# Post ts_108952333600293683

- Post ID: `ts_108952333600293683`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-06T16:11:16.275Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108952333600293683
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108952333600293683/analysis
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## Post text

> Gee, isn’t this just too bad! https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/report-washington-post-lose-money-year-millions-subscribers-flee-ad-revenue

## Engagement

- Likes: 23,431
- Reposts: 5,326
- Replies: 984
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.435Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:55:14.969Z (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: Schadenfreude Over Washington Post Decline

### Post Overview
Trump shares an article about the Washington Post losing money and subscribers, prefacing it with the sarcastic quip "Gee, isn't this just too bad!" This is a compact expression of schadenfreude directed at a perceived media enemy.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:11 PM ET (Trump likely at Bedminster or Mar-a-Lago in September 2022). Business hours, but the brevity, sarcasm, and link-sharing pattern is consistent with Trump's own posting style. The casual sarcasm ("Gee") is characteristic. Likely authentic but could be either.

### Psychological Dynamics
This post fits within a broader pattern visible in the surrounding posts: Trump is under siege (Mar-a-Lago raid, Biden's "semi-fascist" speech) and is engaging in a sustained counter-narrative campaign. This particular post serves as narcissistic supply—the suffering of a perceived enemy validates his worldview that hostile media will be punished by market forces.

### Defense Mechanisms
The post employs **devaluation** of a critical institution and **passive aggression** through mock sympathy. The sarcastic framing transforms genuine pleasure at an adversary's misfortune into faux concern.

### Rhetorical Function
Within the day's posting sequence (five FBI/DOJ-related posts plus this), the Washington Post post serves as a "victory lap" punctuation—evidence that the forces arrayed against him are weakening.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Washington Post will lose money this year as subscribers flee and ad revenue drops" | **Mostly True** | The Washington Post did report significant financial losses in 2022-2023, losing subscribers after a Trump-era peak and facing industry-wide ad revenue declines. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 65%)

### Indicators

- Casual sarcastic tone ('Gee')
- Business hours posting
- Simple link-share format common to both Trump and aides
- Emotional valence suggests personal investment

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Washington Post financial decline)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 40%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- devaluation (immature)
- passive aggression (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared enemy identification
- victory signaling

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Washington Post will lose money this year as subscribers flee and ad revenue drops

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The Washington Post did report significant financial losses in 2022-2023, losing subscribers after a Trump-era peak and facing industry-wide ad revenue declines.

Sources: General knowledge of WaPo financial reporting

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- schadenfreude (90%)
- media-attack (70%)
- low-intensity (80%)

## That day

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

**Concentrated Morning Burst Targets FBI Legitimacy in Coordinated Post-Raid Defense Campaign**

Trump posted 13 times in a focused 90-minute window late morning, with the bulk of the content targeting the FBI over the Mar-a-Lago search. A rapid-fire sequence of five linked articles -- posted roughly one per minute -- attacked the Bureau from constitutional, personnel, procedural, state-political, and evidentiary angles simultaneously. Between the FBI blitz and a few self-congratulatory posts about Truth Social and Jared Kushner's book, the mood was defensive but controlled, with flashes of anger that never fully spiraled. Notably absent was any mention of the major Ukrainian counteroffensive underway the same day.

Full digest for 2022-09-06: https://trump.fm/date/2022-09-06/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, September 6). Gee, isn’t this just too bad! https://justthenews.... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108952333600293683
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Gee, isn’t this just too bad! https://justthenews.com/accoun..." Truth Social, 6 Sep. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108952333600293683. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Gee, isn’t this just too bad! https://justthenews.com/accoun...," Truth Social, September 6, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108952333600293683.

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