# Post ts_117020029291674756

- Post ID: `ts_117020029291674756`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-08-01T11:32:23.047Z (UTC)
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## Post text

> If Senators Cornyn and Tillis, both upset because I wouldn’t Endorse them (they lost, and quit, respectively!), aren’t going to approve Todd Blanche, one of the most respected professionals, according to everybody, in the Country, to be the United States Attorney General, then I will keep Todd as Acting A.G., and push hard to get the Anti-Weaponization Bill, which takes care of those who have been so badly treated by the Crooked Joe Biden (and Obuma!) Administration (I get nothing, although I was treated horribly!), PASSED. Todd Blanche was a voice of reason! It will immediately be back on the table, and I will get it done. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-08-01T12:13:15.247Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Authentic early-morning Trump post (high confidence) triggered by a narcissistic injury: Senators Cornyn and Tillis declining to advance his Attorney General nominee, Todd Blanche. Rather than address the institutional objection, Trump reframes it as personal spite over withheld endorsements and discredits both men by their electoral fates ('they lost, and quit, respectively!'). The presentation is grandiose with a vulnerable seam — a parenthetical 'I get nothing, although I was treated horribly!' exposes the aggrieved self beneath a dominant posture ('I will get it done'). Immature defenses dominate: devaluation of the senators, idealization of Blanche ('most respected... according to everybody'), and splitting into loyal-competent versus disloyal-failed camps, with persecution projected onto the 'Crooked Joe Biden (and Obuma!)' administration. Rhetoric leans on ad hominem, appeal to authority, ridicule-by-name-distortion, and DARVO-style victim reversal, plus an implicit threat to bypass the Senate via an Acting AG and a revived 'Anti-Weaponization Bill.' No violent, eliminationist, or dehumanizing content; danger level none. Cognitive markers stay within baseline — the run-on syntax and stacked parentheticals are longstanding stylistic signatures, and 'Obuma' is deliberate mockery, not paraphasia. Clinically significant chiefly as a clean specimen of loyalty-contingent devaluation and grievance-driven idealization/splitting, consistent with a longitudinal pattern in which endorsement fealty governs Trump's appraisal of allies.

## Multi-Level Personality Analysis

### Authorship Attribution
**Assessment: Authentic Trump (high confidence).** On 2026-08-01 Trump was most plausibly in the Washington/New York orbit (Eastern Time). The 11:32 UTC timestamp converts to ~7:32 AM ET — an early-morning post within his characteristic active window. Multiple authenticity markers converge: the parenthetical mocking neologism "Obuma!" (a deliberate derisive respelling, not a paraphasic error), the grandiose self-referential aside inserted mid-sentence ("I get nothing, although I was treated horribly!"), idiosyncratic capitalization (Endorse, Country, Patriots), a sprawling run-on syntactic structure, the signature "Thank you for your attention to this matter!" sign-off, and the "President DJT" closer. There is no third-person "the President" framing and no aide-style polish; the emotional drift from an institutional argument (AG confirmation) into personal grievance is diagnostic of first-person authorship.

### Level 1: Dispositional Traits
Salient facets: **low Agreeableness** (antagonism, immodesty, contempt — "they lost, and quit, respectively!"); **high Extraversion-assertiveness/dominance** ("I will get it done"); **elevated Neuroticism-angry hostility** paired with wounded vulnerability ("treated horribly"). Openness reads as low/rigid — a closed, binary appraisal of allies vs. traitors.

### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations
Dominant **agency motives**: power, control, and status restoration. The schema is transactional and loyalty-indexed — support is contingent on endorsement fealty, and opposition is reframed as sour-grapes betrayal by defeated men. Communion motives are nearly absent except a defensive gesture toward "those who have been so badly treated."

### Level 3: Narrative Identity
Trump casts himself simultaneously as **fighter/winner** ("I will keep Todd as Acting A.G., and push hard") and **victim** ("I get nothing, although I was treated horribly"). Todd Blanche is idealized ("most respected... according to everybody," "voice of reason"); Cornyn and Tillis are the **contrasting others**, discredited by their electoral fates. The narrative arc is a **contamination-to-restoration** move: obstruction by illegitimate actors, countered by the protagonist who "will get it done."

### Level 4: Clinical Indicators
Patterns consistent with **grandiose narcissistic presentation** with a vulnerable undertow. Devaluation of the two senators and idealization of Blanche exemplify **splitting**. The grievance ledger ("treated horribly," "hunted down like dogs" in prior posts) reflects sustained persecutory schema. No eliminationist or violent content; danger level none. Cognitive markers do not deviate meaningfully from baseline — the run-on syntax and parenthetical stacking are longstanding stylistic signatures, not evidence of decline.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Senators Cornyn and Tillis are 'upset because I wouldn't Endorse them (they lost, and quit, respectively!)'" | **Half True** | The concrete, checkable facts in this claim are accurate, but the motive Trump attributes to the senators is disputed and unsupported. On the endorsement: Trump did decline to endorse both men and went further. In the 2026 Texas Republican Senate primary he endorsed Cornyn's challenger, Attorney General Ken Paxton, calling him a 'true MAGA warrior.' In North Carolina, Tillis announced his retirement on June 29, 2025, hours after Trump publicly threatened to back a primary challenger against him over Tillis's vote against Trump's tax-and-immigration bill. So 'I wouldn't Endorse them' is true and arguably understated, since Trump actively opposed both. On 'they lost, and quit, respectively': both are accurate. Cornyn lost the May 26, 2026 Republican primary runoff to Paxton by roughly 64 percent to 36 percent, becoming the first Texas Republican senator ever to lose renomination. Tillis 'quit' in the sense of declining to run again, announcing he would not seek re-election in 2026 (a withdrawal from the race, though he is serving out his term rather than resigning). On the motive ('upset because I wouldn't Endorse them'): this is Trump's characterization, and it is contradicted by the senators. Trump said publicly, 'Maybe John Cornyn's upset with me because I didn't endorse him.' Cornyn rejected that on the record: 'That's a convenient excuse, and it happens to be untrue,' adding that the president 'is mistaken if he believes concerns about the provisions in his tax lawsuit settlement are limited to me and Senator Tillis.' The senators' stated reason for stalling Blanche's confirmation is substantive: they want the Justice Department to formally and permanently kill the roughly $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization fund' created in the settlement of Trump's lawsuit against the IRS, and to narrow the IRS-audit immunity that settlement grants Trump, his family, and his businesses. Bottom line: the verifiable facts (no endorsement, Cornyn lost, Tillis quit the race) are all true, but the central assertion that they oppose Blanche because they are personally aggrieved over the endorsement snub is unsubstantiated and expressly denied by Cornyn, who points to the IRS-settlement provisions. |
| "Todd Blanche is 'one of the most respected professionals, according to everybody, in the Country'" | **Half True** | This is a rhetorical superlative ('according to everybody'), but it contains a testable kernel about whether Blanche is a widely respected professional, and the evidence is genuinely mixed. Supporting the claim: Blanche has substantial, legitimate credentials. He was a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, rising to co-chief of the violent crimes unit and supervising about two dozen prosecutors on murder, rape, and kidnapping cases, where he earned a reputation as a rigorous, methodical litigator. He later became a partner at prestigious firms (WilmerHale, then Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft), where he led the white-collar defense practice and in 2019 successfully defended Paul Manafort against Manhattan mortgage-fraud charges. Law-enforcement organizations and the White House publicly backed his attorney-general nomination, and even critics concede he has the baseline experience and qualifications for the office. Contradicting the 'according to everybody' universality: there is clearly no consensus of universal respect. Senate Democrats are solidly opposed; Senator Cory Booker called him 'unfit to lead' the Justice Department and ranking member Dick Durbin has been sharply critical, and his earlier confirmation as deputy attorney general passed only 52 to 46 with every Democrat opposed. At the time of this post, two Republican senators (Cornyn and Tillis) were blocking his attorney-general nomination. Epstein victims publicly criticized him after meeting him, and he drew heavy criticism for a botched release of Epstein files (including improperly redacted victim information) and for an unusual July 2025 interview with Ghislaine Maxwell that preceded her transfer to a lower-security prison. Legal commentators have argued his Justice Department record shows he lacks the independence the role requires. Bottom line: Blanche is a genuinely credentialed and experienced attorney who is respected in some quarters, so the claim is not baseless, but 'one of the most respected professionals, according to everybody' is characteristic hyperbole flatly contradicted by extensive, high-profile bipartisan criticism and opposition. |
| "Trump can keep Todd Blanche as Acting Attorney General if the Senate does not confirm him" | **Half True** | Under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act an acting official's tenure is time-limited and constrained, particularly once a nomination is pending or rejected; the ability to indefinitely 'keep' someone acting is legally bounded, so the claim is only partly accurate as stated. |
| "People were 'hunted down like dogs' and their lives 'unfairly and illegally destroyed by the Crooked Joe Biden Administration'" | **Mostly False** | Characterizes lawful prosecutions as illegal persecution; framed as opinion-laden grievance without substantiation. Prosecutorial actions proceeded through courts, contradicting the 'illegally destroyed' claim. |

Overall Veracity: 43%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 95%)

### Indicators

- Early-morning ET timing (~7:32 AM) within active window
- Derisive neologism 'Obuma!' as deliberate mockery
- Grandiose self-referential aside mid-sentence: 'I get nothing, although I was treated horribly!'
- Signature sign-off 'Thank you for your attention to this matter!' and 'President DJT'
- Idiosyncratic capitalization (Endorse, Country, Patriots)

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Senators Cornyn and Tillis declining to approve AG nominee Todd Blanche)

**Rage:** Intensity 45% targeting Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.35

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Single sustained run-on sentence with stacked parentheticals
- Rapid pivot from confrontation to declarative resolve ('It will immediately be back on the table, and I will get it done')

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 55%
- Sadism: 25%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Grievance-sharing with in-group ('those who have been so badly treated')
- Loyalty framing (support contingent on endorsement)
- Familiar sign-off cultivating direct-audience intimacy

## Fact Checks (4)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-08-01._

> Senators Cornyn and Tillis are 'upset because I wouldn't Endorse them (they lost, and quit, respectively!)'

**HALF TRUE**

The concrete, checkable facts in this claim are accurate, but the motive Trump attributes to the senators is disputed and unsupported. On the endorsement: Trump did decline to endorse both men and went further. In the 2026 Texas Republican Senate primary he endorsed Cornyn's challenger, Attorney General Ken Paxton, calling him a 'true MAGA warrior.' In North Carolina, Tillis announced his retirement on June 29, 2025, hours after Trump publicly threatened to back a primary challenger against him over Tillis's vote against Trump's tax-and-immigration bill. So 'I wouldn't Endorse them' is true and arguably understated, since Trump actively opposed both. On 'they lost, and quit, respectively': both are accurate. Cornyn lost the May 26, 2026 Republican primary runoff to Paxton by roughly 64 percent to 36 percent, becoming the first Texas Republican senator ever to lose renomination. Tillis 'quit' in the sense of declining to run again, announcing he would not seek re-election in 2026 (a withdrawal from the race, though he is serving out his term rather than resigning). On the motive ('upset because I wouldn't Endorse them'): this is Trump's characterization, and it is contradicted by the senators. Trump said publicly, 'Maybe John Cornyn's upset with me because I didn't endorse him.' Cornyn rejected that on the record: 'That's a convenient excuse, and it happens to be untrue,' adding that the president 'is mistaken if he believes concerns about the provisions in his tax lawsuit settlement are limited to me and Senator Tillis.' The senators' stated reason for stalling Blanche's confirmation is substantive: they want the Justice Department to formally and permanently kill the roughly $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization fund' created in the settlement of Trump's lawsuit against the IRS, and to narrow the IRS-audit immunity that settlement grants Trump, his family, and his businesses. Bottom line: the verifiable facts (no endorsement, Cornyn lost, Tillis quit the race) are all true, but the central assertion that they oppose Blanche because they are personally aggrieved over the endorsement snub is unsubstantiated and expressly denied by Cornyn, who points to the IRS-settlement provisions.

Sources: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/26/texas-john-cornyn-ken-paxton-us-senate-republican-primary-runoff/; https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/texas-runoff-primary-election-winner-paxton-trump-cornyn-rcna346552; https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/26/texas-primary-election-senate-paxton-cornyn.html; https://news.ballotpedia.org/2025/06/30/sen-thom-tillis-announces-he-will-not-seek-re-election-to-the-u-s-senate-in-2026/; https://www.aol.com/news/thom-tillis-announces-retirement-hours-173653275.html; https://www.mediaite.com/politics/cornyn-torches-trump-over-claim-endorsement-snub-drove-him-to-oppose-blanche-a-convenient-excuse/; https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/29/texas-john-cornyn-todd-blanche-attorney-general-vote-doj-weaponization-fund-trump/; https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/30/trump-blanche-ag-doj-cornyn-tillis.html; https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/trump-todd-blanche-nomination-confirmation-vote-thom-tillis-john-cornyn-leave-office; https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2026/07/31/gop-senators-cornyn-and-tillis-block-todd-blanche-attorney-general-nomination-over-irs-settlement-dispute/

> Todd Blanche is 'one of the most respected professionals, according to everybody, in the Country'

**HALF TRUE**

This is a rhetorical superlative ('according to everybody'), but it contains a testable kernel about whether Blanche is a widely respected professional, and the evidence is genuinely mixed. Supporting the claim: Blanche has substantial, legitimate credentials. He was a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, rising to co-chief of the violent crimes unit and supervising about two dozen prosecutors on murder, rape, and kidnapping cases, where he earned a reputation as a rigorous, methodical litigator. He later became a partner at prestigious firms (WilmerHale, then Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft), where he led the white-collar defense practice and in 2019 successfully defended Paul Manafort against Manhattan mortgage-fraud charges. Law-enforcement organizations and the White House publicly backed his attorney-general nomination, and even critics concede he has the baseline experience and qualifications for the office. Contradicting the 'according to everybody' universality: there is clearly no consensus of universal respect. Senate Democrats are solidly opposed; Senator Cory Booker called him 'unfit to lead' the Justice Department and ranking member Dick Durbin has been sharply critical, and his earlier confirmation as deputy attorney general passed only 52 to 46 with every Democrat opposed. At the time of this post, two Republican senators (Cornyn and Tillis) were blocking his attorney-general nomination. Epstein victims publicly criticized him after meeting him, and he drew heavy criticism for a botched release of Epstein files (including improperly redacted victim information) and for an unusual July 2025 interview with Ghislaine Maxwell that preceded her transfer to a lower-security prison. Legal commentators have argued his Justice Department record shows he lacks the independence the role requires. Bottom line: Blanche is a genuinely credentialed and experienced attorney who is respected in some quarters, so the claim is not baseless, but 'one of the most respected professionals, according to everybody' is characteristic hyperbole flatly contradicted by extensive, high-profile bipartisan criticism and opposition.

Sources: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-to-know-about-todd-blanche-trumps-pick-for-acting-attorney-general; https://www.britannica.com/biography/Todd-Blanche; https://www.npr.org/2026/07/15/nx-s1-5895105/todd-blanche-senate-confirmation-attorney-general-takeaways; https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/epstein-victims-todd-blanche-doj-trump-tillis.html; https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/07/law-enforcement-leaders-across-america-support-todd-blanche-for-attorney-general/; https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-04-02/a-look-at-todd-blanche-the-ex-trump-lawyer-whos-the-presidents-pick-for-acting-attorney-general; https://www.ms.now/opinion/todd-blanche-doj-attorney-general-hearings; https://www.foxnews.com/politics/critics-rage-rogue-red-state-senators-blocking-todd-blanche-backing-bidens-pick

> Trump can keep Todd Blanche as Acting Attorney General if the Senate does not confirm him

**HALF TRUE**

Under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act an acting official's tenure is time-limited and constrained, particularly once a nomination is pending or rejected; the ability to indefinitely 'keep' someone acting is legally bounded, so the claim is only partly accurate as stated.

> People were 'hunted down like dogs' and their lives 'unfairly and illegally destroyed by the Crooked Joe Biden Administration'

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Characterizes lawful prosecutions as illegal persecution; framed as opinion-laden grievance without substantiation. Prosecutorial actions proceeded through courts, contradicting the 'illegally destroyed' claim.

Overall Veracity: 43%

## Tags

- authentic-trump (95%)
- narcissistic-injury (80%)
- devaluation (85%)
- idealization (80%)
- splitting (75%)
- ad-hominem (80%)
- victim-reversal-darvo (60%)
- loyalty-contingent-support (80%)
- warrior-victim (60%)
- grievance (70%)
- grandiose-vulnerable-mixed (70%)

## That day

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

**Trump publicly breaks with his own D.C. prosecutor, Jeanine Pirro, calling the Reflecting Pool damage 'a pure case of VANDALISM'**

Trump opened Saturday angry at Senators Cornyn and Tillis, accusing them of blocking Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination out of spite over endorsements and vowing to keep Blanche on as acting attorney general anyway. By midday he had turned on his own appointee, saying he disagreed "100%" with Jeanine Pirro, his top prosecutor in Washington, and insisting the damage at the Reflecting Pool was vandalism, then pushing surveillance footage and reposting the claim several times. Early afternoon brought more than thirty posts in about an hour, mostly pictures with no words from him: gold statues, fighter jets, a "TRUMP 2028" poster, Venezuela drawn as the "51st State," and memes saying he "ages in reverse." The only real flash of anger came in the morning, and the afternoon's new posts were nearly all celebration. Iran showed up only in victory memes about sunken ships and a collapsing currency, and nothing mentioned the paid early-access feed of his posts that Trump Media launched the same day.

Full digest for 2026-08-01: https://trump.fm/date/2026-08-01/analysis

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