# Post ts_109048388439402743

- Post ID: `ts_109048388439402743`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-23T15:19:16.804Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109048388439402743
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109048388439402743/analysis

## Post text

> https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2022/09/22/nolte-new-cnn-moves-failed-left-wing-anchors-primetime/

## Engagement

- Likes: 8,236
- Reposts: 2,102
- Replies: 214
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.434Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:12:26.149Z (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 Breitbart Share on CNN

This post is a URL-only share of a Breitbart article about CNN's struggling left-wing primetime anchors. It contains no original text from the subject, making psychological analysis limited. However, contextualizing it within the same day's posts reveals a clear pattern: the immediately preceding post was a lengthy, emotionally charged attack on Don Lemon and CNN. This link share serves as "evidence" bolstering that prior attack—a common pattern where an emotionally driven post is followed by a curated media link functioning as external validation.

### Authorship
The timing (11:19 AM ET, assuming Mar-a-Lago) and format (clean URL share, no commentary) are consistent with aide-assisted posting, likely Dan Scavino curating supportive media. However, given the thematic continuity with the personal Don Lemon attack posted the same day, Trump likely directed or approved the share.

### Psychological Function
This post functions as **narcissistic supply maintenance**—reinforcing the narrative that CNN (a frequent target) is failing. Combined with the Don Lemon post, it reveals a schadenfreude pattern: personal attack followed by "objective" evidence of the target's decline.

### Context
During a period of extraordinary legal pressure (NY AG fraud lawsuit, 11th Circuit ruling, Special Master challenges), the focus on CNN ratings represents classic **displacement**—redirecting attention from threatening stimuli to a safer, more controllable target.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 25%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (11:19 AM ET)
- Clean URL with no commentary
- No typos or emotional language
- Thematic continuity with personal post suggests Trump-directed

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Multiple concurrent legal threats)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (neurotic)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 5%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared enemy identification
- curated media ecosystem

## Tags

- CNN (80%)
- media_criticism (70%)
- displacement (60%)
- breitbart (50%)

## That day

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

**Under Legal Siege, Trump Launches All-Day Counteroffensive Against NY AG James**

Trump spent the day in full defensive mode following New York Attorney General Letitia James's civil fraud lawsuit filed two days earlier. The morning started with late-night attacks on James — calling her "racist" and promoting her election opponent — before drifting into a rambling CNN grievance post around midnight. After a roughly nine-hour sleep break, the afternoon brought a rapid-fire dump of links building a legal defense narrative, a relitigating of January 6th, and rally promotion for a North Carolina event. The day closed with a politically charged post about the death of a young Republican, weaponizing the tragedy to reinforce a persecution narrative.

Full digest for 2022-09-23: https://trump.fm/date/2022-09-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, September 23). https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2022/09/22/nol... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109048388439402743
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2022/09/22/nolte-new-cnn..." Truth Social, 23 Sep. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109048388439402743. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2022/09/22/nolte-new-cnn...," Truth Social, September 23, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109048388439402743.

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