# Post ts_109519609296666759

- Post ID: `ts_109519609296666759`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-15T20:36:56.470Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109519609296666759
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109519609296666759/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109519609296666759.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> 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!

## Engagement

- Likes: 27,254
- Reposts: 5,824
- Replies: 1,537
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.426Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:59:48.075Z (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_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%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### 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:**
- rationalization (neurotic)
- splitting (immature)
- denial (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared grievance against media elites
- Inviting audience to relive 2016 victory

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

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

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> 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.

Sources: FiveThirtyEight pollster ratings; RealClearPolitics 2016 polling averages

> 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.

Sources: Alliance for Audited Media circulation data

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- media_grievance (90%)
- polling_obsession (80%)
- 2016_nostalgia (70%)
- validation_seeking (80%)

## That day

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

**Trump's "MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT" of $99 NFT Trading Cards Caps a Day of Projection, Link-Dumping, and Narcissistic Repair**

Trump spent the day toggling between mass link-sharing and damage control after his much-hyped "MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT" turned out to be $99 digital trading cards featuring AI-generated images of himself as a superhero. The evening before, he'd dumped 16 posts in under 40 minutes — mostly old articles — including a pointed attack on the National Archives that mirrored the exact accusations he himself was facing in the classified documents probe. After the NFT reveal drew mockery from allies and opponents alike, the afternoon and evening shifted to defensive mode: promoting favorable polls, attacking media outlets, and insisting Truth Social was "THE BEST." One immigration post framing border crossings as a "military invasion" was the only item flagged for elevated concern.

Full digest for 2022-12-15: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-15/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 15). Great polling has just come out on me versus... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109519609296666759
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Great polling has just come out on me versus various..." Truth Social, 15 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109519609296666759. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Great polling has just come out on me versus various...," Truth Social, December 15, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109519609296666759.

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