# Post ts_109022564601083845

- Post ID: `ts_109022564601083845`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-19T01:51:56.372Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109022564601083845
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109022564601083845/analysis
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## Post text

> Even "Phantom of the Opera" is closing in the Biden Era! https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-theater-new-york-1b03cb803ded91f5a3e985be115924a2

## Engagement

- Likes: 13,861
- Reposts: 3,302
- Replies: 392
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.434Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:01:27.908Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "Phantom of the Opera" Closing Blamed on Biden

### Post Context
Trump attributes the closing of Broadway's longest-running show to the "Biden Era," linking to an AP News article. Phantom had been running since 1988. The post is a one-liner quip — sardonic, pithy, and attributionally absurd.

### Timing & Authorship
Posted at 01:51 UTC on Sept 19. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago (EDT, UTC-4), making this ~9:51 PM local time — evening but not deep night. He had a rally in Ohio the day before and posted about returning to Mar-a-Lago. The brevity, sarcasm, and quotation-mark emphasis are consistent with authentic Trump style.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a low-intensity maintenance post using opportunistic attribution — taking an unrelated cultural event and framing it as evidence of Biden's failures. The scare quotes around "Phantom of the Opera" and the phrase "Biden Era" work together to construct a narrative where everything declines under Biden. This is characteristic magical thinking / omnibus attribution.

### Rhetorical Function
The post is effective propaganda precisely because of its simplicity. It doesn't argue causation — it merely juxtaposes two facts and lets the audience fill in the causal link. This is a classic association technique.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Phantom of the Opera is closing" | **True** | Announced September 2022, final performance February 18, 2023 after 35 years on Broadway |
| "Implied: Biden administration caused the closure" | **False** | Closure due to declining post-COVID ticket sales, rising costs, and changing Broadway economics — unrelated to presidential policy |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Evening posting time (~9:51 PM EDT)
- Scare quotes around show title
- Sardonic one-liner style
- Exclamation point
- Simple sentence structure

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- distortion (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance
- implicit superiority narrative

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Phantom of the Opera is closing

**TRUE**

Announced September 2022, final performance February 18, 2023 after 35 years on Broadway

Sources: AP News

> Implied: Biden administration caused the closure

**FALSE**

Closure due to declining post-COVID ticket sales, rising costs, and changing Broadway economics — unrelated to presidential policy

Sources: Broadway industry reporting

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- biden_blame (80%)
- cultural_decline (60%)
- low_intensity (90%)

## That day

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

**Back at the Crime Scene: Trump Returns to Mar-a-Lago to Catalogue His Grievances**

Trump returned to Mar-a-Lago after a rally in Ohio and spent part of the early morning inspecting the aftermath of the FBI's August search, posting about it with a mix of outrage and self-pity that descended from constitutional arguments to complaints about agents not removing their shoes. He stayed quiet for most of the day, then resurfaced in the late afternoon with a burst of posts focused on discrediting federal institutions — the FBI, the National Archives, and the Russia investigation. He seized on news about a former FBI official under investigation for Russian payments, posting about it twice in under an hour, framing it as total vindication. He also took a shot at Biden's seating position at the Queen's funeral.

Full digest for 2022-09-19: https://trump.fm/date/2022-09-19/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, September 19). Even "Phantom of the Opera" is closing in the... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109022564601083845
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Even "Phantom of the Opera" is closing in the Biden Era!..." Truth Social, 19 Sep. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109022564601083845. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Even "Phantom of the Opera" is closing in the Biden Era!...," Truth Social, September 19, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109022564601083845.

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