‘Translation’ of Donald Trump’s July 3, 2020, Speech at Mount Rushmore

I am making an exception to my hiatus from “translations”, as this speech was especially troubling — showing further deterioration since the recent pressures of his falling poll numbers and his failure to wish away a deadly pandemic. The original transcript is here. What is Donald Trump really saying? is what I am trying to illustrate. Of note, these interpretations are formulaic, not sardonic or made up. Rather, they are serious analyses of what Trump himself is telling us about his intentions and his actions, through his own words. I have now studied his defense mechanisms in detail for nearly four years, including denial, deflection, projection, reaction formation, and predatory manipulation — enough to know not to take his words at face value. I have also studied their degree of distortion, tested against real-time events for accuracy, on a daily basis, over about six months. Severe symptoms sometimes cause one to state the opposite of the truth but, through this, divulge very precisely what one is thinking and what one means, without realizing one is doing so. Trump’s words, with the correct formula, serve as “confessions” — which the public would do well to recognize so that it can protect better its own physical safety and mental freedom (for more on my methodology, please refer to these Twitter threads).

Well, thank me very much. Governor Noem, Secretary Bernhardt, you should appreciate me. Members of Congress, guests distinguished by me, and a very special hello from South Dakota to me. As we begin this 4th of July weekend, the…