# Post ts_109164583583230579

- Post ID: `ts_109164583583230579`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-10-14T03:49:13.998Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109164583583230579
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109164583583230579/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109164583583230579.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> The money losing Washington Post, which is likewise losing readers and subscribers at a level far beyond what was thought possible just a short time ago, would probably be a very difficult thing to sell, even to a very rich person. Is it for sale, and how badly is it doing, I just don’t know? What I do know is that it reports very inaccurately about me, and purposely so. No fact checking, no anything. P.S. I ALWAYS felt, right from the beginning, that the Election was RIGGED!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 14,733
- Reposts: 3,374
- Replies: 636
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.432Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:44:24.645Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This late-night post demonstrates classic displacement defense: the day after the Jan 6 Committee voted to subpoena him, Trump attacks the Washington Post's finances rather than addressing the subpoena directly. The post follows a recognizable anxiety-driven associative chain—media criticism → personal persecution → election grievance—with the P.S. about the "RIGGED" election functioning as the true psychological center of gravity. The financial devaluation of WaPo ("money losing," "difficult to sell") serves dual purposes: undermining institutional credibility and asserting dominance over a perceived threat. The projection of "no fact checking" onto a major newspaper with dedicated fact-checking operations constitutes gaslighting. Most significant is the perseverative Big Lie claim appended as a P.S.—nearly two years post-election, with no new evidence, presented with the retroactive certainty claim "I ALWAYS felt, right from the beginning." This post is rated elevated danger not for direct incitement but for sustained delegitimization of both electoral outcomes and press institutions, maintaining the epistemic closure required for followers to reject consensus reality.

# Psychological Analysis: Truth Social Post ts_109164583583230579

## Context
Posted October 14, 2022 at 11:49 PM ET, one day after the January 6 Committee unanimously voted to subpoena Trump. The previous day's posts were entirely focused on the Committee ("Unselect Committee"), Pelosi, and voter fraud. This post shifts the target to the Washington Post but retains the same underlying grievance architecture.

## Personality Framework

**Level 1 (Traits):** Low agreeableness (antagonism, contempt), moderate neuroticism (angry hostility), low openness (rigid persecution schema).

**Level 2 (Motives):** Dominance-oriented agency. The financial devaluation of WaPo serves a status-leveling function—diminishing the institution that threatens him. The power motive is evident in the implicit message: institutions that oppose me are dying.

**Level 3 (Narrative):** Protagonist is cast as victim of inaccurate, purposeful media persecution. The P.S. invokes the master narrative of the stolen election—the core contamination sequence (I won → they stole it). "ALWAYS felt, right from the beginning" is an identity claim of prophetic certainty.

## Archetypal Patterns
Victim archetype dominates (persecuted by dishonest media), with Trickster elements in the performative "I just don't know?" feigned ignorance about WaPo's finances—clearly rhetorical rather than genuine uncertainty.

## Gaslighting Assessment
"No fact checking, no anything" constitutes a reality inversion—Trump projects his own well-documented relationship with factual accuracy onto the press. The RIGGED election claim is sustained epistemic manipulation requiring followers to reject institutional consensus.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Washington Post is losing money, readers, and subscribers at unprecedented levels" | **Mostly False** | WaPo did experience subscriber declines post-Trump presidency (from ~3M peak to ~2.5M by late 2022), but 'far beyond what was thought possible' is hyperbolic. The paper remained a major publication. |
| "The Election was RIGGED" | **False** | No credible evidence of systematic fraud sufficient to alter the 2020 election outcome. Over 60 court cases dismissed, multiple audits confirmed results, Trump's own AG Barr stated no fraud sufficient to change outcome. |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- Late night posting (11:49 PM ET)
- Stream-of-consciousness style
- Rambling sentence structure
- Emotional P.S. with ALL CAPS
- Unusual punctuation choices

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (January 6 Committee subpoena vote and ongoing institutional pressure)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Washington Post / media
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.60

Baseline Deviation: slight

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 30%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (neurotic)
- denial (pathological)
- projection (immature)
- devaluation (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- False intimacy through rhetorical questions
- Sharing 'insider knowledge' about WaPo finances
- The P.S. functions as a confessional aside to followers

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Continued delegitimization of election results
- Sustained attack on press credibility as institution

### Gaslighting

- 'No fact checking, no anything' — reality inversion projecting own behavior onto media
- RIGGED election claim contradicts all audits and court findings
- Feigned uncertainty about WaPo finances while making definitive claims

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Washington Post is losing money, readers, and subscribers at unprecedented levels

**MOSTLY FALSE**

WaPo did experience subscriber declines post-Trump presidency (from ~3M peak to ~2.5M by late 2022), but 'far beyond what was thought possible' is hyperbolic. The paper remained a major publication.

Sources: General knowledge of WaPo subscription trends

> The Election was RIGGED

**FALSE**

No credible evidence of systematic fraud sufficient to alter the 2020 election outcome. Over 60 court cases dismissed, multiple audits confirmed results, Trump's own AG Barr stated no fraud sufficient to change outcome.

Sources: Court records; DOJ statements; State audit results

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- media-attack (70%)
- big-lie (80%)
- displacement (60%)
- election-denial (90%)
- financial-devaluation (50%)

## That day

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

**Midnight Siege Mentality: Jan 6 Subpoena Triggers Late-Night Defensive Barrage**

The day was dominated by Trump's reaction to the January 6 Committee's vote to subpoena him. He stayed up past 1:45 AM firing off attacks on the committee, the Washington Post, and the FBI, then resumed at dawn with a rapid-fire dump of supportive media links. The mood swung between defiant dismissal and aggrieved self-defense, with a late-morning post quoting his own "peacefully and patriotically" line as a kind of legal shield. The day ended quietly with a victory-lap post about Truth Social hitting number one on Google Play.

Full digest for 2022-10-14: https://trump.fm/date/2022-10-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, October 14). The money losing Washington Post, which is... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109164583583230579
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The money losing Washington Post, which is likewise losing..." Truth Social, 14 Oct. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109164583583230579. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The money losing Washington Post, which is likewise losing...," Truth Social, October 14, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109164583583230579.

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