framing, repeated three times and juxtaposed with "Super Luxury Pacific Palisades," explicitly mobilizes class anxiety—suggesting contamination of an elite space by lower-class intrusion. This is a well-established political technique but notable for its directness. The John Lindsay historical reference is psychologically revealing: Trump reaches back to 1970s NYC political history from his formative real estate years, demonstrating how deeply his worldview is shaped by that era's housing battles. The Forest Hills parallel is genuinely apt, suggesting this topic activated authentic memory networks rather than aide-supplied talking points. The post recycles the debunked claim about Newsom rejecting water from the Pacific Northwest, presenting it as established fact—a gaslighting pattern where repetition substitutes for evidence. The false urgency opener ("Shockingly, I have just learned") creates a parasocial intimacy, positioning followers as receiving real-time intelligence from the President. Overall, a grandiose-state post with moderate intensity, serving both supply-seeking and rival-attack functions without rising to dangerous rhetoric.

## Psychological Analysis: Pacific Palisades Low-Income Housing Attack

### Overview
This post attacks California Governor Gavin Newsom over alleged plans to build low-income housing in the Pacific Palisades fire zone. It combines grievance narratives, self-aggrandizement, and an unusual historical reference to NYC Mayor John Lindsay. The post is lengthy, structured, and argumentative—consistent with an authentic Trump composition during business hours, likely dictated or voice-to-text.

### Authorship
Posted at 2:36 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or White House). The "Newscum" epithet, emotional framing ("How unfair is that"), capitalization patterns ("Low Income Housing," "Permits"), and the stream-of-consciousness historical tangent all point to authentic Trump. The Lindsay reference is characteristic of Trump's tendency to invoke obscure NYC political history from his formative years. No "President DJT" sign-off (present in other posts this day), suggesting this was composed separately from aide-drafted announcements.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post is triggered by a perceived opportunity to attack a political rival while positioning himself as the competent savior. The Pacific Palisades fire remains a potent grievance object. The core schema: Trump = competent deliverer of permits; Newsom/Bass = incompetent destroyers. The Lindsay reference reveals Trump's deep NYC-centric worldview—he's reaching back 50+ years to find a historical parallel, suggesting this topic activated personal memory networks.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Splitting**: Newsom/Bass all-bad, Trump/Zeldin all-good
- **Projection**: Accuses Newsom of exploiting disaster while Trump himself exploits it politically

### Rhetorical Techniques
The "Shockingly, I have just learned" opening creates false urgency and positions Trump as receiving intelligence. "Low Income Housing" repeated three times functions as a dog whistle—Pacific Palisades is among the wealthiest communities in America, and the framing implies contamination of an elite space. The parenthetical "(at the Super Luxury Pacific Palisades Fire Site)" makes the class dimension explicit.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Newsom is in final stages of approval to build Low Income Housing in Pacific Palisades" | **Unverifiable** | Cannot confirm specific approval stage from available information; likely refers to California housing density laws or rebuilding zone discussions |
| "Newsom allowed houses to burn by not accepting Hundreds of Millions of Gallons of Water from the Pacific Northwest" | **Mostly False** | This recycles claims about water policy and the LA fires. California water infrastructure decisions are complex and not directly tied to fire response. The framing that Newsom personally rejected water that would have prevented fires is a significant distortion. |
| "Federal permits were issued long before California permits" | **Unverifiable** | Trump administration did expedite some federal environmental reviews for Palisades rebuilding, but the comparative timeline claim cannot be verified from available information |
| "John Lindsay was a Republican whose career was destroyed by low-income housing" | **Mostly True** | Lindsay was elected as a Republican in 1965. The Forest Hills housing controversy (1971-72) significantly damaged his standing. However his career decline was multifactorial, not solely housing. He switched to Democratic Party in 1971. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- 'Newscum' epithet
- Emotional opener 'Shockingly'
- Irregular capitalization pattern
- Stream-of-consciousness historical tangent to Lindsay
- No 'President DJT' sign-off unlike aide posts same day

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Pacific Palisades housing policy news)

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- High verbal output
- Grandiose self-assessment of permit delivery
- Multiple topics woven together in single post

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 60%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- false urgency ('I have just learned')
- positioning as insider with intelligence
- direct address to victims ('failed you')

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Framing water policy decisions as deliberate act of allowing homes to burn
- Presenting debunked water narrative as established fact

## Fact Checks (4)

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

> Newsom is in final stages of approval to build Low Income Housing in Pacific Palisades

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Cannot confirm specific approval stage from available information; likely refers to California housing density laws or rebuilding zone discussions

> Newsom allowed houses to burn by not accepting Hundreds of Millions of Gallons of Water from the Pacific Northwest

**MOSTLY FALSE**

This recycles claims about water policy and the LA fires. California water infrastructure decisions are complex and not directly tied to fire response. The framing that Newsom personally rejected water that would have prevented fires is a significant distortion.

> Federal permits were issued long before California permits

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Trump administration did expedite some federal environmental reviews for Palisades rebuilding, but the comparative timeline claim cannot be verified from available information

> John Lindsay was a Republican whose career was destroyed by low-income housing

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Lindsay was elected as a Republican in 1965. The Forest Hills housing controversy (1971-72) significantly damaged his standing. However his career decline was multifactorial, not solely housing. He switched to Democratic Party in 1971.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- attack_on_rival (90%)
- self_aggrandizement (70%)
- class_anxiety (80%)
- pacific_palisades_fires (90%)
- housing_policy (70%)
- historical_reference (50%)

## That day

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

**Lawsuit-Led Grandiosity: Trump Opens and Closes the Day with Legal Warfare Against the Press**

Trump spent the day in a steady, expansive mood anchored by two legal storylines. He kicked things off late the night before with a splashy announcement of a massive defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, then returned to it in the evening to boast about the positive response. The afternoon's highlight was a Georgia Supreme Court ruling disqualifying DA Fani Willis from the case against him, which he celebrated with a victory lap that quickly turned into demands for retribution against the prosecutors he called criminals. In between, he filled hours with rapid-fire link sharing, a birthday call to India's Modi, and a broadside against Gavin Newsom over housing plans in fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades.

Full digest for 2025-09-16: https://trump.fm/date/2025-09-16/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, September 16). Shockingly, I have just learned, that Gavin... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115215419860494912
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Shockingly, I have just learned, that Gavin Newscum, the..." Truth Social, 16 Sep. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115215419860494912. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Shockingly, I have just learned, that Gavin Newscum, the...," Truth Social, September 16, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115215419860494912.

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