# Post ts_109043003384797267

- Post ID: `ts_109043003384797267`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-22T16:29:47.396Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109043003384797267
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109043003384797267/analysis

## Post text

> https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/trump_is_running.html

## Engagement

- Likes: 7,722
- Reposts: 2,166
- Replies: 133
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.434Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:08:35.218Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Link-Only Post Sharing "Trump Is Running" Article

This post is one of a series of link-shares on the same day, all featuring articles arguing Trump should or will run for president in 2024. No personal commentary accompanies the link.

### Context
The posting date (September 22, 2022) coincides with significant legal pressure: the NY AG fraud lawsuit, adverse 11th Circuit ruling on classified documents, and Special Master Dearie pressing on declassification claims. Rather than addressing any of these, Trump shares a barrage of favorable articles about a 2024 run—a classic deflection pattern.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:29 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or NYC). Business-hours posting of a bare URL with no commentary is consistent with aide curation—likely Dan Scavino or social media staff compiling favorable press.

### Psychological Significance
The batch-posting of 2024-candidacy articles amid acute legal threats represents **narcissistic supply-seeking** and **denial** of legal vulnerability. The implicit message: "I am ascendant, not imperiled." The volume (5+ similar posts) suggests urgency in counter-narrative construction.

### Rhetorical Function
These posts serve as a curated echo chamber—each article reinforces inevitability of Trump's return. The audience receives a steady stream of "experts agree" framing without Trump having to make claims himself.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 15%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (12:29 PM ET)
- Bare URL with zero commentary
- Part of batch of similar link-shares
- Professional curation pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Multiple simultaneous legal threats (NY AG suit, documents case setbacks))

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- denial (pathological)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- curated consensus
- inevitability framing

## Tags

- link-share (100%)
- 2024-candidacy (90%)
- supply-seeking (70%)
- denial-of-legal-threats (60%)
- batch-posting (80%)

## That day

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

**Rapid-Fire Media Blitz Builds Defensive Wall Against AG Lawsuit Fallout**

Trump spent the early afternoon carpet-bombing Truth Social with over 30 posts in roughly half an hour, almost all of them links to favorable press coverage. The burst was clearly a response to the New York Attorney General's massive fraud lawsuit filed the day before. The mood was overwhelmingly self-congratulatory — including sharing a months-old article calling him "the greatest man alive" — but flashes of real anger surfaced when he attacked AG Letitia James directly and warned the country "won't stand for an indictment." The day's most notable moment was his explicit argument that the Vice President should have had the power to overturn the 2020 election results.

Full digest for 2022-09-22: https://trump.fm/date/2022-09-22/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, September 22). https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/trump... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109043003384797267
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/trump_is_runnin..." Truth Social, 22 Sep. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109043003384797267. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/trump_is_runnin...," Truth Social, September 22, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109043003384797267.

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