# Post ts_109162652222523607

- Post ID: `ts_109162652222523607`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-10-13T19:38:03.770Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162652222523607
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162652222523607/analysis
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## Post text

> “Report: Trump Was Right About the Washington Post” https://freebeacon.com/media/donald-trump-washington-post/

## Engagement

- Likes: 10,304
- Reposts: 2,543
- Replies: 192
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.432Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:43:07.187Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "Report: Trump Was Right About the Washington Post"

This post shares a Free Beacon article validating Trump's prior criticisms of the Washington Post. It follows a pattern visible across all five same-day posts: curating third-party articles that vindicate his positions or attack his adversaries.

### Authorship
The post is a simple link-share with a quoted headline—no original commentary, no typos, no emotional language. Posted at ~3:38 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or traveling ahead of Mesa rally). This is consistent with aide-curated content during business hours.

### Psychological Framework
The post is straightforwardly supply-seeking: "I was right" is the core message. The entire day's posting pattern (FBI framed me, documents were declassified, dead people voted, WaPo was wrong) forms a coherent narrative of vindication across multiple fronts—likely coordinated content strategy rather than impulsive posting.

### Rhetorical Technique
Appeal to authority via third-party validation. The quoted headline format ("Report: Trump Was Right") leverages source credibility transfer—it's not Trump saying he was right, it's a report saying so. This is more persuasive than direct self-praise.

### Context
This post is part of a high-volume day of link-sharing, likely in response to the Jan 6 Committee's subpoena vote (Oct 13). The entire day's content reads as a coordinated counter-narrative: FBI corrupt, documents legal, election fraud real, media wrong about me.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Quoted headline with link, no original text
- Clean formatting
- Business hours posting (~3:38 PM ET)
- Part of coordinated same-day content batch

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Criticism (Washington Post / media criticism)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- third-party validation
- appeal to authority

## Tags

- supply-seeking (70%)
- media-criticism (50%)
- vindication-narrative (80%)
- aide-authored (85%)

## That day

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

**Twin Legal Threats Trigger Coordinated Whataboutism Blitz as Jan 6 Committee Votes to Subpoena Trump**

Trump spent the day building a massive defensive case against twin legal threats — the January 6 Committee's vote to subpoena him and the ongoing Mar-a-Lago documents investigation. After a quiet morning, he unleashed a rapid-fire barrage of nearly 30 posts in under two hours, most of them links to articles about Bush, Cheney, and Obama document controversies designed to frame his situation as a double standard. The mood was predominantly defensive and aggrieved rather than combative, though he grew sharper toward the end with direct attacks on the Committee and Nancy Pelosi, including several claims contradicted by sworn testimony. The posting pattern suggests a coordinated, aide-assisted media strategy rather than impulsive reaction.

Full digest for 2022-10-13: https://trump.fm/date/2022-10-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, October 13). “Report: Trump Was Right About the Washington... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162652222523607
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“Report: Trump Was Right About the Washington Post”..." Truth Social, 13 Oct. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162652222523607. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“Report: Trump Was Right About the Washington Post”...," Truth Social, October 13, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162652222523607.

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