# Post ts_115425827275887037

- Post ID: `ts_115425827275887037`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-10-23T22:25:50.768Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115425827275887037
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115425827275887037/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115425827275887037.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> I think the Democrats have gone totally crazy...they don't care about the people. I really think they have no leadership—They really should approve an extension, get the Country back to work, and get the people paid…

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (2:11), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> I think the Democrats have gone totally crazy, and you don't know what they're going to do because they don't care about the people. I really think they have no leadership. They have a lot of very low IQ people. Jasmine Crockett is a low IQ person. A lot of them are. I don't want to insult too many of them, but a lot of them are. They have no rudder. I don't think they know what they're doing right now. You know, they've never done this before. They always agreed to go and, you know, called an extension. Let's do an extension and talk. Even today, look at what happened today. They wouldn't even, they don't want to pay the people that have worked and, you know, this was supposed to be sort of, this was a test and they wouldn't pay the people that have been working. They said, no, no, we don't want to pay them. This is all the Democrats. Now all we need is five Democrats, and I know a lot of Democrats that are saying they're more than five, not probably not that many more than five, but there are more than five. And all we need is like five Democrat votes that we open our country again, said, though, we have the greatest economy in our history. We have the highest stock market. All these things are rocking. We have, we will have by the end of my first year, more than $20 trillion of investment. The all time record is three, three trillion. I think it's China. We're going to have 20 or $21 trillion. We've never had anything like it coming in because of tariffs, the money pouring into our country, the plants that are opening, AI, autos, everything, and the Democrats want to close our country. They're really, you know, they say deranged. They are, they suffer. I guess it's Trump derangement syndrome, which I think is going down now as an official condition by the doctors. I think they could pay an extra money if they handle it because it's more difficult to handle than a normal mental disease. But you know what, they, they really should approve an extension, get the country back to work, get the people paid. And you know, it's very simple. You can't, you just don't know what's going on. There's something wrong with them. You know, sad, actually.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/115/425/822/131/234/160/original/7847137d1184f9ea.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 24,690
- Reposts: 6,222
- Replies: 2,102
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.294Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T05:04:12.832Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Post ts_115425827275887037

## Overview
A moderate-intensity post attacking Democrats during an apparent government shutdown or funding dispute. Trump adopts a "reasonable man" posture, framing himself as pragmatic while characterizing opponents as irrational and leaderless. The attached video likely shows him making similar remarks at the day's crime crackdown roundtable.

## Authorship
Mixed signals: conversational tone with characteristic repetition and ellipsis suggest authentic Trump voice, but the 6:25 PM ET timing and prepared video attachment suggest possible aide coordination. Likely Trump's own words, possibly transcribed or posted with aide assistance.

## Psychological State
Low-to-moderate frustration directed at Democratic opposition. The post employs **splitting** (Democrats = crazy/leaderless vs. implicit self = rational) and **projection** ("don't care about the people"). Narcissistic features are subdued here; this is routine political combat rather than narcissistic injury response.

## Rhetorical Analysis
The tricolon structure ("approve an extension, get the Country back to work, and get the people paid") is effective populist rhetoric, linking Democratic obstruction directly to worker harm. Capitalization of "Country" signals nationalist framing. Overall a standard-issue political attack post with low rhetorical complexity.

## Danger Assessment
No danger indicators. No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism patterns.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Democrats have gone totally crazy" | **Unverifiable** | Subjective characterization, not a factual claim |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Conversational tone
- Stream-of-consciousness with em dashes
- Ellipsis usage
- Repetition of 'really'
- Evening posting time (~6:25 PM ET)

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack (Democratic opposition to legislation/funding)

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- populist identification with 'the people'
- reasonable-man framing

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Democrats have gone totally crazy

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Subjective characterization, not a factual claim

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- government_shutdown (80%)
- democrat_attack (70%)
- populist_framing (60%)

## That day

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

**Federal Strongman in Full Display as Five-Year Election Wound Resurfaces Unprompted**

Trump spent the day projecting federal authority, anchored by a White House crime crackdown roundtable. The morning opened with an unprompted return to 2020 election fraud claims -- the only real flash of anger all day -- before settling into a sustained posture of presidential dominance. Most of the content centered on federal law enforcement actions in Democratic-run cities, with Trump casting himself as the indispensable strongman. The evening brought a rapid-fire dump of favorable news links, suggesting heavy staff involvement in curating the day's messaging.

Full digest for 2025-10-23: https://trump.fm/date/2025-10-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, October 23). I think the Democrats have gone totally... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115425827275887037
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I think the Democrats have gone totally crazy...they don't..." Truth Social, 23 Oct. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115425827275887037. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I think the Democrats have gone totally crazy...they don't...," Truth Social, October 23, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115425827275887037.

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