# Post ts_109326392418167928

- Post ID: `ts_109326392418167928`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-11T17:39:20.871Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109326392418167928/analysis

## Post text

> https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/09/club-for-growth-mitch-mcconnell-failed-to-make-election-a-referendum-on-biden-agenda-democrats/

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:16:20.707Z (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 Share — Breitbart/Club for Growth Blaming McConnell

## Overview
A bare URL share of a Breitbart article reporting that the Club for Growth blamed Mitch McConnell for failing to frame the midterms as a referendum on Biden's agenda. No original commentary accompanies the link.

## Context
This post is part of a sustained campaign on November 11, 2022 to deflect blame for disappointing midterm results. Trump-endorsed candidates underperformed significantly, yet Trump's posts this day frame the results as a "Big Victory" while simultaneously scapegoating McConnell.

## Psychological Significance
The post is low-intensity but strategically significant. By sharing third-party criticism of McConnell rather than writing his own attack, Trump employs *externalized attribution through proxy*—a pattern where narcissistic injury from defeat is managed by curating others' voices to carry the blame narrative. This preserves plausible deniability while achieving the same psychological function as direct attack.

## Longitudinal Note
This fits a well-established pattern: after any setback attributable to Trump's choices (candidate endorsements, in this case), blame is rapidly redirected to establishment Republican figures, particularly McConnell. The same dynamic appeared after the 2020 Georgia Senate runoff losses.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "McConnell failed to make the election a referendum on Biden's agenda" | **Half True** | McConnell's Senate Leadership Fund did pull funding from some races (notably Arizona's Blake Masters), but the 'referendum' framing oversimplifies. Republican candidate quality, particularly among Trump endorsees, was widely cited as the primary factor in underperformance. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Link-only post with no personal commentary
- Business hours posting (12:39 PM ET)
- Clean formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Midterm underperformance of Trump-endorsed candidates)

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- denial (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- third-party validation
- curated information environment

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._

> McConnell failed to make the election a referendum on Biden's agenda

**HALF TRUE**

McConnell's Senate Leadership Fund did pull funding from some races (notably Arizona's Blake Masters), but the 'referendum' framing oversimplifies. Republican candidate quality, particularly among Trump endorsees, was widely cited as the primary factor in underperformance.

Sources: Known events context

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- blame-deflection (80%)
- mcconnell-scapegoating (70%)
- midterm-aftermath (90%)
- link-share-only (100%)

## That day

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

**Veterans Day Goes Unmentioned as Trump Wages All-Day War to Rewrite Midterm Results**

Trump spent the entire day trying to spin the midterm results into a personal victory, insisting "WE WON" despite his endorsed candidates losing key Senate races. He lashed out at a rotating cast of Republican figures — DeSantis, McConnell, Youngkin, Paul Ryan — while repeatedly claiming vote counts in Arizona and Nevada were rigged. A rapid-fire morning posting burst stood out for its escalating intensity and a racially-charged attack on Mitch McConnell's wife. Notably, he made no mention of Veterans Day, with every post consumed by election grievance.

Full digest for 2022-11-11: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-11/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 11). https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/09/club... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109326392418167928
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/09/club-for-growt..." Truth Social, 11 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109326392418167928. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/09/club-for-growt...," Truth Social, November 11, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109326392418167928.

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