# Post ts_115510343852481018

- Post ID: `ts_115510343852481018`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-11-07T20:39:31.383Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> I have asked the DOJ to immediately begin an investigation into the Meat Packing Companies who are driving up the price of Beef through Illicit Collusion, Price Fixing, and Price Manipulation. We will always protect our American Ranchers, and they are being blamed for what is being done by Majority Foreign Owned Meat Packers, who artificially inflate prices, and jeopardize the security of our Nation's food supply. Action must be taken immediately to protect Consumers, combat Illegal Monopolies, and ensure these Corporations are not criminally profiting at the expense of the American People. I am asking the DOJ to act expeditiously. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T05:52:42.417Z (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 aide-drafted policy statement directs the DOJ to investigate meat packing companies during the 34-43rd day of the federal government shutdown. Its primary psychological function is displacement — redirecting public anger about food insecurity (exacerbated by SNAP cuts to 65% and the shutdown itself) toward foreign-owned meat corporations. The xenophobic framing ("Majority Foreign Owned Meat Packers") activates nativist sentiment while constructing Trump as protector of American ranchers and consumers. While the underlying claim about meat packer consolidation has partial factual basis (JBS settlements, DOJ investigations), the timing reveals strategic deflection from the administration's role in food insecurity. The post weaponizes DOJ authority via social media directive, continuing a pattern of treating law enforcement as a personal instrument. Clinically, the post demonstrates how narcissistic leadership manages threat through externalization — rather than addressing the shutdown's consequences, an external villain is identified and attacked. The formal, staff-drafted quality makes this unsuitable for direct cognitive or personality assessment of Trump himself, but it reveals the administration's strategic communication priorities during crisis.

## Analysis: DOJ Meat Packing Investigation Directive (2025-11-07)

### Authorship
This post is almost certainly aide-written (likely Scavino or policy staff). Posted at 3:39 PM ET (Trump at Mar-a-Lago), it features formal bureaucratic language ("I have asked the DOJ," "act expeditiously," "Thank you for your attention to this matter"), correct grammar, proper sentence structure, and a policy-communication tone entirely absent from authentic Trump posts. The odd German-style capitalization of common nouns ("Meat Packing Companies," "Illicit Collusion," "Consumers") is a recurring feature of staff-drafted Trump statements — an attempt to mimic his emphasis style without ALL CAPS.

### Psychological Function
This is a **deflection post** during the 34-43 day government shutdown. With SNAP benefits cut to 65%, FAA reducing flights, and growing public anger, this post redirects populist energy toward an external villain (foreign-owned meat packers). The timing is strategic — blame corporations for high beef prices rather than address the shutdown's impact on food security.

### Rhetorical Techniques
Classic populist scapegoating: American Ranchers (virtuous in-group) vs. "Majority Foreign Owned Meat Packers" (exploitative out-group). The xenophobic framing ("Foreign Owned") activates nativist sentiment. The post uses **appeal to authority** (DOJ action), **false urgency** ("immediately," "expeditiously"), and **populist framing** (protecting "the American People").

### Defense Mechanisms
**Displacement** is the primary mechanism — redirecting public frustration about food insecurity (partially caused by the shutdown and SNAP cuts) onto meat packing corporations. This is a classic deflection from proximate policy failures.

### Context Note
The claim about meat packer collusion has some factual basis — the Big Four (JBS, Tyson, Cargill, National Beef) have faced DOJ price-fixing investigations historically, and JBS is indeed Brazilian-owned. However, weaponizing DOJ investigations via social media directive is characteristic of Trump's norm-breaking approach to executive power.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Meat Packing Companies are driving up beef prices through collusion and price fixing" | **Half True** | The Big Four meat packers (JBS, Tyson, Cargill, National Beef) have faced DOJ investigations and lawsuits alleging price-fixing. JBS paid $52.5M settlement in 2022. However, 'driving up prices' is oversimplified — supply chain, feed costs, and demand also factor significantly. |
| "Meat packers are Majority Foreign Owned" | **Mostly True** | JBS (Brazilian-owned) is the world's largest meat processor. National Beef is owned by Marfrig (Brazilian). However, Tyson and Cargill are American-owned. The Big Four are split roughly evenly between foreign and domestic ownership. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 10%)

### Indicators

- Formal bureaucratic language
- Correct grammar throughout
- Business hours posting (3:39 PM ET)
- Policy announcement format
- Closing salutation unusual for authentic Trump

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack (Public anger over food insecurity during shutdown)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (neurotic)
- projection (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Protector framing
- Us vs foreign corporations
- Action-oriented reassurance

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Framing food insecurity as caused by meat packers while government shutdown has cut SNAP benefits to 65%
- Implying decisive action on food prices while presiding over longest government shutdown

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Meat Packing Companies are driving up beef prices through collusion and price fixing

**HALF TRUE**

The Big Four meat packers (JBS, Tyson, Cargill, National Beef) have faced DOJ investigations and lawsuits alleging price-fixing. JBS paid $52.5M settlement in 2022. However, 'driving up prices' is oversimplified — supply chain, feed costs, and demand also factor significantly.

Sources: DOJ antitrust investigations 2020-2022; JBS settlement 2022

> Meat packers are Majority Foreign Owned

**MOSTLY TRUE**

JBS (Brazilian-owned) is the world's largest meat processor. National Beef is owned by Marfrig (Brazilian). However, Tyson and Cargill are American-owned. The Big Four are split roughly evenly between foreign and domestic ownership.

Sources: Corporate ownership records

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- deflection (90%)
- populism (80%)
- aide-written (90%)
- xenophobic-framing (60%)
- doj-weaponization (70%)

## That day

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

**Diplomatic Wins Give Way to Filibuster Obsession, Pelosi Dehumanization, and Strategic Deflection Amid Shutdown Crisis**

Trump bookended the day with diplomatic announcements — Kazakhstan joining the Abraham Accords and a trade deal with Uzbekistan — but the bulk of his attention went to hammering Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster, a demand he returned to four separate times. Nancy Pelosi's retirement drew a strikingly hostile response, including dehumanizing language calling her a "stench." In the afternoon, the administration pivoted to directing the DOJ to investigate meat packers over beef prices — a notable deflection given that the ongoing government shutdown has slashed food stamp benefits for 42 million Americans. The day closed with a G20 boycott announcement over Afrikaner persecution claims and a combative attack on New York Times reporters by name.

Full digest for 2025-11-07: https://trump.fm/date/2025-11-07/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, November 7). I have asked the DOJ to immediately begin an... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115510343852481018
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I have asked the DOJ to immediately begin an investigation..." Truth Social, 7 Nov. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115510343852481018. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I have asked the DOJ to immediately begin an investigation...," Truth Social, November 7, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115510343852481018.

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