# Post ts_115345040502981553

- Post ID: `ts_115345040502981553`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-10-09T16:00:42.445Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115345040502981553
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115345040502981553/analysis

## Post text

> https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jack-smith-tracked-private-communications-calls-nearly-dozen-gop-senators-during-j6-probe-fbi-says

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/115/345/040/351/692/394/original/a5a08020b990d65c.jpg

## Engagement

- Likes: 10,250
- Reposts: 3,150
- Replies: 509
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.295Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T04:57:36.903Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Link Share — Jack Smith / GOP Senator Surveillance Story

## Overview
A link-only post sharing a Fox News article about Jack Smith obtaining communication records of GOP senators during the January 6 investigation. This is part of a coordinated day of posts reinforcing the persecution/weaponization narrative (see companion post thanking FBI whistleblowers).

## Authorship
Likely aide-curated. Noon ET posting, clean formatting, no editorial commentary. Fits the pattern of queued media shares during business hours.

## Psychological Pattern
This post extends Trump's personal persecution narrative to encompass Republican senators—a communion-oriented move that builds coalition through shared victimhood. By pairing this with the FBI whistleblower post from the same day, a coherent narrative emerges: the old FBI/DOJ was weaponized against Republicans broadly, and the new leadership (Patel, Bondi) represents correction.

## Rhetorical Function
The post delegates its rhetorical work to Fox News's framing. "Tracked private communications" carries surveillance connotations that go beyond standard grand jury subpoena practice. The word "tracked" implies ongoing, intrusive monitoring rather than one-time records requests—a subtle but meaningful distortion.

## Longitudinal Note
This fits the established pattern of J6-related grievance posts that frame lawful investigation as political persecution, consistent with long-running paranoid features in the personality profile.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Jack Smith tracked private communications of nearly a dozen GOP senators during J6 probe" | **Half True** | FBI confirmed obtaining call records of senators as part of J6 investigation, which is standard investigative practice for grand jury proceedings, but 'tracked' implies ongoing surveillance which overstates the nature of subpoenaed records. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Link share with no commentary
- Business hours (12pm ET)
- No typos or emotional language

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance — Exposure (Jack Smith / J6 investigation)

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared persecution narrative
- in-group solidarity building

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Jack Smith tracked private communications of nearly a dozen GOP senators during J6 probe

**HALF TRUE**

FBI confirmed obtaining call records of senators as part of J6 investigation, which is standard investigative practice for grand jury proceedings, but 'tracked' implies ongoing surveillance which overstates the nature of subpoenaed records.

Sources: Fox News reporting; FBI confirmation

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- jack-smith (80%)
- persecution-narrative (70%)
- j6-investigation (90%)
- link-share (100%)

## That day

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

**Victory Lap Day: Trump Claims Maximum Credit for Gaza Ceasefire While Slipping in J6 Revisionism**

Trump spent the morning celebrating the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, thanking allies on Fox News and sharing praise for his diplomacy. The mood was buoyant and self-congratulatory with no anger or grievance. Sandwiched between the celebration were a few quieter posts -- one rewriting the January 6th narrative by thanking supposed FBI whistleblowers, and a rapid-fire burst of shared articles on immigration and election topics. The government shutdown, now in its ninth day, went completely unmentioned.

Full digest for 2025-10-09: https://trump.fm/date/2025-10-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, October 9). https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jack-smith-tracke... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115345040502981553
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jack-smith-tracked-private-..." Truth Social, 9 Oct. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115345040502981553. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jack-smith-tracked-private-...," Truth Social, October 9, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115345040502981553.

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