# Post ts_108952364872304939

- Post ID: `ts_108952364872304939`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-06T16:19:13.450Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> Helped him get elected—Big time. Press refused to acknowledge, but that’s OK—the people know!

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/108/952/364/854/966/720/original/ae017ef3af5f2154.jpg

## Engagement

- Likes: 20,680
- Reposts: 4,077
- Replies: 393
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.435Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:55:19.103Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Post ts_108952364872304939 (2022-09-06)

### Content Summary
Trump claims credit for helping an unspecified person get elected, asserting the press refused to acknowledge his role but "the people know." The attached image likely identifies the candidate. This is a characteristic supply-seeking post asserting kingmaker status.

### Timing & Authorship
Posted at 16:19 UTC = 12:19 PM EDT. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago or Bedminster during this period. Midday posting during a high-volume posting day. The informal style with em-dashes, sentence fragments, and exclamation point is consistent with authentic Trump voice. The brevity and reactive quality suggest personal authorship.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a straightforward narcissistic supply-seeking post. Trump positions himself as political kingmaker — the indispensable figure behind others' electoral success. The "Press refused to acknowledge" element introduces the familiar persecutory frame while simultaneously elevating the claim (it must be significant if the press is actively suppressing it). "The people know" invokes populist epistemology — direct connection to supporters bypassing institutional gatekeepers.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Rationalization**: Press refusal reframed as irrelevant ("that's OK")
- **Splitting**: Press (bad/dishonest) vs. the people (good/knowing)

### Rhetorical Devices
- Kingmaker framing (agency/power motive)
- Anti-media populism
- Appeal to hidden knowledge ("the people know")

### Context
Part of a high-volume posting day featuring attacks on FBI, schadenfreude about Washington Post losses, and promotion of Kushner's book — all consistent with maintenance-mode narcissistic supply gathering following the favorable Cannon ruling.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Informal em-dash style
- Sentence fragments
- Exclamation point
- Midday timing but authentic voice patterns
- Stream-of-consciousness brevity

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 5%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared secret knowledge with audience
- Populist us-vs-them framing

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- kingmaker-claim (70%)
- anti-media (50%)

## 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). Helped him get elected—Big time. Press refused to... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108952364872304939
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Helped him get elected—Big time. Press refused to..." Truth Social, 6 Sep. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108952364872304939. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Helped him get elected—Big time. Press refused to...," Truth Social, September 6, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108952364872304939.

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