# Post ts_108860852052133228

- Post ID: `ts_108860852052133228`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-08-21T12:26:18.634Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108860852052133228
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108860852052133228/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108860852052133228.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> The Fake News Media has badly soiled Liz Cheney, who has just suffered the biggest defeat of a sitting Congressperson in history (broke the record of another Impeacher, Tom Rice of South Carolina!), losing by 40 points, all over the place doing interviews that nobody wants to hear. No wonder their ratings are sooo BAD. Her record setting horrible results were a referendum on the Unselect Committee of political Hacks and Thugs, of which she is definitely one! Amazing how they keep her on the air?

## Engagement

- Likes: 37,772
- Reposts: 8,542
- Replies: 1,959
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.437Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:27:53.960Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_108860852052133228

### Context
This post gloats over Liz Cheney's Wyoming primary loss (66.3% to 28.9%) while attacking media coverage of her. Posted 8:26 AM ET on a Sunday — Trump was likely at Bedminster, NJ during this period (August 2022). This is a morning post, in the ambiguous zone for authorship.

### Authorship
The post contains several authentic Trump markers: "sooo BAD," the parenthetical asides, the rhetorical question ending, "Unselect Committee," invented superlatives ("biggest defeat...in history"), and the stream-of-consciousness quality. The word "soiled" is an unusual but characteristic Trump malapropism — he likely means "spoiled" (i.e., indulged/coddled Cheney by giving her airtime). The grammatical structure is loose but functional. High confidence this is authentic.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a classic narcissistic victory lap. Cheney's defeat represents revenge for her impeachment vote — a prior narcissistic injury now resolved. The post exhibits grandiose state narcissism with sadistic enjoyment of an enemy's humiliation.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Distortion**: Claims "biggest defeat of a sitting Congressperson in history" — actually the second-worst in 60 years, not all-time.
- **Projection**: Calls the Jan 6 Committee "Hacks and Thugs" — projecting qualities frequently attributed to Trump himself.
- **Devaluation**: Cheney reduced to someone "nobody wants to hear."

### Rhetorical Techniques
The post uses hyperbole ("40 points," "biggest...in history"), ad hominem attacks, and the parasocial technique of framing media ratings as a proxy for audience agreement with him. "Unselect Committee" is a persistent neologistic branding device (perseveration across posts).

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Biggest defeat of a sitting Congressperson in history" | **Mostly False** | Cheney's 37-point loss was severe but not historically unprecedented. Multiple incumbents have lost by larger margins. |
| "Losing by 40 points" | **Mostly True** | Actual margin was 37.4 points (66.3% to 28.9%), rounded up to 40. |
| "Broke the record of another Impeacher, Tom Rice of South Carolina" | **Half True** | Tom Rice did lose his 2022 primary after voting to impeach Trump, but the framing as a 'record' is misleading. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- 'sooo BAD' emphatic spelling
- Parenthetical asides
- Stream-of-consciousness structure
- 'Unselect Committee' branding
- Rhetorical question ending

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Defeat (Liz Cheney's primary defeat)

Sentiment: +0.50

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Elevated, expansive mood
- Gloating victory tone
- Grandiose framing of events

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 60%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- distortion (pathological)
- projection (immature)
- devaluation (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

Cognitive Markers:
- semantic paraphasia
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Framing media ratings as audience rejection of enemies
- Positioning electoral outcome as personal validation

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._

> Biggest defeat of a sitting Congressperson in history

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Cheney's 37-point loss was severe but not historically unprecedented. Multiple incumbents have lost by larger margins.

Sources: Historical congressional primary data

> Losing by 40 points

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Actual margin was 37.4 points (66.3% to 28.9%), rounded up to 40.

Sources: Wyoming 2022 primary results

> Broke the record of another Impeacher, Tom Rice of South Carolina

**HALF TRUE**

Tom Rice did lose his 2022 primary after voting to impeach Trump, but the framing as a 'record' is misleading.

Sources: 2022 South Carolina primary results

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- victory_lap (90%)
- cheney_revenge (80%)
- media_attack (50%)
- jan6_committee (60%)

## That day

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

**Raid Grievance Burns Hot at Night, Fades to Routine Kingmaker Posturing by Day**

Trump's day split into two distinct moods. The evening before featured a burst of genuine anger — attacking Bill Maher, savaging Mitch McConnell with a racially coded jab at his wife, and spinning a narrative that FBI rank-and-file secretly support him against their own leadership. By morning, the tone shifted to victory laps over Liz Cheney's primary loss and boasts that the Mar-a-Lago raid had backfired. The rest of the day was low-energy routine: endorsements, retweets, and a plug for a Jared Kushner interview on Fox.

Full digest for 2022-08-21: https://trump.fm/date/2022-08-21/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, August 21). The Fake News Media has badly soiled Liz Cheney,... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108860852052133228
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Fake News Media has badly soiled Liz Cheney, who has..." Truth Social, 21 Aug. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108860852052133228. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The Fake News Media has badly soiled Liz Cheney, who has...," Truth Social, August 21, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108860852052133228.

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