# Post ts_109479329888307408

- Post ID: `ts_109479329888307408`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-08T17:53:21.477Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109479329888307408
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109479329888307408/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109479329888307408.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> The people that didn’t show up to The New York Times today should never show up, stay out forever~~It’s Fake News!

## Engagement

- Likes: 20,311
- Reposts: 4,495
- Replies: 433
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.427Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:40:32.868Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Truth Social Post ts_109479329888307408 (2022-12-08)

### Context
This post appears during a period of significant legal and political setbacks: the Trump Organization was just convicted on all 17 counts of tax fraud, Herschel Walker lost the Georgia runoff, and classified documents were found at a storage unit. The NYT reference likely concerns a planned meeting or interview that some invitees skipped.

### Timing & Authorship
December 8, 2022 — Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago (Palm Beach, EST). 17:53 UTC = 12:53 PM EST. Midday posting during business hours. However, the emotional tone, tilde usage (~~), lack of polish, and impulsive quality suggest authentic Trump composition despite the timing.

### Psychological Analysis
The post reflects a siege mentality amid multiple converging threats. The directive tone ("should never show up, stay out forever") reveals a desire for loyalty-based purging — those who engage with the NYT are implicitly disloyal. The dismissal ("Fake News!") is a well-worn defensive reflex. The post functions as both an in-group loyalty signal and an attempt to delegitimize unfavorable coverage during a week of devastating legal outcomes.

### Defense Mechanisms
Primary defense is **denial** via the "Fake News" dismissal — rejecting the legitimacy of the institution producing negative coverage. Secondary is **splitting** — people who engage with NYT are cast as betrayers versus those who "stay out" as loyal.

### Rhetorical Devices
The imperative construction ("should never show up, stay out forever") functions as a loyalty test and implied threat of ostracism.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Emotional reactivity
- Tilde punctuation (~~) is unusual/authentic quirk
- Impulsive directive tone
- Unpolished construction
- But midday timing suggests possible aide involvement

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (New York Times coverage during period of legal defeats)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting People who engaged with NYT; NYT itself
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Loyalty test via public directive
- In-group/out-group boundary enforcement

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Blanket dismissal of major news institution as 'Fake News' to preempt coverage of legal defeats

## Tags

- media_attack (80%)
- loyalty_enforcement (70%)
- denial (60%)

## That day

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

**Under Siege on All Fronts, Trump Fires a 30-Minute Defensive Barrage from Mar-a-Lago**

Trump posted eight times in a concentrated half-hour midday burst, mostly sharing links to sympathetic articles defending his record. The session opened and closed with flashes of anger — first dismissing the New York Times, then attacking the Brittney Griner prisoner swap as a terrible deal. In between, he rapid-fired links on the Jerusalem embassy anniversary, election fraud claims, and the Kanye dinner controversy. The overall mood was defensive deflection, with Trump conspicuously avoiding the Trump Organization fraud conviction and his widely condemned call to "terminate the Constitution" from earlier in the week.

Full digest for 2022-12-08: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-08/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 8). The people that didn’t show up to The New York... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109479329888307408
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The people that didn’t show up to The New York Times today..." Truth Social, 8 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109479329888307408. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The people that didn’t show up to The New York Times today...," Truth Social, December 8, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109479329888307408.

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