Analysis: Great polling has just come out on me versus various others,...

3y ago Dec 15, 2022 at 8:36 PM

Great polling has just come out on me versus various others, including Biden, but I still have to put up with the same old “stuff” from The Wall Street Journal, which has lost an incalculable amount of influence over the years, and Fox News, whose polls on me have been seriously WRONG from the day I came down the escalator in Trump Tower. Same thing happened in 2016, where Fox and the WSJ went out of their way to give me bad coverage and polling, and say I couldn’t win - UNTIL I WON!

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-20. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Mixed

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

55%

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

Stream-of-consciousness style
Emotional reactivity about polling/media
ALL CAPS emphasis
Run-on sentence structure
Personal grievance narrative

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Mixed State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Wall Street Journal and Fox News coverage/polling)

Rage: Intensity 50% targeting WSJ and Fox News

Proportionality

40%

Sentiment

-0.40

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

70%

Antisocial

20%

Paranoid

50%

Sadism

10%

Defense Mechanisms:

rationalizationsplittingdenial

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

50%

Cognitive Markers:

tangentiality

Parasocial Techniques:

Shared grievance against media elitesInviting audience to relive 2016 victory

Danger Assessment

None

Gaslighting Detected:

Blanket dismissal of Fox News polling as 'seriously WRONG' without evidence
Characterizing WSJ as having lost 'incalculable' influence to diminish credibility

Reality Distortions:

Fox News polls described as 'seriously WRONG from the day I came down the escalator' - Fox polls were actually among the more favorable to Trump in 2016

Fact Checks (2)

"Fox News polls on Trump have been seriously wrong since 2015"

Mostly False

Fox News polls in 2016 were broadly consistent with other major polls. Fox was not uniquely inaccurate regarding Trump.

"Wall Street Journal has lost an incalculable amount of influence"

Half True

WSJ circulation and influence have shifted with digital media trends, but it remains one of the most-read newspapers in the US with growing digital subscriptions.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109519609296666759

Overview

A routine media-grievance post following favorable polling. Notable for the paradox of citing good news while focusing almost entirely on resentment toward outlets that don't sufficiently validate him.

Authorship

Likely authentic Trump (0.85). Posted 3:36 PM ET (probable Mar-a-Lago). Despite business-hours timing, stylistic markers are strongly personal: run-on structure, ALL CAPS, scare quotes around "stuff," and the deeply personal 2016 escalator callback.

Psychological Dynamics

The core pattern is narcissistic supply management through grievance. Good polling should produce satisfaction, but the narcissistic lens transforms it into evidence of persecution: "I still have to put up with the same old 'stuff.'" The favorable data exists primarily as ammunition against perceived enemies.

The 2016 escalator reference functions as a founding myth - the moment of descent into the political arena. Its invocation here serves as a redemption narrative: every slight is retroactively invalidated by victory.

Defense Mechanisms

Splitting: Good polls vs. bad media, clean binary
Rationalization: WSJ dismissed via claimed loss of influence
Denial: Fox polling characterized as "seriously WRONG" without engagement with actual data

Rhetorical Techniques

Scare quotes around "stuff" signal self-censorship (implying worse language), creating parasocial intimacy. The culminating "UNTIL I WON!" functions as an applause line, invoking shared triumph.

Reality Distortion

The claim that Fox News polls were "seriously WRONG from the day I came down the escalator" is factually dubious. Fox polls were broadly in line with industry standards and often favorable to Trump relative to other outlets.

Context Note

Posted same day as the NFT trading card announcement, which was widely mocked. This post may represent displacement - channeling embarrassment about NFT reception into familiar media-grievance territory.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Fox News polls on Trump have been seriously wrong since 2015"	Mostly False	Fox News polls in 2016 were broadly consistent with other major polls. Fox was not uniquely inaccurate regarding Trump.
"Wall Street Journal has lost an incalculable amount of influence"	Half True	WSJ circulation and influence have shifted with digital media trends, but it remains one of the most-read newspapers in the US with growing digital subscriptions.

Overall Veracity: 35%