# Post ts_109340059637737148

- Post ID: `ts_109340059637737148`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-14T03:35:06.091Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109340059637737148
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109340059637737148/analysis

## Post text

> https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2022/11/13/mc-bye-n2615892

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.429Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:22:52.202Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109340059637737148

## Overview
A URL-only share of a Kevin McCullough column titled "Mc-BYE!!!" calling for Mitch McConnell's removal as Senate Republican leader. This is the latest in a sustained daily barrage of anti-McConnell content following disappointing midterm results.

## Personality Framework

### Level 1: Traits
- **Low Agreeableness**: Antagonism toward party leadership; zero loyalty to allies who don't serve his interests
- **Neuroticism (angry hostility)**: Sustained grievance campaign against McConnell

### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations
- **Power/control motive**: Seeking to reshape Republican Party leadership in his image
- **Schema**: "Those who fail me must be purged"

### Level 3: Narrative Identity
- **Protagonist role**: Vindicated kingmaker betrayed by incompetent establishment
- **Contrasting other**: McConnell as embodiment of failed old-guard Republicanism
- **Contamination sequence**: "We should have won the Senate but McConnell ruined it"

## Longitudinal Context
This is the third anti-McConnell post in the day's sample, part of a clear post-midterm blame displacement campaign. The pattern across November 13-14 shows Trump cycling between: (1) scapegoating McConnell, (2) dismissing DeSantis's rise, and (3) sharing self-validating content (Voight endorsement, favorable polls). This triangulation is characteristic of narcissistic injury management.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump endorsement record was 219-16" | **Mostly False** | This count includes uncontested and deep-red races. In competitive races, Trump-backed candidates lost key Senate seats in PA, AZ, NV, and NH, and the GA runoff was pending. The meaningful metric—competitive race performance—was far worse. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- URL-only post with no personal commentary
- Posted at ~10:35 PM ET (Mar-a-Lago)
- No typos or emotional language to assess
- Consistent with aide-curated content sharing

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (2022 midterm underperformance of Trump-backed candidates)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Mitch McConnell
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 20%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- scapegoating shared enemy
- curating validating media

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Amplifying misleading endorsement statistics to rewrite midterm narrative
- Externalizing blame for electoral losses onto McConnell

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Trump endorsement record was 219-16

**MOSTLY FALSE**

This count includes uncontested and deep-red races. In competitive races, Trump-backed candidates lost key Senate seats in PA, AZ, NV, and NH, and the GA runoff was pending. The meaningful metric—competitive race performance—was far worse.

Sources: AP News midterm tracking; FiveThirtyEight endorsement tracker

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- scapegoating (90%)
- McConnell (90%)
- midterm_blame (80%)
- endorsement_record (70%)

## That day

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

**Eve of 2024: Post-Midterm Grievance Machine Runs Full Speed as Announcement Looms**

The day before announcing his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump spent most of his social media energy relitigating the midterm results rather than building anticipation. He bounced between inflating his endorsement record, attacking Republican allies who publicly distanced themselves, and claiming Arizona's ongoing ballot count was election theft. A brief, cryptic tease about "tomorrow" being one of the most important days in American history was the only forward-looking moment in an otherwise backward-facing, defensive day. The overall mood was agitated and blame-heavy, with a notable burst of election fraud rhetoric during the late morning.

Full digest for 2022-11-14: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 14). https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/20... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109340059637737148
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2022/11/13/m..." Truth Social, 14 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109340059637737148. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2022/11/13/m...," Truth Social, November 14, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109340059637737148.

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