# Post ts_115942487958100026

- Post ID: `ts_115942487958100026`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-01-23T04:19:27.136Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115942487958100026
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115942487958100026/analysis

## Post text

_A repost of his own earlier post, with nothing added._

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/115942487099453568

## Reposted post

Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115942487099453568 (2026-01-23T04:19:14.033Z (UTC))

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- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/115/942/486/719/552/779/original/a978cda1e432df45.mp4

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/115/942/487/774/276/389/original/12f55fbe21315f9b.png

## Engagement

- Likes: 1,440
- Reposts: 506
- Replies: 80
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.284Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T07:05:55.818Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Trump amplifies a call to criminally prosecute Jack Smith via a repost quoting CIA Director Ratcliffe, who frames Smith's prosecution as an attempted government overthrow requiring "warrants, hand cuffs and shackles." This exemplifies DARVO at institutional scale — the investigated demanding prosecution of the investigator. The projection is striking: accusing Smith of "overthrowing the government" mirrors the January 6th charges against Trump himself. Posted late at night (~11:19 PM ET) during a day packed with major events (Davos speech, Air Force One emergency, anniversary press briefing), the choice to amplify vindictive content suggests unresolved narcissistic injury from prior prosecutions. The sadistic dimension — demanding shackles for his prosecutor — indicates rage disproportionate to the current situation, given that Smith has already resigned and the cases were dropped. The use of retruthing rather than original composition allows maximum vindictiveness with plausible distance. Combined with the same day's punitive letter withdrawing Canada's PM from the "Board of Peace," this suggests an elevated punitive orientation during this period.

# Analysis: RT of Call to Prosecute Jack Smith (2026-01-23)

## Post Content
Trump reposted a Truth Social post from @RealRobert quoting CIA Director John Ratcliffe stating Jack Smith's prosecution of Trump "reeks of cross-fire hurricane," that Smith "attempted to overthrow the United States government," "tampered with the evidence," and calling for "warrants, the subpoenas, the hand cuffs and the shackles."

## Context
This post comes during an extraordinarily busy 24-hour period: Trump's one-year anniversary press briefing, the Air Force One electrical failure, the Davos address, and the TikTok deal announcement. Despite these events, Trump chose to amplify a call for criminal prosecution of his former prosecutor late at night.

## Psychological Significance
The post exemplifies **DARVO** (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) at institutional scale. Trump, who was investigated and indicted by Jack Smith, amplifies content that reframes the prosecutor as the criminal. The demand for "hand cuffs and shackles" represents sadistic reversal — wanting the prosecutor subjected to the very indignities Trump perceived in his own legal exposure.

The **projection** is textbook: accusing Smith of attempting to "overthrow the United States government" mirrors the central allegation of the January 6th prosecution against Trump himself.

## Amplification Strategy
By retruthing rather than composing original text, Trump achieves maximum vindictive messaging while maintaining a layer of separation. The use of CIA Director Ratcliffe as the quoted authority lends institutional legitimacy to what is essentially a revenge narrative.

## Longitudinal Note
This post should be tracked alongside the Canada letter (withdrawing PM Carney's "Board of Peace" invitation) as part of a punitive pattern — both involve withdrawing favor or demanding punishment from a position of power.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Jack Smith tampered with evidence" | **Mostly False** | While Judge Cannon raised concerns about document handling at Mar-a-Lago, no court found Smith tampered with evidence. The claim conflates procedural disputes with evidence fabrication. |
| "Jack Smith attempted to overthrow the United States government" | **False** | Smith was appointed as Special Counsel through established DOJ procedures to investigate potential crimes. Criminal prosecution through lawful channels is not an 'overthrow attempt.' |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Late night posting (11:19 PM ET)
- Simple RT/repost requiring minimal effort
- Content aligns with emotional preoccupations

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Jack Smith / prior criminal prosecutions)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting Jack Smith
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.60

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- High volume of posts across diverse topics in single day
- Late-night posting after exhausting travel day (Air Force One turnaround, Davos)

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 60%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 60%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- reaction formation (neurotic)
- denial (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- vindication narrative
- mobilizing followers against shared enemy

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Presidential amplification of calls for prosecution of former investigators
- Institutional DARVO - using state power to reverse investigator/investigated roles
- CIA Director providing legitimacy to revenge narrative

### Gaslighting

- Reframing lawful prosecution as 'attempted overthrow'
- Claiming evidence was 'tampered with' without substantiation
- Invoking 'Crossfire Hurricane' to delegitimize entire investigative apparatus

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Jack Smith tampered with evidence

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While Judge Cannon raised concerns about document handling at Mar-a-Lago, no court found Smith tampered with evidence. The claim conflates procedural disputes with evidence fabrication.

> Jack Smith attempted to overthrow the United States government

**FALSE**

Smith was appointed as Special Counsel through established DOJ procedures to investigate potential crimes. Criminal prosecution through lawful channels is not an 'overthrow attempt.'

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- jack_smith (100%)
- revenge_narrative (90%)
- DARVO (90%)
- projection (80%)
- late_night_post (50%)

## That day

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

**Home from Davos, a four-hour burst of grievance gives way to an assembly line of endorsements — and total silence on the 50,000 marching against him**

Trump flew home from Davos and posted 81 times across the day, but the day split cleanly in two. The evening hours coming off the plane produced a tight burst of personal attacks — an Indiana state senator who crossed him on redistricting, Gavin Newsom for attending the same conference he'd just attended, the Fed chair, Canada's prime minister, and a call to jail his former prosecutor — all within about four hours. After a short night's sleep, the rest of the day was almost entirely flat: link-drops, trade and peace-deal victory laps, and an assembly line of more than twenty near-identical congressional endorsements fired off at roughly one every forty-five seconds. He mocked climate scientists over a record cold wave in the morning and issued a serious FEMA storm warning about the same weather system eleven hours later. Most notably, he said nothing at all about the 50,000-person general strike in Minneapolis against his own immigration crackdown.

Full digest for 2026-01-23: https://trump.fm/date/2026-01-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, January 23). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115942487958100026
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 23 Jan. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115942487958100026. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1...," Truth Social, January 23, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115942487958100026.

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