# Post ts_115601863065566414

- Post ID: `ts_115601863065566414`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-11-24T00:34:03.753Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115601863065566414/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115601863065566414.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Secretary Scott Bessent: "If Senate Democrats close the government again [on January 30], then Senate Republicans should immediately abrogate the filibuster."

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (1:10), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> you call for an end to the filibuster in the past leader soon has said that it's just not happening there aren't the votes mr secretary do you believe that you have enough votes that the president has enough votes to get rid of the filibuster we will see come january 30th because that's the point of my editorial is to put the senate on notice that the democrats kept the government shut down and as recline in the new york times took the mask off he said this wasn't about health care this was about stopping totalitarianism the democrats haven't been able to stop president trump in the courts they haven't been able to stop him in the media so they had to harm the american people 1.5 hit the gdp 11 11 billion dollar permanent hit they don't care so i believe that senate democrats if the if senate senate democrats close the government again that senate republicans should immediately they abrogate the filibuster you should you should ask senator kulvachar whether she will adhere to the filibuster and whether she will close the the government.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/115/601/860/881/166/511/original/928bc51b7c611b70.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 10,219
- Reposts: 2,866
- Replies: 398
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.290Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T06:13:57.602Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Bessent Filibuster Quote Post (2025-11-24)

### Overview
This post shares a video clip of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent advocating for abolishing the Senate filibuster if Democrats force another government shutdown. Trump amplifies this without adding personal commentary — a strategic signal-boost pattern.

### Authorship
Posted at 00:34 UTC = ~7:34 PM ET (likely Mar-a-Lago). This is evening but well within aide-managed hours. The post is cleanly formatted, quote-based, with attached video — classic Scavino-style content curation. No typos, no emotional editorializing, no ALL CAPS. However, Trump does engage with this type of content personally in evening hours; the lack of personal commentary slightly favors aide authorship.

### Psychological Function
This is a **proxy aggression** post — Trump uses Bessent's words to advance a position (eliminating the filibuster) without personally owning the demand. This provides deniability while testing audience reception. The framing puts Democrats as aggressors ("close the government again") and Republicans as reactive — a DARVO-adjacent structure.

### Strategic Context
With the January 30 deadline referenced, this is preemptive framing: establishing the narrative that any shutdown is Democrats' fault, while normalizing filibuster abolition as a proportionate response rather than a radical structural change.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Appeal to authority** (Cabinet secretary as validator)
- **False dichotomy** (Democrats shut down government → must abolish filibuster)
- **Preemptive blame assignment** (framing future events before they occur)

### Danger Assessment
The post advocates eliminating a core democratic guardrail (filibuster) but does so through institutional channels. Elevated concern for democratic norms erosion but no violence indicators.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Senate Democrats closed the government previously" | **Half True** | Government shutdowns involve complex negotiations between both parties and the executive branch. While Democrats have opposed Republican spending bills leading to shutdowns, characterizing it as Democrats unilaterally 'closing' the government is reductive. |
| "January 30 is a relevant government funding deadline" | **Unverifiable** | Continuing resolutions and funding deadlines shift frequently; this likely references a specific CR expiration date in the context of late 2025 budget negotiations. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Clean formatting with proper quotation marks
- Video attachment (media curation pattern)
- No personal commentary or emotional language
- Evening posting time (7:34 PM ET) — plausible for either
- Professional quote-amplification format

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack (anticipated Democratic opposition to budget/spending bills)

Sentiment: -0.20

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- delegated authority voice
- preemptive narrative framing

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Advocacy for eliminating Senate filibuster — a key minority-party check on majority power
- Preemptive narrative framing to justify institutional norm-breaking

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Senate Democrats closed the government previously

**HALF TRUE**

Government shutdowns involve complex negotiations between both parties and the executive branch. While Democrats have opposed Republican spending bills leading to shutdowns, characterizing it as Democrats unilaterally 'closing' the government is reductive.

> January 30 is a relevant government funding deadline

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Continuing resolutions and funding deadlines shift frequently; this likely references a specific CR expiration date in the context of late 2025 budget negotiations.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- filibuster (90%)
- proxy-voice (80%)
- institutional-norms (70%)
- government-shutdown (60%)

## That day

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

**Loyalty Purge Day: Trump Labels Former Ally MTG a "Traitor" While Pressuring Supreme Court on Tariffs**

Trump spent the day enforcing party loyalty, publicly branding former ally Marjorie Taylor Greene a "Traitor" and stripping her surname, then escalating to attack Rand Paul and Thomas Massie as obstacles to his legislative agenda. A lengthy late-night post defending tariff policy doubled as a direct appeal to the Supreme Court, framing domestic policy opponents as agents of hostile foreign powers. The afternoon cooled with a phone call to China's Xi Jinping and a nostalgic Cristiano Ronaldo repost, but the day's sharpest edges were reserved for Republicans who stepped out of line.

Full digest for 2025-11-24: https://trump.fm/date/2025-11-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, November 24). Secretary Scott Bessent: "If Senate Democrats... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115601863065566414
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Secretary Scott Bessent: "If Senate Democrats close the..." Truth Social, 24 Nov. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115601863065566414. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Secretary Scott Bessent: "If Senate Democrats close the...," Truth Social, November 24, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115601863065566414.

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