# Post ts_109539097461525929

- Post ID: `ts_109539097461525929`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-19T07:13:02.268Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109539097461525929/analysis
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## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/BonginoReport/statuses/109513040736992634 The Climate Hoax is fading fast!

## Engagement

- Likes: 21,013
- Reposts: 5,069
- Replies: 1,392
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.425Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:10:38.472Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "The Climate Hoax is fading fast!"

### Overview
A retweet of a BonginoReport post with a brief dismissive editorial comment about climate change. This is a low-complexity, low-effort post — a routine maintenance post reinforcing in-group beliefs.

### Authorship
Posted at ~2:13 AM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago in December). Late-night timing, brevity, and exclamation mark are consistent with authentic Trump. The RT format with a short editorial tag is a common Trump pattern.

### Psychological Analysis
Minimal psychological content. The post functions as routine narrative maintenance — reinforcing the "hoax" frame Trump applies to climate science. The word "fading" implies triumphalism: the enemy narrative is losing. This is supply-seeking through validation of his long-held contrarian stance.

### Rhetorical Devices
"Hoax" is the key rhetorical move — it recategorizes scientific consensus as deliberate deception. "Fading fast" adds momentum framing suggesting inevitable victory.

### Context
This appears amid a high-stress day (Jan 6 committee criminal referrals, tax return release). The climate post is notably detached from these pressures, possibly functioning as displacement — engaging with a comfortable, low-stakes culture war topic rather than the immediate legal threats.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The Climate Hoax is fading fast" | **False** | Climate science consensus remains overwhelming (97%+ of climate scientists). COP27 concluded weeks prior; global climate action was intensifying, not fading. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- 2:13 AM ET posting time
- Brief exclamatory style
- Simple RT + comment format typical of authentic posts
- No polished formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- denial (pathological)
- displacement (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- in-group validation
- shared enemy framing

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Labeling established climate science as 'hoax' — attacks on consensus reality

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> The Climate Hoax is fading fast

**FALSE**

Climate science consensus remains overwhelming (97%+ of climate scientists). COP27 concluded weeks prior; global climate action was intensifying, not fading.

Sources: IPCC AR6; COP27 outcomes November 2022

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- climate_denial (100%)
- retweet (80%)
- maintenance_post (90%)
- displacement (50%)

## 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_109539097461525929
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/BonginoReport/statuses/109..." Truth Social, 19 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109539097461525929. 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_109539097461525929.

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