# Post ts_109485503714390345

- Post ID: `ts_109485503714390345`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-09T20:03:26.578Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109485503714390345
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109485503714390345/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109485503714390345.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Good riddance! https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3768574-barbara-starr-leaving-cnn-after-more-than-two-decades/

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 2,060
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.427Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:42:26.501Z (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: "Good riddance!" (2022-12-09)

### Post Overview
A terse, two-word commentary ("Good riddance!") attached to a link about CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr leaving the network after 20+ years. This is a minimalist expression of contempt directed at a journalist from a network Trump views as adversarial.

### Context
This post appears during a period of significant legal pressure (Trump Organization convicted on all 17 counts of tax fraud, classified documents found in storage unit) and political setback (Warnock defeating Trump-backed Walker in Georgia). The post is notably disconnected from these pressing concerns, suggesting displacement activity — focusing aggression on a safer, lower-stakes target rather than engaging with more threatening realities.

### Authorship
Posted at 3:03 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago, so same timezone). Business hours but the brevity, aggression, and impulsive quality ("Good riddance!") are characteristic of authentic Trump. An aide would be unlikely to post gratuitous hostility toward a departing journalist with no strategic value.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post functions as a minor dominance display during a period of significant narcissistic injury. With the Trump Organization conviction, classified documents exposure, and Georgia loss all converging, this post represents a low-risk outlet for aggression — celebrating an enemy's departure rather than confronting actual threats.

Barbara Starr, as CNN's Pentagon correspondent, would have covered stories unfavorable to Trump's defense/military narratives. The "good riddance" framing positions her departure as a victory or punishment, consistent with the schema that critics will eventually be vanquished.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Displacement**: Redirecting hostility from actual threats (legal, political) to a safer target
- **Splitting**: CNN/journalists = all-bad; their departures = victories

### Rhetorical Analysis
Maximally economical — two words plus a link. The exclamation point adds triumphalism. This is celebratory cruelty, taking pleasure in a perceived enemy's departure from a platform. No argument, no substance — pure affect.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Barbara Starr is leaving CNN after more than two decades" | **True** | Barbara Starr announced her retirement from CNN in late 2022 after joining the network in 2001 |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (3:03 PM ET)
- Brevity and impulsive quality typical of authentic Trump
- Gratuitous hostility unlikely from aide
- No strategic communication value

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (CNN/media as ongoing adversary)

**Rage:** Intensity 30% targeting Barbara Starr / CNN
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 50%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (neurotic)
- splitting (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 5%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared contempt for media enemies
- in-group bonding through mutual disdain

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Barbara Starr is leaving CNN after more than two decades

**TRUE**

Barbara Starr announced her retirement from CNN in late 2022 after joining the network in 2001

Sources: The Hill article linked in post

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- media-hostility (80%)
- displacement (70%)
- sadistic-pleasure (40%)
- CNN (60%)

## That day

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

**Under Siege on All Fronts, Trump Builds a Persecution Cathedral From the Twitter Files**

Trump spent the day besieged by his company's fraud conviction, fallout from dining with white supremacists, and the expanding classified documents probe — but addressed almost none of it head-on. Instead, he seized on the Twitter Files as proof the 2020 election was stolen, hammering the theme from morning to evening. The most alarming moment came when he accused Jewish leaders of disloyalty for criticizing the Fuentes dinner, warning their ingratitude was costing Israel support in Congress. He also dismissed the newly freed Brittney Griner as an "America hating basketball player," turning a hostage release into a grievance competition. The afternoon devolved into a rapid-fire dump of favorable links, suggesting the morning's emotional fuel had burned out.

Full digest for 2022-12-09: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 9). Good riddance! https://thehill.com/homenews/media/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109485503714390345
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Good riddance! https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3768574-ba..." Truth Social, 9 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109485503714390345. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Good riddance! https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3768574-ba...," Truth Social, December 9, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109485503714390345.

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