# Post ts_109539056778394288

- Post ID: `ts_109539056778394288`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-19T07:02:41.490Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109539056778394288
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109539056778394288/analysis
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## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/BonginoReport/statuses/109519215514440599 Are they in shutdown mode? Closing big parts of paper and trying to scrap whatever they can. Not a good look. Loses too much money to sell? Fake News!

## Engagement

- Likes: 14,874
- Reposts: 3,480
- Replies: 543
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.425Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:07:38.221Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: RT of Bongino Report on Media Outlet Decline

## Context
Posted at 2:02 AM ET from likely Mar-a-Lago, this is a repost of Dan Bongino's report about a media outlet apparently closing sections and facing financial difficulties. The post comes amid a high-pressure day with Jan 6 committee criminal referrals and tax return controversies.

## Authorship
Strong authentic indicators: 2 AM posting, fragmented style, reactive commentary, signature "Fake News!" closing.

## Psychological Function
This post serves as **narcissistic supply through schadenfreude**. On a day when Trump faces serious institutional threats (criminal referrals, tax exposure), amplifying a media adversary's decline provides a counter-narrative of vindication. The implicit logic: the institutions attacking him are themselves failing.

## Defense Mechanisms
**Devaluation** is primary—reducing the outlet to a money-losing, shrinking enterprise. This is characteristic of the splitting dynamic where adversaries must be seen as wholly failing.

## Personality Levels
- **Level 1**: Low agreeableness (antagonistic satisfaction), moderate extraversion (assertive commentary)
- **Level 2**: Status/power motives—media decline validates his position
- **Level 3**: Redemption narrative—"fake news" is getting its comeuppance

## Archetypal Pattern
Mild **Trickster** energy—delighting in establishment media's decline. The post positions Trump as the order-restorer whose adversaries are naturally collapsing.

## Risk Assessment
No danger indicators. Low-intensity post functioning as routine adversary-monitoring.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "A major news outlet is closing big parts and losing too much money to sell" | **Unverifiable** | Without knowing the specific outlet referenced in the Bongino repost, the claim cannot be verified. Several legacy media outlets faced financial pressures in this period. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- 2:02 AM ET posting time (Mar-a-Lago)
- Stream-of-consciousness style
- Fragmented sentences
- Ends with signature 'Fake News!' epithet
- Reactive/impulsive quality

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Media financial difficulties)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 40%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- devaluation (immature)
- projection (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 25%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared enemy framing
- victory narrative

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> A major news outlet is closing big parts and losing too much money to sell

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Without knowing the specific outlet referenced in the Bongino repost, the claim cannot be verified. Several legacy media outlets faced financial pressures in this period.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- media-attack (80%)
- schadenfreude (70%)
- late-night-post (90%)

## That day

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

**Historic Criminal Referral Triggers Sustained Multi-Front Defensive Campaign**

Trump spent the day responding to the Jan. 6 Committee's unprecedented vote to criminally refer him to the Justice Department on four charges. The evening before and the evening of saw the most intense posting clusters, with sharp attacks on the committee, the FBI, and individual members like Adam Schiff and Liz Cheney. He also mounted a preemptive defense of his tax returns ahead of their expected release by Congress. Late-night posts after 2 AM suggest disrupted sleep, and the day ended with a rapid-fire burst of six posts in just over an hour that grew increasingly agitated.

Full digest for 2022-12-19: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-19/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 19). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/BonginoReport/st... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109539056778394288
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/BonginoReport/statuses/109..." Truth Social, 19 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109539056778394288. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/BonginoReport/statuses/109...," Truth Social, December 19, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109539056778394288.

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