# Post ts_115217256645822887

- Post ID: `ts_115217256645822887`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-09-17T02:23:35.554Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115217256645822887/analysis
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## Post text

> Why was the wonderful Turning Point under INVESTIGATION by "Deranged" Jack Smith and the Corrupt & Incompetent Biden Administration. They tried to force Charlie, and many other people and movements, out of business. They Weaponized the Justice Department against Sleepy Joe Biden's Political Opponents, including ME! They allowed the daughter of a Judge, on one of the corrupt trials against me, to become the biggest fund raiser for Biden and Kamala, making many Millions of Dollars for herself and her family, but with her father, the Judge, not only refusing to RECUSE himself, but putting a gag order on me, not allowing ANY talk about their family corruption and unprecedented conflict of interest. Every leading legal analyst and pundit said this trial was wrong and should not have been allowed to go forward. But it did because of a Corrupt Judge who  will hopefully pay a very big price for his illegal actions, someday!

## Engagement

- Likes: 54,977
- Reposts: 15,050
- Replies: 6,738
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.296Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T04:39:59.366Z (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 is clinically significant for two reasons: (1) the instrumentalization of Charlie Kirk's recent assassination, and (2) a sitting president's veiled threat against a specific judge. Trump opens with reference to Turning Point's investigation — contextually tied to Kirk's murder days earlier — but abandons the topic within one sentence to pursue extended personal grievance about the Manhattan criminal trial. This rapid pivot reveals narcissistic preoccupation overriding even the mourning of a murdered ally. The threat against Judge Merchan ("will hopefully pay a very big price for his illegal actions, someday!") constitutes elevated-level stochastic terrorism: a named target, articulated grievance, and implied future consequences, all amplified by presidential authority. Defense mechanisms include splitting (pure good vs. pure evil), projection (accusing opponents of weaponization while threatening judges), and distortion (reframing legitimate judicial process as "illegal"). Multiple factual claims are false, including the assertion of universal expert agreement against the trial. The post reflects a mixed narcissistic state — grandiose in its authority claims, vulnerable in its persecution narrative. Longitudinally, the persistence of Manhattan trial grievance months after its conclusion suggests this injury remains unresolved and continues to drive retaliatory ideation.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_115217256645822887

### Context
This post appears during the period following Charlie Kirk's assassination on September 10, 2025. Trump uses the Turning Point investigation as a springboard into extended grievance about his own legal cases — specifically the Manhattan criminal trial (Judge Merchan, his daughter Loren Merchan's fundraising work). The post pivots rapidly from Kirk/Turning Point sympathy to self-referential persecution narrative.

### Authorship
Posted at 2:23 AM UTC = ~10:23 PM EDT (likely Mar-a-Lago). The late-evening timing, stream-of-consciousness structure, emotional intensity, run-on sentences, inconsistent capitalization ("INVESTIGATION," "RECUSE," "ANY"), and the veiled threat against a judge all strongly indicate authentic Trump authorship. The grammatical awkwardness ("Why was the wonderful Turning Point under INVESTIGATION" — using past tense oddly) is characteristic.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post is triggered by the Kirk assassination context but immediately hijacked by narcissistic preoccupation. Kirk's death becomes instrumental — a vehicle for Trump's own grievance narrative. This instrumentalization of a supporter's murder is notable: the "wonderful Turning Point" gets one sentence before the post becomes entirely about Trump's persecution.

The core dynamic is **narcissistic injury** from the Manhattan trial, which remains an unresolved wound. The threat against Judge Merchan ("will hopefully pay a very big price for his illegal actions, someday!") is particularly notable given Trump is now president — this carries implicit state power behind it.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection**: "Corrupt & Incompetent" attributed to opponents; "Weaponized the Justice Department" projects his own stated intentions
- **Splitting**: Pure good (Trump, Turning Point) vs. pure evil (Smith, Biden, Merchan)
- **Distortion**: Characterizing routine judicial decisions as "illegal actions"

### Danger Assessment
The threat against Judge Merchan — "will hopefully pay a very big price" — from a sitting president constitutes an **elevated** danger indicator. The word "hopefully" provides plausible deniability while clearly signaling intent. This is stochastic terrorism directed at a specific, named judicial official, amplified by presidential authority.

### Cognitive Notes
The opening sentence is grammatically confused — "Why was the wonderful Turning Point under INVESTIGATION" appears to be a question but lacks a question mark and reads as incomplete. The post maintains thematic coherence despite its length, suggesting no significant cognitive departure from baseline rambling style.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Every leading legal analyst and pundit said this trial was wrong and should not have been allowed to go forward" | **False** | Legal opinion on the Manhattan trial was sharply divided. Numerous prominent legal scholars and former prosecutors defended the case's legal basis. |
| "The judge's daughter became the biggest fund raiser for Biden and Kamala, making many Millions of Dollars for herself and her family" | **Mostly False** | Loren Merchan worked for Authentic Campaigns, a Democratic consulting firm. She was not personally 'the biggest fundraiser' and her personal compensation was not 'many millions.' |
| "The judge committed illegal actions" | **False** | No court or legal authority has found Judge Merchan's conduct to be illegal. Appeals courts reviewed and did not overturn his procedural decisions. |

Overall Veracity: 7%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 92%)

### Indicators

- 10:23 PM local time (late evening)
- Stream-of-consciousness multi-topic rant
- Inconsistent capitalization (INVESTIGATION, RECUSE, ANY)
- Grammatically awkward opening sentence
- Emotional escalation and personal threat

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Manhattan criminal trial / Judge Merchan)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting Judge Merchan, Jack Smith, Biden administration
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.75

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Late-night extended posting
- Pressured quality to writing with run-on sentences
- Escalating emotional intensity through post

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 30%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared victimhood with audience
- instrumentalizing Kirk's death for identification

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

**Stochastic Terrorism Pattern Detected**

### Indicators

- Sitting president threatening a specific judge: 'will hopefully pay a very big price for his illegal actions, someday!'
- Implicit state power behind threat given presidential authority
- Stochastic terrorism pattern: named target + articulated grievance + implied future action

### Gaslighting

- Reframes legitimate prosecution as 'weaponization'
- Claims universal expert agreement that did not exist
- Characterizes judicial rulings as 'illegal actions'

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Every leading legal analyst and pundit said this trial was wrong and should not have been allowed to go forward

**FALSE**

Legal opinion on the Manhattan trial was sharply divided. Numerous prominent legal scholars and former prosecutors defended the case's legal basis.

Sources: General legal commentary record

> The judge's daughter became the biggest fund raiser for Biden and Kamala, making many Millions of Dollars for herself and her family

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Loren Merchan worked for Authentic Campaigns, a Democratic consulting firm. She was not personally 'the biggest fundraiser' and her personal compensation was not 'many millions.'

Sources: Public records on Authentic Campaigns

> The judge committed illegal actions

**FALSE**

No court or legal authority has found Judge Merchan's conduct to be illegal. Appeals courts reviewed and did not overturn his procedural decisions.

Sources: Court records

Overall Veracity: 7%

## Tags

- judicial_threat (85%)
- narcissistic_grievance (90%)
- kirk_instrumentalization (70%)
- manhattan_trial (80%)
- persecution_narrative (85%)

## That day

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

**Light Posting Day Masks Judicial Threat Buried in Ally's Murder**

A quiet two-post evening opened with a diplomatic nod -- sharing a story about calling India's PM Modi on his birthday -- before veering sharply into grievance territory. The second post, ostensibly about the investigation into Turning Point USA following Charlie Kirk's recent assassination, quickly abandoned that topic to relitigate the Manhattan criminal trial and issue a thinly veiled threat against Judge Merchan. The contrast between a routine diplomatic courtesy and a rage-fueled broadside against the judiciary defined the night. The speed with which a murdered ally's cause was abandoned in favor of personal persecution narrative was the day's most striking feature.

Full digest for 2025-09-17: https://trump.fm/date/2025-09-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, September 17). Why was the wonderful Turning Point under... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115217256645822887
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Why was the wonderful Turning Point under INVESTIGATION by..." Truth Social, 17 Sep. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115217256645822887. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Why was the wonderful Turning Point under INVESTIGATION by...," Truth Social, September 17, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115217256645822887.

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