# Post ts_116683918342984217

- Post ID: `ts_116683918342984217`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-06-03T02:54:57.017Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116683918342984217/analysis
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## Post text

> EPA boss made criminal referrals alleging Democrats ‘self-dealing’ in lucrative green energy grants: https://justthenews.com/accountability/waste-fraud-and-abuse/epa-boss-made-criminal-referrals-alleging-democrat-self

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-06-04T18:00:59.058Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-06-03T03:06:06.941Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis

This post is a bare headline-plus-URL share from Just the News, with no first-person commentary, no caps-lock emphasis, no exclamation points, and no emotional editorializing. It is the second in a same-day sequence of identically formatted Just the News link shares, suggesting curated news amplification rather than reactive composition.

**Authorship:** The format is inconsistent with authentic Trump's typical late-night affective style (no ALL CAPS, no insults, no exclamation, no "Crooked" or "Radical Left" adjectives, no personal pronouns). The clean headline-copy structure and serial pattern with another link share point toward staff curation. Local time (~10:54 PM ET June 2) is within Trump's active window, but timing alone is not dispositive when stylistic markers are absent. Confidence in aide attribution: medium.

**Psychological function:** Even if staff-posted, the share serves a recognizable schema — projection/reversal: corruption allegations directed at the political out-group ("Democrats self-dealing"). This fits the long-standing pattern of channeling antagonism toward Democrats via accusations of the very behaviors (self-enrichment, grant manipulation) frequently leveled at the Trump administration. Defense mechanism: projection (immature level), with rationalization via apparently authoritative news framing.

**Rhetorical techniques:** Headline borrows the legitimacy of "criminal referrals" framing, anchoring an accusation in procedural language. No dehumanization, no violent imagery, no eliminationist rhetoric.

**Danger indicators:** None.

**Cognitive markers:** Not assessable — the text is a copied headline, not generative speech.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "EPA chief made criminal referrals alleging Democrat self-dealing in green energy grants." | **True** | EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin publicly confirmed making criminal referrals to both the Department of Justice and the EPA Office of Inspector General regarding the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), a roughly $20-29 billion Biden-era green energy grant program created under the Inflation Reduction Act. Zeldin alleged that funds were routed through eight pass-through nonprofits to organizations tied to former Obama and Biden administration officials and Democratic donors. Specific cited examples include: (1) a $2 billion grant to Power Forward Communities, a coalition that includes Rewiring America, where Stacey Abrams served as senior counsel — the nonprofit reportedly had only $100 in revenue the prior year; (2) former GGRF Director Jahi Wise, who allegedly oversaw a $5 billion grant to his prior employer; and (3) a $20 million grant to Young, Gifted & Green, whose CEO served on the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council while applying for funding. The EPA itself issued press releases describing these as ethical red flags. Important context the headline does not convey: DOJ attorneys in related court proceedings broke from Zeldin's fraud framing, arguing the grant cancellations were justified by policy shifts rather than fraud; a career federal prosecutor reportedly resigned after alleging she was pressured to launch a criminal investigation without sufficient predicate; and a D.C. Circuit panel sided with EPA on the funding freeze. PolitiFact rated narrower viral claims that Abrams personally 'stole' $2 billion as False, noting she did not work for Power Forward Communities and received no grant money. No major criminal prosecutions had been brought as of reporting. The narrow factual claim in the post — that Zeldin made criminal referrals alleging Democrat self-dealing — is accurately reported by Just the News and corroborated by EPA's own statements, Utility Dive, E&E News, the Washington Free Beacon, ABC affiliate reporting, and House Energy & Commerce Democrats' rebuttal investigation. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 25%)

### Indicators

- No first-person voice or commentary
- Clean headline-copy format with URL only
- No ALL CAPS, exclamation points, or affective language
- Second in a serial pattern of identical Just the News link shares (curation behavior)
- Absence of Trump's signature epithets (e.g., 'Crooked', 'Radical Left')

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 40%
- Agreeableness: 20%
- Conscientiousness: 50%
- Neuroticism: 40%
- Openness: 30%

Strongest facet: low agreeableness (antagonism toward out-group)

**Motives:**
- Agency: 60%
- Communion: 10%

Primary drive: power

### Narrative

- **Role:** implicit prosecutor/exposer of corruption
- **Arc:** contamination
- **Contrasting:** Democrats

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (curated news cycle on EPA referrals)

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 35%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- in-group/out-group reinforcement via curated news

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-06-03._

> EPA chief made criminal referrals alleging Democrat self-dealing in green energy grants.

**TRUE**

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin publicly confirmed making criminal referrals to both the Department of Justice and the EPA Office of Inspector General regarding the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), a roughly $20-29 billion Biden-era green energy grant program created under the Inflation Reduction Act. Zeldin alleged that funds were routed through eight pass-through nonprofits to organizations tied to former Obama and Biden administration officials and Democratic donors. Specific cited examples include: (1) a $2 billion grant to Power Forward Communities, a coalition that includes Rewiring America, where Stacey Abrams served as senior counsel — the nonprofit reportedly had only $100 in revenue the prior year; (2) former GGRF Director Jahi Wise, who allegedly oversaw a $5 billion grant to his prior employer; and (3) a $20 million grant to Young, Gifted & Green, whose CEO served on the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council while applying for funding. The EPA itself issued press releases describing these as ethical red flags. Important context the headline does not convey: DOJ attorneys in related court proceedings broke from Zeldin's fraud framing, arguing the grant cancellations were justified by policy shifts rather than fraud; a career federal prosecutor reportedly resigned after alleging she was pressured to launch a criminal investigation without sufficient predicate; and a D.C. Circuit panel sided with EPA on the funding freeze. PolitiFact rated narrower viral claims that Abrams personally 'stole' $2 billion as False, noting she did not work for Power Forward Communities and received no grant money. No major criminal prosecutions had been brought as of reporting. The narrow factual claim in the post — that Zeldin made criminal referrals alleging Democrat self-dealing — is accurately reported by Just the News and corroborated by EPA's own statements, Utility Dive, E&E News, the Washington Free Beacon, ABC affiliate reporting, and House Energy & Commerce Democrats' rebuttal investigation.

Sources: https://justthenews.com/accountability/waste-fraud-and-abuse/epa-boss-made-criminal-referrals-alleging-democrat-self; https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/icymi-administrator-lee-zeldin-finds-gold-bars-epa-stacey-abrams-connected-group-biden; https://www.utilitydive.com/news/epa-attorney-doj-funding-freeze-ggrf-inflation-reduction-act-trump-zeldin/744387/; https://www.eenews.net/articles/from-epa-to-doj-zeldins-words-may-haunt-him/; https://democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/media/press-releases/ec-democrats-investigate-zeldins-efforts-steal-taxpayers-money-greenhouse-gas; https://freebeacon.com/energy/stacey-abrams-was-pivotal-in-securing-2-billion-biden-grant-for-green-group-that-now-calls-her-role-alleged/; https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/epa-head-zeldin-grills-stacey-abrams-nonprofit-accused-of-obscuring-2b-biden-admin-grant; https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/feb/26/facebook-posts/without-evidence-social-media-posts-claim-fraud-in/; https://badlandsmedia.tv/zeldin-says-epa-made-criminal-referrals-over-biden-era-green-energy-grant-program/

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- EPA (90%)
- criminal referrals (70%)
- Democrats (80%)
- green energy (60%)
- link share (90%)
- Just the News (80%)
- projection (60%)

## That day

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

**Everything before midnight ran off a campaign template, and everything after 3 P.M. he wrote himself**

Most of what appeared on his feed today he did not write. Through Tuesday evening, after the primaries, fourteen near-identical victory graphics went up in batches — his photo scowling on one side, the winning candidate smiling on the other, almost no words attached. Then the feed went quiet for about fifteen hours, through the night and the entire following morning. He came back mid-afternoon and wrote six posts in half an hour: state fraud investigations, a freshly restored Reflecting Pool he claimed had not worked since 1922 (it was rebuilt in 2012), a California endorsement, a dark warning about communists, and a UFC card on the White House South Lawn. Nothing at all about Iran, the House vote ordering him to end the fighting, or the two executive orders he signed that day.

Full digest for 2026-06-03: https://trump.fm/date/2026-06-03/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, June 3). EPA boss made criminal referrals alleging... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116683918342984217
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "EPA boss made criminal referrals alleging Democrats..." Truth Social, 3 Jun. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116683918342984217. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "EPA boss made criminal referrals alleging Democrats...," Truth Social, June 3, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116683918342984217.

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