# Post ts_109474400229352418

- Post ID: `ts_109474400229352418`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-07T20:59:40.842Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109474400229352418
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109474400229352418/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109474400229352418.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> As usual, was a Fake News Story! https://freebeacon.com/media/fact-check-irs-watchdog-destroys-media-claim-that-trump-ordered-audits-of-james-comey-and-andrew-mccabe/

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 2,918
- Replies: 175
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.427Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:40:09.847Z (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: December 7, 2022 Truth Social Post

### Post Content
Trump shares a Free Beacon article about an IRS watchdog report that reportedly undermines media claims he ordered audits of James Comey and Andrew McCabe, framing it as vindication: "As usual, was a Fake News Story!"

### Context
This post appears amid a cluster of media-focused posts on the same day (links to NBCUniversal layoffs, CBS departures, AMC Networks CEO departure, The Recount shutting down). The pattern suggests a sustained theme of media schadenfreude and delegitimization. Meanwhile, the Trump Organization was just convicted on all 17 counts of tax fraud, and his Constitution "termination" statement drew widespread condemnation.

### Authorship
Posted at ~3:59 PM EST (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago). Business hours, brief commentary with linked article — could be either Trump or aide. The casual "As usual" and trademark "Fake News Story" capitalization pattern is consistent with Trump's voice. The brevity and link-sharing format is ambiguous.

### Psychological Analysis
The post functions as vindication-seeking during a period of significant legal and political setbacks (Trump Org conviction, Walker loss, Constitution statement backlash). Sharing an exonerating article about a relatively minor story while ignoring major adverse developments is consistent with selective attention as a narcissistic maintenance strategy.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Denial/distortion**: Redirecting attention from major negative news to a minor vindication
- **Projection**: "Fake News" framework externalizes dishonesty onto media

### Rhetorical Devices
"As usual" performs repetition compulsion — framing every unfavorable story as part of a pattern, training the audience toward automatic dismissal of negative coverage.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "IRS watchdog report exonerated Trump regarding Comey/McCabe audits" | **Mostly True** | The Treasury Inspector General found no evidence Trump directly ordered the audits, though the statistical improbability of both being selected remained unexplained. The media claim was not fabricated but was unsupported by the IG findings. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 50%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (~4 PM ET)
- Trademark 'Fake News Story' capitalization
- Brief commentary with link — ambiguous format
- Casual tone consistent with Trump voice

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Criticism (Media coverage of IRS audits of Comey/McCabe)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared enemy construction (media)
- Pattern reinforcement ('As usual')

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Blanket 'Fake News' framing conditions audience to dismiss unfavorable coverage
- 'As usual' implies systematic media dishonesty without evidence

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> IRS watchdog report exonerated Trump regarding Comey/McCabe audits

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The Treasury Inspector General found no evidence Trump directly ordered the audits, though the statistical improbability of both being selected remained unexplained. The media claim was not fabricated but was unsupported by the IG findings.

Sources: Treasury Inspector General report 2022

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- media-attack (80%)
- vindication-seeking (70%)
- deflection (60%)

## That day

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

**Besieged on All Fronts, Trump Floods the Zone With Defensive Link Barrages**

Trump spent the day under siege from multiple directions — his company's criminal conviction, Herschel Walker's Georgia runoff loss, and bipartisan backlash over his call to "terminate" the Constitution. He opened the evening before with an all-caps "witch hunt" outburst that included a veiled warning that people "aren't going to take it much longer." The next afternoon brought a frantic barrage of shared links: first gloating over media industry layoffs, then curating sympathetic conservative outlets to rewrite the Constitution controversy as fake news. The day closed with a cherry-picked claim about his midterm endorsement record and an attack on RINOs. The overall mood was embattled and compulsively defensive, with staff-assisted link dumps doing the heavy lifting.

Full digest for 2022-12-07: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-07/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 7). As usual, was a Fake News Story!... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109474400229352418
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "As usual, was a Fake News Story! https://freebeacon.com/medi..." Truth Social, 7 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109474400229352418. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "As usual, was a Fake News Story! https://freebeacon.com/medi...," Truth Social, December 7, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109474400229352418.

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