# Post ts_109581699933086739

- Post ID: `ts_109581699933086739`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-26T19:47:24.391Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109581699933086739
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109581699933086739/analysis

## Post text

> https://thefederalist.com/2022/12/21/gop-cant-be-successful-until-mitch-mcconnell-is-gone/

## Engagement

- Likes: 17,568
- Reposts: 4,673
- Replies: 1,079
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.425Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:15:17.377Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Link-Only Anti-McConnell Post (2022-12-26)

This post is a bare URL share of a Federalist article titled "GOP Can't Be Successful Until Mitch McConnell Is Gone." No original commentary is provided. This is the third anti-McConnell post in a series on the same day, following two substantive attacks on McConnell over the omnibus spending bill.

### Authorship
The post at 2:47 PM ET (Trump at Mar-a-Lago for holidays) during business hours, with no original text and clean URL formatting, is consistent with aide-assisted curation. However, the thematic consistency with surrounding personal attacks on McConnell suggests Trump directed the sharing even if he didn't physically post it.

### Psychological Context
This functions as amplification within an ongoing narcissistic rage episode directed at McConnell. The earlier posts today contained racial slurs ("COCO CHOW"), conspiracy framing, and grandiose counterfactuals. This link-share serves as external validation-seeking — finding a mainstream conservative outlet that echoes Trump's position legitimizes the rage as rational political analysis rather than personal vendetta.

### Pattern
Link-only posts in sequences like this function as "evidence gathering" — a prosecutorial framing where Trump builds a case using outside voices. This is a characteristic adaptation serving the schema: "everyone agrees with me, my enemies are objectively terrible."

### Rhetorical Function
Minimal original rhetoric. The article title itself does the rhetorical work — eliminationist framing ("until X is gone") wrapped in strategic political analysis.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (2:47 PM ET)
- Clean URL with no commentary
- No typos or emotional markers
- But thematically consistent with surrounding authentic posts

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (McConnell passing omnibus bill without waiting for Republican House majority)

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting Mitch McConnell
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.50

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- High volume posting on single day
- Sustained focus on single target across multiple posts

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 20%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- external validation seeking
- building prosecutorial case via curated links

## Tags

- McConnell attack (90%)
- link share (100%)
- external validation (80%)
- intraparty conflict (90%)

## That day

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

**Day After Christmas at Mar-a-Lago: McConnell Rage Punctuates a Grievance-Laden Holiday**

Trump spent the day after Christmas airing grievances from Mar-a-Lago, starting with nostalgic claims about his border policies and a defensive rewrite of his family's distancing from the 2024 campaign. His sharpest anger targeted Mitch McConnell over the omnibus spending bill, including a racial slur aimed at McConnell's wife. The afternoon quieted into a rapid-fire dump of supportive article links -- eight in four minutes -- suggesting a curated effort to shore up his narrative heading into the new year. Overall, a moderately agitated day with one flash of genuine hostility but no sustained escalation.

Full digest for 2022-12-26: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-26/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 26). https://thefederalist.com/2022/12/21/gop-cant-be-s... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109581699933086739
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://thefederalist.com/2022/12/21/gop-cant-be-successful-..." Truth Social, 26 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109581699933086739. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://thefederalist.com/2022/12/21/gop-cant-be-successful-...," Truth Social, December 26, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109581699933086739.

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