# Post ts_108914846092979214

- Post ID: `ts_108914846092979214`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-08-31T01:17:42.308Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108914846092979214
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108914846092979214/analysis
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## Post text

> @JaredKushner’s book is doing really well. He wrote an incredible story about how unbelievably successful the Trump Administration was in all respects, despite all of the Scams, Witch Hunts, and Hoaxes that we had to put up with from some very sick people!…

## Engagement

- Likes: 28,625
- Reposts: 5,040
- Replies: 788
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.436Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:36:43.343Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Kushner Book Promotion (2022-08-31)

Trump promotes Jared Kushner's book "Breaking History," framing it as validation of his administration's success. The post serves dual psychological functions: narcissistic supply via proxy (Kushner's book validates Trump) and grievance maintenance (the "Scams, Witch Hunts, and Hoaxes" from "very sick people").

### Authorship
Posted at 01:17 UTC. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago (EDT, UTC-4), making this ~9:17 PM local time — evening but not late night. The post has Trump's characteristic style: superlatives ("incredible," "unbelievably successful"), grievance insertion into what could be a simple endorsement, and the "sick people" epithet. Likely authentic.

### Psychological Dynamics
What's notable is Trump's inability to simply promote his son-in-law's book without redirecting to his own victimhood narrative. The book becomes a vehicle for self-validation ("how unbelievably successful the Trump Administration was in all respects"). The qualifier "in all respects" is characteristic grandiose absolutism.

### Defense Mechanisms
The post splits reality into all-good (Trump administration = "unbelievably successful in all respects") versus all-bad (opponents = "very sick people"). Rationalization is present: any failures are externalized to persecutors.

### Rhetorical Techniques
Classic Trump formula: endorsement + self-aggrandizement + grievance. The endorsement of Kushner's book is instrumentalized as third-party validation of Trump's greatness — a common narcissistic supply strategy of citing others' praise rather than self-praising directly.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Kushner's book describes the Trump Administration as unbelievably successful in all respects" | **Mostly False** | Kushner's 'Breaking History' is largely a memoir of his own role; while favorable to the administration, characterizing it as depicting unbelievable success 'in all respects' is Trump's reframing |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Superlative stacking
- Grievance insertion into endorsement
- "very sick people" epithet
- Stream-of-consciousness quality
- 9:17 PM local time

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Kushner book as proxy validation)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)
- idealization (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- third-party validation
- shared victimhood framing

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Kushner's book describes the Trump Administration as unbelievably successful in all respects

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Kushner's 'Breaking History' is largely a memoir of his own role; while favorable to the administration, characterizing it as depicting unbelievable success 'in all respects' is Trump's reframing

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- proxy-supply (70%)
- book-endorsement (80%)
- grievance-insertion (60%)
- kushner (80%)

## That day

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

**Three Weeks After Mar-a-Lago Search, Document Photo Triggers Day-Long Defensive Spiral**

Trump spent August 31 consumed by the aftermath of the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search, firing off 16 posts mostly targeting the Bureau and DOJ. The morning opened with triumphant gloating over an FBI agent's departure, which he embellished into a vivid humiliation scene, but the mood soured as he kept returning to the government's newly released photograph of classified documents spread on his floor. He revisited that photo at least three times across the day, each attempt to explain it away revealing more defensiveness than the last. A few routine posts -- promoting Jared Kushner's book, teasing a Pennsylvania rally, thanking Jon Voight -- broke up the grievance, but the day's gravity clearly centered on legal peril and the institutions investigating him.

Full digest for 2022-08-31: https://trump.fm/date/2022-08-31/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, August 31). @JaredKushner’s book is doing really well. He... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108914846092979214
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "@JaredKushner’s book is doing really well. He wrote an..." Truth Social, 31 Aug. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108914846092979214. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "@JaredKushner’s book is doing really well. He wrote an...," Truth Social, August 31, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108914846092979214.

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